Girlfriend Hotline » satzu

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A mess.

That's how Tzuyu describes the scene in front of her. Students gathered all around or couples secretly showing affection, taking pictures and sharing jokes or whatsoever. . . booths, mascots, novelty shops, and food stands are what makes their campus messy.

Tzuyu would've just go home and sleep all day than to be a part of this messy school occasion they have here, but her friends forced her to stay until it's over, which makes her blab about how bored and tired she is all the time.

"Tara, Tzu! Magbubukas na ang GH booth in 30 minutes!" sabi sa kanya ni Mina habang hinihila pa siya ng iba niyang mga kaibigan. She kept on giving them her cold face dahil wala na talaga siyang gana pumunta sa booth ng Girlfriend Hotline.

At first, sobrang sabik pa siyang makita si Operator Shana at sumali pa nga para magkaroon ng chance na maka-date 'yon. Pero parang nagbago na ang mood niya at ang gusto niya na lang gawin ay umuwi at matulog.

Meanwhile behind the temporarily closed GH booth, everyone has been preparing their face masks. . . except nalang siguro sa dalawang nakababatang operator na pinaglalaruan pa ang kanilang mga face masks.

Sana, who already put on her face mask, yawns as drowsiness could be seen through her eyes. Medyo sabaw silang lahat dahil pagkatapos ng mga shift nila ay pumunta na agad sila sa school para i-prepare ang kanilang booth. In short, wala pa silang tulog since 5 am, and it's now 12:30 pm and they're all tired and ready to fall asleep. But then, kailangan nilang gawin 'to para na din sa extra income. Operators of GH would get an extra income if they accept to go on school programs or guesting.

Girlfriend Hotline is a very famous customer service hotline that operators even got invited to radio programs, but wearing face masks of course. Pinaka-sikat ang grupo ni Momo dahil halos lahat ng callers nila ay nocturnal, at tamang-tama ang work shift nila para sa mga nagpupuyat at nangangailangan ng kausap. Which means, Momo's group is the one who always does the touring and guesting and whatsoever. Even though sikat na sikat sila as operators of a successful customer service hotline, they always keep their feet on the ground when they're out of the workplace. Simple lang ang pamumuhay nilang lima. . . simpleng mga babae sa umaga, famous operators sa gabi. That's how their cycle goes day by day.

They ate their lunch and took a short catnap before Momo woke them up to prepare themselves for the last time.

"Guys, 5 minutes left. . . punta na kayo sa mga tables niyo," mahinhin na sabi ni Momo habang nagsi-punta na ang mga operators sa kanilang designated tables. Naka-face mask na silang lahat at hinihintay nalang nila sa ibaba ang naka-takip na malaking kurtina sa kanilang booth. Their booth was more like a surprise opening kaya may pa-kurtina pang nalalaman.

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And the curtain fell, making the operators see lots of students waiting for them to be exposed to the crowd. The operators smiled and waved, but of course, mata lang nila ang nakikita ng mga tao so they have to smile with their eyes. Sana was trying to find Tzuyu in the crowd pero hindi niya ito sa makita sa sobrang dami. The people one by one sat in front of the operators and began talking to them. Some even asked for autographs which the operators happily gave to the students.

"Uy, Tzu! Ayan na yung GH booth!" sabi ni Jeongyeon habang tinuturo niya ang booth ng Girlfriend Hotline. Dali-dali naman siyang tumakbo papunta doon nang hindi nagpapa-alam sa kanyang mga kaibigan. Sumama na rin si Mina kay Jeongyeon at ang natira nalang ay sina Tzuyu at Jihyo.

"Minari, tignan mo. . . parang ang ganda nung may kulay brown na buhok diba?!" pagbubulong ni Jeongyeon habang binatukan naman siya ni Mina, "Tanga! Halos lahat naman sila may kulay brown na buhok eh!" sigaw sa kanya ni Mina habang binatukan ito pabalik ni Jeongyeon.