Blog Six: Napkin
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“Octavian!” masiglang sigaw ko when I saw him sa hallway.
He looked over his shoulder. When he saw me, he sighed. “Ano na naman?”
“I got a best friend!”
He nodded. “Then good for you.”
“Aren’t you jealous? Don’t be jealous, ha! I mean, you’re still one of my closest friends sagad kahit na I don’t have many friends and I probably have only one—that’s you.”
“Pinagsasabi mo?”
“Cyber Sandejas is now my best friend!”
“Huh, parang inaanunsyo mong kasintahan mo siya,” he said, smriking.
“Kasinta—what? Of course not! We’re not magkasinta-what! We’re Hashtag Best Friends Forever!”
“At malamang ikaw lang ang nagsasabi niyan.”
“Well, he agreed!”
“He didn’t agree. He probably just gave up because he didn’t want to argue with you.”
“How mean! Basta we’re Hashtag Best Friends Forever!”
Octavian smirked at me. “Well, let’s see how long you’ll both remain best friends.”
“Huh? What do you mean, Octavian?”
“Wala.”
“How mean!”
He just smirked again at me and walked away. I stomped off and entered my homeroom. He’s just so mean! Omo, is he jinxing it? OMG, he must be jealous kasi may bagong friend na ako! Poor Octavian! Pero I so have a strong hunch talaga na Cyber Sandejas and I are so MTB! I mean, you know, meant to be best friends forever!
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“Cyber!” masiglang tawag ko the moment I opened the office of Belleza Journals. Of course hindi niya ako pinansin. Sungit. Pero okay lang! Lalapitan ko naman siya eh! “What are you doing?”
“Hindi ba halata kung anong ginagawa ko? Kung wala kang ibang matinong gagawin, umuwi ka na.”
See? See? He’s like that! He’s so sungit! Pero okay lang! Maganda naman ako eh. And of course, walang connect ‘yun. Tumabi ako sa kanya. “I’m so madaming matinong gagawin kaya. I’m going to help you!”
“Huwag na. Makakaabala ka lang.”
“How mean. I should help you para mas matapos ka kaagad.”
“Hindi. Mas matatagalan ako.”
“Why naman you so mean?” I complained.
He sighed. “Just… just do something else, Celeste, and stop bothering me.”
“Am I bothering you? I just want to help!”
“If you want to help, then just shut up.”
Ngumuso ako, pero hindi na ako nagsalita. I just stayed put and watched him punch on some keys sa laptop. Ewan ko kung anong mga pinagta-type niya. An article about Engineering or something yata. Looks like alien language to me. Well, sorry naman, I dunno eh. But I know he’s so guwapo kaya I’m just going to make silay na lang to him.
“Stop staring, Celeste. It’s rude to stare.”
“I’m taking my daily dose of vitamins,” I replied smugly.
