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Chichi and Mimi's
Emergency Contact 🧸🪁
7:32 PM
Mi, dito na kami.
We'll try our best to come home early.
Please eat the food I prepped for you.
Read 7:40 PM
7:41 PM
Okay. Enjoy kayo. :)
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mi 🐥 🔒 @mailaya
They will be fine.
DIALOGUE
< TERMINAL — Bus 0222
7:58 PM >
Miya would not have realized she hadn't eaten anything if she hasn't seen vendors climbing up and down the bus to offer food.
She opens her tote bag and brings out a tightly packed paper bag containing a pair of utensils, a tupperware container with food in it, and an orange.
The bus starts moving as Miya begins eating the truffle pasta Aldrine cooked for her. She gives the container a second glance, realizing how familiar it tastes—heavens in her mouth after a tiring college day internship.
Miya
I wonder if he purposely cooked this.
Miya
If . . . he knew I needed something to make me feel better.
Her gaze wanders outside the window as she chews on her freshly peeled orange. Every carpel in her mouth is a thought of Aldrine and Chi; how they are doing, how much she already misses them.
Miya
I really hope they're fine.
After satisfying her hunger and cleaning up her space, she zips up her jacket, embraces herself, and leans her head against the window, opting to take a nap.
Miya has no idea if she'll be able to watch Aldrine and Chi sleep beside each other tonight.
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