I finally arrived to Canada, and now at the Dormitory of the University, the Student Council President showed me the room I was going to be staying in for the whole College journey and also informed me that I will be with one other person who is the same Nationality as me, and they'll arrive in a couple of weeks, it would be nice to have someone I have something in common with to share a room, so I didn't mind, lumabas na yung Council Pres and nagsimula na din akong mag ayos ng kwarto, the dorm was pretty spacious almost like it was an apartment equipped with a Living Room, Kitchen and Dining, Two rooms and a Bathroom.
As I was waiting for my new roommate, for the past day all I did was scroll thru the internet, funny enough, all I saw were Damian's post on how his vacation is, in addition to that, his Birthday is coming up, I greet ko ba siya? I mean wala naman sigurong masama don, one week pa naman bago siya mag birthday.
The day of my new roommate arriving finally came, nag prepare ako ng ilang pagkain para naman welcome siya, after half an hour of waiting, there was a knock on the door, binuksan ko and binati ko yung roommate ko, "Good Morning, It's nice to meet you, I'm Yerin Samaniego," bati ko sakanya, "It's nice to meet you Yerin, I'm Elise Santos," pagbati niya pabalik, "Pasok ka na, nag handa ako ng ilang pweding kainin," wika ko sakanya, "Really? Thank you for putting in the effort!" She then entered and placed her stuff down as I prepared the plates and utensils, "Buong akala ko hindi ko magiging ka vibe yung roommate ko, pero It seems I'm wrong with that," Elise said as she was getting food, "Well I do get shy around new people, pero you seem to be a good person," I replied to her, she looked similar to a person I know, but I can't point out who, Elise started talking and I was listening as we eat, "My brother will also be studying here, he's the same age as you," Elise is a year younger than me, in fact she was here to study her last senior year and the university actually had high school, I didn't mind her being younger, but when she said she had a brother who'll be studying here, I suddenly felt chills, bat parang pakiramdam ko na hindi magiging maganda yung year na to?
Elise and I finished eating, hinugas ko yung mga plato right after and pumasok na si Elise sa room niya para mag ayos. After washing the dishes pumasok na din ako sa room ko, the sun was still up so I changed and went out instead.
I walked around campus and later on sat on a bench, when I suddenly got a notification from my phone, it was a chat from Damian, bat niyako m-message? We didn't even talk during the times we were classmates, I opened the message and I was shocked to see what he had sent; Rin, I heard from Hillary and Avriah that you like me, is that true? I was about to lose it, Avriah and Hill actually told him, as much as I felt so betrayed, I needed to answer his question; Oo, bkt? I replied to him, gosh that sounded rude well I was thinking of lying and saying no, pero, I might regret that if I do, after I told him the truth, he just read my message and didn't reply, Oh god, was it a mistake telling him the truth? I'm overthinking again.
Upon opening the door I met Elise, "Going out?" I asked, "Yeah my brother just arrived, we were on separate flights," she replied as she was putting on shoes, now that she mentioned it, I'm curious about who her brother is, but of course I didn't want to make her uncomfy, she might think I'm into her brother, "Take care then, the campus is big don't get lost," pagkasabi ko sakanya, katapos non lumabas na siya at nagpunta naman ako sa kwarto ko.
I laid down and stared at my phone screen, naka open yung conversation namin ni Damian, ang daming tanong ang pumasok sa utak ko; baka he doesn't feel the same way? What if isipin niya weirdo ako? Dapat talaga hindi kona sinabi yung totoo, pero then again, it was brave of me to tell him the truth, I turned of my phone and charged it, then took out my drawing materials, mahilig ako mag drawing when there's nothing to do, I plan on being an Architect one day designing homes and buildings. Hours passed and I found myself drawing Damian, geez this man can't get out of my head, I stopped what I was doing and decided to go to sleep.
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Hearing noise outside I got up to check, "Elise nandyan kana pala," nakita ko siya habang sinasara ang pinto, "Ate Elise, gising kana, kakaalis lang ni kuya, pumasok ako sa kwarto mo pero nakita ko natutulog ka, sayang hindi kayo nagkita," sagot naman ni Elise, "Ayos lang yon, may time pa para magkakilala kami ng kuya mo,"tugon ko naman, It's true, if her brother is going to study here then I'll see him often, "Pahinga na ako Ate," pagkasabi niya sabay pagpasok sa kanyang kwarto, "Good night," pagbati ko naman, I slept for half the day so I'll be wide awake tonight, napag isipan ko nalang mag cellphone hanggat sa datnan ako ng antok.
Sa ilang minutong pag s-scroll ko, a message popped up again, and it was non other than Damian, ano nanaman gusto niya? Binuksan ko ulit yung message, again surprised on what he sent; Rin, let's get to know each other, hayop?! I didn't know if I should feel excited or nervous, nag reply nalang ako sakanya nang; Does that mean, may chance ako? After a few minutes he replied; Oo, Is this really happening right now? The Damian Santos wants to give us a shot? Parang panaginip pero, I guess I can savour it for now sakaling magising ako.
Damian and I taked thru out the night, I got to know him and he got to know me, best part is, may funny side din pala si Mr. Genius, I enjoyed it, and he seemed comfortable talking to me which, I was glad. I lost track of the time and soon it was already 12am, i remembered I still had to buy clothes, so I bid Damian Good night and he did the same.