Decoding Independence (Monte Llana Series #1)

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Pagdating namin sa kanya-kanya naming rooms, naghilamos na agad ako and got ready for bed. Ate Klina and I were roommates at may kausap siya sa phone so I went out in the balcony to Facetime Clive.

"Hi!" I saw him sit from lying down. Nasa bed na siya, probably getting ready for sleep.

[Hi, nasa hotel na kayo?]

"Yeah, roommates kami ni ate Klina."

[Oh, damn.] He looked really disappointed when I said that. Alam niya na siguro na ilalaglag siya ng pinsan niya kaya ganoon.

"Aren't you sleeping yet?"

[I was waiting for your call.]

I smiled at his response. "Okay, sleep na. I'll sleep na rin."

Ngumiti lang si Clive bago humiga muli. [I'll see you in two days!]

"I'll see you in two days," ulit ko at saka binaba na ang tawag.

The following morning is a Saturday and it's also the day of the event. Everyone wore their best outfit. As for me, I just wore a blue metallic tube top, white fitted leather skirt and black knee-high boots. Gumamit rin ako ng black designer wide hat and then I went for an edgy makeup look.

Pagdating namin sa location, almost all of my Professors were already there. The venue is full of big people from different fashion companies. We met some Fashion Design students from other schools, too. Napaaga ang dating namin so we had all the time in the world to have a photoshoot. We just took some group photos with our Professors and then some batch ones. I also asked my blocmate Rina to take photos of me. It was so fun. My photos were all bomb!

I hurriedly open Twitter to upload two of my best shots.

@theoshpatriarca: #FedericoSoriano2020 🔥

*insert photos here*

The program started at exactly 5PM. First part pa lang, the collections were already majestic. I was thoroughly going over the garments nang tuloy-tuloy na tumunog ang phone ko and a number of Twitter notifications appeared.

@clivealexandrei followed you

@clivealexandrei quoted your tweet

Agad kong inunlock ang phone ko just to see what Clive tweeted. Kampante naman ako that it's nothing bad but it's his first time to quote tweet my tweet so I was kinda looking forward.

@clivealexandrei: daaang y u built like that 🔥

I was laughing really hard, my Professors had to turn to me and give me a warning. I just apologized for my misbehavior and then looked at my phone again. Saan niya naman natutunan 'to? He was so funny! There were a number of likes and retweets to my tweet. Marami ring nagreply, commending my outfit.

But Clive... my gosh! Gusto ko siyang i-block sa Twitter!

@clivealexandrei: LUV D OUTFITl!!!!!

I mumbled 'what the fuck' under my breath while trying to digest my emotions. Nakakainis naman siya! He really took ate Klina's advices, huh? A notification appeared again. This time, it's a DM from Clive. Napunta siya agad sa message requests ko since I wasn't following him.

@clivealexandrei: Follow back :(

I laughed before replying.

@theoshpatriarca: para kang bata grrr