Chasing our Forever (Iloilo City Series #1)

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Time surely flies when you have nothing to worry about, parang kahapon lang grade 11 student palang ako, ngayon all of us are preparing to take our college entrance exams, "Cel, saan ka?" tanong ni Kayvon sa akin, "St. Paul first choice ko pero subukan ko mag take ng exam sa Western" sabi ko habang kumakain ng piattos, "Ikaw? San Agustin lang?" tanong ko sa kanya tumango na lamang siya "ECE"

Tumawa ako "Oh diba, kahit bobo tayo sa Physics ipupush pa din ang pagiging Engineer, naks naol" biro sa kanya kaya mahinang hinampas niya ang braso ko "Jusko! Sana lang talaga kayanin ko," I smiled at him "Kaya yan, ikaw pa ba"

"Si Tadahiro ano balak niya?" tanong naman ni Kayvon sa akin, "Kukuha din daw siya sa West kaso Business Administration ata, tapos sa CPU Accountancy" inform ko kay Kayvon, "Naks naman! Mag dadalawang taon na kayo next year no?" tanong niya sa akin, tumango naman ako, time does fly

"Pero Cel, ang layo ng schools nyo. Ikaw St. Paul tapos siya naman either West or CPU. West okay pa masyado, CPU jusko! Layo ha!" napa tawa na lamang ako sa reklamo ni Kayvon, "Hayaan mo na, kaya naman namin eh" bigla bigla nalang tumili si Kayvon, "Shuta gaga! Kinilig ako dun ha! Hay nako! Lord mga when naman po? Junakis nyo din po me"

"Celestine!!" sigaw ni Evette habang hinihingal, ngayon ang exam namin sa West at late nanaman dumating ang babaeng to! "Shuta ka sabi ko 12pm impakta ka 1pm start ng exam!" pangaral ko sa kanya pero agad agad niya naman ako hinatak "Oo na, Oo na late na ako hali ka na nga" agad naman niya ako hinatak papuntang classroom

"Nako buti nalang talaga at sabay tayo nag pasa ng form kaya same din tayo ng classroom" sabi ko at naupo na kaming dalawa, we still have 30mins bago ang exam kaya I texted Tadahiro

To: Tadahiro Kane

I'm inside the classroom, how about you?

Hinanda ko na ang ballpen at pencils ko nang biglang nag vibrate ang phone ko, he's calling! Agad agad naman akong lumabas ng classroom para sagutin ang tawag niya

"Hello?"

"Hi love" he answered, damn that husky phone voice of his

"Sana nag text ka nalang"

"I missed your voice, you can't stop me from hearing it"

"Bolero" I heard him chuckle from the other line

"Anyway, we gotta hang up na. Good luck with the exam, love. I'll go to your room once I'm done with my exam, alright? Mcdo tayo after this?"

I smiled, alam na alam niya talaga ang cravings ko "Sure!" he laughed "Alright, bye. I love you"

"I love you too"

I was massaging my neck when we finished taking the exam, I saw Tadahiro outside, I smiled and told him wait, may mga iba pa kasi na hindi pa tapos kaya hindi pa kami makaka alis sa. He nodded and smiled at me

"Shuta ang sakit sa leeg ha" reklamo naman ni Evette, kaming dalawa lang kasi si Alora San Agustin ang kukuhanan niya ng exam, "Oh siya. Mauna na ako at mukhang may date pa kayong dalawa" she said, smirking, "Ewan ko sayo" I pinched her waist kaya tinawanan niya lang ako

We went to the parking lot, I smirked when I saw his car "You finally brought this one" he looked at me and smirked, "Well, I'm already 18 and I got my drivers license. Might as well us it right?" he said at sumakay na kami sa kotse niya

Malapit sa bintana kami umupo nang makarating kami sa mcdo, he ordered our food, and I saw a lot of people looking at his car, this guy talaga. Kahit ideny niya, he is lowkey flexing his car. Sabagay, it is rare to find a bmw here in Iloilo

While waiting for him, I stalked his instagram account, he rarely even post on his ig stories. Upon scrolling his feed, I saw his post when he won Mr. INHS Intramurals when we were still in grade 11. He posted 2 photos, the first one was our photo when he won Mr. INHS and the other one was when he won Mr. SHS, I also learned that it was him who urged his friend to take a picture of us, crush din pala ako ng crush ko

"So, St. Paul?" he asked while driving, "Yeah. I'll be taking the exam next month, Feb" I answered and fed him a french fry, which he gladly ate. He took my hand and intertwined our fingers, "Tadahiro" I warned him, baka kasi mabangga kami or what, pero he just chuckled "2 months nalang, graduate na tayo ng Senior High School"

"Medyo matagal pa pero by next school year, unti unti na natin tinutupad ang pangarap natin sa buhay" I said, smiling, he brought our hands near his lip and kissed the back of my hand "You will become a doctor, okay? Don't stress yourself" he said while parking the car outside my house

My mom is an Obgyne and my dad is a NeuroSurgeon, mom came from a family of doctors, her cousin is one of the best cardiothoracic surgeon in the Philippines, Tito Red, my mom's cousin and his wife,Tita Alena are the best cardiothoracic surgeons

"I will always be with you, got that? Always, hindi ako aalis Celestine" he cupped my cheek, "Talaga?" I asked him, "Matatagalan bago tayo makapag pakasal" I said jokingly, he laughed and kissed my forehead, "Love, I won't leave you, kahit ipag tabuyan mo pa ako, I will never leave you"

I closed my eyes and embraced his soft lips against mine,

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