#aljur

aljur was so sweet

for context,

today Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 is when our school celebrated teacher's day (because on the actual day of teachers day, the munisipyo announced no school day)

so yeah, regular program stuff

and then we were in the room na, to go to eat

tapos i was one of those na huling kumain kasi nahihiya ako, only going to go get food when niyaya ako ni kei (we were sitting far away from each other kasi nasa kasuloksulokan siya ng maraming upuan and maraming tao so i felt it would be a hassle to sit there)

so i sat alone at the back of the room and quietly ate

and then aljur (who was sitting in front of me) turned around in his chair to face me

and then he asked me "masarap yung spaghetti?"

i nodded with a smile and a barely audible "mhm"

then he asked me again "lasang jollibee?" i didn't know if was a serious question or if not

but without a beat i shook my head and after a little realization, suppressed a grin. thinking about my forwardness

he then turned back to the front and we didn't speak anymore for while

until it appeared he came back holding a bottle of almost finished coke and sipping on it

then asked me "wala kang ganto?"

again i just shook my head innocently

and then he was like "wait lang"

(in my head i was like, omg is he gonna go get me a drink?? omg that's so sweet, but i'm not supposed to drink soft drinks)

i wasn't supposed to drink soft drinks but i didn't want to decline him because omg that's so sweet and cute and so gentlemanly and yes i want his attention, and yes i want to feel him giving me acts of service when i didn't even asked for it or even hinted. he just wanted to get me a drink, like- it's so cute that he even thought of me, or cared alright or not

ahem-

then proceeded to walk away and i watch him to go to the table and get me a bottle of coke

except he was searching for the bottles of coke and it looks like he couldn't find any because it seems their all out

i suddenly remember that there was only one bottle of coke left that i saw when i went to get food earlier but i didn't take it because like i said, i am not supposed to drink soft drinks (yeah i just didn't want to decline aljur)

and in my head i was like oh well i didn't want a coke anyway and expected him to just come back to me and apologize

but in my surprise, i see him talking to someone and then lo and behold he goes to get a plastic cup and he pours coke in it from sa kasalo bottle

and in my head i'm like oh my God oh my God oh my God, he actually went through the trouble oh my God

(and then our eyes met and i pretended that they didn't and that i wasn't looking at him and that i was preoccupied with something else like playing with my food or was too busy looking at something

speaking of food, the whole time he left i was just adjusting the spaghetti on my plate THE WHOLE TIME UNTIL AFTER, and i kept trying to clean my teeth with my tongue to make sure i didn't have anything on my teeth when i go to thank him

so then he walks to me and hands me my plastic cup of coke all naturally and nonchalantly

and i thanked him (except i think my voice might have been too quiet and he might not have heard me)

but i hope he knows that that small act of kindness really means so much to me

when i tell you i finished the cup, fuck yeah i did

even though i already started feeling a little sick halfway through the cup, i downed that bad boy

basta ano

nagyayaya na si aljur na mag practice

tapos di pa tumatayo ung iba (including me)

aljur stood in front of me

and then tumalikod siya, sabay he handed me his towel/panyo

nagpapunas sakin si aljur ng likod niya

then i proceeded to do so as if it was the most normal thing on earth

but my mind was like-

'omg why me tho?'

'is jar ar looking? i hope he's looking (like the petty bitch i am)'

'does this mean something? like- are my suspicions about aljur true?'

'or is this because the guys see me as someone who's very approachable?'

if someone took a close look at me at that moment, you could tell that i was so flustered

and then when i finished i gave him back the towel

and he was like "uy salamat ah!"

and as he walked away i proceeded to look around with a slighty flustered and confused look- looking for kei out of habit to make a face to her, and her reciprocating with her own reaction

but she wasn't there still

so i looked to jj instead