LOAD.

Chapter 1- "Hello, Rafi."

Author's notes: Hi! Do keep in mind that I wrote this from the perspectives of two Filipino teenagers who go to Catholic schools. Naturally, there will be a lot of cursing involved. Also, the punctuations in Filipino sentences will sometimes *or often* contain mistakes. This is because I wanted to give it a more "informal" or like "casual" conversation feeling. Since we don't really care about punctuations whenever we talk to people we are close to. So, if improper punctuation, such as the use of gitling (hyphen), and informal word typing with words such as nyo, sya, etc. bother you, then I apologize in advance. Heavy on the cursing part. Maybe skip this one if you feel uncomfortable with cursing. Thank you!

[Josh's POV]
"Raphaella is active now." Sabi ng cellphone ko. Di ko ba alam, ano ba ang meron kay Rafi? Patay na patay ako sakanya. Oo, medyo mas bata sya sakin, siguro one year lang, pero that doesn't change the fact na she's a beautiful person. Magandang kalooban, magandang asal, magandang itsura, lahat na. Ewan ko ba, naging marupok na ako. Transferee ako dito sa La Sagrada de Famila galing sa Saint Marcellinus High School. One year nakong nandito. And usually nakakatanggap ako ng load na di ko man binayaran; let alone, alam na meron pala ako. So hinala ko na yung mga girls na may gusto sakin doon sa St. Marcellinus yung nagpapaload saakin. Ewan ko ba, bat nasakanila yung number ko?? Mga stalker kasi girls doon eh. And yet they wonder why people are not attracted to them. Anyway, so yung load na yun ay isang opportunity na maka-chat si Rafi. BTW, family-friends kami, pero usually awkward kami sa isa't isa. Kaya medyo kinabahan nung chinachat ko sya. Anyway, eto yung chat namin:

Me: Rafi, may I ask?

Rafi: Ano po yun, Kuya Josh?

Me: shuxx. kuya? //deleted
Uhh, how do I say this.. There's some girls kasi, from our old school, they're buying me load. If okay lang sayo, can you find out kung sino sila? Do you mind telling them to stop?

Rafi: sige po kuya. Try ko po sila i-chat sa gc namin kung sila ba nagpapaload sayo.

Me: Ok. Thank you Rafi! //seen
So, kamusta kana? Dito ka ba mag se-senior high?

Rafi: ummm... oo. Pangit kase dito sa SMHS eh. Hindi masyadong maganda yung resources nila para sa HUMSS students. Mainly focused sa mga ABM.

Me: ahhh, is your kuya going to transfer as well?

Rafi: oo.

Me: punyeta naman. pano kita maliligawan kung nandyan si Andy? //deleted
Ahhh okie. Tell your brother that I said hi.

Rafi: Sige, kuya. Talk to you next time.

—Raphaella Lodao has left the chat.—

-Josh's thoughts-
lah bilis naman, gusto pa sana kita kausapin lol... reject mo na nga ako para maka move-on na ako nkhajwbdvyuawvfdyu!!!!!!!

3:24 am

Rafi: kuya joshhhhh!!!!!

kuyaaaaaaaaaa

hellloooooo

Me: aba, it's three in the morning, bakit gising ka pa?

Rafi: eh bat ikaw?

Me: "ahhhh... sumasagot ka?" I said jokingly.

Rafi: lol. wala lang talaga akong magawa. solid. inip na ako.

Me: ikaw ah! nagpupuyat ka na. parang kailan lang, 9 p.m. inaantok ka na, hahahahaha!

Rafi: *typing*

...

Rafi: *typing*

-Josh's thoughts-
tagal naman nito magreply...

Rafi: grabe, present time na nga tayo, puro naman sinaunang panahon yang mga iniisip mo. 16 na ako, kuya. malamang nagpupuyat na din ako.

-Josh's thoughts-
naoffend ko ba sya? shiiiiiit. WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!


Josh: grabe ka naman sa sinaunang panahon. 5 years ago lang yan. at bakit ba??? halos lahat ng memories natin noon na ganap edi malamang ayun yung ibi-bring up ko, hindi ba?

Rafi: ok, true. sorry for being harsh. siguro ayaw ko lang masyado yung parating nabi-bring up yung past kasi masyado akong bine-baby noon eh. hanggang ngayon naman. hindi pa ata nila tanggap na matanda na ako.

Josh: huy. anong matanda? ako nga 18 pa lang, feeling ko bata na bata pa ako. wag kang masyadong nagmamadali sa pagtanda. eh, syempre, unica hija ka ng pamilya nyo. natural na lang na maging protective sila towards you.

Rafi: good point, but it still doesn't change the fact na ayaw ko ang bine-baby ako.

Rafi: i want to be independent. like, yk? i wanna learn to stand up for myself.

-Josh's inner thoughts- 
tangina ano namang irereply ko dyan. bwiset na bata to. pasalamat ka gusto kita. tanginang yan.

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION**