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Kada umaga nalang akong pikon sa sarili ko kasi nagpuyat ako the night before. Wala nang bago, self?
Alam naman ni Wonwoo na 8AM ang first class niya tuwing Lunes pero hala, sige, nakangiti pa nga siya 'nung i-set niya ‘yung limang alarm niya kaninang alas tres ng umaga. He remembers knowing it would bite his ass if he didn't sleep yet when he checked the time and his phone blinked at him: 2:30 AM. Pero at that point, ang sarap pa ng landian nila ni Igo. They were still ranking their usual pinoy chichirya -- what could be better than that? 'Di pa nga nila nasasama ang Clover 'nun, eh.
7:13 AM, 7:15 AM, 7:17 AM… sa 7:20 alarm na siya bumangon, finally. Well, paanong hindi kung may naaninag siyang notification ‘nung imulat niya nang slight 'yung mata niya to check his phone. Ayun, may twitter notif from his favorite twitter user.
igo @flaminghotpiattos
goodmorjininggg bb
pusang galet @allidoiswin
parang pa-good night na yung antok ah
HAHAHAHAHAHA
sorry
nauna pa kasi magchat sayo kesa magtanggal ng muta eh
ganda ko naman pala nyan
chos!
tingin nga :)
GANERN
alam mo namang visual learner ako
alam ko rin male-late na tayo pareho
ttyl mwah!
ingat ka please
alam mo namang di ko nalulunok kinakain ko pag di ka nag-iingat
talk to u later, kuting :D
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Chronically online naman talaga si Wonwoo – kung di pa halata na sa internet pa siya nakahanap ng kalambingan at kaululan. Pero to his mind, it makes sense eh! Bago niya makabisado ang talambuhay ni user flaminghotpiattos through their daily conversations, may mga nilalakad naman sina Seungkwan at Jeonghan sakanya. Pumapayag din naman siya, don’t get him wrong – he’s not really the type to not try it before he knocks it. But sometimes, trying consists in replying once then never interacting again. Some guys think their protein shakes make up for the lack of character, and honestly, Wonwoo thinks it’s time for personality-building training to be the next trend. Si Catriona Gray nga sumalang sa personality-building bago sumali sa Miss Universe, ikaw pa kaya, some random guy named Tio na Political Science ang course pero nuisance ang tingin sa rallies?
If they don’t get my kween sesable references, then they don’t deserve me at my best! Gano’n!
Gets naman ni Wonwoo na medyo mahirap nga huliin ang kiliti niya. Ano nga naman daw ang masama dun kung mula Grade 1 hanggang Grade 10, escort siya? Kung hindi lang siya sa catholic school nag-aral, malamang kahit muse pa. Kaya naman when Igo (‘yan ang pakilala sakanya ni user hotflamingpiattos) got him laughing over the course of a 10-hour conversation via DM sa twitter kahit unang usap palang nila ‘yun, he knew they had to be friends. Malay ba niyang kakabagin siya sa lalaking di niya alam ang pangalan at itsura.
Awa nalang, Lord. Kahit mukhang pang-PBB lang po.
Jeonghan and Seungkwan quizzed him immediately nang mapansin nilang dumadalas ang pagse-cellphone ni Wonwoo na para bang raket niya bigla maging social media manager. Dati naman kasi, magmamasid lang si Wonwoo sa paligid niya tapos biglang sisipain sila Seungkwan at Jeonghan dahil may nakita siyang pwedeng starter ng self-indulgent podcast session nilang tatlo. Uy baks, magkasama na ulit si Lisa at Jennie, oh. Sana all masaya ang label. Tingin niyo ba other term lang for open relationship ang no-label relationship? Or relationship ba talagang matatawag ‘yun in the first place? And there goes their podcast of the day (in a very public space that is the café right in front of their school).
The first tell for Jeonghan was when he started noticing how absurdly low Wonwoo’s phone brightness was everytime he would sit beside him. “Pota ka ‘teh, nanunuod ka talaga ng bold dito sa classroom.”
At least Jeonghan had the heart to whisper a bit since nasa classroom lang naman sila habang naghihintay sa susunod na Prof nila but Seungkwan on the other hand, “Huy, Won! Sobrang dilim ng phone ah, sobrang kinky ba n’yan? Need na talaga natin i-retake ‘yung Kink Test natin from last year.”
Gusto nalang salpakan ng papel ni Wonwoo si Seungkwan sa bunganga, honestly. “Lord, sana magsara na ang butas ni Kwan nang ‘di na siya ma–”
“Wag ganun, mhie. Masikip lang ‘to pero hindi magsasara!”
As much as Jeonghan enjoyed watching them bicker, curiosity got the best of him. “Won, for real, may nakakausap ka na ba?”
For all the kilig (and confusion) that Wonwoo has been feeling for the past 6 months (yes, that’s how long he has been talking to Igo before he confessed to his bestfriends), napabuntong hininga nalang siya. “You know I like to shitpost on twitter, diba?”
The ever-OA Seungkwan immediately thinks of scenarios, na well, not surprising kung sakali sa tabas ng dila ni Wonwoo. “Oh my ghad! May problema ka ba, friend? Cyber libel levels?”
“Gaga! Hindi ganun.” Wonwoo struggles to find the words. “It’s just that, there was this one time kasi.. uh, well, do you remember when I was hyperfixated on Criminal Minds?”
They both nod because yes, they do remember. How could they not when Wonwoo would send long-ass messages in their group chat explaining how Spencer Reid deserved better. With how detailed the messages were, it always felt like they were watching with him kahit pa ‘di nga nila alam sino ‘yung actor na ‘yun.
“I obviously tweeted about it. Alam niyo naman ako, I think it, I tweet it. I probably said something about how hot it must be if Spencer Reid talks me through it. Basta, that’s not the point naman. It’s just that someone sent me a DM after kasi parang that time, it was getting hard to find a link of Criminal Minds online. He was asking for a link lang naman.”
Di naman ganun kahirap ma-gets ang connection kaya Jeonghan just cut to the chase. “Lampaki sa link. Patingin ng DM, ng mukha, saan nag-aaral at anong pangalan?”
Kamot ulo nalang, Wonwoo. “I can give the answer to 2 of your 4 questions.”
“So name and face?” Seungkwan was ready to grab Wonwoo’s phone – eh excited siya! ‘Di naman nagpapakilala ‘tong si Wonwoo ng kung sino lang.
Tumawa si Wonwoo, “The DM and the school.”
“Juskopo.”
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igo @flaminghotpiattos
hi
saw your tweet about criminal minds
sorry i have just been trying to find a link online pero wala eh
ayoko mag-relapse sa one piece di na meta yun ngayon
joke hahaha
pusang galet @allidoiswin
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yan ses
isunod mo mga kay lino brocka para you cover all bases
keme
biro lang eh haha
kung mali ang magbigay ng 5-star rating sa praybeyt benjamin sa letterboxd, ako nang makasalanan
ang tanong:
praybeyt benjamin 1 or 2????!!1
1 syempre
sino d’yan si benjie???
yUN PONG SUMASAYAW SA GITNA
HAHAHAHAHAA
amats ka ses ah!!!
napastalk tuloy ako sayo
parang same tayo ng mga trip
koya di ako naghahanap ng werq ah
pakiramdam q next line mo nyan “hiring kasi kami magkakasundo tayo sa trabaho”
shet nahuli mo ako
pasend ng resumé
kahit wala nang details basta may 2x2 mo
HAHAHHA
AMATSSSSS
jose rizal: ang sabi ku pag-asa ng bayan
hindi pag-asa ng bayot!
AHAHHAHAHA
sobrang espanyola
KWEEN SESABLE
jose rizal marie!!!
ang cultured mo naman kuya
ang tanong:
sinong binoto mo nung eleksyon? :P
‘yan ang first convo final boss
ang namulat..
tugon?
DI NA MULING PIPIKIT SJSJDHSJJS LAROOO
hater ng mga kakampink pero leni to, ma’am :D
awat na kuya pumopogi ka na sa paningin ko
pano pa nyan pag nilapag ko mga binoto kong senador
baka magsend ka na talaga ng 2x2 pic mo nyan
OA kskjksdjks
pigilan mo aq lord!!
magsesend talaga ako ng selfie koh!!
keme
sa utak ko pusang galit ka talaga though
bagay sa’yo yung visuals, kuting haha :D
na para bang nagkink reveal shea
sira HAHAHAHAHA
cute lang kasi!!
nahusgahan pa
:(
pasintabi lng
pag nagsosorry ako with pic siya usually
kaya wag ka magtampo nakahiga na ako
chos!!
ah nakahiga
mas ok pa nga
HAHAHAHHAA jk
de pero ano
anong course mo kasi?
cnu naman nagsav na nagaaral pa ako
milf na ako
with 2 baby cats
ah milf :)
binabawi ko na pala yung 2x2
iba na requirement sa work
BIRO LANG EIIII
polsci ako!!! kainis ka kuya ang bastos mu
ako pa bastos HAHAHAHHA
taking up legma rn
kuyaaa stopp
pumopogi ka na talaga
give me one flaw RNNNN
that can't be helped
the character goes with the face
jkkk :)
di pwede
DI PWEDE
nakaihi ka na ba nung kinder ka habang flag ceremony
HAS TO BE YES
di eh :(
ah..
i’m allergic to cats :(
omg di m mamimeet ang pussy k
*ang mga pussy ko
HAHAHHAHHAHAA
i’ll find a way
:D
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Tawang-tawa si Seungkwan, as in. Si Jeonghan naman, ewan, nabibilib nalang din yata sa katatagan ni Wonwoo.
“Gets.” ‘Yan nalang ang nasabi ni Wonwoo. “Pero kasi, gets niyo rin ba? May sparks talaga kami, eh! Sa 6 months naming magkausap, alam na niya ang Wonwoo lore – gets niya ang Wonwoo multiverse even without me dropping names. Parang ang rare nun, sis.”
To which Seungkwan responded, “Baks, sa gcash nga may scammer, sa twitter pa kaya.”
“Gusto ko sanang maging voice of reason pero,” panimula ni Jeonghan, “parang matino naman siya, Kwan. Di ko lang sure kung pogi.”
At ‘dun naiyak si Wonwoo. Charot. “Putangina naman, teh. Tinatawag na akong baby nung tao, nagde-daydream na ako sa kung paano ko siya yayapusin pag nagkita kami. Kita mo habang sinasabi ko ‘to nagpe-play ‘yung On The Wings Of Love sa utak ko.”
“Bakit ba kasi di mo pa alam yung fez? Yung name? Hello! Igo na Legal Management sa Ateneo? Baka nagpo-project lang yan, sis. Ang update sayo: baby, nasa caf ako right now; tapos ang ginagawa pala: naglalaro ng Mobile Legends sa Trece Martires, Cavite habang may suot ng lanyard ng vape.” hirit ni Seungkwan.
“Ululan lang kasi talaga kami ‘nung una. Ang awkward naman kung may sendan ng fez, parang sign siya na serious ako. Nakakawala ng pride?”
Natawa si Jeonghan. “Baks, ang last chat mo sakanya ‘eat ka baby haaa, sad face sad face’, asan ang pride?”
Napangiti pa nga si Wonwoo. “Pero serious, he’s really kind. You know naman how bad my mom and I’s fights can get, diba? He talks me through it but he also does not blindly take my side. Reasonable siya. He makes me laugh, too. Kagabi lang nag-send siya ng voice message, puta teh, duet daw sila ni Fyang sa Hanggang Kailan. ”
“May voice reveal na pala. Tite reveal, trew?” biro ni Jeonghan.
“Sana nga.”
“Tapos pagka-send, tite pala ng matanda.” Hayop ka, Seungkwan.
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igo @flaminghotpiattos
hi kuting
school was tiring as hell today
hope u get home soon i need my kuting so bad
theo was our third subject today, right?
remember when i told u abt this blockmate na i got into a fight with
pusang galet @allidoiswin
HALU
hay
halu palang ok na ako
hahaha
focus sa goal po
yan ba yung nakasagutan mo kc manyakis
:/
kupal talaga ean sha
yeah
gave me his part for our group activity
tanginang yan chatgpt eh
pag pinaulit ko, ganun parin naman
pangit parin ‘yung ipapasa niya
ambobo nmn!!!!!!!
Uhm
gusto mo ba magcall para mag rant ka for real
IF gus2 m lang.. ano offer lang ba
:O
YES
yes please :)
i’ll set up the discord
just wait ako na bahala
kantahan m ulit ako fyangieee
chos!!
HAHAHAHA
kahit basahan pa kita ng tula
isa.
dalawa.
tatlo.
wait practice-in k lang yung “hi” ko
gusto m ba mababang boses or matinis
however you sound like
thats what i want hahaha
end call ko na
wala pa nga e :(
hahahaha
thanks for the offer to call :) cant wait to hear u
kahiya kc sa hanggang kailan cover mo ih
chos!
hehe anything to make u feel better
otw 2 discord!!
be careful then
dont run :P
OA OA OA SJNCFDHJDHNJAN
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“Hi.” That was Igo – to Wonwoo, he sounded too close to his ears. He was probably speaking so close to the microphone. Juskopoh, na para bang mapapaungol ako sa Hi.
“Kuting,” si Igo ulit. Probably because Wonwoo was going crazy that he had to snap himself out of it. Alam naman niya how Igo sounded like – it’s just different like this. Now it actually feels like he’s conversing, or that the words are directed to him, rather than just Igo saying random bullshit via voice message.
“Hi po, Kuya. First time ko po dito sa confession room.” Maybe Wonwoo’s first mistake was cracking that joke because after that, he heard the most delicious laugh he’s ever heard his entire life. The second best thing would be what Igo would say next.
“Hi, ganda. Your voice sounds exactly like your mind.”
Awa nalang.
“Super OA.” Tawa nalang ni Wonwoo. “Kwento mo na in full ‘yung blockmate mo – ah, what was the name ulit? Adrian ba?”
He hears Igo move – Wonwoo thinks he’s hearing him move around his bed. Naguilty naman si Wonwoo, baka pala matutulog na si Igo. “Hala, nakahiga na you? Shocks, bukas nalang, Igo, if tired ka.”
“You did me a favor by talking to me. Even if I were tired, they’d have to yank me away from my phone right now.” Igo ends it with a giggle but he sounds sincere nonetheless. Delikado ka na, Wonwoo.
“But, yes, kuting. It’s Adrian. Ang dami kong nababanggit na tao, naaalala mo pala lahat. ‘Wag na ‘yan though. Pangit yan, eh.” Tuloy ni Igo.
“Eh interesting kasi lagi mga kwento mo. Oh ano nangyari?” Wonwoo indulges the story – with all the rant, frustration, and irritation that comes with it. If anything, masaya naman si Wonwoo na malayang magkwento sakanya si Igo.
“So there’s that,” Igo’s voice sounded relieved when he said this. “I listened to you though. ‘Di ko siya kinwelyuhan this time. See, I’m your good boy.” ‘Di man kita ni Wonwoo, he imagines Igo smirking. Awa nalang talaga, Lord.
“Eh kung kinwelyuhan mo, baka kwelyuhan ka pa pabalik. I won’t be there to fix it. Keme!” ‘Yan ang defense mechanism ni baks – magbiro nalang talaga. Nakakahiya naman kung bigla niyang ipabukas kay Igo ‘yung camera niya na para bang isa siyang prof na nagpapa-online quiz circa 2020. Tanginang pandemic ‘yan, may salamin pa sa likod ‘pag mage-exam, eh ‘noh?
“If I let him move me around a bit, would that make you want to come and see me so you can fix me up?” One thing about Igo, everytime he sees an opportunity, he takes it. Even when he was still a newbie at driving, he never bothered to overthink overtaking as long as he knew there was a clear opportunity – even so if that meant he’d get to where he wanted to a bit faster.
“Bakit? Gaano ba kagulo ‘yung kwelyo mo?” Hirit ni Wonwoo. Hay, Wonwoo - patron saint ng Unang Hirit.
“‘Di lang ‘yung kwelyo, maybe my hair will be magulo too. My buttons will be undone. My tie might need fixing too.”
“Ang dami naman, kawawa ang baby. Baka nga kailangan mo na ako n’yan. Sige, hypothetically, I’d go there and fix you up. I’d bring you your Iced Espresso White Mocha Sub Oat, too, since you might be tired from bruising him up a bit.”
‘Dun na nagpakawala ng tawa si Igo – it did not sound like he found it funny though, more on amusing. “I could never compete with you, Kuting. You always set the pace.”
That’s where it hit Wonwoo. Several months of push and pull just pushed him to a certain limit. Igo always let him set the pace. But when Wonwoo asked, Igo would deliver – no questions asked – as if he has always been prepared to give.
“Igo,” panimula ni Wonwoo. “I told Seungkwan and Jeonghan about you.”
There’s a slight pause. “Bestfriend 1 and 2? You’re telling me their names now, Kuting?” Again, hindi nakikita ni Wonwoo si Igo pero pakiramdam niya nakangiti ito. Baliw.
Wonwoo, obviously, did not tell Igo the names of those closest to him. Rookie mistake naman kung sakali – that’s how he might get identified by Igo, eh. Malawak man ang Maynila ay ‘di ito ganun kalawak para hindi siya mahanap ni Igo kung gugustuhin niya. But when Igo knew him more than anyone aside from Seungkwan and Jeonghan, who was he to deny him of a name and a face?
Ayan, Wonwoo, maga-alas dose na kasi, ‘teh. We call this rupok hours.
“Well, yes. They asked me why I was on my phone more frequently lately, eh.”
Igo snickered. Of course he knew why. “Hm, I wonder why.”
“‘Pag masyado kang mayabang tonight ‘di ko itutuloy saan man ‘to papunta.”
That got Igo laughing. Pikunin talaga ang Kuting niya. “Sorry, Kuting. Hm, Kuting. Kuting. Kuting.”
Nagtaka naman si Wonwoo. Bakit naman daw paulit ulit siyang kumu-Kuting d’yan? “Huh?”
"I have a feeling I won’t be calling you Kuting anymore anytime soon, eh. Sine-savor ko lang.”
See? How can Wonwoo deny him of anything when Igo knew him like the back of his hand?
“Panira ka talaga. Show off. Oo na, you know me well na.”
“Well I worked hard for it, Kuting.” Igo says with a smile, na yes, hindi nakikita ni Wonwoo pero sa imagine niya it was the most beautiful smile ever. “I listened to all your stories, memorized your habits, familiarized myself with your schedule, kept up with your nameless bestfriends even if that meant mixing them up sometimes. Can’t I show off that I did a good job at knowing my Kuting well?”
“Do you want to get to know me more?” Wonwoo is almost whispering at this point. Sobrang sikep.
“Not a day that I didn't, Kuting. I’ll take whatever you give me.” Wonwoo figuratively held this snippet of Igo’s voice, kept it in a box, and saved it in his heart for when things would ever get hard in the future. A nice reminder of how things aligned for him this one time.
“Okay, Igo.” Wonwoo takes a deep breath. “You can call me Wonwoo – Seungkwan and Jeonghan call me Won, too.”
“Fuck.” Again, rinig ang ingay ng paggalaw ng kama ni Igo. Malalaglag pa ata si vev. “Hi, Wonwoo. You can still call me Igo if you want, but I go by Mingyu when my name is needed for my research papers.”
“Ang yabang mo, Mingyu.”
Maubo-ubo na si Mingyu sa kilig at tawa. Wonwoo is red all over too. He wishes the night would never end – but it does.
He starts the morning with a message from a certain Mingyu Kim on messenger though, so he didn’t mind the night ending after all.
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Mingyu Kim
Hi Wonwoo Jeon
Magandang umaga, Wonwoo Jeon
Fuckkkkkk