back in my arms

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jake

"seryoso?" hindi makapaniwalang tanong ni van. "gagawin niyo?"

rafael nodded. "oo nga... ayaw niyo ba?"

"hindi naman." hoseok answered and laughed. "pero gago baka umiyak yon."

yoshi shrugged his shoulders. "pwede yon, mas maganda kung paiyakin niyo."

"grabe kayo," ani jin

i pushed his arms playfully. "gusto kita makita eh-- nye nye nye." i mocked his messages to llysa.

he laughed. "selos ka?"

natigil ako sa pagtawa. "oo, bakit?" sambit ko nang seryoso saglit ngunit natawa rin.

"tama na yan." rafael stated. "we're watching her actions so we'll know if she already did it. sa ngayon, there's still time for us to wait."

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"hindi pa ba tayo uuwi?" i asked them. we're seriously here in our restaurant for like, two hours! wala naman kaming ginagawa. we were done eating!

sabay-sabay ang pag-iling nila kaya ganoon na lang ang bagsak ng balikat ko. "what are we waiting for, anyway?"

"may gusto raw kumausap sayo..." jishei softly mumbled.

my forehead creased. "who?"

they did not answer and looked away. the three of them were still munching bunch of ice creams.

"sino nga?" lalong nag salubong ang kilay ko.

"don't know.." rosie was the one who answered.

"ang weird niyo ha.." jenna exclaimed all of a sudden.

"huh? Weird ba ako?" jishei asked pointing at herself.

"hindi ka weird. ako? weird ba ako?" rosie asked next.

jenna shook her head. "hindi. ako rin hindi. ikaw llysa, weird ka?"

"kayo ang weird," i rolled my eyes. "tara nga sa playground sa likod!" aya ko sa kanila.

mabilis silang tumayo. the three of them are smiling.

agad kaming nakarating sa likuran kung nasaan ang playground na noon ay pinaglalaruan din namin. especially the moments when we're still in highschool.

"nakakamiss dito.." jenna said, still eating her milk ice cream.

"true," rosie agreed.

"bakit ba ganito yung suot natin?" jishei asked.

"wala lang. para lang maganda.." Jenna answered. "sa pictures, you know."

"doon tayo sa maraming puno.. maganda mag picture doon." biglang aya ni rosie.

i was about to walk together with rosie when someone just pulled me and put something to cover my mouth and nose.

"llysa!"

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