[Crush] Guess Who Has a New Kapit-bahay Crush

I saw her for the first time in the tricycle station, waiting for a ride. Yung tricycle sa’min serves 3 areas and every time you queue, you’re supposed to ask kung sino kaparehas na area so you can share the fare. I asked her, “[my area] po?” Tapos mga bakla, si ate, tiningnan ako for more than three seconds sabay ngumiti! BAKIT NAMAN AKO NGINITIAN 😭 Hindi siya chinita pero nawala yung mata niya pagkangiti, tapos very very demure pa. GANON NA GANON TYPE KO 😭 LORD HELP MEEEEE

Ang kawawang bading ay natigilan for a few seconds. I realized na di pa nga pala niya sinasagot yung tanong ko. I repeated my question and she confirmed parehas nga kami ng area. As a papansin na bading, I half-smiled at nagpakita ng dimples (but not looking in her eyes) then said, “hati na po tayo”. Tatabi pa sana ako sa loob pero inatake ako ng pagka-torpe at umupo na lang sa labas.

Nagli-linger pa din sa’kin yung pag-ngiti niya sa’kin habang nasa byahe. Ang ganda ni ate, para siyang yung soft-spoken mong classmate na may complete set ng colored pens and highlighters. I was wondering din if bago pa lang siya sa area because I’ve been living in our subdivision for so long pero ngayon ko lang siya nakita. As expected, dun nga siya bumaba sa new apartment building sa’min.

Akala ko di ko na siya makikita but this week alone, nagkasabay kami for three times. On the third time, both of us smiled out of familiarity kasi sure na kaming magha-hati kami. Nagkakahiyaan pa kami obviously pero there is this sense of familiarity between us.

I kinda forget about her na because it’s not that much of a big deal naman. I’m surrounded by gorgeous women at work so I’m desensitized as hell na. Pero kanina, while I was doing my evening jog, nakita ko siya. AT NGINITIAN NIYA AKO 😭😭 It was a friendly smile. Siguro natutuwa si ate na she keeps seeing a familiar face. Luckily, mukhang umeepekto na ang creatine at di ako inatake ng foggy brain. Thank god di ako biglang natulala and managed to gave a quick nod. Tuloy tuloy akong tumakbo pero my mind kept saying, “what the hell was that?”

I’m not gonna overthink yung friendliness si ate. My gaydar doesn’t ping and ate is probably just trying to make friends sa area. Regardless, it’s nice to have a kapit-bahay crush. Mukhang mapapadalas na ang jog ko in the hopes of seeing her 🙏🏻

P.S I’m gonna try to have a quick chat na with her the next time. I have to have her name.

Further P.S: Kahit bakla siya, ikakalma ko ang kabaklaan ko. Awa na lang ayaw kong maging cornelia street yung lugar na kinalakihan ko 😭