(Chapter Eleven: Odd Dream plus Weird manager equals headache.)
-Sunday-
Dahil Sunday ngayon... May trabaho si Iziriah sa café, yep, sinabihan sya ni Raven na Monday to Sunday ang kanyang trabaho, 6:00 pm - 10 pm ang kanyang shift kapag Monday to Friday habang 9:00 am - 10 pm. Iba-iba ang time shift nila kapag Sunday. 10 pm ang time na nagsasara ang café, 6:00 am naman ang bukas. And ang oras ngayon ay 8:22 am, at natutulog pa rin si Iziriah. (Gets nyo? Ako kasi hindi e, Hahaha! Okay back to story)
''Iziriah...''
Napalingon sya,
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Nasa isa syang clearing na wala yatang katapusan sa sobrang lawak, kung saan napapalibutan sya nang mga damo, puno at bulaklak,
"Iziriah..."
Napalingon ulit sya kung saan nya narinig yung panglalaki'ng boses, pero wala namang tao dun. Medyo familiar sakanya yung boses, pero hindi nya maalala kung kanino, hindi nya ma-pinpoint.
"Clover..."
Biglang lumakas ang tibok ang kanyang puso, hindi nya alam kung bakit pero gusto nya nalang biglang umiyak, parang biglang pinipiga ang kanyang puso at napakabigat nang kanyang pakiramdam... The painful feeling was utterly familiar, like she had felt it before.
"Clover!"
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Agad na napabalikwas si Iziriah at nakita nyang nasa loob sya nang kanyang apartment.
'P-panaginip?' Naramdaman nyang may kakaiba sa kanyang pisngi, hinawakan nya ito at mas lalong nanlaki ang kanyang mata. 'Luha?! Bakit n-naman ako luluha?!'
Napahilamos sya sa kanyang mukha.
"What the hell was that dream...?" She mumbled to herself while remembering her weird dream.
Humiga ulit sya at ipanatong ang kanyang isang kamay sa kanyang noo at ang isa naman sa kanyang tiyan, Napatitig sya sa kisame...
'I'm sure I've heard that voice before... I just can't pinpoint who's voice it is.'
Tumingin sya sa kanyang kaliwa...
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Nakaface to clock nya ang kanyang basag-basag na alarm clock, sabi nito
(8:40 am)
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"Waah! Male-late na ako!" At agad syang kumaripas nang takbo papunta sa banyo.
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"I'll have my usual!" Agad nyang sabi kay Lance na Mukhang nagulat pa.
"Woah! What's the rush, beautiful?" He smiled at nagsimula nang gawin ang mga order ni Iziriah na mukhang hindi mapakali.
"Nothing, I'll just take it out." Iziriah bit her lower lip anxiously while slightly fidgeting.
"Why are you so antsy?" Nakakunot noong kilay na tanong ni Lance ngunit nakangiti pa rin.
"I'm late."
"You're late??"
"Yeah. Hurry up." Utos nito at Napailing nalang si Lance habang tatawa-tawa, he'd never seen Iziriah being so fidgety and antsy, usually she's very still, calm and stoic.
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"Here. Thank you for stopping by beautiful. You know... You instantly made my day." Malawak ang mga ngiti ni Lance nang sabihin nya yan kay Iziriah.
"Here. You know that I can't live without eating in here. I can't cook. Bye." At agad na kumaripas nang takbo si Iziriah once na nakabayad na.
-Otaku Café-
"You're late." Nadatnan nya ang kanilang manager na si Raven na nasa locker room at nakaupo sa isa sa mga upuan.
"I know." Walang gana nyang sabi at pumunta sa kayang locker at kinuha ang bagong labang uniform.
"Aren't you going to apologize for being late?" Kahit hindi nya tingnan, alam nyang nakataas ang kilay nang kanyang manager.
Pumunta sya sa bathroom, which is nasa locker room pa rin, at nagsimulang magbihis, pagkatapos ay bumalik sya sa kanyang locker, tinupi ang kanyang damit at nilagay ito dun.
"Hey, I'm talking to you." Medyo naiinis na sabi ni Raven.
"You know what? Instead of asking question and my apology, why don't you just shut it? Don't you see that I'm busy?" Diretsong sabi ni Iziriah na hindi man lang kumukurap.
In one instant, she was slammed into the locker and she was cornered by no other than the black haired manager who looked very pissed.
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"O-oi! Ano sa tingin mong ginagawa mo...?!" She can feel herself blushing. Ramdam nya ang hininga nang kanyang manager, amoy sigarilyo at coffee ito. And she found it very boyish and alluring.
"Oh look at that. Hindi lang pala iisa and expression mo!" Halatang halata ang pagka-sarkastiko ni Raven. "Listen here, I do not like it when my employees are late, and I hate it when they talk shit to me. So you better watch your pretty mouth, one wrong sentence and I'll make you shut up myself." Sabi pa nito. Kahit na Mukhang naiinis ito, napakagwapo pa rin nitong tingnan, matalim na kulay itim na mga mata, matangos na ilong at kissable na labi.
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Kinakabahan sya... Yes. But was it necessary to blush?! Sobrang pula nang mukha nya kahit na walang expression ang kanyang mukha, sobrang init nang mukha nya pero bumalik na sa dati ang kanyang expression.
Humiwalay si Raven at bumalik sa pag-upo habang matamang nakatitig kay Iziriah at para bang napakalalim ng iniisip nito.
Relief... She was feeling relieved when he let her go. Now she can breath properly. She hate to admit it, but she was wrong, and she pissed her manager, who knows if her job was on the line for pissing him off..
Naglakad na sya papunta sa pinto pero tumigil bago pa sya makaalis nang tuluyan.
"I'm... I-i'm sorry, manager." At lumabas na sya.
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Nang oras na sinarado nya na yung pintuan, biglang sumakit yung ulo nya.
'Damn it... He's an odd ball. I guess Weird dream plus Odd Manager equals headache.'
Napailing nalang sya.
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