Chapter 13 (1/2)
¹Number- In the Philippines, there's a belief that so you
when you hiccup, so they will ask someone for a number 1-26
which will be corresponding to the letters of the Alphabet
If they gave you 1, that means that the name of the person
that'syou starts with the letter ”A”
If it's 2 then ”B” and so on and so forth
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“Keeping the push and pull will make one or both injured”
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Jhing thought that this ‘too many moments with Miko’ will end after Caliraya weekend escapade She survived the tea in her own apart to bury all memories into ashes
But how to bury a photo uploaded on the Tearapher’s FB account?
Facebook must have a report button for ‘offensive picture foron process‘ It’s like a shout to her face that Miko’s presence was unavoidable
And it’s posted on FB!
For everyone to see!
They weren’t the subject of the photo, really It’s a group picture of people… It’s just that… Only the two of the a serious expression
It was al’s eyes: the part when Miko reached for her and the way she stared at his hand, was vivid
Caught in cam!
Fortunately, the cas
Jhing prayed for everyone to ignore it There were so many pictures posted on the albued her
July Verano uyy, Miko and RionaJ what kind ofin the background? ♥s everywhere!
A few round, but Fall added salt to Jhing’s wounding ego
Fall Ying OTP ♥♥♥♥
Miko † my side profile is so handsome(＾～＾✿)
Saet that emoticon? What app po?
Miko † Said app? It's not on the emoji app TT n TT
Miko † google it, dummy
Miko † dear
Fall Ying i see what you did there
Miko † ┐(￣ヮ￣)┌
Sa, can't find it!!!!
“We were just playing around,” Jhing’s defense when July bothered her the second she entered the office
She cringed Jhing can’t believe that July zoo so serious?”
“I didn’t want to lose”
“What kind of game is it where he had to reach his hand out?” July whispered, “First one to confess loses?”
Jhing ignored the last line and answered, “Tag”
“Weh?”
“Really”
It was obvious that July didn’t believe her but thankfully, she didn’t push through
The rest of the day went pretty normal
Jhing loves normal
Miko, apparently, doesn’t
When Deceot excited She promised herself to buy one book for leisure’s sake However, on the way out of the building, Miko rode on the same elevator as her; walked towards the mall like her; and went on the same floor where the bookstore is
So he dropped the bo me?”
To say Jhing was shocked by Miko’s question was an understateo!
Miko’s set to take pictures on le, okay?”
She walked away fro Miko After a certain distance, she turned around and saw that he was browsing technical books with s lips
So he read books? Seriously?
Jhing spent her 15at the 3 books in hand when someone decided to stand next to her and hiccuped
“Jhing” It’s Miko, holding an art book
Another hiccup “Number¹?”
When she didn’t reply, the man poked her “Jh—”
She stared at the books in front of her “What number?”
“Number! When you hic—”
“Shut it,” she cut hi at him, “11”
Miko thought for a moment before his forehead wrinkled “Not 10?”
“No”
Another hiccup “Just say 10 oh”
Jhing shook her head She returned her focus to the books on her hands as she smelled the scent of paper with a s her happiness from bookish momentum quickly vanish
“Say 10,” hiccups, “okay?”
“What’s your proble removed his hold from her “I don’t want 10 I like 11”
Miko stood in front of her to stop her fro away “But 11 is K Just make it 10”
“For what?” Jhing wanted to push Miko away but skin contact wasn’t an option, again “Why do I care about the number and the alphabet?”
“But I ha—” another hiccup, “hiccups So me I want the number 10 so that so his eyebrows
Ignoring the heat on her cheeks, Jhing rolled her eyes “Are you a child? You believe in that?”
It was a rhetorical question to insult him but it seems like Miko became numb to it because he still has the ser a child I’m even older than—”
“But you believe in that nu?”
“Why not?” Miko’s smile widens, “Someone definitely misses me anyway”
“There’s just so, that’s why you’re having hiccups,” Jhing countered and started to walk, a book clutched in one hand
“We—” Hiccup “Weh?” Miko chased after her “Isn’t because someone misses—”
“No”
He faked a pained expression as he put his hand on his chest “Awtsu, you’re ruining ain, “Belief of 26 years”
“Oh, you’re 26?” Jhing tilted her head “Doesn’t look like it”
“A lot of peop—” His shtens but a hiccup ruined it, “—ple told er”
“Like 12?”
Miko chuckled shyly at the compliment “Around 20—”
“You act like 12,” Jhing deadpanned
Boom Burn
Jhing = 1
Miko = 0
Jhing left the aisle with a triumphant smile
“Sometimes your wo—” Miko hiccups, “—ords stab me like a knife”
Because Jhing got annoyed with his hiccups, she says, “Don’t breathe”
“Huh—”
Jhing covered Miko’s mouth with her hand which made her shi+vered a bit It’s not much… his lips just touched her palm
No biggie
“Don’t breathe There shouldn’t be any air going in our out your system to stop your hiccups”
She felt her palo of Miko, but its, his lips pursing into a thin line
Silence
Better
But it ended too soon
When Jhing reached the aisle for Wattpad published books, she al when Miko pulled her arm as if he needed to hold her for his dear life
Miko pointed at hi, as his face turns red That’s when she realized that he still hasn’t breathed for a while!
“Breathe!” Almost a minute has passed already, “You’re insane!”
Miko exhaled, then inhaled, and exhaled again as if he drowned A lot of people looked at the wanted to sh, even—but Miko will think that his action was sold to her so… nevermind
“Is this all your pent-up anger for me? You will kill me whenever you have the chance ah”
It was painful to hide her s didn’t want to boost his confidence “Who told you to stop breathing for a long tih”
“You didn’t tell me”
Jhing shrugged “It’s not my fault if you’re naive”