After Our Universe Collided

UNIVERSE 8

Later, she saw Ran responding to her messages by tapping wow, lots of haha, and with a heart reaction.

"Nakakasura kang lalaki ka! Tinatawanan mo 'yung emotional messages ko!"

She was running towards the door to rush Ran when she suddenly bumped into something like a wall. When she looked at it, she realized that it was Ran. He is standing in front of her door.

He entered the apartment without hesitation, making Eliana even more embarrassed. "Wha-What are you doing here?"

"Why you didn't come to my house? I'm waiting for you," he said.

"Mag-aaral tayo ngayon?" Eliana asked.

"What do you mean?" Ran asked and he frowned with confusion at the same time.

"Ah, I said, we are studying right now? Can we start tomorrow, I am having a video time with family."

"Then, I'll be joining," he said before sitting on the couch.

"I'm not allowing you!" Eliana raised her voice and frowned.

"Then, I'm allowing myself," Ran teased.

"No!" Eliana exclaimed.

"Yes," Ran pursued.

Eliana facepalmed and said, "Fine, if you understand our language."

"I do," he proudly said and smiled.

"Then how?" Eliana raised her left eyebrow.

"Daffodil-san taught me some Filipino words. And I already knew that Tagalog is the lingua franca of your country and there are a lot of languages in the Philippines which is called Filipino and the national language was also called Filipino."

Eliana was stunned and said, "Fine," Eliana started to set her things.

While Eliana is setting her things, Ran looks around. There are a lot of books, as well as paintings, drawings, and digital art. There are also pictures of Eliana's cats and her family. There are also parts with Ran's pictures. Ran smiled and suddenly faded when he saw a picture of someone. . . "Who is it?"

Eliana turns his head to Ran and looks where he points out. "Th-That was my . . . real husband, Oh Sehun."

"Oh really?" Ran raised his eyebrows. He felt jealous because of that. "You told me before that you are single," Ran said with a hint of sarcasm.

Eliana grinned. "The time when we are not talking to each other, I tied the knot with him to forget you. Okay?" Eliana said.

"Then divorce! You tell me that you love me, ako lang dapat."

Eliana's mouth fell open and Ran's cheeks warmed up again. "You speak in Filipino right?"

"Yes."

Eliana laughed almost out of breath, which is why Ran was surprised. "Your accent, it's fairly good but you are a little bit stuttered. I can't believe it!"

"Then why are you laughing?"

"You sound like . . . a beginner in Filipino. Well, that's okay, my job is to teach you English and the bonus is the Filipino language." Eliana smiled widely, Ran was happy because of that. "But I appreciate that you speak using our language," Eliana added. "Let's have a face time with my family."

Ran and Eliana sat on the carpet while the laptop was on the mini table. When the video call started, they saw the faces of the cats, "Ah! Rus, Walter, Coco, Cwem and Byongyong! I miss you, babies!"

"Ate!"Jay called. "Oy! Crush mo 'yan 'di ba?"

"Yes, gwapo 'di ba?" Eliana said. "Speak in English, he is curious about our conversation."

"Hello! I'm Jay, Ate El's sister, here's my mother, and our father was at his job so he is not joining," Jay explained to Ran.

Ran bowed and said, "Hello! I'm Ran Takahashi, Eliana's student. Nice to meet you po."

"Aba Ate, nangongopo!" Jay said as she smiled widely.

"Oo, magalang talaga siya," Eliana said the truth.

Until their conversation is long. Jay is good at English so she can talk to Ran. Eliana's mother was still translating what was being said for Ran. After that, Eliana said, "I am the one who can call my sister, baby. You're copying me."

"But she allowed it," Ran said and still grinned.

And then Eliana realized that it was late and she had no food prepared for them.

"Are you hungry?" Eliana asked.

"No, why?" But Ran lied because Eliana heard the grumbles of Ran's tummy.

"I'll cook for you, wait for me," Eliana said and went to the kitchen. While in the kitchen Ran was left behind.

Eliana's laptop was opened so he's curious and looks for her laptop. He is indeed a curious person that's why. And that moment, Ran found out that it was a writer, a writer from the Philippines. He immediately takes a picture of her username on a digital platform named Watt and removes all access tabs.

"Ran, if you're bored, just turn on the television," Eliana said while she was cooking.

Ran followed it and pretended to watch but he looked at Eliana's story on the digital platform. It has 500k followers and numerous people are reading the story.

Fortunately, the description is in English, but when it comes to the content, there is a mixture of Filipino. "How do I read her stories?"

He looked for something that piqued his interest and that was . . . "After our universe . . . collided?"

He looked at the book cover and it was familiar, "It's me . . ."

"Ran," Eliana called and went to the table. She prepared the meals that they would eat. "It's adobong baboy in the Philippines, I know you will like this since you will eat dishes anything that is meat."

Ran looked at her and said, "Can I give a taste?"

"Go, if you want," she answered.

Ran tasted it and liked it. "I love foods that are from home. I'll rate it one hundred over ten."

"I know you would like it," said Eliana. "That's why I cook you our dish," Eliana remembers the time she was learning to cook and repeating to herself that she would cook for Ran one day and the time has come. 

Ran suddenly remembered that Eliana messaged him on IG until 2025, so he asked again, "Why did you stop messaging me on IG?"

Eliana looked at him and again smiled, "It's for you to find out."

Ran is curious about Eliana. Eliana knows about him but Ran doesn't even know everything about her. She's a mystery to him and questioned . . . "How come that you had a crush on me? I'm a bit curious."

Eliana smiled and said, "Because you are indeed a great volleyball player." Eliana looked at Ran. "I remembered the day I found you on Youtube . . . May 29, 2023." Eliana's eyes sparkle as she reveals those things. "I was inspired and enchanted by you, so I did some research about you and volleyball," she added. "And one time you have seen my story, my crush on you develops. That TikTok video collided with us. After our universe collided, I am still into . . . you up until now."