Serendipity (Thalassophile)

Ten

"You're very beautiful when you smile, Lene."

Mga katagang tumatak sa puso at isip ni Krislene nang mga oras na iyon. It was the first time that she heard it from Dylan. And as for Dylan himself, he is telling the truth and he can't help but to blurt it out.

At dahil na rin sa kilig, hayun at naramdaman nalang ni Krislene na nag-iinit ang kanyang pisngi. "T-Thanks Dylan."

Dylan chuckled as he handed the milktea to her. "You're welcome. Here you go, your favorite strawberry cheesecake milktea. 75% sugar, less ice and pinadagdagan ko ng nata de coco, just like how you want it."

Krislene grinned from ear to ear before she reached for her milktea. Mukhang natandaan kaagad ni Dylan kung ano ang mga gusto nya.

And when Dylan held his frappe, she thought of something to do at that very moment. "Wait Dylan! Can I take a picture of our drinks?"

Dylan was suprised with what Krislene said. Because here he thought, silang dalawa ang magse-selfie. Iyon pala, iyong iinumin nila. With that, he chuckled before nodding at Krislene.

Krislene got her phone from her bag and Dylan can't help but to find Krislene amusing. The last time he remembered, Krislene uses a different phone case. And now, iba ulit ito. Just how many cases does she have?

"Can you hold it like this?" Krislene asked him while demonstrating how to hold their drinks. She wanted to take a picture of their hands holding their drinks while the background is the ocean. Hindi tuloy maiwasan ni Dylan ang mamangha ng paulit-ulit kay Krislene.

"Sure!" And he did what Krislene demonstrated and at the count of three, Krislene took a picture of it.

"Done!" Krislene said in glee. "You can drink your frappe now."

"Are you gonna post it on your social media account?" Dylan curiously asked because if she will, he wants to tell Krislene to tag it to him but then he remembered, they don't follow each other on social media accounts.

"Hmm... maybe." Krislene answered while she's busy fidgeting on her phone.

"Alright. Take your time."

Krislene is still busy fidgeting from her phone while drinking her milktea from time to time. So he just got himself busy too by drinking his frappe. At nang mapadako ang tingin nya sa hawak nyang wallet at cellphone, agad nya itong itinago dahil baka mapansin pa ito muli ni Krislene. Ayaw nyang mag-iba muli ang mood nito.

But as soon as he kept his stuffs, he heard his phone's notification so once again, he pulled it out from his pocket. And instead of inputing his password on the lockscreen, he just used the fingerprint sensor so that it will immediately open on the homescreen. Mahirap na. He already learned from what happened earlier.

And his homescreen wallpaper is very minimalistic. Just pure blue.

He swiped down through the notification pane and saw a tagged-post from Safford. Not so curious, but still, he opened it and saw the motherfucker's selfie. Naka-peace sign ito pero halos nasa gilid na ang gago. Mas malaki pa ang sakop ng background.

Then he read the caption, "Interesting view behind me."

At doon nya binalikan ng tingin ang picture ni Owen dahil hindi nya napansin ang sinasabi nitong interesting view. Napakunot ang noo nya dahil blurred naman ito. Does Owen know how to use his fucking phone? It looks like on portrait mode where the background is on bokeh mode.

Then he received another notification coming from Owen's tagged post.

Owen Safford: @Dylan
Owen Safford: Paano ba mag-take ng picture na hindi blurred yung background? Ang ganda kasi nung background ko eh.