Cliche (Love Series # 1)

t w e n t y - s e v e n

Dessert

(noun)

des·sert\di-ˈzərt\

: sweet food eaten after the main part of a meal

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Saturday rolled in just a second, our seniors week finished with the other section winning. We did last till the semi-finals, our basketball players and our volleyball players did. My throat was just too sore and I could barely shout without grimacing in pain.

The scorching rays from the sun glared upon our skins marking us with it's lava like heat. It's already ten and we're gonna be late because there's so many passengers in one Jeep, I doubt the five of us can fit in there.

I don't know why there's a sudden influx of people going out in the swealthering heat, matter of fact I wouldn't even step out of my bedroom if it wasn't for my mom's birthday.

I looked at my side and saw the broad back of a very familiar figure, it was Willmark, he was dressed in khaki pants and a plain white shirt. I can't help but peek a bit more, seeing him in his causal clothes always put me into a slight trance.

"Jamie, where's Tita Carmela?"

I blinked away my trance and pointed at the side where my mother stood as she waited for another Jeep to come.

"There's a lot of people going to taytay, I don't think we'll be able to arrive earlier than what we expected"

We're going to cafe caudal where my brother works, he invited mom to celebrate his birthday there so we decided to go.

"It'll be fine, maybe we'll find an empty one"

True to his words, we did find one and my mother was quick to move and waved for us to go inside as well. The barkers continued to shout the vehicles routes and destinations. A stream of passengers came forcing us to fold our legs and crammed a spot, I was literally folded in half while some passengers tried to squeeze in.

"Bayad po"

"Paabot po"

I've heard that countlless of times and when the barker tapped the Jeepney loudly, he jump next to the driver and we were off.

Almost an hour has passed and my mother soon called the driver to stop sicne we've arrived into my brother's workplace. Joshua and Jerimie was beginning to feel restless as well as I, the heat and stickiness that came from the jammed Jeepney worsened my mood.

"We're here, come on everyone" mom urged us to go with her.

She opened the doors and the sound of bells clanging with each other resounded into the area. Some workers were mopping the floor while the others deliver orders from other customers. There's only three customers in the cafe, one is a middle aged woman and the other one is a couple.

"Finally, all of you have already arrived, I thought you wouldn't come" my older brother came, he was neatly dressed in his work uniform and acknowledge Willmark with a nod.

"Well, it was hard to get on a Jeepney, too many people" mom said before sitting down on the table my brother lead us to.

The place was chilled, thank goodness, and was designed minimalistic. Paper lamps shrouded the area in warmth glow, red colored wooden chairs and circular tables filled the space along with some couches on the side and magazines for everyone to spend their past time on.

The whole cafe was surrounded with the smell of fresh baked sweets, my eyes were already looking at the menu, it was filled with desserts and beverages along with some healthy greens and breakfast.

"So, are you treating us today?"

"Nope, you're here as our customer, we need more so yep" my brother frankly replied earning a glare from my mother but nonetheless, ordered anyways.

We choose six different types of desserts, one for my brother after his work is finished. Two slices of s'mores pie, one tres leches, one Oreo cheesecake and two orders of Nutella cheesecake. We also ordered sandwiches and pasta Bolognese along with four servings of chicken barbecue.

We sang happy birthday to mom before diving in, my brother's manager let him sit with us and some of his co-workers even offered to take pictures of us.

After eating, I could feel my stomach about to explode and massaged it softly. I look at my side and saw Willmark and my brother having a conversation about the basketball games yesterday. Jerimie was on her phone and Joshua was preoccupied with his food while mom was busy taking pictures.

At this time, I would hope that our father is with us to celebrate mom's birthday, the feeling of sadness didn't stick much and I was soon wandering my eyes into the cafe.

It just took me a second to actually notice the familiar face of someone I knew, someone I knew that would immediately arouse awkwardness in me. I mean he was someone who gave me my first kilig moment and someone that I know very much before.

My m.u. or let's just say someone I almost got into a relationship with.

I turned my eyes away from him and almost choked on my spit when I saw Willmark looking at me. I offered him a smile though I know it's not much of a smile.

I took a drink and prayed in my head to survive this whole ordeal. On my right side is Willmark, the person I like and to my right is the person I liked in the past.

Just freaking great.

Of course what you're thinking right now didn't happen, thank goodness it didn't happen or that would be so cringe. I think you know what I'm thinking right? That's just too impossible- that only happens in kdramas and books, that totally impossible.

He just nod in my direction as well as I, still, it didn't shake off the feeling of awkwardness. Willmark didn't seem to notice and I sighed in relief, mom on the other hand finished her photography session and said her goodbyes to her son not before having a small chat with the manager and his co-workers.

The day finished with a smile and a belly filled with sweet, though I tasted a bittersweet aftertaste though it doesn't matter anymore, I survived.

Notes:

• Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay (Tagalog: Bayan ng Taytay IPA: [taɪ'taɪ]), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines.
• Cafe Caudal is a dessert cafe which specializes in healthy foods, situated in Brgy. San Juan,Taytay, Rizal.
• Sometimes, jeepney drivers are assisted by people called “barkers.” These barkers man terminals or busy jeepney stops and loudly call out the vehicle’s routes and destinations, encouraging passengers in.
• Bayad means payment while po is a sentence particle used to indicate respect. This is what is said when someone is extending their payment.
• Paabot is a request to have something passed to someone. In this case, this is what passengers tell fellow passengers when asking them to pass payments to the driver.
• M. U. Mutual understanding, someone that you flirts with and have ambiguous relationship, a relationship that is headed to a real relationship to have a label.

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Facts: Her brother did work in that cafe and yes, her m.u. and her current crush did meet, what a Wattpad thing to happen.

Hello everyone! How are you today?! Happy birthday to my baby liyah! She's my cousin's daughter and it's her 3rd birthday today!

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