Serendipity (Thalassophile)

Thirteen

Krislene is really excited to see Dylan once again. Inaamin naman nya, nami-miss nya ito dahil halos dalawang linggo rin nya itong hindi nakita. Though she's actually stalking Dylan's social media account. Pero wala naman itong masyadong post. Even Dylan's display picture is just color blue. Very minimalistic. Matagal na nya itong gusto i-add as a friend. But she's contemplating because of two reasons. First, dahil nahihiya sya. And second, baka kasi may mga picture syang makita na hindi kayanin ng puso nya. Well, baka kasi may pictures sila doon ng Ate nya. Though it sounds impossible since her Sister is in a relationship already.

But when Dylan followed her social media account and even asked for a friend request, without thinking twice and even those two reasons, she accepted it. But even though she accepted his friend request, hindi nya agad tinignan ang social media account nito.

Not until today.

Nilakasan nya ang loob nyang tignan ang social media account nito at kinaya naman nya. Isa lang kasi ang naka-post na picture nila ng Ate nya. It's the same photo of the lockscreen wallpaper of Dylan. Nasaktan na sya nung nakita nya ito ng una eh. Ngayon, proud naman syang sabihin na konti nalang yung sakit kahit na wala naman syang karapatang masaktan. They're not even in a relationship. They're still on the process of getting to know each other, except for that kiss.

Naalala nanaman nya tuloy kaya't heto at nag-iinit nanaman ang pisngi nya. Well, it was really just touching of the lips. Wala pa nga yatang isang segundo iyon. But for her, she's considering it as a kiss. First kiss nya iyon eh. Well, first kiss ngayong dalaga na sya. Dahil noong bata sya, ninakawan sya ng halik ng kababata nya—na nagustuhan din naman nya.

She was so lost on that thought when she received a message from that person who always makes her heart beat like crazy. Naalala nya, ngayon ang dating nito mula sa 12-hour flight from Manila. And she's really excited to see him. Kasama na doon ang pagka-excited nya sa Meiji Apollo Strawberry Chocolate na ibibigay nito sa kanya. Kung tutuusin, pwede naman syang bumili sa Clermont Convenience Store sa Newark pero mas ginusto nyang hintayin nalang ang ibibigay ni Dylan sa kanya. Mas sweet kasi iyon for her. Galing sa taong gustong-gusto nya eh.

Speaking of the man she likes. She immediately looked at Dylan's message and just as how excited she is, that's also how dissapointed she gets right at that moment.

At kung bakit?

From: Dylan

'Hey Lene. I'm already here in Newark. But I just want to tell you that I'll be going straight to your Sister and Vincien's place. See you in two days.'

Napangiti nalang sya ng mapait. Masyado syang umasa. Although she appreciate him telling these things to her, but the fact that her Sister always comes first, that's what hurting her. Nakalimutan nya, hindi naman sya priority. They're just friends. And her Sister is Dylan's love interest.

With that, she choose not to reply for now since she doesn't know what to say.

But she'll always keep in her mind, I'm not the priority.

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Krislene is just lying comfortably on her bed when a familiar song randomly played on her phone. Immediately, her eyes searched for their guitar that was placed on the corner of her room. Grinning, she climbed off the bed and get the guitar as she sat properly on the bed. She started strumming the guitar when the song hit the chorus part.

A smile curved on her lips because up until now, marunong pa rin syang mag-gitara. Yep. She really knows how to play the guitar just like her Sister. Ang Ate nya mismo ang nagturo sa kanya. Sometimes, with the help of Vaughn and Vincien too.