It Started with a McFLOAT

CHAPTER 15

"Oh, sige po, isang pair," sagot ko.

 

PHOEBE

We walked a thousand miles already, and I was so pagod na and my legs hurt so much.

"Kuya, is he here ba talaga? I'm so pagod na," I told kuya.

"Let's continue searching, I know we'll find him anytime soon," Kuya answered.

"Kuya! I can't walk na; my feet are like burning now," I answered and sat on a bench.

"Then stay there; I'm going," Kuya said. Geez! Why was he like this? Couldn't he understand that I was really tired? Geez!

"But, Kuya!" I protested. He walked a bit and asked some people, showing them the photo we printed.

"Excuse me," Kuya told a lady. She smiled pa when my brother approached her.

"Yes?" the lady answered.

"Do you happen to see this guy around here?" he asked seriously. She looked at the photo. She looks flushed pa na parang kinikilig sa presence ni Kuya.

"Ah... parang familiar s'ya," she said, and my brother's face lit up hearing those words from the lady.

"Really?" kuya asked her.

"Oo, kilala ko 'to,"

"Where have you seen him?"

"Sa mall,"

"When?"

"Di ko matandaan. 'Di ba si Khalil Ramos 'to?"

"Huh? No, he's Kenneth Castillo," kumunot na 'yong forehead ni Kuya. By the way, I was still here sa bench.

"Ah, akala ko si Khalil," who's Khalil? I don't even know him.

"Oh, well, thank you for your time,"

"Walang anuman, pogi," and then, he walked and talked to people while I was resting here sa bench. Napagod talaga ako! Kanina pa kasi kami naglalakad.

"Geez! Kuya left me here na mag-isa. Mommy's gonna know about this," I told myself.

And then, all of a sudden, a guy sat beside me. Nagulat pa nga ako nang slight.

"Miss, ano'ng oras na ba?" he asked. I thought he was drunk. Should I run now? But I couldn't, my feet and legs hurt.

"Hmm, it's like 4 pm na," I answered.

"Ah, sige, thanks!" I looked at him because he looked familiar. I stared at the photo that I was holding and stared back at him.

"W-wait, I think I know you," I said while staring intently at him.

"I think you are the one that we're looking for," I added.

"Huh?" he said.

"Are you Kenneth Castillo?" I asked.

"Oo, pa'no mo ako kilala?" he asked.

"Geez! We've like looking for you kaya since this morning. I'm with Joan, my brother Philip, and Cee,"

"Ha? Pumunta pa kayo rito?" he asked.

"Like yeah, it's like a super long drive kaya. Geez! So haggard!" Napapikit pa ako sa sobrang stress.

"Oh, sige, alis na 'ko,"

"What? Where do you think you're going?" I grabbed the hem of his shirt para hindi siya makaalis.