Project Loki Fanfiction

Evening Stroll? (A)

Happy 2K reads, my dear readers!

Ps. Grammatical error is everywhere.

LORELEI

"WHAT TIME are you going home?" I asked Loki who's sitting on the swivel chair na pinapalitan niya pa sa kadahilanang naupo rito ang kuya niya.

Hindi siya sumagot. I repeated the same question baka kasi nakatulala siya, but then I remembered that he can sleep with his eyes open. Kumaway muna ako para makasigurado at nang wala pa rin siyang reaksiyon ay hinawakan ko na siya sa magkabilang balikat at bahagyang niyugyog.

Nagising siya at tumingin sakin.

"Oh. I slept again." he said then stretched a little. "What is it?"

I asked him with the same question I already asked earlier.

It's already past six. Loki and I were left here in the clubroom dahil naghihintay pa siya ng potential clients. Alistair had offered to drive me home earlier but I politely declined. Si Jamie naman ay hinatid na ni Al. Nandito naman si Loki at tsaka isa pa, gusto ko rin maglakad pauwi.

"Later." simpleng sagot niya.

"I'm asking the time Loki."

"I don't know. Filipinos aren't used to keeping track of time, so it's best not to make any assumptions." He has a point. There are those who plan ahead of time to go where and when they want to, but ended up being late or in some cases, absent due to unforeseen circumstances. Kaya minsan o kadalasan ay hindi natutuloy ang pagpunta sa isang lugar.

Maya-maya ay nagyaya ng umuwi si Loki. Looks like he was bored by the cases that the students of the Clark High were advised.

From potential cases that we'll be able to solve to petty ones na tinawag niya pang boring. We're making them feel lazy in searching missing items because of useless problems they were consulting. May iba ring tila ginawa kaming takbuhan sa kanilang mga lovelife na tinatanong kung paano mahuhuli ang kasintahan kung may iba nang karelasyon. I remembered him asking the same question "Are we kind of a 'love guru?'" sa tuwing ganung case pa rin ang paulit-ulit na ikino-consult sa amin.

Well, not gonna blame them though dahil puro students ang aming clients. Maaaring tatlong uri lang ng kaso ang i-recommend nila; top one na riyan ang love life, second ay ang studies and last is for personal problems na pansarili na lamang nila.

We wrapped things up, locked the door as well as windows and get ready to leave. We made our way down to the third floor and exited.

On our way home, madadaanan ang isang Park kung saan maraming nagpi-picnic. There were lots of street foods they've been selling around. Damn, that looks tasty! Omg! Parang natatakam ako!

I wouldn't let the chance to slip so I asked him a million-dollar question. We're already here, anyway.

"Loki, pwedeng sumaglit muna tayo dun?" sabay turo ko sa madadaanan namin. Gusto ko kasing mamasyal at kumain ngayon.

"Well, I have nothing much on my plate today except reading books so.." then he slowly nodded.

"Tara dun." tukoy ko sa mahabang upuan malapit sa playground.

We kept an eye on the kids as they ran around and played. May kasama rin silang magulang at mga yaya na nagbabantay sa kanila. On the other side were teenagers who spread out a thick blanket before sitting down and took the food out of their baskets. We also saw some joggers especially men along with their pets. There were also a few bookworms who preferred to be alone with their books.

I left my companion for a while to buy some snacks nearby. I bought the ones that captures my eyes like egg waffles (kwek-kwek), fish balls, chicken skin (probin/proben), fried siomai, calamares and more. I bought drinks as well. Mayroon ding mga street foods na bago sa paningin at panlasa ko. There were also some food names that seemed new to me. Para akong bata na nagtuturo ng mga pagkaing maibigan ko.

I left as soon as I bought the food I wanted. Hindi na ako magkandamayaw sa mga dala ako. Tinanong pa ako ni manong vendor kung kaya ko pa daw ba and I answered him with a shrugged and an awkward smile.

Dahil sa usad-pagong kong paglalakad, pinagmasdan ko si Loki mula sa aking puwesto.

His eyes were glued to the kids who are playing and I saw from where I am that he's about to stand up to help a kid who got tripped na agad namang inalalayan ng kaniyang yaya. Kahit papaano ay may puso rin naman pala ang isang Loki Mendez pagdating sa mga bata.

I'm walking slowly toward Loki's direction. I'm careful not to spill and waste the drinks I bought. Nasa pagkain din ang paningin ko sa pagiingat na baka malagyan ng sauce ang damit ko. Nang may isang kamay na kumuha sa ibang dala ko, buti na lang at hindi natapon.

“Ya! Didn't I told you to sit there and wait for me?!” I scolded him.

“You're in a dilemma right now so I initiated a help. And you walked like a turtle and you're holding a—how can we all eat that?!” Nanlaki ang mga singkit niyang mata. He's thinking if we can able to eat all the food I bought.

Mukhang mapapalaban pa yata kami.

To be continued...

Ps. Part two will be posted soon.

A/N: I'm having a writer's block when writing this, especially the last part kaya baka medyo magulo but I wanted to post it, though. I'm so excited whenever I post an update. This is what every aspiring writer feels, I guess?

Bye for now...

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