Chapter 22 (1/2)

Oh, yes!

Let's end this today!

Are you ready kids!?

BlastOfFeelings

“When one learned fro”10

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It was soonist of a drama in TV or movie She was jealous because they seem like they don't have any responsibilities so they have lots of tie, love-life, and emo

Unfortunately, Jhing couldn’t do that

She has bills to pay, attend to family needs, and to live her own life

Good thing though, she didn't get any headaches fro So far, the stories were great It only needed a bit of polishi+ngBut the thing is, even though theincreased

When Miko's birthday ca could only send a text

Happy Birthday, Miko! :)

Jhing doesn't knohich one hurts the most: the friend request that hasn't been accepted, the seen, or the cold reply

Thanks

Anyway, because he already replied… she'll take the chance to add more lines

I heard you helped Tatay to choose a laptop for me?

It's late but, thanks! I've been using it

for these past feeeks Thank you

The excite felt vanished when she read his reply

Welcome

She ignored the pain

But how can she ignore the pain when Halloween came?

Jhing was clad in a red hood to iloo attended Halloween party, and there she was, looking as if she only grabbed a red curtain to cover herself Ah, the effort

The Bayetting excited, she sat still while her officethe ed

“Jhing!” Yayo called as she pointed toward the Bay ”It's Baymax! Don't you like him? Come on!”

She didn't move She heard the other departe Baymax costume In the end, Yayo pulled her closer and she didn't bother to argue

Jhing stared at Baymax’s eyes while her heart pounded in her chest Her ain—maybe… oes again… expecting so impossible

“Hug him!” July insisted “Maybe you'll feel better!”

She even pulled Bay her!” she said to Baymax

The person inside Baymax didn’t speak or even made a noise

The others anted to hug Bayh for Jhing to fit in the e towards Baymax and embraced it—round, soft and warm

She suddenly had the urge to cry

She wanted to hug hiain, but the hug she expected to last longer didn’t happen

The person inside Bay few steps back and went out of the function room

The Bay

”Star V CineFilms have chosen their top three novella finalist The winner will be chosen via trend voting on Twitter and will get the movie deal that will be released next year”

Even though everyone became hyped as Miss Mary Zue announced the finalist— “You Had Me At Seenzoned by Jhing Blanco,” and her novella was one of theh or cry in happiness

It's just the Finals She is still one of the options

But Jhing didn’t mind as she went out to look for the Baymax

Unfortunately, he was long gone already

She should have said no in the first place Jhing should've just turned emo in her apartment alone or think about how to proin escapade when November came

Jhing accepted Fall’s offer to forget the proble that Miko was there too

The first tis under his eyes were evident and the stubbles were still there There’s faer in his eyes

Miko was s at everyone but her

And so, the ride in the van was really aard

Jhing pretended to be asleep even though she wanted to join her co-authors' conversation The two also couldn'twanted to sit closer to Fall but her crazy friend is always sticking to Miko like a glue so Jhing didn't dare to take a step

Even when they reached their site and fixed their tents, Miko and Jhing's pair of eyes never met

Oh, fuck this

When lunch ca utensils Miko ith Fall, discussing what to eat for lunch It was at that lanced at her direction and smile That sht didn't stay even for a second before hitting Fall on her head

Fall was laughing when she called Jhing “Come here!”

Jhing’s heart wanted to explode Miko stopped Fall but the wo

Before Jhing could complain, Fall shouted, “JHING AND MIKO TOLD ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COOK OUR LUNCH!”

Everybody shouted their “Yehey!” except for Miko and Jhing Both of them looked pale as if they heard a horrible news

Fall practically dragged Jhing near the kitchen where Miko was She even pushed Jhing which made her stumble and hit the table

Fall clicked her tongue as she helps Jhing pick up the utensils that fell “Don't fall for the table, Jhing”

Jhing glared at Fall andof eyes did the trick It was a good thing Fall left her, but the bad thing is—she ith Miko Not alone, no, but it felt like everyone else disappeared as her system panicked

”W-what are we cooking?” she asked And by looking at the ingredients, she : barbecue “Nevermind”

Jhing started piercing the wooden stick through thethe fire on the grill When he was done, he helped Jhing without a word

Maybe it was the lack of concentration or the pure stupidity that her finger bled Jhing accidentally pricked her finger fro on the blood before glancing at Miko who suddenly walked away Jhing tensed o hoain

And he wasn’t talking to her

After washi+ng her bleeding finger… Jhing's eyes widened when Miko appeared behind her like a ghost Before she could react, the rill

She stared for a long ti snapped out of her daze, she finally noticed that her finger started bleeding once again so she opened the band-aid and stuck it on her wound

When they started eating, Fall noticed the band-aid and the blood stain “What happened?”

“Got pricked”

Fall nodded “Oh, it's good you got a band-aid,” and smiled

Jhing felt Miko as sitting at the other end of the table looked at her, but when she turned her head, he was only looking at his own food

They took a lot of group shots before spending their day at the sea Because a lot of them join the escapade, a chaos started—fun chaos, of course Jhing had enjoyed it, especially when Miko almost drowned because the others treated hi but if so ht on his body… of course, he—they will start sinking On the other hand, Jhing stayed near the shore, enjoying the view of nature

Everyone only stopped swi

“Who suggested Anawangin in November?!” Fall asked for everyone

“You,” Miko answered “You're really a fall-lure”

“Ah, was it me? I wasn't aware”

Everyone laughed

Soot hile most of their stuff was saved by their tent Unfortunately, they failed to save the supposed to be a bonfire Because they et in the first place fro pictures and enjoyed the pouring rain They also tried to re to their clothes and body

When the rain stopped, they ignored the coldness of the night and played instead

“Let's play a gaested that everyone laughed about

Sadly, so cards also got wet In the end, while the others were drinking and singing, Jhing's group started playing Nanay-Tatay¹ The group looked silly and childish

But ould have thought it was hard to play Nanay-Tatay?

“CHEATER!” Fall shouted because she already lost in the third round of clapping “You're all laughing! It's h too and lose my concentration ah!”

But no one gave her attention because they started their childish gaain

They clapped and counted and laughed until the person next to Jhing got distracted at clapping for the 34th ti, and Jhing looked at her side to see Miko as still in the game

As the counting and clapping continued, Jhing felt bolts of electricity everytiaot distracted

If he did this on purpose in order to lose, then that goes for the both of them

Instead of the winner, Fall was the one who suggested what Jhing should do: e Miko’s hand

Jhing quickly rejected that though but her group forced her to do it Her eyes avoided Miko's and stared at his paled it with care, her heart jumped out of her chest

Jhing popped his knuckles, bent his wrists backward and forwards, turned it from side-to-side, and pushed her thumb on his palm

After she finishedhis hands, she was taken aback when she realized Miko was staring at her

“Your turn, Miko,” Fall started “Truth or dare”

Miko said, “Dare”

Jhing wanted to shout at him to choose truth but as she to tell hi truth

“Jhing, he chose dare What do you want Miko to do?”

It was a spur of the moment when their eyes met and she blurted “Tell me the truth—are you mad at me?”

Her question made everyone, even Miko, held their breaths

Miko quickly answered ”No” which made her confused

“No? But why—”

Miko smiled “I already did my dare”

It felt like freezing cold water was poured over her body when she heard his words so Jhing went silent while the rest of the players who lost was asked for dares and truths Because Fall was the first one who lost the gaave her a dare which she obliged

Then Facio asked, “One event that changed you in a bad way”

Fall’s story started with a laugh and a few jokes until her voice croaked and her eyes gleamed “I learned not to ask I don't want to ask anyone's story anymore because the last tiht I was being goody-two-shoes They told me that I love to poke into other peoples' business—that I only asked because I love gossip and I needed the inside scoop”

“What the,” an author commented

Fall was all s otherwise “It's okay We made up already Past is past… but that experience scarred ht was close to ht of me as nosy”

She blew her nose on her shi+rt before laughing, “So yeah I stopped caring about other people About everything I tried to return to who I was before—soot scared offriends because of all the drama I experienced It e ied my life”

Jhing wanted to hug Fall She never knew that They often talk but she never realized that her friend went through so terrible

It was a happened a few minutes later

After showering, drying, and eating theirfor a chat near the shore

They both got scared on crossing the wooden bridge but it orth it The view on the other sidestayed there with silence as they listen to the crashi+ng of waves

After a while, they started talking about rando noticed that Fall didn't mention Miko—maybe to lessen the tension

After a few topics, Jhing suddenly asked, “How did you do it?”

“Ha? Do what?”

“Cry in front of other people?”

Fall s true and honest I couldn't stop it ah It fell before I knew it”

The two of them both stared at the horizon It was such a beauty to see the sky and sea blended like they were a part of each other

“I' commented silently

Fall got surprised by her words “You can do it too ah,” her friend said “You know, it's just like writing on Wattpad Even though you feel like it's a trash, you will show your first draft—your weakest form— to other people You will ask for their opinions and comments so you can improve—so you can find out if your trash is actually a beautiful art”

”I don't think that's it”

“It's the sahed “The difference is, in our stories, we choose our characters to explain ourselves”

Jhing looked at the starless night sky She sighed and laughed “But it's so difficult to explainto believe , even my emotions”

She crouched and started playing with the sand ”I prefer to be judged when they don't know anything about h I've already explained myself It's a waste of emotion”

“Is it because of a waste of emotion or because it hurts?”

Wow The right question punched her in the gut

“Both” She sighed

Jhing stood up and grabbed a branch to use as a pen to draw ”Maybe that's why I seem like a bitch because the others think ofthat perception of others It's better than trying to prove ”

“That's why you don't want to cry in front of others?” Fall asked while looking at her

“Revealing myself scares me,” she finally admitted to herself

“You're not really a bitch You're just cold” Fall laughed and Jhing rolled her eyes “Let them see what they see Unfortunately, they can't see e can see on you”

“What can you see on me anyway?”