The Boy in My Daydream

Chapter 03: Tag

Chapter 3: Tag

Sumapit ang alas-otso at nagsi-uwian na rin kami. Nainis ako kay Billy dahil hindi pa siya nabusog at bumili pa ng piaya. Nakarating rin naman kami sa apartment namin. Pagpasok ng apartment ay agad kong hinanap ang charger at sinalpak iyon sa may outlet para I-charge ang phone ko. Inunahan ko pa si Billy na mag-charge ng phone dahil ako yung unang na-lowbat kaysa sa kanya. Kaisa-isang charger ay pinag-aagawan namin.

I finished my night routine and decided to have a long study for myself, I yawned for a bit, my eyes were heavy like there's a luggage on my eyelids. I begged myself to wake up. I splashed myself with water and flipped the pages again, after I dired up my hands and decided to digest again. May nakatambak na libro at yellow pad at ballpen at highlighters sa table ko. Nakabukas rin ang lampara ko para mas lumiwanag pa ang workspace ko.

Billy busied himself studying. Magkalayo ang table namin, may kaunting distansya sa isa't-isa. His eyes were fixes on staring at his tablet and writing notes on his index cards. I saw how he gently reads everything and how swift he reads the texts on the books and how he stares silently on the window, remembering every word he digested.

I went back to studying at my own pace. Kinuha ko ang phone ko na nagcha-charge pa rin hanggang ngayon. I opened it and the screen shined brightly. New notifications popped up on the lockscreen. Ang ibang notifications ay galing sa GC naming magka-kaibigan, habang yung iba naman ay message sa class group chat.

I unlock my phone and opened my messenger para mag-backread. Troy sent the pictures that he took a while ago and the other stuffs is all about Liv, Samantha and Troy chatting to each other. Ni-seenzone ko na lang iyon at binasa ang mga announcement mula sa profs at sa president. After scrolling and browsing through my social medias, an idea struck into my mind.

Naaalala ko ang mga sinabi ni Troy kanina. He mentioned something that made me curious that's why I decided to search for it on Facebook. I browsed it up and searched for keywords that I can even think of. Maraming nag-pop up na pages na pink hood ang pangalan sa una.

PINK HOOD POLAROIDS ESPANA: 4,029 LIKES

PINK HOOD POLAROIDS PHOTOGRAPHS: 11.5K LIKES

I'm surprised on what I saw. Maybe, he was a photographer. I clicked on the FB page at in-stalk ang mga photos at feed niya. All of the photos were taken in a polaroid producing films and when it's blown by the wind, the picture will be seen. Sa bawat litrato ay makikita ang mga polaroid films na may picture ng tao o kaya lugar. It's organized on an album, so I decided to browse on it. I'm amazed on how he took pictures using his polaroid camera.

I'm swiping at every picture until I swiped right to the last picture on the gallery. It's a picture of the pink hood guy. He's standing alone and the background is little bit dark. Naka-ilaw yun at mukhang nag-flash ang camera nung kinuhanan siya ng litrato. Malapad ang kanyang ngiti at nakapamulsa ang kanyang kamay at nakatayo ng tuwid. I stared at it for a little while and pursed my lips.

I let out a deep sigh, then turned my phone off and looked up on the ceiling. I wondered so many things that is running inside my head. Full of thoughts. Iyong mga sinabi ni Troy kanina noong nasa Jollibee kami ay totoo.

Bumuntunghininga ako at sinara ang lampara at inayos ang gamit ko sa table. Tumayo ako at pumunta sa higaan ko at inihiga ang sarili ko sa kama at nagmuni-muni habang nakatingala sa kisame. What happened to this day was as horrible as it looks. I turned off my phone and started to close my eyes and went to sleep, hugging tight the soft pillow on my side.

Kinabukasan ay maaga akong nagising habang si Billy naman ay patulog pa lang. Nagtanong pa ako sa kanya kung anong oras ang klase niya. Pang-hapon ang class niya so may time pa siya para matulog habang ako naman ay gising na at mag-gagawa pa ng dapat kong gawin at kabisaduhin.