Unbind the Strings

Four

He tried to call me but I didn't look back. I was flustered about what happened and I'm not in the mood to talk.

The next day, I went early for school kasi we have to prepare a lot of things for the incoming Christmas Concert. We tried to contact some PH Bands to perform in our school. I hope they'll accept our invitation.

"Cali, pwede ba tayong mag-usap?" I stopped for a while and raised my head to look at him.

"Tungkol saan?"

"Uh...sa school council. Pag-usapan natin yung flow ng activities saka schedule para sa conc-" Hindi ko na siya pinatapos at tumayo para iabot sakanya ang listahan ng mga events.

"Kausapin mo nalang 'yung vice president mo. Madami pa akong ginagawa eh, sorry." I continued making props for the stage.

I heard his footsteps walking away and I breathe heavily. "Bakit ba kasi ang gulo gulo mo, Jay." I said to myself. Minsan iniisip ko, bakit mixed signals binibigay niya sa'kin? Or assuming lang talaga ako. Pero hindi eh, ramdam mo naman siguro kapag may pinapakita sa'yo 'yung tao.

Habang nag mumuni-muni ako, tinawag na ako ng mga kasama namin sa SCO. The other representatives of the council helped me with the props and we immediately displayed it on the stage. Things are going smooth as we finished putting up the last design.

"Yes, sa wakas tapos na rin." Iris, our vice president said while she sat down the floor. She's my classmate by the way. She's also one of the smartest. Minsan na rin kaming nagkausap about sa mga bagay bagay at mabait naman siya.

"Mag bunutan na tayo ng monito at monita!!" sigaw ni Gab. She looks so excited. Ano kaya pwede ko iregalo sakanya?

Bukod ang bunutan naming mga officers para konti lang at makapag meet kami afterwards. Nag bunutan na kame at hindi na kami gumamit ng codenames para madaling makilala.

Napansin kong wala sa paligid si Jay pero hindi ko na naisipang mag tanong. Nagsimula na kaming mag bunutan at si Neil nabunot ko. Ano namang ireregalo ko rito?

I tried to ask Neil what are his hobbies para malaman ko ano ang pwede kong bilhin. He said he likes playing mobile and xbox games. Mamaya nalang siguro ako hahanap.

Hindi ako sumabay sa service at tinext si Mommy para hindi siya mag alala. I went to the mall to find some gifts for my friends and for Neil.

I decided to give Gab a new pair of kicks since she's dancing and training almost every week. I bought some xbox video games for Neil. I was roaming around the mall when I saw a shop that sells shirts and sweat shirts with a Baybayin font.

I searched through the store and found this white shirt na may nakalagay na "ᜋ̥ᜐ̊ᜃᜒᜇ̵ᜓ" which means, "musikero". I went home and ate dinner with my mom. I feel like my gifts are too dull so I also wrote them some letters together with their gifts. I'm kinda excited to give them these tomorrow.

The event will start later in the afternoon so I woke up a bit late than usual. I ate my brunch and took a bath to prepare for the event later. I wore a velvet off-shoulder mini dress in burgundy red. I curled my hair and applied a light make up to enhance my face features. I just wore some burnout heels and grabbed a black clutch from my cabinet. Kinuha ko rin ang regalo ko para sa exchange gift mamaya.