Chapter 7
Maeve's POV
*Grim Reaper sent you a friend request*
Naalis ang tingin ko sa laptop ko at napunta kay Grim na nakahiga sa kabaong 'nya' at hawak ang phone ko.
“Seriously?” I asked him,
“Gagawa ka talaga ng facebook account?”
“Bakit bawal?” tanong nya pabalik without even looking at me at patuloy lang sakanyang pagii-scroll.
“Oo nga pala, numero mo pala ang ginamit ko sa paggawa nung facebook ko, salamat.”
I faked a smile,
“Of course, feel at home ka lang kahit hindi ka naman welcome.”
He just shrugged at hindi sumagot. Ang kapag talaga ng mukha ng lalaking ito.
“At bakit ganto ang profile mo?” tanong ko, upon noticing na isang gwapong lalaking naka-cloak (a cosplayer I think) ang profile picture nya.
“Galing diba?” he said and turn to me.
“Nung nalaman ko ang internet, agad kong hinanap ang pangalan ko at andami kong nakitang mga kwento at larawan tungkol sakin.” he then smugly smiled at me.
“Sikat ako sa buong mundo.”
I rolled my eyes,
“Alam mo ang mga kwento na yan, ibang grim reaper ang nasa utak nila and mostly sa mga larawan or fan arts yung mga reapers mo yung nakalagay at di ikaw.” I responded making him scoff.
“At least ako pa rin si Kamatayan.”
“Whatever.”
It has been three weeks since I met Grim and so far it's like I'm living with a roommate na hindi nagbabayad ng renta, tubig at kuryente and what's worst is pati sa mga kinakain nya ay ako ang nagbabayad.
Yes, of course, I know. He is the grim reaper and hindi nya kailangan ng pagkain, but for some reason which I guess is to annoy me, bigla na lang nawawala yung mga pagkain ko sa fridge at cupboard.
And then makikita ko nalang sya na puno ang bibig habang ginagamit ang mga gadgets ko.
He says once to me na gusto nyang ma-feel kung ano ang ginagawa ng mga tao, kaya ayun. Minsan nga nagsha-shower pa ang abno kahit hindi naman sya kinakapitan ng amoy.
Probably there would be someone cursing me kapag nalaman nila na sinisigaw-sigawan ko lang si Grim. Sila kaya ang nasa pwesto ko?!
I thought at first this would be fun. How wrong I was.
Naka-upo lang ako sa harap ng laptop ko, checking all of my social medias when a thought pop into my head.
It has also been a few weeks since me and Zephyr exchanged numbers and so far, limang beses na kaming nag-coffee date.
Let's say na wala pang ligawang nagaganap but there's something romantic going on between us and there's an 80% chance that it would turn out something more.
I giggled at the idea making Grim look at me weirdly.
As if on cue, biglang nag-ring ang phone ko na hawak ni Grim, I look over at him.
“May tumatawag.” he lazily said.
“Akin na.” I said inaabot ang kamay ko.
“Kunin mo.” he replied making me glare at him.
“Kanino phone yan?”
“Sayo, kaya diba dapat ikaw kumuha.” he replied e at umakto akong tatayo.
“Sure, pero as soon as makuha ko yan, wag ka ng manghihiram tutal akin naman yan eh.”
I smiled in thriump when he groan angrily the suddenly teleported in front of me.
“Oh ayan.”
“Kaya mo naman palang mag-teleport ano pang binubunganga mo.” I said and he just rolled his eyes before disappearing again then reappearing dun sa kabaong.
“Geez,” I said and look at my phone but as soon as ia-answer ko na sana, it stopped ringing.
“Sh-t.” I muttered ng makitang si Zephyr yun.
Qickly I called him back as fast as I could.
“Hello?”
“Hi Zephyr.” I said, my voice becoming a lot softer.
I could feel Grim's eyes burning holes behind my head.
“Hey, mukhang busy ka ata?”
“No, not at all. Kakagaling ko sa work actually and I left my phone on silent.” I lied.
“Ah ganun ba.”
“So bakit ka pala napatawag?” I twirled my index finger on my hair,
“Tsk.” narinig kong sabi ni Grim making me scowl at him.
“Well, gusto sana kitang imbitahan tomorrow sa bahay ko, My Mom said she wanted to meet you.” He chuckled and suddenly I felt my hands become sweaty.
“Mom?”
“Yes, my Mom.. Gusto nya daw makita yung babaeng maganda na ikinukwento ko.” He said, I'm already imagining that he's starting to turn red.
“Um.. Sure! Kailan?” I asked.
“As soon as possible.. Maybe tomorrow night? Text me your address okay?”
“Ayaw mo bang mag-meet sa coffee shop kung saan lagi tayong nagkikita?”
“Maeve, I think it's time to get to each other more.. If it's okay with you.”
“Of course! I mean, yes, of course..”
“Great! So see you tomorrow?”
“Okay, see you. Bye.”
“Goodbye, Maeve.”
And I hung up.
“OH MY GOD!” I suddenly shouted at napatalon si Grim.
“Napano ka?!” tanong nya.
“I'm going to meet Zephyr's Mom, ninenerbyos ako! What do I do?!”
“Ewan, wag kang umakto na parang baliw.” He shrugged at tumingin ako ng masama sakanya.
“You're not helping!”
“Ay ewan, wala akong alam dyan.” he said rather grumpily at tumalikod sakin.
I raised one of my eyebrows, what the hell is his problem?
“Okay ka lang Grim?” I asked and he didn't answer.
I walked near him but as soon as I was about to touch his shoulder he suddenly vanished into thin air.
Napano yun? I sat on the sofa and when I did I suddenly fet something was missing.
Kinapa ko ang bulsa ko at inangat yung mga throw pillows, but still nothing.
And then I heard the familiar sound of the rythm game that was on my phone being played inside my room.
“GRIM YUNG PHONE KO!”
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