You're Are Here (Under Revision)

Desmond

Desmond was muttering profanities to himself for acting impulsively in the library. He still couldn't get the sight of Orvyn's face off his mind when he acted oddly. He was shy for saying that phrase out of the blue and he was even shy when Orvyn didn't hear.

Somehow, he felt atypically rejected even though in the record, there was no rejection that happened.

Hindi siya 'yong tipo ng taong basta-bastang nagsasabi ng ganoon kaya hindi niya maintindihan kung paano niya nasabi ang mga katagang 'yon. He could even remember the last time he told his parents he loved them and it was more than a decade ago.

He just wasn't that kind of person who was open to what he felt. Kaya minsan ay hindi niya mapigilan ang sariling magulat sa tuwing may sinasabi siya kay Orvyn.

Kahit sa kasagsagan ng klase'y si Orvyn ang iniisip niya. Muntik pa niyang maisagot ang pangalan nito sa isang exam. He felt like his apology wasn't enough and he couldn't help but wish for his last class to be over so he could proceed to the meeting.

And when it did, he couldn't find the girl in her classroom.

"Si Orvyn ba hinahanap mo?" Napalingon siya at bahagyang kumunot ang noo nang makita ang isang babaeng siguro'y blockmate nito.

Tanging pagtango lang ang ibinigay niya rito. "Ah, sumama na kay Ysmael."

Napakunot ang noo niya sa narinig. "Ysmael."

"Oo. Bakit?"

He wanted to ask her whether Orvyn mentioned anything about him, figured she probably knew he was coming to fetch her. He didn't even receive any messages from her saying she would go with Ysmael and not him.

Napakurap-kurap siya, sumagi sa isip ang mukha ng lalaki at ang insidenteng nangyari noon. "Nothing. Thank you," he said before immediately walking away.

He didn't know Orvyn and Ysmael were that close. Not that it was his concern. Hindi lang talaga niya inasahan iyon. Nonetheless, Desmond felt a little glad for Orvyn. If he weren't the Desmond in her life, she would be the best person for him to establish a frienship with. He couldn't help but think that other people were missing too much.

For him, Orvyn was just an amazing girl.

Nang narating niya ang auditorium ay kaagad hinanap ng kanyang mga mata ang babae. Ang unang nakita niya ay si Ysmael na tumatawa. Katabi naman nito si Orvyn na nakangiti lang at nakatitig sa lalaking katabi.

Desmond tilted his head before blinking consecutively.

"Mr. Lim, please do take a seat para mapag-usapan na nating lahat ang mga dapat niyong ihanda at paghandaan," tugon ng professor nila.

Tumango lamang siya bago naglakad papunta sa direksyon nina Orvyn. Nang dumapo ang tingin nito sa kanya'y kaagad itong ngumiti bago kumaway-kaway. "Uy." Ysmael raised his hand for a high five. Bahagyang kumunot ang noo ni Desmond bago dahan-dahang nakipag-high five dito. "Nice. Sige, iwan ko na muna kayo."

Desmond sat uncomfortably before shifting his body slightly to Orvyn's direction who was watching him. "Hi," she said. He only smiled before nodding his head a little. "You know Ysmael, right?"

He nodded once again. She also nodded before shifting her gaze to the person in front of them.

Desmond had a lot to say but the only thing that he was able to say was, "you're close?"

"Oh, not really." Nakita niyang bahagyang nanlaki ang mga mata nito tsaka dahan-dahang namula ang mga pisngi. "We just started talking about random stuff, you know, then he sang me a song--"