Whatever We Had

Seven

#WWH07
07
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His

"Why you're nakasimangot?" Ari asked.

We're at FSC right now, a mall near NFU. Dito madalas pumupunta ang mga students ng NFU. Bukod sa malapit, malaki pa ito.

Ari and I decided to shop for school supplies. Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit gamit sa school ang napagkasunduan namin ngayon. Tuwing huling araw ng exams kasi ay may pinupuntahan talaga kami ni Ari.

Madalas ay shopping talaga ang plano namin. Pero kapag finals ay nanunuod kami ng sine o kaya ay naglalaro pampatanggal ng stress.

Even if I'm a little pissed at her for lying to me, hindi ko naman hahayaan na hindi matuloy ang usapan namin. Besides, hindi naman kami habang buhay na magkasama, so I'll spend my time with her while I still can.

"Nothing." Then I continued looking for new oil paints. I still have stocks of these in my art room but I still looked for some just in case I need it.

"Why do I feel like you're galit to me? I mean, you always look ganyan naman, eh. Pero I know you, what did I do mali?" Pagtataka niya.

Hindi ko rin naman sigurado kung nagsisinungaling si Ari, eh. Magaling pa naman umacting ang isang 'to kaya hindi ko talaga alam.

"Alam mo kung anong mali?" She shook her head. "Noong nagkaroon ka ng labi."

"Ugh! You're so mean!" Inis na sabi niya, pumapadyak pa.

I laughed. "Just kidding. Don't worry. It's nothing."

She just rolled her eyes on me.

We're now on our way to Copy-Pasta, an Italian restaurant here in FSC. I don't know, I suddenly craved for lasagna so we agreed to eat there. I wanted to take home one, too. Hindi pa naman kasi ito dinner. Almost 5pm pa lang, eh. 2 pm ang uwian namin kapag exam week. Early dismissal is fun pero pag exams lang yon nangyayari so nakakadugo ng utak.

As soon we got there, we looked for a table. All the table for twos are occupied so we ended up on a table for 4 people. Not bad. We have alot of stuff with us, anyway.

I was fixing the paperbags when I noticed that Ari's staring at me. I raised one of my brows on her.

"Ano?" She then looked up at her left. Napatingin din ako doon.

Oh, right. Nilapitan na pala kami ng waiter. Takot ang isang 'to umorder kaya yan ganyan makatingin. Lagi nga 'yang sumasama sa akin sa pila sa cafeteria tapos bubulungan lang ako ng order niya.

"Wait lang, kuya." Then I glanced at Ari. "What's yours?"

Sinabi na namin ang aming mga order kaya umalis na ang waiter.

"The waiter's kind of gwapo, right? I was going to order na sana, eh, kaso I was lost for words." She whined.

"Sa susunod kanya-kanya na tayong pila sa cafeteria."

"We're kanya-kanya naman, ah? I'm in the line, too! Ikaw nga lang nagsasalita..." then she laughed awkwardly.

I rolled my eyes on her. "Kanya-kanya ba yon?" Then I looked at her when she didn't respond. "Ano?"