"WHAT? DID YOU THINK I'D SUDDENLY BE FRIENDS WITH YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU SHARED A STORY FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD?"
She takes another bite off her food. "Harsh. Pero okay..." She struggles to finish the sentence with a full mouth. "Dili nako mag-isturya about sa akong pagkabata. Unsa man atong isturyahan?"
"HARSH. BUT FINE..."
"I WON'T TALK ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD ANYMORE. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?"
"Wala, Hazel. Wala ta'y pwede isturyahan kay wala gyud ko'y plano magka-uyab o mag-igat-igat sa karon."
"NOTHING, HAZEL. WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE I'M NOT PLANNING ON HAVING A PARTNER OR EVEN FLIRTING WITH ANYONE RIGHT NOW."
"Sige ka'g ingon ana, pero nganong naa man ka dinhe?" she answers in between bites. "Nganong niadto man ka sa terminal? Nganong nisakay man ka sa bus? Wala man tika gipugos."
"YOU KEEP SAYING THAT AND YET, YOU'RE HERE."
"WHY DID YOU GO TO THE TERMINAL, THEN, HUH? WHY'D YOU HOP ON THE BUS? I NEVER FORCED YOU TO DO THAT."
The question takes JR aback a bit. "P...Pero naga-pamugos man ka. Sige ra ka ug text sa akoa."
"B...BUT YOU DID FORCE ME. YOU KEEP TEXTING ME."
"Okay. Sige. Awon nato ha." Hazel puts down her food and takes out her phone. She goes through her messages with him. "Mao ni akong mga gipang-text sa imo: 'see you' tapos...oras ug lugar kung asa ta mag-kita. Wala gyud ko nag-ingon dinhe sa mga text nga dapat gyud ka muadto. Wala gyud tika gipugos ug buhat maskin unsa."
"OKAY. FINE. LET'S SEE..."
"THESE ARE WHAT I TEXTED YOU: 'SEE YOU' AND...THE DETAILS - WHERE AND WHAT TIME WE'RE MEETING. NOTHING HERE FORCING YOU TO GO. AGAIN...NEVER FORCED YOU TO DO ANYTHING."
JR falls speechless, flustered, struggling to come up with a reply. He looks at the lunch box Hazel offered to him earlier. He takes it.
Hazel resumes chewing on her food. She crosses her legs. Clearly pleased with herself.
"Niadto ko dinhe kay gipugos ko sa akong amigo nga mu-third wheel sa date nila sa iyahang ex. Kani akong excuse."
"I WENT HERE BECAUSE MY FRIEND WAS FORCING ME TO THIRD WHEEL HIS DATE WITH HIS EX. THIS IS MY EXCUSE."
"Pero pwede man ka mangatik nga naa ka'y laing lakaw. O...Ambot. Pwede ra man ka dili musipot. Pero niadto gihapon ka sa bus station. So meaning..." She gives him a playful look, pointing at him with her fork. "Ganahan ka sa akoa."
"BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS LIE, JR. YOU CAN LIE THAT YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT PLACE TO GO TO. OR...I DON'T KNOW. YOU COULD STILL SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING ON A DATE WITH SOMEONE AND JUST NOT GO TO THE TERMINAL. BUT YOU STILL DID. SO MEANING..."
"YOU LIKE ME."
JR rolls his eyes. "Ambot nimo." He munches down on the beef stake.
"OKAY, RELAX."
The two of them fall quiet as they continue eating.
"Nganong ganahan man ka sa akoa, Hazel?"
"WHY DO YOU EVEN LIKE ME, ANYWAY?"
"Hmm..." She turns to look at him and takes a deep breath. "Sa tinood? Gwapohan lang ko sa imoha."
"THE TRUTH? I JUST FIND YOU SO ATTRACTIVE."
JR light-heartedly scoffs and shakes his head at the idea. He puts the now-empty lunch box on the table.
"Bitaw. Gwapo bitaw ka," she reaffirms. "Pero kato..." She takes her time and looks him over. "Giresearch tika. Gitan-aw nako imohang Instagram, gipangutana nako si Ma'am Zamora about sa imo. Ug...kato, ganahan lang ko nga dili ka gago. Ug sigurado ko sa akong ginaingon kay expert na baya ko sa mga gago. Sa among dance crew pa lang daan, napalibutan na ko'g mga gago. Amigo mi pero kabalo ko nga mga gago to sila."
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YATIZ (SKAM Philippines 🇵🇭)
Teen Fiction#Yatiz is a story focusing on the lives of young people in a small seaside municipality called Carmen in the southern part of the Philippines. The name is based on a cuss word here, "Yati/Yatis" that has no English equivalent but is closest to WTF. ...
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