My Second Lead

2 - Once Upon A Time

Nagising ako sa maingay na pagvibrate (yes maingay yun kahit walang sound) ng phone ko, at kinapa kapa ito sa bedside table ko. Pagkatapos kong masilaw sa sobrang liwanag ng screen ko, I saw it was only 4 am in the freaking morning. What the heck?!

Binuksan ko yung message ng walang iba kundi si Oliver sa group chat naming tatlo.

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OJ Santiago: Gooooood moooorning sleeping beauties!

Oy reply naman jan oh

UY

May nangseen

Nins dp mo yan alam kong nandyan ka

Oy

Oyyyy

Reply asap

Nina Madrigal: Stfu its 4am in the fuking morning

Tf u want

OJ Santiago: Morning dreamer

Wala

Just bored is all

Nina Madrigal: Pwes matulog ka ulit

OJ Santiago: Nah bruh

Its summer frickin vacation

Aint got no time for sleeping

#sleepisfortheweak

And what do u mean ulit

Hahahaha

Bold of you to assume i actually slept

Okay cmon Nins

Wag mo naman ako iseen

Si Ari siguro nagbibeauty sleep pa eh

Talk to me

Nina Madrigal: Sa tingin mo ako di nagbibeauty sleep???

Ang ganda ganda ng panaginip ko!

Tas sinira mo?!?!

OJ Santiago: Geez Nins

Fine lets just talk later

Gnight. Mwah~

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Ibinalik ko yung phone ko sa table at huminga ng malalim. Peste talaga yung lalaking yun!

This is just great. Ngayon at di ko na matanggal sa isip ko si Oliver, di na naman ako makakatulog!

I shook my head a couple times, lightly slapped my cheeks and closed my eyes. Bakit ganun? Bakit kasi naging ganito ang mga bagay bagay? Why can't things be the way they were? Ang dali dali lang ng lahat noong mga bata kami...

Twelve years ago. It's been twelve years since we first met each other. Back when Ari was still a crybaby, when Ollie was shorter than us, and when I was boyish. Well, not that I'm not anymore, pero dati talaga umabot sa point na hiniling ko sana lalaki na lang ako kasi mas cool ang tingin ko sa mga lalaki dati.