When I finished passing the medical chart. I immediately went down and simply looked around. I'm hoping to see KJ. Where is he now? Is he still here?
But I was disappointed. Even his shadow I did not see. I think he has already left. Because when we clashed, he did not wear the laboratory coat that doctors always wear. I was frustrated. Honey!
I just sighed and admitted that I would never see him again today. It's annoying because. If only I didn’t really need to pass the medical chart. We could have talked now.
I stopped opposite the kwek kwek seller and chill. I bought non and was about to walk back when someone shouted loudly.
"Hey!" I turned to see someone shouting at me. I saw my boyfriend here outside the SHM hospital Karl. Why is it here? Is he here on duty? He is also a medicine student like me in case he is a neurologist.
"Why are you here? You're here on duty?" I will ask. We haven't seen this mukong in a long time.
"Yes, you are. Why are you here? Are you okay? Your hair is messy and you're obviously stressed out, ah. What else is there?" He next asked me.
"Ano sa tin-" I couldn't finish what I was about to say when suddenly Karl took a kwek kwek and handed me the cooler I bought. Sometimes your friend who is spoiling your food tastes good.
Son of a bitch! I haven’t even cut down on the cooler and quack quack I bought. Then he would go ahead of me. He happily ate the kwek kwek I bought and drank my cold. The evil I think of him. Does he have no money? As far as I know, it's even more flush than me.
Please visit! Your stomach would have hurt if you had been beaten.
"You're stupid, Karl!" I screamed in annoyance at this. But he just laughed at me foolishly.
Those who saw us kept looking at us. He is still being harassed by other women. Because my friend is supposed to be cute. How cute was this friend of mine? because, its ugly. It seems that their vision is blurred and they need to wear glasses.
Just charot! I can't deny that this friend of mine is cute. Gwapo pa. And I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people like him. Smart, handsome, kind, rich, where else are you? He is a total package after all. The sweater of the woman who will love this mukong. Case buraot and just goofy.
"Hey! Are you already in love and can you look at me like that? Maybe I'll melt because you're staring so hard at my very handsome face." And windy too. The kingina!
"Mainlove !? Hey! Your thickness. Weh dinga? You're ashamed of what you're saying. Your wind is too Karl. He's handsome?"
"Are your eyes blurred?" He asked.
"No," I replied here.
"Hey, why can't you see my value and my very handsome face?" His wind really is!
"Hey, do you have a problem? Why are you saying that?" I asked in astonishment.
"Nothing ... All I'm saying is that your eyes are blurred and you can't see my very handsome face ... You're a numb woman," he said in a whisper, the last thing he said. What is going on here?
"Thick! You're not handsome and you're not cute noh. Don't believe what you hear. Those are liars." I'm teasing here.
"Ah, so you're saying you're a liar," he said.
"What did you say? I'm a liar? How long have I been lying?" I annoyed question here.
"Just now," he promised.
"And how can you say I'm lying." I challenge you here.
"You just told me not to believe those who say I'm handsome and cute. Eh, you're the one who said no since we met and you'll stare at my very handsome face," he said with a wink. Yuck! The air really of this man. The kingina is pretty handsome in itself. Is it really okay my friend? Why do I seem to be changing what he wants?
"Oh you it's just like kwek kwek and cool you're like that. I can't even support that I'm handsome." He broke his promise.
"Tss you that I might die early from your saliva if I still drink jan." I sigh here.
"Luh, you're serious. Are you really a friend? It hurts you to speak, ah. And you're a woman. Your art." He ignored me for what I said and even pretended that he was hurt. Jusko po! I hope it's okay my friend.
"Are you done with your duty and you're here in front of me and talking?" I asked him.
"No, I just went out to eat in case I saw you and I seem to have lost my hunger." I stared at him even more at what he said. What is going on here with my boyfriend?
"Are you on drugs boy? The strength of your right e."
"Luh no ah. I think I'm a good boy. I'm really strong when I come to you." He smiled at the promise.
"It's just that you're hungry, Karl. You've already eaten. You're going hungry so you're like that. Do you want me to take you to a mental hospital? I think you have something wrong with your brain."
"Ayieee, Dra. Buenaventura is concerned about me who will soon be my wife. You are really harsh to me, my Sachiko." He laughed.
"Karl get out of my sight before I kill you." I keep my promise here.
"Don't even marry me, eh." I was about to strangle him when he evaded and ran inside the SHM hospital.
I was happy because I was pissed again. Let's just meet once and then the visitor will tease. I really miss my friend teasing me. It was nice to beat that man.
I just stared and continued walking. No more e. I have lost the urge to buy kwek kwek again and cool. It's just a joke because I don't have the money to buy it.
I need to save money. My food is as bad as Karl's. He has a lot to buy, he's still struggling. That's my lunch.
I continued walking. Case after just a few minutes I get tired of walking all over SHM hospital. I'm really hoping he's still here to see him.
Case seems like he's really gone. I've been around here before. When I got tired I just walked out again and sat in a waiting shed. Nakakinis naman eh.
I just fixed myself. Looks like I can't really see him anymore. I frowned as I watched the car pass by.
While I was waiting for my ride home. Am I really going home? What if he was just sitting next to me and I just didn't notice?
Haysss take care. I'll just wait for my babe and I to cross paths again. Charot!
"Rose ?!"
I immediately raised my head to hear the very familiar voice. Is that him? I can’t believe he’s by my side right now.
He just called me Rose. Even my friends and my mom don’t call me Rose. Only him. They often called me Roseanne or Margaret.
He also sat like me and looked at the road and watched the cars pass by. He was holding two shake cookies n cream flavored. Wahhh that's my favorite. Is that one for me? Wahhh I hope so ... I also want a shake.
My eyes widened at what he was wearing. Wow, I think he just changed his clothes. Every day because his clothes are black. I didn't know if he was taking a bath or not. Is he changing his clothes?
He has a gray long sleeve case, the pants are still black, he really likes black. She's not wearing glasses but her messy hair still has the same messy hair that suits her.
"Ahmm hi KJ." I feel good here. He looked at me with a frown. Why? Did I say something wrong? Or maybe he doesn’t want me to call him KJ.
"KJ?" He asked in surprise.
"Ahhh short for Kalix James. Don't you want me to call you that?" I asked him.
"Hmm not really," he replied. What does he smell like? I can smell his fragrant scent that is delicious to smell. He is addicted to smell.
"You like?" He asked once height of the shake. No doubt I took it from him. What a pity if I refuse. Only now can I experience the free of the person you want.
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
"Do you like to speak English? We're in the Philippines but I feel like I'm in another country. Can you speak Tagalog? My nose is about to bleed on you." Laughing I promised him.
After all, every answer he gives is pure English. I understand English but you know that.
It's like an English headache. My brain was already bruised in our subject, almost all of which was in English, and then he answered my questions in English. It's like a double kill.
4
"Ohh sorry. I'm used to it." Look at that. English again. Huhuhu when my nose bleeds it's your fault Dr. Dela Vega.
"Are you going to study in an expensive school and the language is English. You can really practice that," I said.
"Hmm how is your duty?" Wow! He is concerned about my duty. Ayiee. Wahhh I think I fall in love with this man even more.
"It's okay. It's tiring and stressful but I'm enjoying it somehow." I was happy to answer his question.
Totoo naman eh. Even if you're stressed, it's all over. You are still happy to take the course you want taken. Nakakaenjoy. No matter how hard it is, as long as you enjoy it, it still feels good.
I hope he answered like me. The long and not short if you answer. He's really frugal anytime.
"You? How's your duty?" I asked him.
"Always success." Tss, I'm going to give up. His shortness really answered. Is he like that when his professors ask him? Short if answered.
"Will you come? I'll buy ff," I promised. My stomach is boiling. I haven't eaten lunch since I finished class.
"Ff?" He asked me with a frown.
"Hehehe french fries. What are you coming with?" I ask again here. "Come on, I'm already hungry, eh." I didn't wait for him to answer and just took his hand and pulled him to the french fries shop.
When we got to the french fries shop. It was only then that I noticed that we were both holding hands.
It's not just holding hands that the boyfriend and girlfriend seem to be doing, the intimacy of the two people in a relationship is intertwined.
I looked up at KJ and there he was looking at our holding hands. He was staring at it. I was embarrassed to let go of his hand.
Shit! It's like I don't want to let go of his hand because it's soft. The relish held all night. Then maybe when we're done. All right, just assume Ysa. It's free to assume.
"A-ahh you like?" I offer him frenc fries to reduce the awkwardness between the two of us. Nakakahiya kasi. Why did you hold Ysa's hand? That's when he looked angry.
"No longer. Is that your lunch?" He asked while looking at the french fries I was eating.
"Yes."
"But that is not healthy food." He made a rude promise. What is happening to him? Nagsusungit naman. I must have been angry when I touched him.
"It's okay as long as my stomach is full." I smiled in response. I'm saving. I need to save the money I have.
"Is that always your lunch?" He was reluctant to ask.
"And sometimes."
"That's why you're thin." Skinny? Is his vision blurred? She is very thin. Can't it just be sexy.
"Skinny? Hey, I'm not skinny. I'm so sexy." I sighed at him.
Kainis na'to. Skinny? I'm so sexy. I think it has a visual defect.
"Did you eat already?" I asked as I finished the french fries I was eating.
"Nope."
"E! You haven't eaten yet what time is it oh," I told him at 3 pm in the afternoon and then he hasn't eaten yet? I offered him french fries in case he didn't want to. Not raw healthy.
"Do you want to come?" He suddenly asked.
"Huh? Where?" I wondered. Where are we going? Are we going to escape? Halah! Don't think I'm not ready to go with him yet.
"Eat the right foods," he answered my question and started walking towards a beautiful dark car.
Why? Didn't I eat the right food? French fries are also food. Can he own this car?
"Your car?" I asked as I pointed to the car he approached.
"Yes, isn't it obvious?" He asked rudely. Eh! It's like he's just asking. The snout! Is she menstruating?
Is he having red days now and that's why he's complaining again. He opened the door for me and waited for me to get into his car.
Will i come I have no money when I spend more. I'm less than the budget my mom sent.
"Ahh not anymore. I'm full n-" I didn't finish what I was about to say when he suddenly pulled me and helped me get into his car. I don't know but I'm fascinated by what he did.
Halah! Don't be like that KJ. I might fall for you even more. Then you won't catch me. I frowned at the thought. I'm so scared of the owner. I hope not.
I hope I don't look deeper at him. It's so easy for me to move on. Because when it goes deeper, it's hard to move on.
I couldn't help but think. Did he like it? Has he already had a girlfriend? If he had a girlfriend or liked the luck maybe that woman.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of the bill." Saas niya. I just nodded.
It's embarrassing. Even though I'm like that, I'm ashamed somehow. He even gave me a shake and then he gave me lunch again. I don't even know if it can be called lunch. It was like a snack for us.
"Do you often work at SMH hospital?" I will start asking again here. It was as if we were not quiet in his car.
"Yes."
"Are there many patients in SMH hospital whose case is in the brain?"
"Sometimes."
Okay that's exactly how he replied. The shortening is economical. Grabe! He was very sparing in his words. If he is stingy, I will be stingy when it comes to money. We weren't really meant to be. Charot!
"Are there also many patients out there whose case is in the heart?" I asked again.
"That's often there."
"Ahh so the more cases in the SHM hospital are brain disease and not heart disease?"
"It depends ... sometimes there are a lot of patients with brain and heart disease."
My eyes widened as I looked at him and still smiled. This was probably the longest word he had ever said. Since I talked to him.
"Why?" He asked in surprise as he raised an eyebrow. He saw that my son was smiling and his eyes were widening as he looked at him.
"Nothing," I said. "Is it hard to be a neurologist?" I asked him again.
"Pretty much."
Ahh that's why one day we went to SHMU eh he was reading a book while walking and up to his friend's condo he read a book about neurologists.
"Because in the LS hospital that I usually go to, there are more cases of heart disease. There are rare brain disease patients there. So sometimes I forget to eat because there are a lot of patients like that."
I broke my promise. While remembering my former patients. Every time I become a patient I am afraid of making a mistake in operating on them.
KJ's car stopped opposite Jolibee. Wow! My favorite is the fried chicken here at jolibee. He is crispy and delicious. Will he set me free again?
"Is it okay if we just eat here?" He asked me. Ha !? Why is he asking me? If it's okay?
"Ahh! I don't know about you. You're the only one who hasn't eaten lunch with the two of us," I said.
"You are still not eating." He made a rude promise.
"Are you really serious about freeing me?"
"Yes, why do you think I'm joking?" He seriously returned me a question.
"Hi-no. It's just embarrassing." I have few answers. Maybe he thinks I'm just paying him. I'm not that kind of woman. I'm just like this but I don't look like money.
"Don't be shy. Let's go," he said as he got out of the car and turned to open it for me. What is that KJ! Maybe I can get used to what you do. And find me.
When we got inside Jolibee, he ordered what we were going to eat and I was the one to find a seat for us. I went up to the second floor because the space here on the first floor was full.
I chose to sit at the end next to the mirror. The ones you can see are the ones outside. Trees are what you can see here when you look in the mirror. I want to look at nature because it's relaxing for me.
"You love nature?" I was surprised when someone asked in the chair opposite me. I didn't even realize that KJ was here. He was also looking outside.
"You're already here. Ahh yes, it's relaxing for me," I replied.
"Hmm, you're right nature is really relaxing." He nodded his promise.
"Do you also love nature?" I will ask.
"Not so much."
When will he speak Tagalog? I almost feel like my nose is bleeding. My brain is already too busy to understand his English.
"Ahh when we had a drink at your friend Shawn's condo. He said you designed his condo. Is that true?" I will ask.
If it's true, can I hire him soon when I have my house built? When I am successful.
"Yes, why?"
"Wow! You're great, ah. You're a good neurologist, you're also good at designing. That's cool ah. Can I hire you to design my house soon when I'm successful?"
I hope he agrees. I like the way he designed his friend Shawn's condo. Simple but beautiful and pleasing to the eye.
"Why me? There are other people who are better at designing a house than me," he replied.
Napanguso ako. Did he reject me? But why is he the one I want to design my future home? Maybe my friend Samantha. Architecture case is his course.
"Ahmm nothing. I just want to. Why don't you just become an architect? You're also good at designing houses." I ask here.
He averted his eyes from me and looked again at what I had been looking at before. He is silent again. He frowned and raised an eyebrow. Halah! Did I say anything? Tsk you're really talkative Roseanne. Maybe he doesn't want to talk about that.
"A-ahmm it's okay if you don't answer. Sorry." I apologize. He doesn't seem to want to talk as much. Or maybe he was mad at me because I asked that.
Huhu sorry! I didn't know that he didn't want my question. He just nodded and didn't say another word. Until the food he ordered arrived, he did not say a word. He didn't say a word anymore.
I think he was angry when I asked him. Sorry! Huhu I didn't know he would be angry at what I asked. He finished eating quickly and I was the only one eating and he seemed to be waiting for me to finish.
I got ready and never finished what I was eating. I'm still full, eh. So I can't afford to eat the spaghetti and fried chicken he ordered for me and then he ordered a burger and french fries and ice cream.
"Ta-tara na." I have a lot of respect for him.
"You are not done yet." He made a rude promise. He's naughty again. He's angry!
"A-ah it's okay because I'm still full." I will excuse even if I still really want to consume the food left over.
"Are you sure?" His eyebrow was now raised.
"Y-yes." I’m nervous to answer here. Why am I nervous about him? I do not know. I was just nervous about him. He looks angry.
"Are you sure?" He asked seriously again.
"Of course." I smile promise here.
"Would you like to take out your leftover food? You barely reduced the food I ordered for you." He asked.
Wow! As in wow! I just heard him speak Tagalog. And I can only say one thing. The depth of his speaking in Tagalog. He really speaks deeply but what I don't expect is that his voice is even deeper when he shakes. I fell more and more in love with him.
"A-ah is it okay? I'll take it out?" I asked he nodded and called the waiter to fix my leftover food.
We walked out neatly. Are we going home? By the way, he is. I don't know if he will deliver me. I have nothing more to do. This is probably our first date. Just charot!
"Ahmm are you going home yet?" I ask here.
"Why? Do you still want to go somewhere?" He asked. Ayyt he really likes to speak english. I prefer him to speak Tagalog. He was more attractive there. You really are Roseanne.
"Nothing. I'll go home. Thanks for the free." I smiled promise. "Hopefully again." Laughing I promise.
"You're welcome." He smiled promise. Won't he offer to take me home? This man is numb.
"All right, I'll repeat," I said and turned my back on him to go home. He didn't even stop me.
"Take care." I even heard his promise. But I never looked back. I was just careful my right hand waved it. That man is very ungentlemanly.
But I looked at the food I brought and smiled remembering what he said earlier.
My ghad I think I'm deeply in love with him.