BORROWED TIME

10

As I went upstairs, nakita ko naman si Kuya Loel na kalalabas lang ng kwarto ni Bea.

"Hey." he greeted me with a smile.

"Kuya. How's your talk with Bea?"

"Well, naabutan ko siyang tulog." then he scratched his forehead.

"So basically, di ko siya nakausap." he chuckled. "But it's okay. I still have a lot of time to talk to her. For now, I'll just take a rest. Dito lang yung room ko, sa tabi ng room ni Beatriz."

He pointed the room on the right side of Bea's room. Pinapa-gitnaan pala namin ang kwarto ni Bea.

"And here's the spare key of Bea's room." ibinalik naman niya ito sa akin.

"So I'll be taking a rest na Jho. See you sa dinner."

"No problem kuya. See you." I said politely tsaka pumasok na siya sa room niya.

Ako naman, pumasok na rin sa room ko to take a quick shower and to sleep.

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Naalimpungatan ako ng maramdaman kong nag-vibrate ang phone ko sa tabi ko. I grabbed it without opening my eyes and then fixed my lying position.

Bahagya akong nasilaw sa liwanag na nagmumula rito so I opened my eyes and saw multiple messages in my messenger coming from different people.

Uminat-inat muna ako bago ko basahin isa-isa yon.

Jajing 🐷

5:07 pm

Ate! Today's our game against Creamline. Grabe kinakabahan ako. 😫

Baby Deans

4:33 pm

Ate Jho, I'm so nervous. We'll go up against Creamline today. Nakaka-rattle naman to face our seniors. And si Jema. She's there! I think I'm going to puke because my stomach is growling for hours now. 😰😵😫

Natawa naman ako sa dalawang to. Halatang ninenerbyos sila dahil makakatapat lang naman nila ang mga veterans ng PVL. So I decided to reply.

Jajing 🐷

6:31 pm

Kaya mo yan Ja, okay? Wag kang kakabahan. Trust yourself and your teammates. I'm sure you'll give ate Ly and the Creamline a great fight. Just do your best okay? Labyu! 😘💙

Baby Deans

6:33 pm

Hay naku Deans. Until now, nerbyosa ka pa rin? Ano ka ba! Kayang-kaya mo yan. Wag kang kakabahan mamaya, okay? Ikaw pa naman magse-set sa team. Tsaka wag mo muna isiping jowa mo si Jema. Kunwari strangers pa rin kayo, ganern. Goodluck sa game okay? One Big Fight! 💙

Oo nga pala. Almost 1 pm at Saturday na rin sa Pilipinas. I'm pretty sure they are already preparing to go to the venue of the game.

After I sent my replies to them, I still have one unopened message. It came from Nico.

Babe 💙

4:11 pm

Hey babe, it's game day today. And it's my first time to play without you here. I'm new to this. And as much as I wanted you to watch and cheer for me, I know it's so hard because there's no live coverage for this tournament😅