"Bakit ba ang tagal niyo? Kairita ah" agad na reklamo ni Clarenet pagdating namin.
"Ito na nga, kalma" natatawang sagot ko bago inabot sa kanila ang mga baso, si Sketch naman ang naglapag ng pitcher na may lamang orange juice.
"Bad trip talaga, bakit kasi di tayo pagbigyan nila Sir. Kiel? Para minsan lang uminom eh" maktol ni Bruce.
"Teh magtigil ka muna sa alak, kung may buhay lang atay mo malamang nilayasan ka na niyan" sabi ni Clarenet sa kanya.
Sandali kami natahimik at napatitig sa kalangitan, tunog lang ng kuliglig ang dinig sa buong lugar and the stars never fail to make me feel happy, kapag nakatingin ako sa mga bituan it feels like I'm not alone, na like them in the darkest night I'm not the only one who shines, if I even shine tho. Natawa ako sa mga naiisip ko, para akong bata.
"This feels so nice" Chanel stated while looking the sky, then she move her gaze to the bonfire we made. "Having this moment with you guys is fun" inosenteng sabi niya habang malawig na nakangiti.
"Oo nga, nabugbog man tayo kamakailan lang pero sobrang solid nitong nangyari satin ngayong araw" pagsang-ayon ni Sum.
"I wish this would happen again" wala sa sariling banggit ko, "but of course minus the danger, ayaw ko na ulit sakalin sarili ko noh" agad kong dugtong. Natawa naman ang iba sa sinabi ko, ginawa pa akong clown ng mga mutant na 'to.
"Guys?" Biglang sabi ni Clyde, his tone is different from usual, he's more serious than before.
"What?" Pairap na tanong ni Summer.
"D-Do you think we're friends?" The guy asked, we covered by silence by his words. Are we?
"Of course, Clyde. I'm your friend" nakangiting sagot ni Chanel na nagawa pang tapikin sa likod ang lalaki.
"How do we say if someone is our friend?" Winter asked habang nakatingin sa kawalan.
"You don't consider us as your friends?" Tila nanlumo si Chanel sa tanong ni Winter, bigla namang natauhan ang huli.
"Hey, that's not what I meant. I'm seriously asking how can you say if someone is your friend" she said.
"Well, someone you eat with, someone you share fun with, someone you share struggles and challenges with-"
"Someone who look like this" Clarenet cut Clyde's words, "Look like us" she added. The ambiance of this place now is unreadable, I don't know what to feel, I feel weird, in my 18 years of existence I never felt this emotion. Tila hindi isa ni dalawa ang emosyong gustong lumakbay palabas sakin.
"So.........Magkakaibigan tayo?" Thorn said, asking in behalf.
"Huh! Angas, one day I entered a classroom with full of weirdos and now may mga kaibigan na ako? Tss, more impossible than me being not able to hook up with some random girls" he said, but he suddenly talk again "Pero........I can't deny the fact that.......maybe we are?" a smile form in his lips, kadalasang ngisi ang pinakakawalan ng mga labi nito but now it's different, it's a genuine smile.
"I don't know if I can consider that label for now, such things happened in the past. I don't know if I can make friends" nakatingin sa malayong sabi ni Summer, I saw Winter attempt to touch her sister but she suddenly take her hands back, what's stopping her and her sister to stick together? I asked myself. Chanel held Summer's hands, she gently smile.
"Let's try to be friends Summer, we don't know what you've been through for you to have a hard time making friends, but we're willing to be one for you" Chanel is always like that, being a light to us and make us feel lighter, kahit noong mga panahong kalaban namin si Anino, she's the one who gave us hope and will not to die.
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