It Might Be You

One

One

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“Hiraya del Sena!”

“OMG, Reese, kailangang nakasigaw?” I asked, glancing on both sides. My gosh. Baka may makakita sa akin dito na mukhang timang na paranoid.

“Kasi nakaka-frustrate ka! Where did you go na naman ba kagabi?” she asked, sitting on a chair in front of me.

“I went home,” I lied.

“Leche,” she muttered, glaring at me.

I sighed. “Fine. I slept at Unicorn,” I said, giving up.

“I know you did. Fritz told me,” she said, rolling her eyes. “I’m talking about where you went before you went to Unicorn.”

“Oh, that?” I asked, laughing nervously.

She gritted her teeth. “Alam mo, Raya, ewan ko sa’yo. Bahala ka na. Tutal, buhay at mattress mo naman ‘yan eh.”

I blinked. “Hey, hey, it’s not like that!” I said defensively.

She sighed. “So what’s Boy Toy # 23 like? Wait, don’t tell me. Iniisip ko pa lang ang mga kalaswaang—”

“Reese! My gosh! Mahalay lang akong mag-isip, pero… pero hanggang isip lang ‘yun!” I protested.

She smirked. “So inamin mo ring mahalay kang mag-isip?”

I cleared my throat. “I’m just open-minded. Malawak ang nararating ng utak ko. Ganoon talaga kapag matalino,” I said confidently.

“Not really. Matalino rin naman ako, ah? Pero hindi ako ganyan mag-isip. Don’t make palusot. You’re very green-minded.”

“Hey, I’m not a Shrek! I’m Princess Fiona! Pero… gandang Fiona ko naman,” I said, laughing.

Reese sighed exasperatedly. “You know what? Nalilihis ang usapan.”

I sighed, too. “I told you, Reese, I’m not sleeping around. I’m just experimenting,” I said seriously.

“Experimenting the carnal pleasure?”

“Reese! Alam mo ikaw, hindi ka nga shrek, pero wala kang censor sa bunganga mo!” I whispered, glancing around again.

She rolled her eyes at me. “Well, I don’t see the point of substituting a word for another word if you can understand completely naman the word.”

I fought the urge to roll me eyes. “Basta I’m just experimenting.”

“Huh. Kaka-experiment mo, baka ‘di mo na malaman kung sinong ama ng ipagbubuntis mo.”

“Reese! Why are you so bitchy?”

“Kasi timang ka. Kung ayaw mo rin lang sabihin kung ano ‘yang experiment mo—”

“I told you, I’m just testing them.”

“Testing them? In what way ba?”

I sighed heavily. “Basta! Mahirap ipaliwanag!”

She shook her head. “Diyan ka na nga. Oh, by the way, did you think about my proposal? May bakante sa Axis Bank. Sa kabilang department lang. You want to apply?”

“Marami bang lalaki doon?”

“Leche.”

I wrinkled my nose. “As long as may—”

“There are plenty of males there, pero ngayon pa lang, I’m telling you off na. Don’t you dare create a scandal there.”

“Wow, maka-scandal naman ‘to—”