#Yatiz is a story focusing on the lives of young people in a small seaside municipality called Carmen in the southern part of the Philippines. The name is based on a cuss word here, "Yati/Yatis" that has no English equivalent but is closest to WTF.
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APRIL 21, 2023・FRIDAY・17:31
He sees her, waiting by one of the buses en route to Tagum City.
She's distracted, looking elsewhere with her arms crossed and her phone resting on one hand. Dangled through her shoulder is a large white picnic tote bag. Despite the chaos of a Friday surrounding her, Hazel still manages to stand out. Absentmindedly, she pinches down the lower half of her black sleeveless crop top, readjusting it and extending it to cover a little of what's left of her exposed skin. She checks her phone again.
JR is still stood there, at a distance, watching. Frozen and unable to take another step. He nibbles on his index finger as he looks on what he's wearing. He shakes his head. He takes out his phone from his pocket and navigates to his conversation with Hazel. He taps the small gray box and starts typing up a message.
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JR: I'M NOT GOING. SORRY
He erases that and composes a new one.
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JR: I CAN'T GO TODAY. DON'T WAIT FOR ME
As his finger makes its way towards the send button, he suddenly receives a message from her.
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