Blog Five: Wintermelon Milk Tea
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“I’m done!” masiglang sabi ko while stretching my arms. Walang nagbigay ng kahit anong response sa akin kasi obviously, wala nang tao sa office ng Belleza Journals. Ang mean naman kasi ni Cyber eh! Para nakalusot lang sa akin ‘yung details ng article about doon sa Chihuahua, nagalit na. I mean, Chihuahua is dog, right? Kailangan pang sabihin the smallest breed of dog eh a dog is a dog. Period. But no, Cyber’s so mad at me kasi hindi ko raw napansing walang smallest breed of dog na nakalagay doon sa article, and he punished me by making me review five additional articles about dogs! My gosh! I mean, I’m a dog-lover, but utang na loob naman, wala akong balak mag-alaga ng Pomeranian na may buntot na mas maarte pa sa buntot ko.
I clicked the button to submit the articles for Cyber’s final review. I so don’t know kung saang lupalop siya ng black hole napadpad right now, but he should be with me until I finish the articles, right? Right. Pero wala siya and I think he’s out there, spreading all his kasungitans. Why ba kasi he’s so masungit? I’m pretty sure he’s a male and hindi siya dinadatnan ng monthly menstruation period, so why parang he’s always parang meron? Huh, so arte.
And since tapos na rin naman ako sa tasks ko, I logged on to Bella Blogs, a blog hosting web kung nasaan nakalagay ang iba’t-ibang blogs ko. I was about to type an update for my blog when the office door opened and Cyber came inside with that blank face of his.
Tumayo ako at kumaway. “Hi, Cyber!” masiglang bati ko, but of course he just made deadma to me. Sungit.
He went over his desk and opened his laptop. Ngumuso ako. He didn’t even make pansin to me! So malamang nilapitan ko siya at humila ako ng isang upuan para tumabi sa kanya.
“Cyber!”
Iritado niya akong tiningnan. “Ano?” masungit niyang tanong sa akin habang nakatingin pa rin sa screen ng laptop niya.
“Ooh, sungit. Why naman you just came in now? I mean, you should have been here with me kanina to finalize the articles.”
“I can check them before tomorrow,” he said, still looking at the screen of his laptop.
“Okay! Have you eaten?” tanong ko. “It’s close to dinnertime.”
“Hindi pa. Umuwi ka na at kumain kung tapos ka na sa trabaho mo,” he answered.
“Eeh. Walang tao sa bahay. I’ll be hashtag forever alone lang at nakakatamad kumain mag-isa. Kaya we should have dinner together!” masiglang sabi ko.
“Ba’t ako? Maghanap ka ng makakasama mo.”
“May nakikita ka bang ibang puwede kong yayain?” I asked, pouting.
“Kaya nga maghanap ka eh. Marami kang pinsan, ‘di ba? Yayain mo sila.”
“Eh I’m so umay na sa pagmumukha nila.”
He sighed. “Eh ‘di ‘yung ibang mong mga kaibigan.”
I shook my head. “I don’t have friends except for Octavian.”
He looked at me. “Magkakilala kayo ni Octavian?”
I nodded. “Of course! He’s one of my closest friends kahit hindi niya ako friend.”
He gave me a funny look. “Puwede ba ‘yun?”
“Oo naman!”
“You’re weird.”
“Am I? I don’t know about weird, but I’m really, really hungry,” I said gloomily.
He massaged his temples. “Fine,” he said, standing up.
