IT WAS THE FOURTH DAY OF APRIL AND IT'S ALREADY EIGHT IN THE MORNING I WAS STILL ON MY BED. MY MOTHER WAKES ME BUT I WAS SO TIRED THAT I CONTINUED SLEEPING. AFTER THIRTY MINUTES I WAKE UP AND I WAS IN MY BEDROOM, MY BED WAS SO MESSY, A BREEZE PASS THROUGH. I LOOK AT MY MIRROR MY HAIR IS ALSO MESSY MY FACE LOOKS SO TIRED AND SURROUNDING ME IS JUST A PLAIN WOODEN WALL, A MIRROR, MY SMALL CLOSET, MY SCHOOL UNIFORM HANGING AND ELEVEN FEET ABOVE ME IS A LIGHTBULB STILL LIT ON THEN I SAID IN MY MIND MAYBE IT WAS JUST A DREAM.
I GET OUT OF MY ROOM AND MY MOM WAS PREPARING PLATES FOR BREAKFAST. I WAS AN ONLY CHILD THAT'S WHY MY MOTHER IS OVERPROTECTIVE AND SOMETIMES I DON'T LIKE IT. HATE HER WHEN SHE STARTS TO TALK, IT WILL BE AN ENDLESS RAP. AFTER WE'VE EATEN BREAKFAST I WAS MINDLESS CARRYING MY CAT HAM. I WENT OUTSIDE AND SAT BY THE BAMBOO BENCH BUILT BY MY FATHER. THERE I WAS JUST WONDERING IF IT REALLY HAPPENED, I SIGHED. HAM RAN AWAY AND MY MOTHER GOT OUT OF THE HOUSE READY TO GO TO WORK AT THE BARANGAY.
MY FATHER ON HIS MOTORCYCLE WITH MOTHER, I WAVE GOODBYE. I WAS ALL ALONE AT MY HOUSE NOW AND I WAS RELIEVED. I WENT INSIDE MY HOUSE AND SAT ON THE COUCH THEN ICHIGO MY DOG WITH BLACK STRIPES AND BROWN FUR CAME TO ME, I PATTED HIS HEAD AND IT MADE HIM HAPPY AND I WAS HAPPY TOO. THEN ICHIGO SENSE SOMETHING, HE WENT OUTSIDE THE HOUSE WHILE BARKING, I FOLLOWED ICHIGO AND TO MY SURPRISE YNNA, ELI, AND MARCUS STOOD RIGHT THERE FRIGHTENED BY ICHIGO.
"IT WAS NOT A DREAM." I WHISPERED.
"ICHIGO STOP!"
ICHIGO STOPS BARKING AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. I WAS A BIT NERVOUS BECAUSE MY ROOM WAS STILL MESSY AND I DIDN'T EXPECT THEM TO VISIT MY HOUSE AND HOW DID THEY KNOW. MY COUSIN THEN APPEARS AND I WAS MAD AT HER. I INVITED THEM INSIDE MY HOUSE WHICH ISN'T EVEN COMPLETELY BUILT IT STILL LACKA MORE.
"JUST SIT AT THE COUCH" I SAID POINTING AT THE COUCH.
I WENT QUICKLY TO MY ROOM AND ARRANGED MY BED, AS I WAS TRYING TO COVER MY BED I DIDN'T KNOW ELI STOOD BEHIND ME AND MY BUTT WAS AN INCH AWAY IN TOUCHING ELI'S D***. I LOOK BEHIND ME AND I QUICKLY STOOD UP. MY HEART BEATS FASTER AS ELI'S HANDS WERE ON MY HIPS AND I TURN AROUND AND WE WERE BOTH STARING AT EACH OTHER. ELI'S EYES WERE AS DARK AS THE SIN WE WERE ABOUT TO COMMIT, OUR FACES MOVE CLOSER AND CLOSER THAT OUR LIPS WAS AN INCH AWAY TO EACH OTHER. WHEN ELI'S LIPS WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH MINE I TURNED MY HEAD.
"ELI" I WHISPERED.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER?" ELI WHISPEREDLY ASK.
"THIS ISN'T RIGHT"
I MOVE AWAY ELI'S HANDS FROM MY HIPS AND WENT OUT FROM MY ROOM. I WAS SHOCK, I CANNOT MOVE A MUSCLE AND A FEW SECONDS MY MUSCLE WAS WORKING. I WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM AND I LOOK AT MARCUS AND HE STOOD UP.
"WHERE CAN I DRINK WATER?" MARCUS QUESTIONED.
I POINTED AT THE JUG IN THE KITCHEN, THEN ELI SAT ON THE COUCH AND MADE A SMIZE TO HIM. ELI SMIRKED AND IT MADE ME ANGRY TOWARDS HIM, MY FACE FROWNED AND MARCUS PAT ME ON MY HEAD WHILE DRINKING A GLASS OF WATER AND NOW I'M REALLY MAD AT BOTH OF THEM.
"WHERE DO YOU WANNA GO?" I ASKED INSISTLINGLY.
"ANYWHERE." YNNA CONCLUDED.
I TOURED THEM AT THE BAGAKAY BAY PARK AND THEY WERE AMAZED BY THE SCENERY THEY GAZED UPON. AFTER THE TOUR I WAS EXHAUSTED, I SAT ON THE BENCH AND ELI WAS STANDING IN FRONT ME.
"HEY" ELI SAID.
"HEY"
"CAN I SIT?"
"YEAH"
"LATELY, I'M SORRY ABOUT MY BEHAVIOR IT'S JUST THAT"
I TOOK OVER AND SAID "IT'S OKAY, I'M A BIT SHOCKED AND SCARED ACTUALLY."
"I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOTTEN IN MY MIND"
"WHY WERE YOU GOING TO KISS ME, WHY DID I ASK THAT"
ELI CHUCKLED AND CONTINUED "IT WAS UNEXPECTED TO ME BUT IT FELT GOOD STARING AT YOU AND THE TINGLING OF MY BODY MADE ME DO IT. WHY DID YOU NOT PARTED WTIH ME THOUGH?"
"I... I DIDN'T, BECAUSE YOU HAVE MARIE."
MARIE WAS ELI'S GIRLFRIEND SHE'S ALSO INTELLIGENT AND SHE'S VERY PRETTY. I CANNOT COMPARE MYSELF TO HER BEAUTY. I'M JUST A PLAIN GUY WHO IS INSECURE AND HAS LOW SELF-ESTEEM.
"MARIE... MARIE AND I ARE IN A COMPLICATED SITUATION." ELI CONTINUED.
"WHY?... YOU TWO WERE A GREAT COUPLE. EVERYONE WERE JEALOUS TO YOU GUYS." I STATED FACTUALLY.
ELI LAUGH A BIT AND HIS FACE BECAME STILL.
"WH, WHAT HAPPENED?"
ELI WAS SILENT AND I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM . YEAH I KNOW I SHOULD BE HAPPY BECAUSE MY CRUSH'S GIRLFRIEND AND HIM ARE IN A COMPLICATED SITUATION BUT WHEN I KNOW THAT MY CRUSH HAS A GIRLFRIEND I DON'T PRAY THAT THEY WILL BREAK UP AND THAT'S A FACT, WELL THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. MARCUS CAME TO US AND HIS FACE IS ALWAYS EXPRESSIONLESS BUT I COULD TELL HE'S JEALOUS AND IT MADE ME HAPPY INSIDE.
AS THE SUN SETS, MY HEART WAS BEATING VERY SLOW AND EVERYTHING FEELS SO MOTIONLESS. I STARED AT MARCUS AND TO ELI. WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN INTO, I HATE TO ASSUME BUT ONE OF THEM IS GONNA BE HEARTBROKEN.
NINE IN THE EVENING AND I AM ON MY BED WATCHING ELITE ON NETFLIX. I WAS ENJOYING MY BINGE WATCH WHEN ELI CHATTED ME AND IT RUINED MY BINGE WATCH.
ELI CHATTED "HEY, GOOD EVENING"
"GOOD EVENING TOO" I REPLIED.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"I WAS JUST BINGE WATCHING" I ANSWERED SARCASTICALLY.
"OHH I'M SORRY I DIDN'T MEAN TO DISTURB YOUR BINGE WATCHING"
I SMILED A BIT THINKING ELI HAS SAID MANY SORRY TODAY.
"IT'S OKAY DON'T MIND IT" I REPLIED EVEN THOUGH I WAS A BIT IRRITATED BECAUSE HE DISTURBED ME.
"HOW CAN I MAKE IT UP TO YOU PERCY?"
"MAKE IT UP?"
"ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT"
"YOU CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT?" I TEASED.
"HAHAHA, WHY, YOU CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT ALSO?"
"I WAS BINGE WATCHING SO I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT IT I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT IT UNTIL YOU MENTIONED IT."
"HAHAHA MAYBE IT SHOULD BE OUR TOPIC" ELI REPLIED WITH A HEART EYES AND SMIRK EMOJI.
I REPLIED WITH AN RAISED EYEBROW EMOJI AND WE CONTINUED CHATTING FOR ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO SAY GOODNIGHT IT CAME TO MY MIND THAT I SHOULD ASK ELI WHY HE CAME WITH YNNA AND MARCUS' FAMILY AND SO I DID.
"MARCUS AND I ARE CLOSE FRIENDS AND I WANTED TO HAVE SOME FRESH AIR. YNNA ALSO SAID TO ME THAT YOU LIVE HERE AFTER WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT YOU HAVING FEELINGS FOR ME"
I AM NOW EMBARRASSED HAVING ELI SAY THAT I HAVE FEELY FOR HIM IT SEEMS SO AWKWARD TO ME. EVEN THOUGH I AM STARTING TO BE FRIENDS WITH ELI I AM NOW FEELING MORE AFFECTIONATE TOWARDS HIM AND I HOPE IT WILL NOT COME TO THE POINT THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
I REPLIED "I AM NOW EMBARRASSED."
"HEHE, DON'T BE EMBARRASSED YOU DIDN'T CONFESS TO ME, IT WAS YNNA WHO REPORTED TO ME."
"OKAY, GOODNIGHT."
"WAIT."