Unexpectedly 1: Twenty Questions

It’s been a while since I’ve been introduced to the dummy world. Kahit ako, hindi ko na matandaan kung kalian o paano o kung bakit ako nagkaroon ng dummy Facebook account. Hanggang nasali ako sa kung anu anong groups at hanggang sa basta basta nalang ako nag aaccept ng mga random friend requests ng kung sinu sino. “Eh ano? Dummy account lang naman to.”

Yun ang akala ko.

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Friend request from: LamogNa Putotoy

“Ano ba namang username yan! Hindi man lang pinag isipan! Ang bobo pakinggan!” Nagdalawang isip pa si Ayra na iaccept yung friend request. “Bagong pervert nanaman na magtatanong ng ASL, details, walk, sex, candy, fubu at magsesend ng mushroom sa inbox ko.” sabi niya sa sarili. But she accepted it anyway. Again, dummy account lang naman. Nothing personal. Pero hindi naman ibig sabihin hindi totoo yung mga naka post dun. Yung totoo? Mas totoo pa nga siguro siya sa dummy na mundo.

“Ting!”

Ayun na ang notification sa messenger niya. “Sino naman kaya ito?” Pag bukas niya, isang “Hi” ang nakita niya sa inbox nya. Kanino galling? Sa bagong approve na friend request ni mr. LamogNa Putotoy. At dahil bored siya, nagreply siya. “Yes?”, si Ayra.

LNP: Hi mysterious girl. (Nagulat si Ayra. Hindi yan ang inaasahan niyang reply. Siguro nag eexpect siya ng mushroom, asl, o kung ano mang nonsense na sagot dahil ganun naman kadalasan ang nakukuha niya.)
LNP: Seen? I like that.
LNP: I like how terse that ‘yes’ is. Not closing doors, not inviting. (At nagulat uli siya. How can some sense be injected in that senseless username of his? O baka naman panimula lang yang smart smartan kuno. May pa terse terse pang alam.)
LNP: Still no response?
Ayra: What do you want?
LNP: I want you. *wink*
Ayra: You wish!
LNP: Then I want to get to know you. I like to unravel mysteries. You seem really mysterious.
Ayra: Wow!
LNP: Shocked?
Ayra: A little.
LNP: Bakit naman?
Ayra: Your username does not match the kind of conversation you’re starting. It’s refreshing.
LNP: Ang judgmental mo pala. Do not judge the book by its cover kasi. ;)
Ayra: Oh cmon, another fuckboy in my inbox! Just a smart variation, nevertheless, fuckboy.
LNP: Jnudge mo na nga ako sa username ko, jjudge mo ulit ako. Nakakasakit kana ah.
Ayra: Sinong matino at matalinong lalake ang gagamit ng ganyang username?!
LNP: Ako! :P Gulat ka no?
Ayra: Presko!
LNP: Ang cute mo. 
Ayra: What do you want?
LNP: This.
Ayra: What?
LNP: Sensible talk with a mysterious gal who’s known for being maldita, suplada, bully, mataray and kung anu ano pa. Pero hindi kita jnudge. I was drawn to those and I find em likeable. Tapos ako jnudge mo agad?
Ayra: Andami mong alam!
LNP: Alam ko ayaw mo sa asl na tanong, pero ASL miss sunget?
Ayra: Ay bat mo alam? Stalker alert!
LNP: Kahit cnomment mo yun sa group? Nilike ko kaya!
Ayra: Stalker alert on high!
LNP: ASL na kasi? O NASL nalang?
Ayra: Fine! Ayra, 26, F, QC
LNP: Yun!

Yung simpleng pag accept ng friend request at pagreply sa isang message ay nasundan na ng nasundan. Til a message turned into messages and a minute into hours, and hours into days. Hindi niya namamalayan, 4 days na silang magkausap. Aminin man niya sa hindi, natutuwa siya sa LamogNa Putotoy na ito. Hindi niya namamalayan, medaling araw na pala. Wala ni isa sa kanilang gustong tumigil. Sabagay, matagal na din nung huling naramdaman ni Ayra na matuwa sa isang lalakeng hindi bakla o hindi niya kabarkada. Iba ito, sabi nga niya.

LNP: hey, I’ll call you via messenger. Gusto ko lang marinig boses mo. Ilang araw na tayong maghapon magdamag magka chat, malay natin, lalake ka pala. Hahaha!
Ayra: Call. Now.
LNP: Ay, palautos! Ito na nga po. Tatawag na. (Called Ayra via messenger)
Ayra: Hello.
LNP: Aaay shit. Babae nga. Ang ganda ng boses!
Ayra: Now whos judgmental.
LNP: Ikaw! Ikaw padin ang judgmental!
Ayra: Ay wow, Lamog ah!
LNP: Ang panget pakinggan! Ano bay an!
Ayra: Your fault. Ako baa ng namili niyan para sa sayo?
LNP: I can’t believe you! You’re difficult to read!
Ayra: Huh?
LNP: Obviously, you’re not interested. But heck, how can you last for days talking to me without even asking for my name? You really aint interested. While I exert all efforts in trying to get to know you better, you never bothered asking me for my name.
Ayra: That’s how I am. Dummy di ba, dummy?
LNP: Nagtanong ka man lang sana ng pangalan.
Ayra: Dummy world ito. Who knows kung totoo o hindi ang sasabihin mo. So I didn’t bother asking. Besides. I would only know what you would want me to know, kung totoo yun o hindi, up to you.
LNP: I’m JV. John Vincent. Real name. No bullshit.
Ayra: Nice meeting you JV.
LNP: Glad you find it nice. Ay wait. Alam ko na. Let’s play a game: Twenty Questions.
Ayra: Never heard.
LNP: And I thought you’re so well read?!
Ayra: Ano bay an?
LNP: Twenty Questions! Award Winning play written by Juan Ekis. Google mo tapos basahin mo.
Ayra: Okay. *Ends call*
LNP: Ay bakit mo pinatay yung call? Nag eenjoy pakong kausap ka. (Messenger)
Ayra: Sabi mo google ko at basahin ko.
LNP: Pwede mo naman I google na hindi binababa.
Ayra: I wanna read it and internalize. Wag ka muna magulo.. (Googles. Twenty Questions by Juan Ekis. Nakahanap siya ng kopya saka niya binasa.)
Ayra: Done reading.
LNP: Bilis ah.
Ayra. Coz Im smart like that.
LNP: I know. Kaya nga minessage kita e. (Secretly kinikilig yet pretending not to care.)
Ayra: So, ganun yung 20 questions. There will be 20 questions. Each of us gets to ask 10 questions alternately. Hindi ko pwedeng itanong kung anong naitanong mo na, hindi mo din pwede itanong kung anong natanong ko?
LNP: Mismo! Mukhang inenternalize mo bago ka nag message sakin ah!
Ayra: Game!

Disclaimer: If you want a spot on sex story, this isn’t one. You can skip this. I like to build the plot of the story and the characters before we go to the sex scenes.