I Found My Oppa! ✔

Twenty Six

"Haayyyy! Bakit so rupok, ghorl?" Amanda winced while lying on her bed, remembering how she hugged Mr. Park earlier.

She was able to go home earlier than her usual time because Mr. Park drove her home.

And automatically, Amanda's parents invited him to join them for dinner which he happily accepted.

Amanda groaned in frustration as she tiredly got up to face her laptop. She was advised to work from home today by their acting HR Manager, Flynn, since Mr. Park called him that she is unable to go to the office because she was feeling unwell.

Amanda didn't try to contest it since she really felt under the weather yesterday.

Amanda could feel her head throbbing in pain. She closed her eyes and massaged her temples.

Blinking, she focused on her laptop. She remembered how she passed out a couple of months ago at the office and failed to ask the diagnosis.

Amanda made a mental note to ask Mang Rogelio who helped her on that day and the assigned doctor who checked on her.

She stared at the screen in front of her and couldn't find the right words to fill in.

Frustrated, she closed it and sighed.
She lied down on her bed as soon as she returned the laptop on her study table.

She was trying to sleep when she felt her phone vibrate underneath her pillow.

With one eye closed, she swiped accept and answered the call.

"Bakla!"

Pambunga na boses pa lang, kilala na ni Amanda kung sino ang nagsasalita.

"Hmmm?" Amanda asked, grunting.

"Balita ko, injured ka daw? Anyare sa 'yo?"

"Wala. Lagnat-laki lang siguro to."

"Nako, napapadalas pananakit ng ulo mo ah. Pacheck up ka kaya? Gusto mo samahan kita?"

Amanda laughed and stretched her free arm to hug her bolster while talking to her friend.

"Tigilan mo ko. Naghahanap ka lang ng dahilan para hindi pumasok sa trabaho."

"Oy, grabe ka sa lola mo! Concerned lang ako sayo bruha ka!"

"Thanks for the concern bruha. But, no thanks. Kaya ko na to." Amanda smiled in appreciation kahit hindi nakikita ng kaibigan. "Ako ay nagagalak sa pagpapakita ng pag-aalala sa akin."

"Bruha! Naging makata nagkasakit lang! Nawa'y lahat!"

Amanda laughed and breathed out.
"Sige na! Matutulog muna ako. Salamat sa pagtawag, bakla!" Amanda dismissed her friend.

"Aysus! Pabebe hindi naman bagay! O sya, pagaling ka! Mith yu! Umwah! Mwah! Byers!"

Jessica dropped the call and Amanda eagerly put the phone on her side table.

Amanda got up to turn the lights off and jumped back to bed.

Looking at the clock, she saw that it was just eight o'clock. She wants to sleep more so she did.

Amanda slept longer than she thought. Nagising lang sya sa katok ng  mama nya para magtanghalian.

"Nak?" Her mother ask as she opened her door. "Musta pakiramdam? Mataas pa lagnat mo?"

Amanda opened her eyes and shivered at the cold. She realized she was chilling when her mother touched her arm.

"Pakipatay po aircon, 'ma." Amanda said almost in a whisper. She snuggled deep into the blanket and hugged herself.

Her mother touched her neck and her eyes widened.

"Ang init mo pa din! 38.5 temp mo kanina. Saglit at kukuha ako ng bimpo at pupunasan kita." Her mother said and hurriedly went out her bedroom.

It took her mother only fifteen minutes to return with a face towel and a basin of cold water.

Despite the coldness she felt, Amanda allowed her mother to wipe off the heat off her body for the temperature to subside.

"Oh, magpalit ka ng damit at pajama." Aling Delia said and threw her clothes.

Amanda tiredly obliged and snuck back to her bed.

"Kumain ka na muna sa baba para makainom ka na ng gamot bago ka magpahinga ulet." Aling Delia ordered as she went to her bathroom to put out the water in the basin before going out of her room.

Amanda yawned and stretched her arms. She rubbed her eyes and tried to cheer herself up to shake away the virus.

She was about to step out of her bedroom in her pajamas when her jaw dropped and her eyes widened when she take a good look of who's outside her door.

"Food for the sick goddess?" Mr. Park asked holding up her comfort food whenever she feels sick: Chicken Lauriat from Chowking.

Amanda composed herself and smiled.  "Hey." Amanda said shyly.

"Hello to you too." Mr. Park said smiling. "Balita ko hindi ka pa kumakain? 'Lika na." Mr. Park didn't wait for her reply and pulled her hand to their dining room as if he lives there with her.

"Aysos. Ikaw lang pala kailangan para bumaba ang dalaga." Natatawang sambit ng kanyang tatay habang papunta sa hapag para kunin ang mga  kubyertos.

"Papaaaa!" Amanda exclaimed in embarrassment. Mr. Park chuckled with their exchange.

"Oh, bakit magaling ka na? Kanina lang parang mamamatay ka na sa kama." Pang-aasar pa ng kanyang ina habang nilalagay ang nilagang baka sa mesa bago umupo sa harapan nya.

"Mamaaaaa naman eee!" Amanda felt her cheeks reddening even more.

Lalo pang natawa si Mr. Park sa pang-aasar ng mga magulang nya sa kanya.

Nagpatuloy ang panunudyo ng mga magulang ni Amanda hanggang sa matapos ang tanghalian nila. Minabuti ng dalaga na kainin ang dalang pagkain ni Mr. Park mamayang hapon kung sakaling magcrave sya.

Hindi din nagtagal si Mr. Park dahil kailangang bumalik nito sa opisina dahil matagal din itong nasa business convention noong nakaraang buwan.

Sinigurado lang nito na uminom ng gamot si Amanda bago sya umalis sa bahay ng dalaga.

Pinayuhan sya ng binata na wag munang intindihin ang trabaho at iatas ito sa mga kasamahan sa departamento nila.

Sumang-ayon na lang si Amanda tutal ay sa susunod na linggo pa naman ang event na in-charge sya.