Kahit Kunwari

10

I literally sent him a wrong message! Bakit kasi sa messenger kami nag-uusap! Damn highlighters.

Maya maya pa ay biglang tumunog ang phone ko. It was a video call from Ej. What the? I won't answer it. No freaking way. Hindi ko alam kung anong sasabihin ko. Nakakahiya!

I can just say that I sent him a wrong message. That's the truth. It was for Ally. But why do I feel like he's now smiling from ear to ear?

Namatay ang tawag, pero agad ulit may dumating na tawag mula sa kanya. Makailang ulit pa, ay hindi ko na nakayanan. Pinatay ko na lang ang phone ko. I should read, okay? Stop thinking about it, Grae. I need to focus.

I went downstairs to get water and chocolate. Kailangan kong magising. Pwede naman ako magpuyat ngayon at walang pasok bukas. Madalas ay inuubos ko na ang readings ko ng Tuesday ng gabi at recalling na lang ang ginagawa ko pagdating ng Wednesday. Mas active ang utak ko sa gabi hanggang madaling araw.

It's already 2am. I am now on the last article. Ang tahimik, kaya naman mas nauunawaan ko ang binabasa ko. Nagtatake down din ako ng mga important phrases at naghihighlight ng important words. After how many hours of reading, I am now confident for our Law on Thursday. Nagdagdag din ako ng ilan pang articles maliban sa binilin ng prof sa amin.

Nakakatulong din pala ang Law subject para madistract naman ako kahihiyan na ginawa ko kanina. Nakatulog na rin ako pagkatapos kong magbasa.

I woke up late the next morning. Medyo magkukulang din kasi ako sa tulog kung maaga ako magigising. Good thing mom is understandable about it.

Sa buong umaga ay nanuod lang kami ni Mama sa sala habang ang kapatid ko ay nasa school. 5pm pa ang uwi niya. Pagdating ng hapon ay gumawa kami ng mga kakanin na order kay mama.

It's already 3pm when I decided to turn on my phone. I was boambarded with messages. There were messages from our different groupchats, there were some from Ally. And of course half of the said messages were from Ej. I opened his.

Ej:

Hey, I'm sorry. I was just so shocked.

Are you reading?

Law mo sa Thursday, you're reading articles?

Grae?

Okay, I think you're busy. Keep reading, future CPA!

6:01AM
Good morning, sunshine!

8AM
Don't forget your breakfast. I'm on my way to school.

12PM
Lunch, Grae.

Hey, you're not using your phone? I asked Ally and she said you don't reply to her messages as well.

1:47PM

Pauwi na ko, is it okay for me to visit you? I want to visit Tita and Greianne too.

See you in a bit!

I quickly went to my bathroom and washed my face. I fixed my face and put some tint on my lips and cheek. I combed my hair too. Napatigil ako napatitig sa salamin. Agad kong binatukan ang sarili.

"What the heck are you doing?" I asked myself.

Bumaba ako at sinabi kay Mama na darating si Ej. She was happy. At agad na naghanda ng kakanin at juice. Tss, he already got my mom's heart.