Bound To You | Frankiana (GxG)

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D I A N A

"aAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Bigla siyang nagising sa sigaw ni Franki. She sits up and looks over sa katabi niya, but pagtingin niya, wala na si Franki. She looks around the room, squinting her eyes while doing so kasi nasisilaw siya lights na galing sa window. It's 7 am.

Asan si Franki? tanong niya. That's when she heard splashing sounds coming from the bathroom.

"DAYANAAAHHHHHHHH!"

"Franki?" Diana calls out, at mabilis pinuntahan si Franki sa banyo. When she got there, she finds the older girl standing on top of the toilet, wearing nothing but a towel that's wrap around her body, a bottle of shampoo on one hand and a dipper filled with water on the other. "What's going on?"

"LEGGY SNAKE!"

"Anong snake?" tanong ni Diana, her voice calm, as she enters the bathroom cautiously.

"A centipede, Dianuhh!" Franki exclaims, looking terrified for her life. "It's gigantic!"

"Saan?" she asks while looking around, distracted ng konti because Franki's towel looks like it's about to fall off.

"It's there somewhere!"

Pag 'yon nalaglag, hindi lang siya mahihimatay. Alam niyang susunduin na agad siya ni St. Peter sabay sabi, "Iha, wrong turn ka. Doon sa impyerno ang tirahan ng mga marurupok."

"I don't know exactly! It moved so fast----!"

Hinanap ni Diana, pero wala naman. If meron man, sana hindi niya makita, takot din kasi siya sa centipede. She always acts tough pag andyan si Franki, at mapapahiya siya for sure pag nagpakita yung 'leggy snake'.

"-----I swear to God, it was sobrang mabilis like the speed of light!"

Speed of light? Napa-smile siya sa sinabi ni Franki. Ang cute.

"It was so disgusting! SO gross, and it had like A THOUSAND LEGS, AND---"

This moment seems familiar para kay Diana. Naramdaman niya na parang nangyari nato before.

Oh, that's right. May nangyari na palang ganito before.

Bago siya nag audition sa Starhunt, she went to a casting for a commercial. And that was the first time she met Frances Margaret Russell, the girl with an Australian accent, ang babae na kung tumili, akala mo end of the world na sa sobrang lakas.

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(A few months before entering the PBB house)

"The night sky once ruled my imagination."

Nakikinig siya ng old album ng Sleeping At Last called Space, at the same time scrolling through her Instagram, while waiting for her name to be called . It was her second casting of the day, at habang tumatagal, nagiging crowded yung hallway outside sa casting room.

"Now I turn the dials with careful calculation."

There were a few benches sa magkabilang side ng hallway. She chose to sit at the bench near the window, ten feet away from the door.

May lunch siya with Dean after this, together with his other friend na stylist din. Late lunch actually, kasi alam niya na malabong matatapos agad siya at noon.

"After a while, I thought I'd never find you."

Her eyes were focused on her phone the whole time, not minding the noise made by the crowd of models on her right. Napalingon nalang siya sa kanila nang may biglang tumili ng sobrang lakas, na kahit naka-earpods siya, rinig na rinig parin niya.