buckle up, she's a long one lol.
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𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺
𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖽𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇
"𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵
𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩
𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘪 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭
𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴
𝘤'𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦
𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰, 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦
𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴
𝘤'𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦"
𝖺𝗄𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝖺 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗄𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅...
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𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘷
"Flight 929 from Manila, Philippines to Sydney, Australia is now boarding. Please line up according to your boarding groups," The flight attendant announces over the speakers. I open my eyes and groggily walk to the line of people. Thankfully, I was in boarding group A so I get to go inside first. Yes, sleep!
After the lady scans my boarding pass, I thank her and walk down the bridge where I am greeted by more flight attendants at the entrance of the plane.
What am I doing in flying to Sydney in the middle of May you ask? Well, my term at Ateneo de Manila Uni just ended, so I'll be spending a weekend with my mom's friend, Kate, in Australia before flying to France for the rest of summer.
I look back at my boarding pass and try to find my seat, 17C. Oh fuck yeah, I get window seat! I try to lift my carry-on luggage to the overhead compartments, but I struggle. Thankfully, one of the attendees helps me.
"I can help, miss," He says, taking my baby blue luggage and placing it in the compartment.
"Thank you!"
I sit down in the window seat, put my hoodie and AirPods on, pressing 'play' on LANY. I finally buckle up the seatbelt before laying my head against the seat.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the delay; but we are waiting on one last passenger. Don't worry, he has just gone through security." The flight attendant says once again over the speakers as I lightly fall asleep.
My eyes close, and I hear someone (maybe a teen boy?) vaguely say,"I'm here," before feeling the seat next to me become occupied.
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"Excuse me, miss? Hellooo, wake up," I feel someone poking my cheek, lightly tapping me awake.
I open my eyes and realize that my head was laying on someone's shoulder. Ah fuck, that's so embarrassing. I just slept on someone for half of the damn flight! I quickly sit up, and immediately apologize to the stranger.
"Oh my god, I slept on you didn't I- I'm so sorry," I say, still not facing the stranger.
I hear a cute laugh as said stranger says,"No, no. It's all good. You must be tired so I didn't bother waking you. Maybe I fell asleep, too."
I lift my head to see that there was a tray of food on the table in front of me. Beside me, was a teenage boy with floppy dark blond hair under a beanie and pretty green eyes. Holy shit, this boy is fucking gorgeous.
"They served food about ten minutes ago and I didn't know what you liked, so I just picked the chicken pasta and apple juice— thought you should eat before it gets cold," he says thoughtfully in a thick semi-Australian semi-British accent, smiling.
I sat there for a good fifteen seconds, still kind of confused and tired before introducing myself.
"Uh- I'm Isla, nice to meet you. What's your name?" I ask, opening up my food and taking a bite. Mm. Tasty.
"Oh, I'm Ruel! Like rule but switch the L and E- short for Rueloff, but my mum doesn't like it. Nice to meet you, too! Can't believe I forgot to introduce myself," he rambles, taking another bite of his own pasta.
"Um. Thank you, I guess— for the food, and letting me sleep on you," I say, my cheeks blushing red,"and chicken pasta is actually my favorite."
"No problem. Can we watch a movie on your screen? Mine's broken," He says, slightly pouting. I nod my head and flash him a smile as he turns on the screen in front of me, clicking 'play' on Spiderman: Far From Home.
We finish our food while watching the movie, laughing as the part where he walks in on Peter changing. The attendees take our empty trays and we go back to watching the movie.
"Can I lay on your shoulder? I can't really see." Ruel innocently asks, cheekily grinning.
"Of course, dummy. Just returning the favor," I reply, laughing at his cuteness.
He does a little 'yes!' before sinking down in his seat and resting his head on my shoulder, getting comfy. I take the hot cheetos out from my bag and open them up, offering Ruel some.
"Want hot cheetos?" I ask, holding the bag between us.
"Is that even a question? Of course I want some," He replies, attacking the cheetos and putting a few in his mouth at a time.
We finish the movie (and the cheetos), and end up watching a few more— laughing at certain scenes. I check the time on the monitor to see how much left of the flight there is.
2:47am
Huh, six more hours left. I look beside me and smile, as Ruel has fallen asleep hugging my arm, lightly snoring with the armrest folded up. Damn, I haven't known this boy for half a day and I'm already going crazy.
I turn off the monitor and smile, going to sleep— for the second time— as well.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be landing in approximately ten minutes. Please buckle your seatbelts and lift the blinds open. Thank you for flying Philippine Airlines, mabuhay!" The pilot announces. I rub my eyes open and see that it's almost 9am.
I look beside me and Ruel is still in the same position he was in six hours ago, the hair under his beanie sticking out. I lightly shake the arm that he's still hugging in hopes of waking him up.
"Ruellll. Wake up, dude. We're landing," I whisper.
"Shut up, Coco- five more minutes," He says, hugging my arm tighter.
"Dummy I don't know who Coco is but I'm not her," I say laughing. Who the heck is Coco lol.
"Oh shit," he says, finally getting up and rubbing his eyes,"what time is it?"
"It's almost 9 in the morning. We're landing in a few minutes."
He lets go of my hand as the plane lands, and we start to pile out as we were near the front. As we walked out of the plane with our luggages rolling behind us, I couldn't help but feel a bit sad— since I may never see him again. Sigh, another airport boy gone byebye.
I break the silence and ask,"So.. Do you live here? Like in Sydney?"
"Yeah, I don't live too far away from here. My mum's picking me up actually. How about you? Maybe we could take you to wherever you need to be so you don't have to take a cab— a bit dangerous, you know," He says, looking down at me.
"I'm staying with my mom's friend for the weekend, then I'm flying to France for the summer," I say with a sad smile.
He frowns slightly and says,"Oh, uh... I was actually looking forward to spending time with you, or at least staying in touch, haha."
"Nah, I'm sure I can make time for you during my oh, so busy schedule," I sarcastically remark, winking.
"Ha ha, very funny— but I'm very flattered," Ruel replies, fake crying.
We reach the airport exits and see a big ramp headed toward the arrival gates. Ruel and I stop and look at each other with mischievous smiles.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" He asks smirking.
"I don't know, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I retort back.
"Oh, it's a race then—,"
We quickly hop on our luggages and slide down the ramp, kicking at the floor to boost ourselves. Ruel and I laugh as his lanky ass rolls toward me.
"Oh shit, oh shit— Ahhh, I can't stop!!" He says, before running into me and suddenly we're on the floor of the airport arrival gates laughing our asses of with our luggages sprawled beside us.
After a few minutes of losing our shit, I get up and offer him a hand. Ruel takes it, and I pull him off the ground.
"Oops, my bad," He says innocently. I roll my eyes and grab my bags once again, pulling out my phone to check any messages.
27 mins. ago: (1) New Message from Kate
Hello sweetie! Just letting you know that you don't have to take a cab, I'm on my way and will be there in 30 minutes. See you soon! x
"Ruel, my ride's almost here," I sadly say.
"Then can I at least get your number? So I can reach you for our little hang out," He says smiling. We swap phones and I put myself under 'airplane girl <3". Once we finish, we swap back our phones— until Ruel's starts ringing.
"Just have to take this," He says, answering the call. I nod as I stand there, waiting for Kate.
"Okay, bye." He hangs up, and looks at me with a slight frown.
"Aw man, my mum's here," He says, and as a black car pulls up in front of us.
"I guess this is it," I say, sighing. Suddenly...
Kate walks out of the car, hugs me and says,"Hey Isla! I see you've met my son."
Hold the f— my son? Like Ruel's her son? This is a game changer. Ruel stood there starstruck with his eyes and mouth open. Same with me.
"Mum, you know her? You're her mum's friend?" He asks, pointing at us.
"Yep and yes, she's the one that's staying with us for the weekend. I thought I told you?" Kate says, putting her hands on her hips at her apparently forgetful son.
"OHH— yeah, never mind, I remember now. Woopsies," Ruel replies back at his mom.
Wait. That means I'll be living with Ruel for the next two days. Oh heck yeah!
"Ruel, you know what this means right?" I look at him and ask in an obvious tone.
"Oh my god Isla you're going to be living with me for the next few days, yay!" He yelps, picking me up and jumping up and down. Kate and I laugh at his excitement.
She looks at both of us and says,"Okay, enough of that Ruel— put the poor girl down. Let's get going home, you two must be tired."
Ruel puts me down and takes both of our luggages, placing them inside of the opened trunk.
Kate walks over to me and whispers,"Sorry about him, someone's just excited."
"Hey! I'm right here, mum! I heard that," He says, walking back to us looking fake offended.
In a gentlemanly manner, Ruel opens the car door for me and we get in the back seats. Kate passes us the aux cord and we blast The 1975, singing along for the rest of the car ride.
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i haven't updated in forever lol but here's part one out of maybe 2-4 👅