"Yeah. She's old"

"What?? I'm not that old!"

"You're still older than me haha"

"Aish!"

"You're acting like a Korean now, Shan"

"I don't have that same chinky eyes"

"Let me see?" pumikit ako kasi tinitigan ni Seven yung mata ko. Pano kung malaman nyang contact lens lang yun? Problema yun! "Hahahaha. You're funny, Shan"

"Hey wait guys. So you're getting married, Shan?" -Trish

"In a way, yes"

"Wait Shan, you haven't accepted that yet" -Seven

"That's why I said in a way"

"What do you mean, Shan?" -Sam

"That's because she asked for a couple more months before saying yes" -Jenna

"Why?!" sabay sabay na sigaw nila Lian, Sam at Trish. Si Darwin naman ang biglang parang sawi nung malaman nyang hindi pala committed si Seven. Di kasi sya makaporma kay Trish haha.

"Work" tipid kong sagot. "Guys!!!" pinagbabato kasi nila ko ng chips sa mukha. Kahit ang nananahimik kanina na si Darwin nambato eh.

"You're gonna be an old maid I'm telling you, Shan" -Trish

"What can I do? I don't have time"

"If I were you, I should have drop this volunteer work and fly back to my fiancé" -Sam

"Agree" -Lian

"Me too" napabaling ako kay Seven pero tuloy lang sya sa pagkain ng chips.

"See? Everyone's against your decision, Shan. Wake up!" -Trish

"I'm willing to wait for Trish if she said the same thing" -Darwin

"Eww Darwin!"

Nagkatawanan na lang kami. Kahit kelan talaga si Darwin, hindi pwedeng hindi babanat kay Trish.

After another hour, nagpasya na rin kaming magsipasok sa bahay. Nahuli ako kasi nagpaalam pa ko kay Seven. Pag-akyat ko sa kwarto ko, maliligo muna sana ko pero tatanggalin ko palang ang wig ko ng makarinig ako ng pagbato mula sa bintana ko. Hinawi ko yung kurtina saka binuksan yung bintana. As expected sino pa ba kundi si Seven. Umalis ako sa bintana para kumuha ng bondpaper.

"Why?" sinulat ko kasi nga hindi naman kami pwedeng magsigawan.

"Can't sleep"

"So you're bothering me?"

"Somehow :)"

"Mean :("

"Come over tomorrow"

"Why?"

"I'm composing"

"Really?" with all smiles pa yan habang pinapakita ko yung bondpaper. Sabi nya kasi sakin one time, one of the reason daw bakit sya nawala is because he can no longer write songs.

"Yup"

"Sure! I love music!"

"Finally"

"What do you mean?"

"Finally we do have something in common :)"

"I'll let you try to eat carrot sticks so we have another one haha"

"I don't want :("

Natatawa ko kapag may sad face sa sinusulat nya eh. Ang weird lang isipin na yung text sa ganitong lugar eh bondpapers at sketchbook ang gamit haha.

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