Can We Make It Right?

CHAPTER 4.1: Chase

CHAPTER 4.1 (Chase)

"Grabe naman si sir! Kapapasa lang nung limang drawing plates na pinagawa niya kahapon, meron nanaman ulit ngayon!?" I rant while exiting the classroom just after our professor in our major class left.

"Ano!? Kaya mo pa!?" He asks, laughing. I know what he's thinking. He might assuming that he's winning his bet and he's right with what he told me in the canteen while we are eating.

I definitely won't give up this early. The year has just started to give a tap. Every first is hard. It's where we learn things how it works. I think I'm in adaptation stage and everything will eventually become easy for me. I hope.

But for now, I just wanna thank universe for being in my favor. For being this good to me. Considering the number of students, it's him! I'm with the guy I just prayed to meet. Well, that's how the magic works.

Stressful start but the universe didn't let go of me and gave me someone so I can manage every bullets striking me at once.

The universe, really, is the greatest prankster of all time. It makes move in the most unexpected way. It never runs out of twist to do with you. And that is what I'm praying for.

We got to the library, sit on our usual place in the corner with just the two of us and start drawing again. I can feel that this library would be my home for about 4 years or maybe not, I'm not even sure if I can survive that long. But still, I got no choice but to finish this damn degree.

We were given just one drawing plate that should be passed tomorrow. A plate I can't imagine how to draw this squinty drawing. It's more likely an optical illusion which makes my eyes crossed.

I just keep on looking at this paper but I still can't figure out where to start. I turn my head to Coby's drawing and he's actually halfway finishing the entire plate.

Seriously? Without struggle or confusion, he's drawing at ease just like playing an almost-impossible-to-draw stuff for me.

The gap tho.

"Pano mo nagawa 'yan?"I ask in totally flabbergasted manner "ang galing mo! kaya hindi mo rin talaga masisisi 'yung mga babaeng nagkakagusto sa'yo."

Ow? Wait? What did I just say? Is it out of the context? Oh yeah, it's definitely. But why those words automatically come out from my mouth?

Embarrased, I just go back to my paper and act like I'm going start mine.

I sneak at him without moving my neck in his direction. Just my eyes. I can see him, laughing quietly.

"Bakit? " he answers "gusto mo rin ba?" He asks smiling, looking at me.

Did I just slipped a word I'm not supposed to say and exposed myself? That made me nervous. My throat starts to dry up. How would I act for the rest of the time with him?

"Gusto mo rin ba ng mga babaeng umaaligid sa'yo?" He says.

My heart goes back to normal. A misundertanding brings me to a shaky situation which thank God, it was different from what I thought.

"Girls require so much time. As well as our field. What weighs more?" He asks

I look at him. Speechless.

"Universe will give the right person to you in the most unexpected way. All you have to do is wait" he says.

Woah. He also believe with the universe thing. I just can't believe it! We both are follower of the universe. This is interesting that I want to be with Coby and talk about life and stuff and everything our minds can offer. But this is not the right to talk about something we both believe in. Tomorrow is another deadline for a plate which I haven't finished yet. Not even in halfway or half of the halfway.