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[  2:47 a.m.  ]

She admires the city's lights as it blends well in the dark, she watched with a smile on her lips as cars with bright lights travels along the road and the night owl people getting wasted earlier today. The skies are dark with twinkling stars, and she watched them with adoration in her eyes through her window.

Abigail wanted a taste of outside. The toxicity and dust, the beauty and freedom. She surely finds peace here inside her room, but the feeling of being outside is more than that. Gusto nyang lumabas saglit at gumala saglit, gusto nyang maglakad palayo sa lugar na nag papaalala sa kanya sa kanyang reyalidad.

But she also can't afford disobeying her parents, they wanted nothing but to keep her safe. Yung naka higa lang para hindi na mabinat. That's why she stays, she stays awake at bihira lang kung magpahinga. She wants to savor every nights and every days of her, the remaining time of her living.

Habang tumatagal, mas lalo lang syang nagkaka lakas loob na lumabas. Palagi nalang itong nakatingin sa baba, she feels the need to go out for once. She needed to socialise outside, kahit hindi na siguro basta makapaglakad lang sa baba kasabay ang mga taong hindi rin makatulog. She wonders why would these people waste their time here kung wala naman silang taning sa buhay, they should sleep and take a rest right?

Abigail shook her head and headed towards her cabinet with her clothes piled neatly in. She pulled out a white hoodie and a black leggings with black sneakers to pair on with, she wore them on and tied her straight black hair that reaches her mid back. She left everything behind including her phone and dashed out her room and towards the elevator, tapped the ground floor and she's on the go. No one realises her escape as the elevator dinged and she pulled the hood on her, immediately walking off the exit and towards the busy street of the city.

Agad syang napangiti at nag lakad, wala naman syang pupuntahan as she continues to stroll the side walk. Mahangin ngayon at parati syang napapapikit sa tuwing tatama sa kanyang mukha ang malakas na hangin, she sighs and lively walked her way futher and away from where she really belonged. Her strides are slow and cautious as she eyes the building's signages with neon lights lining on them. Pansin nya na ring matao na ang banda ng kalye na ito at masyado nang makinang ang mga ilaw na nakapaligid sa kanya, she eyes every person that walks passing her direction with a frown.

Nanlaki ang mga mata nya at agad na napatingala ng ma realised na baka nasa Club Town nga sya ngayon, she eyes every establishment at ang mga tao na nakapaligid sa kanya at na kumpirma nga ang hinala. She doesn't mind, although napaka out of place nga lang ng suot nya. Her eyes roamed around the lively place, palakas ng palakas na rin yung mga music nila and it gives her the thrills. She really isn't a party type, lalong lalo hindi rin sya ang night owl type. But she can handle socialising well and she can sleep if she wants to, but she just doesn't.

Napadako ang mga mata nya sa kabilang lane at napalaki ang mga mata. It's a seaside view with lots of happy people along the rails, she hurriedly but carefully crossed the street and she excitedly hold onto the rails. The seaside part are full of drunk but mostly sobered people, they chat around and laughed around habang nakatingin lang sya sa dagat at sa kalangitan. She breathes in the salty air with her eyes closed and exhaled, her lips forming into a smile and she opens her eyes.

Napatingin sya sa kanyang katabi at nakakunot nuong sinuri ito. Black hair at may katamtamang katawan, dressed in a botton down shirt in the color black with black slacks and white rubber shoes. His upper body on the rails with his arms crossed under his head and a canned beer in his right hand, nakapikit ito and surprisingly balanse ang pagkakatayo. Her eyebrows raised in amusement at the sight of him, di naman siguro ito tulog diba?

Pero ganun nalang ang gulat nya ng bigla itong gumalaw at di na nakapag balance, nahulog ito sa sahig ng may kalakasan na syang ikinalingon ng ibang tao sa direksyon nya. She hissed and gathered the man up, tinapik tapik nya ang pisnge nito habang di pinapansin ang iilang hagikgik ng mga nakakita.

"Hey, hey mister. Wake up." pag aalog nya dito at agad na napabuga ng hininga ng dumilat ang mga mata nito. Natigilan sya bigla ng ang mapupungay nitong mga mata ay tumingin sa kanya ng deretcho.

Abigail gulped at their proximity and stood up. She dusted her leggings and looked back at him, nakahiga pa rin ito sa sahig na walang pakealam sa mundo at nakatitig lang sa kalangitan. She sighed and grabbed the man up and surprisingly he didn't even tried to resist, he carried himself and she made him rest against the rails. He rested his upper body against the rails habang nakaupo pa rin sa sahig and eyed her.

"Why did you wake me up?" asked in his rapsy voice. His eyes narrowed on hers and she gulped. Anong klaseng lalake ba ito?

Abigail stood and eyed the sea, her arms resting on the rails as she breathes, "alangan namang pabayaan kitang tumihaya jan sa sahig?" she looked back at him and raised a brow as she caught him staring at her still.

The guy snorted and looked away, a faint smile on his lips, "I just want to sleep." he muttered more to himself but she heard him all.

Lumuhod naman si Abigail sa tabi nya and with a stern look answered, "you can, but not here." she pointed on the dusty ground.

The guy frowned at her and grunted, "you're so pale." pag iiba nito na syang ikina irap nya sa hangin.

"at yon ay dahil hindi na ako nasisinagan ng araw."

Umiling ang lalake na syang ikina kunot ng noo nya, "ano na naman?" tanong nya dito.

"it's just, parang hindi natural?" patanong nitong sabi.

Abigail sighed and slumped beside him, "anyways, why are you here?" pag iiba rin nya saka tinignan ito.

Nag iwas ito ng tingin, "to party and get wasted..?" patanong nitong sambit, bakas sa tono nito ang pag aalinlangan. Hindi ito ang totoong rason ng lalake.

Abigail caught it and looked away, "Abigail." inabot nya ang kanyang kamay sa lalake ng hindi nakatingin dito.

The guy looked at her and onto her hand, he accepted it and smiled in the front, "Leosean."

Abigail smiled and glanced at him then their hands separated, she slid them onto her jacket's front pocket and sighed heavily. He does looked mature, looked way older than her. What now?

"So," pag sasalita nito na agad nyang ikinatingin. Leosean smiled at her and raised a brow, "anong ginagawa mo dito?"

Abigail gave out a half smile and shrugged, "having a quick stroll then I somehow ended up here. I know nothing how I ended up here."

"A stroll at two in the morning? Really?" Leosean spoke in disbelief. She let's out a soft laugh that he soon shared in.

Nang makabawi ay natahimik ulit sila at nakatingin lang sa harapan, sa mga sasakyang dumadaan sa highway. They enjoyed the silent peace between them in the mids of sobered and drunken people with booming laughters.

Leosean's eyes are dropping and Abigail's sudden movements stopped him from dozing off, he frowned and looked up at her as she stoods and smiled at him. His lips twitched as he keep in his smile and maintain a frown.

Abigail huff, "please don't sleep here, you need to go home." she raised her head up and looked at the sky and onto the sea then back at his eyes, " I needed to go. Bye Sean." she waved a hand and ran off.

Leosean watched at her retreating form with a weird soft smile on his lips. Everything's weird the moment he locked eyes with her. The hastened pumps of his heart, the warmth as she smiles at him, her laughs sending tingles in his stomach and spine, and the smile that appears suddenly when they met. What is happening?

Did cupid just messed with him ?

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🏷️ to be continued...