Bitter Holidays in Jeju

Chapter 11

A little while, I've received a message from Chrizzle.

"Ate, katatapos lang ng live selling ko today! I think naka-benta ako ng ten thousand ngayon—iyong sa live selling pa lang 'yon, a? Wala pa 'yong ibang orders! Tumawag na ulit kay mama 'yong supplier, next week na raw idedeliver 'yong bagong supply! Ate, uwian mo ako ng Koreano, a?!"

I chuckled at her request at the end of her message. Ako nga itong boss ko ay Korean, I wouldn't be able to get one for myself. But it's nice to know that our online selling has been going well and people are still supporting us all the way. Kahit wala ako ro'n, they seem to like how Chrizzle manage things there so I'm proud of how she handle all those things. Hindi rin naman magbubusiness student 'yon if she won't use this opportunity to experience it—parang advance internship na niya rin 'yon.

As the time passed, I received a call from the delivery and I have to meet them at the lobby. Nagpaalam naman ako kay Chini na kukunin ko lang 'yong pagkain sa lobby. Tinanguan lamang niya ako at inabutan ng pambayad kaya tumuloy akong mag-isa sa elevator pababa sa lobby. Hindi naman ako nahirapan hanapin 'yong delivery boy dahil sinabi naman nito sa akin kung nasaan siya. I just paid for it and then I brought the meal back to BJH's condo floor. Sakto naman na pagbalik ko ay kakatapos lang din ni BJH magshower so I take the paper bag straight to the dining and then I prepared for it so we could start eating.

When we start eating, the three of us were so quiet that the only thing we heard is our noise from slurping the food.

"Jin-Hyeong, let me—"

BJH raised his hand stopping Chini to talk. She paused, raising a brow.

"Can we just eat peacefully and talk it about later? Let's just appreciate our food for now rather than talking nonsense," BJH said.

"That is nonsense," she muttered, rolling her eyes and get back to her food. "Fine."

We continued eating and Chini give us the time to eat peacefully, but then right after our dinner, they continued while I stayed in the kitchen cleaning the dishes. Nag-uusap sila sa kanilang lenggwahe kaya lumulutang na lang din ang isip ko kung saan-saan. Nang matapos naman akong maglinis ay naabutan ko pa rin silang nagtatalo at ito namang si Jin-Hyeong ay iinom sana ng alak pero pinigilan ni Chini gawin 'yon.

"Seleul mashimion andoepnida. Ggerti dangxinii sanghwange dodalhagi wiha han ilipnida." Singhal ni Chini saka binalik iyong bote ng soju sa lamesa ro'n. (You shouldn't be drinking. That's what you did to get to this situation.)

"Joha. Ise jipe shuissa. Grum suge doel guya," walang ganang sagot ni BJH. (Okay. You can go home now. I'm gonna have my rest then.)

"Nanen hal gutida... jega jinhiongnimeul dowajugo issdanen girl alaya haeo. Naga anirago midgi tamuna naga yeogi naben saramin gutcherum narl daehazi mara," Chini said and even though she's like a speed racer upon speaking those words, I felt that. (I will... and you have to know that I'm just helping you here Jin-Hyeong. Don't treat me like I'm the bad person here because I believe I'm not.)

"Nanen algoissda... graser Raijine eun onel bam nawa hamkke yeogiisseul gutipnida," request ni BJH. Binanggit niya ang pangalan ko so I believe it has something to do with me. (I know... so Raijine will stay here with me tonight.)

Agad namang umiling si Chini. "Ani. Dangxinyi sophhaeser jage han hue, nanen gnioga yeogi dashi mermulgehazi anhuel gutipnida. Dangxinyi mwangarl fielyoroganen giongwu gnang uriege zhenhwarl jegonghapnida," sagot naman nito sa kanyang alaga. (No. After you let her sleep on the couch, I won't let her stay here again. Just give us a call if you need something.)

"Gge ne mungeramion gnionen na chimdaeeser nawa hamkke jal shuissa," huling hirit pa ni BJH. (She can sleep with me on my bed if that's your problem.)