Misdialed Paramour ✔️

Page 33 - Countdown Arc: Monday Morning

Page 33 – Countdown Arc: Monday Morning

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I was thinking about Haenan and his absence while I’m eating lunch with the rest of the FAB and my best friend on EPU's cafeteria.

Week niya dapat ngayon with me pero dahil may emergency raw sa isang branch ng business nila on Europe, he took a flight to solve the issue.

I’m sitting between Chill and Ethan, nasa tapat ko si Beks. Ang loko kong best friend ay busy on call with Trouble. Their conversation is unfiltered and can sometimes be very sexual kaya aliw na aliw sina Lantern at Airen na nasa tabi nito. Especially Airen.

“You should invite Trouble sometimes, best friend. We could get her a pass to enter EPU.” narinig kong sabi ni Airen while I pretend to be busy studying the notes on my notebook.

Best friend ang tawag nila kay Beks because he's my best friend. My best friend didn’t mind at all dahil best friend ko naman talaga siya. Shocks. Ilang beses ko nasambit yung salitang best friend?

Anyway, going back to Haenan, hindi ko mapigilang mag-alala, that’s why I asked the man beside me who should know what’s happening.

“Is Haenan doing okay? Kelan daw siya babalik?” tanong ko kay Chill.
Chill fixed his glasses and turned his head to face me,

“He's okay. Don’t worry. I think he'll be back before Friday…or he'll try to because he’s still part of the competition.”

The Perfumery Competition will be held this Friday. That’s when I remembered they should focus on it.

“Kamusta yung entry mo for the competition, Chill?”

“I have arrived at my final product almost a month ago. Don’t worry about me or the others. They may not look like it but we are all working hard for this.”

“I know but don’t overworked, okay? Especially you. Natapos ka nga ng maaga but finishing early isn’t all flowers and butterflies. Nakaka-paranoid yun lalo na kapag maisip kang tao.”

“Y-Yeah. Thanks.”

Chill might looked chill from the outside pero alam ko kapag may problema siya. He have this habit of touching his metal bracelet on his left hand kapag may iniisip na malalim at nagkakaroon ng internal panic.

He's doing that a lot these past days. I bet he’s getting anxious because of the competition. It’s a big deal for them lalo na't their fathers have accumulated this big amount of money for the winner, if ever may mananalo na isa sa kanila.

“Speaking of…magkano nga ulit yung prize from your father and uncles for the winner?” I asked. I kinda forgot how much. Ang natatandaan ko lang, it’s big.

“One billion—”

“BUWHAAAAAT?!” sigaw ko.

“What the heck is happening?” gulat na tanong ni Airen na hindi ko pinansin.

“Buhawt? Boo-hot? Hot? I know right, Beki, napapalibutan tayo ng hotness. No wonder.” komento ni Beks na parang ewan.

“Don’t act too shocked, Zonrox. One billion is just the right prize. Our fathers are very serious when it comes to perfume.” Lantern commented. Mukhang siya lang yung naka-gets.

“Lantern’s correct. And there’s a bonus this time. The winner will also win an entire island.” sabi ni Chill.

“Island..one billion..” napabulong na lang ako.

Isn’t that absurd?

“Kaya Zony babe, I’m definitely going to win this. That island and one million is mine.” sabi ni Airen.