Love In Progress

Chapter 5

Bill

Hindi papasok si Ellie at John sa araw na to dahil may kelangan silang gawin sa school. Without them, I focus entirely on doing my work.

Without me noticing, mabilis lang na nagdaan ang oras. 10 minutes before lunch time ay dumating si Flint. Nalaman niyang wala yung friends ko kaya he insisted in joining me for lunch.

"Let's go, let's go." He held my arm at hinila ako palabas ng company.

Pumasok kami sa isang Chinese restaurant. Pagkatapos umupo ay sinimulan ko nang tingnan ang menu.

I was busy looking at the menu at pagkaangat ko ng ulo ay naubutan kong tinititigan ako ni Flint. Which is making me uNcoMforTablE again!!

I didn't really want to talk to him kaya tinawag ko nalang yung waiter para makapag order.

"Isang Beef and Tendon Noodle Soup po. Yun lang po sakin."

The waiter looked at Flint "How about your order sir?"

"Same with her. That's all." He said at umalis na ang waiter.

"Sapat na yun para sayo? Don't you eat a lot?" I curiously asked.

"Ikaw, sapat na yan para sayo?" Balik tanong niya.

"Yes. Konti lang naman ako kumain. I get full easily."

"Kung sapat na sayo sapat na din sakin."

"Ha?? What are you talking about we have different sizes of appetite!"

He laughed. What's funny? "I just want to experience a day in your life. It's interesting. Pero actually hindi pa to sapat, I gotta experience what your life is like kapag walang pasok. Wanna hang out with me this Saturday?

"NO! Are you a stalker? OMG."

He laughed again. "Ang cute mo talaga."

I rolled my eyes. Anong cute doon? "Stop joking. Why would you even want to experience my life? Hindi ko magets. The only reasonable thing is that you're a stalker!"

"Because I like you." Natigilan ako, pero narealize ko he's probably just joking. Never ko pa siya nakakausap ng matino, tbh. Tumikhim ako ng nakabawi na.

"Stalker." I said and he laughed again.

"Fine, fine. I'll order more for my stomach to consume since worried ka sakin."

"I'm not!" I protested. He called the waiter once again for his additional orders. He ordered a bunch of food na hindi ko na nasundan. I looked at him and the only thought that came is: He's a weirdo.

TYG, the food came. I lost all my energy arguing with this weirdo. I ate my food quietly while he keeps on talking. Tinanong niya kung bakit Mischa pangalan ko at bakit ganun ang spelling, if I have siblings, kung saan kami nakatira and more.

I didn't wanna expose my information to a stalker so I just continued eating, while siya, he started talking about his life. And he keeps on putting food on my bowl.

"My mom is Chinese and my dad is Filipino-Spanish. Pero like 20% Spanish lang naman. I also have a younger sister, she's currently in Australia studying. I live with my cousin Zaiden in a condo near our school, we often play basketball with our other cousins Frost and Frank. Ano pa ba... what else are you curious with?"

"I'm not asking and I'm not curious with anything about you. How could you easily share your private information to a stranger like me?"

"We're not strangers! We're friends and colleagues!"

"When did we become friends?"

"We could also be more than friends if you want."

"Arggghhh..." I groaned and took a deep breath and called the waiter for bill out. If I continue this conversation with this weirdo, I'm going crazy.

The waiter came and gave the bill to... him. Agad niyang binigay ang card niya at pinaalis yung waiter.

"I can pay for my food! Let's split the bill, magkano ang total."

"Most are my orders, so it's just right na ako ang magbayad."

"Yes! Your orders that you keep putting on my bowl. So basically, I ate most of it so I should pay!"

"We both ate naman so no worries!"

"Exactly! We both ate so let's just split the bill!"

The waiter came back with the bill and his card kaya inagaw ko agad ang resibo para tingnan kung magkano ang total.

Habang pumipirma siya, I got some cash from my wallet and left it on the table bago nagmarcha palabas.

I heard him calling my name pero dirediretso ang lakad ko. Unluckily, naabutan niya ako dahil hindi ako makatawid pa dahil sa red light.

"Mischa, wait. Get the money back, I told you, you don't need to pay." Kinuha niya ang kamay ko at inilagay ang pera doon.

Sobrang irita ko na ang pushy niya! Kahapon pa siya ah! Kung hindi lang to pera, hinampas ko na sa kanya eh.

I tried putting it in his bag na mabilis niyang iniwas. In doing so, nasagi niya ang salamin niya at nahulog. Nabasag.

Nasapo ko ang noo ko in frustration. Will this day get any worse?