Outside That Building

Chapter 6: Corridor

"That's..." Hindi ko maituloy-tuloy ang sasabihin dahil sa sobrang gulat sa ginawa niya.

He just drank on the bottle I used!

"I'll go ahead," he excused himself after. Parang wala lang nangyari nang maglakad siya papasok sa pintuan.

I was left there, dumbfounded and stunned. I held into my chest unconsciously and found it beating violently. I could feel it banging my rib cage like crazy.

Napatingin ako sa pintuang pinasukan niya. Damn, I feel like my heart has been taken away! What the heck?! Since when did he implanted such effect on me?! I feel like a suppressed nuclear bomb when I'm with him, ticking and exploding when he leaves!

I took a deep breath and let go of it after a few seconds. I was doing my best to calm myself and to stop my heart from beating rapidly. Pilit kong iwinaksi ang eksena ng pag-inom niya sa bottled water pero hindi ko magawa. It just kept on coming back like a bouncing ball.

I clearly remember how the time seemed to slow its pace as the edge of the bottled water slowly got in contact with his lips. God, why would he do that!

"Oh my God..." I mumbled insensibly.

Kung hindi pa ako tinawag ng kasama kong makeup artist ay hindi ata mapuputol ang pagkatulala ko.

"Sorry. You're saying...?"

"We're gonna do the retouch of the boys."

"Oh, right. I'm sorry." Nagmadali agad ako. "Are they inside?"

"Yes. They're starting."

Tumango ako at sumunod sa kaniya.

There was an adjacent door for the styling and makeup room and the room for the set that's probably why I haven't noticed them entering it earlier. They may have used the other door.

Pagkapasok nga namin ay nandoon na silang pito sa kani-kanilang upuan. Dumaan pa muna ang mata ko sa pwesto ni Jungkook na kasalukuyang inaayusan habang nakapikit. They need to change clothes as well, that's why we need to have the retouch quick.

Mabilis akong lumapit kay Jimin. He seemed tensed but when he saw me, he relaxed.

"Where have you been?" He asked when I got in front of him.

"I just took a call from my mom," sagot ko habang iniisa-isang kuha ang mga kakailanganin.

"Oh... I see." He smiled and I smiled back at him.

I retouched his makeup. Dahil medyo namamawis siya ay kinailangan ko pang ulitin iyong ibang details gaya ng sa mata niya. It took me a few minutes to finish because he was moving around while talking to V and Jin. They were laughing at some times so I had a hard time keeping up because his eyes would turn small whenever he's laughing. I even made a few mistake and when he noticed it, he stopped moving around. Thank God!

They were called exactly when we were done. Mabilis silang lumabas para ipagpatuloy ang shoot. It took them four hours and when they returned to our room, they took their time talking while we were fixing our things.

It was almost seven p.m. when they decided to leave. Hindi pa tapos ang shoot nila pero bukas na lang nila ipagpalatuloy iyon dahil hindi naman minamadali ang pagpa-publish ng mga pictures.

Nakaramdam na ako ng pagod at antok dahil hindi naman ako sanay sa ganoon kahabang pagtatrabaho. I was a free lancer in the Philippines. Though, a lot of companies have been offering me a good salary, I chose to be a free lance for my three years of work. Hindi na rin masama dahil kahit kaunti lang ay kadalasan namang mga artista at modelo ang sumasadya sa akin.