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Chapter Twenty One - Part Two

Ryujin's POV

"Talagang pinapunta niyo ko sa Manila para lang dito?" Hana complains the second I opened the door of our dorm. Hyunjin has dance practice while hyung and Jisung went out kaya sakto lang na pumunta yung dalawa dito.

I just smiled at her and let her in, "I brought cookies kaya!" Nol defended and natawa na lang ako at napailing when Hana's face lit up.

"Eto, maka-Manila, as if your house is that far from here." I said while sitting on the couch. She just made face while grabbing a cookie, pagkain lang talaga atupag kahit kelan. "Oh, spill the tea na, ano yon."

She started talking about how she wanted to hang out with Seunghun lalo na nga dahil busy na kami, and to be honest, isinantabi ko talaga paperwork ko from Journ para dito so I get her point.

But when she started talking about Lia, nanlaki mata namin ni Hana at nagkatinginan pa! "Putangina niyan ah?!" Pagmumura ko. "Kapal ng mukha kala mo kung sinong tropa!"

"Ang bitchesa naman?" Natatawang sabi ni Hana even though the irritation is more than evident on her face. "She literally cut you off at pinaalis ka pa? Bat 'di mo pa sinapak?"

"I have no one with me!" Naka-pout na sagot ni Nol and Hana just sighed. "I never knew it will turn out like that kahit sumama na kutob ko pagkakita ko pa lang sa kanya." She added and I internally agreed since I never really liked them.

"Sobrang feeling talaga ng babaeng yon ah, wag ko lang yon makita." I said, mas grabe pa pala 'to kesa kay Yeji? Harap-harapan mangontra? "Oh, ano sinabi ni Seunghun?"

And once more, we got astonished but the anger in our blood doubled! Feeling ko nga kumukulo! Dahil lintek na yan, 'di na nga binigyan ng chance si Nol, he also didn't go after her!

Both Hana and I are totally speechless while Nol awkwardly waits for our verbal response, eh sa sobrang 'di kami makapaniwala! "She legit did that in front of Seunghun?" Hana asks and Nol sighed then nodded. Hana's jaw clenched then nodded, mukhang may mag-iiba sa trato neto.

"Wag na wag talaga yan magpapakita sakin, at tangina, Seunghun? 'Di ka pinili? What the fuck?" I just couldn't believe he'd do that! "Maybe if he went after you, mare-resolba na diba?" I crossed my arms and lean on the couch.

"Wala eh, na-ahas nung magaling niyang kaklase." Sumbat ni Nol.

"I badly want to laugh at your term pero ang totoo eh." Hana said. "And Seunghun hasn't texted you about it?" Nol shakes her head and I felt the stress in Hana's eye roll. "So, no wonder..."

We came to a silent conclusion kung bakit na lang nung Wednesday mismo, she couldn't reply to us because she was busy chatting Jaemin, why on Thursday and Friday, the closeness in their new relationship just grew all of a sudden?

Like, sure, they clicked, obvious naman na yon, pero I feel like Nol's irritation just boosted their friendship and now I can't even blame her because it's been four days and Seunghun hasn't been making a move to reconcile!

"I even considered na baka he just let me be for me to cool down but he just made it worse." Nol said and Hana and I nodded.

"So kaya pala you two don't often reply to each other sa gc?" Hana figured, Nol hides her lips which made me gape, oo nga no? Saming tatlo lang nila Hyunjin nakikipag-usap yung dalawa? "Tangina, makausap nga yan mamaya, tapon ko pa mga requirements niya eh."

"Tss, pabayaan mo siya." Pagsusungit ni Nol, and as always, I'm on her side.

"But you guys have to fix this, I mean he has to fix this. Yeah sure, you could've texted him but it's not an excuse for him not to address this?" Hana insisted, the frustration in her tone and voice is way too obvious kaya pati tuloy kami ni Nol na-stress.

"Wouldn't it be better to let Seunghun be? I mean Hyunjin initiated din naman to be close with you ulit." I said and she got silent for a while.

"Iba naman kasi 'to, his classmate legit told Nol to go away and Seunghun didn't do anything about it. Masakal na siya kung masasakal sa gagawin kong pangungulit, I can't let this go on any longer."

"But Hana, I think it's best to let him be, may sarili naman siyang utak, and maybe he'll make it up naman to Nol malay mo tomorrow." I said, there's just something that isn't sitting right with me if Hana talks to Seunghun about it.

"He is just as stubborn as Hyunjin, he isn't gonna move until one of us told him so." I sighed at napahawak sa nuo ko kasi none of us back down sa issue na 'to. "Tangina, sa lahat pa ng pwede maging section, nasama pa sa lintang yon."

Napaubo ako at natawa sa ginamit niyang term! That's the most accurate one of them all! "Yes! That's the term I'm looking for! Linta!" Nol said while smiling which made the three of us laugh while clapping hands.

"Teka nga, Nol, tell me honestly, do you want me to talk some sense to him?" Hana asked seriously and I look at Nol who sighed, probably thinking about it.

Nol glanced at me, sighs once more before looking at Hana, "I don't know, I just want to let him be." She answers, shrugging her shoulders. Hana stares at her but in the end, nodded.

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Nol's POV

Kahit na ba I really wanted Hana to talk to Seunghun, I want to see if he will step up the way Hyunjin did for Hana's situation, kaya siguro na lang din umayaw si Ryujin na ipakausap si Hana kay Seunghun.

Because just like her, I felt pushed away from my very own close friend and kahit ayoko man maramdaman o maranasan nangyari kay Hana, now I fully understood why she chose to retreat.

But I also get why she wants to talk dahil nga iba yung sitwasyon, but I guess I just want to give my friend a chance. Well, I talked to Hyunjin about Hana the first time... I just shook my head, iba na nga sitwasyon, harap-harapan na nga diba.

"Huy, kanina ka pa sa cellphone mo, si Jisung na naman ba ka-text mo?" Ryujin asked and I glanced at them, I saw how Hana just ignored her phone.

She sighed, "Chanwoo lang, he wants to sleep over kela Chan eh umaayaw ako kasi grabe magpuyat yung tatlo especially during this time." Natawa naman kami ni Ryujin kaya nag-make face lang siya.

"Yaan mo na, miss lang siguro pinsan-" I cut my own self when my phone vibrated, si Jaemin lang pala nag-text. Natawa naman ako and I didn't wonder with their questioning looks, "Jaemin just texted regarding Journ."

"Ah yung sa ambagan?" Ryujin asked and I nodded. "Close na talaga ah? Pag yan ginagamit mo lang..."

Hana looks at Ryujin with wide eyes, she refrained a laugh while saying. "Oomf, press f."

"F-"

"Gago! Hindi no! He's honestly so kind kaya!" I defended because it's true! Nakakainis! Umaariba na naman 'tong dalawang 'to na parang 'di sila sang-ayon sa isa't-isa kanina!

"Hala, taking advantage." Hana banters and the two of them even clapped while laughing! Napahawak ako sa sentido ko at biglang na-stress sa kanila, well, what's new?! I glared at her but she just smiled at me and nodded subtly.

I refrained a smile naman, it's as if she understands why I suddenly became vocal about Jaemin and they saw naman how I easily got close to him, I'll bet na even without this whole situation, magiging close din nila yung tao kasi he's an easygoing person talaga.

"Crush na crush eh no? Pati sa GC, ni-flex." Ryujin said with a purposively irritating face and I grab the nearest pillow sa couch to attempt to throw at her.

"Hays, pinagpalit sa mas malapit." Hana says dramatically and I ended up dropping the pillow at the same time with my will to live dahil walang katapusan na 'to.

"Ah, walang nabanat kasi totoo." Ryujin jokes.

"Sisinungaling ka pa ah." Hana said na parang nag-aaya ng suntukan, I just sighed and shook my head.