23:11 Chapter 81

¹Oblation Run - An annual event held by the University of the Philippines (UP).

The runners are male, and traditionally run completely naked

in public places on a designated route.

²Ty, Ton, Jeru, Mac - I'm not sure but it's probably the nicknames of Rico's friends.

Day 081

11:11pm

Rico: Birthdays are not fun. 😦

Jhing: Hm?

Rico: Can't you ask me why? 😦

Jhing: Haha. K. Why?

Rico: It's tiring. You suddenly become famous on your birthday, but after that, life will turn back to normal. Everyone will forget that I exist again.

Rico: Hashtag EmoDaysWithMJCrux

11:12pm

Jhing: ._.

Jhing: What happened?

Rico: Well they greeted me.

Rico: Like Joena, my childhood friend, who made me remember the cake she gifted me in the past. I thought it was chocolate cake, but it was actually mud. 😦

Jhing: Hahahahahaha!

Rico: For twenty years, I tried to forget the taste of the mud, Jhing! It was not easy! ( p_q)

Jhing: Then? What else?

11:13pm

Rico: Someone posted on my timeline, Dalia I think, she called me Baby Boy. She wrote a long message but there was this line of "Your Father even thought that I was your girlfriend when you brought me to your house in Bulacan."

Jhing: You brought a girl to your house?

Rico: My Tropas, yes, I brought them home. But I don't know who Dalia is! I don't even live in Bulacan ah! O_O

11:14pm

Rico: I replied her with “Ms Dalia, I think you're got the wrong timeline.”

Jhing: Haha! Epic.

Rico: There was one more. She's a tropa of my cousin who's also my friend in FB. She said, "Time flies by so fast that I felt like it was just yesterday when you were 24 years old, but now you're already 25!"

Rico: I replied, "Ate Psalm, I told you not to sniff Listerine that has Colgate like drugs. That's dangerous. How's your health?"

Rico: What hurts me is that she cussed like hell, "You're a bastard, Jesus!" So I replied, "WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO PAPA JESUS!" :(((

11:15pm

Jhing: Bwisit! Why is your name like that in the first place!

Rico: Ask my Mom. Oh, she also greeted me on my timeline.

Jhing:Your Mom? What did she say?

Rico: I'm not used to her being so serious. This was one of her lines:

Rico: “I am the luckiest and the proudest of all queens because you, Jesus, let me be your mother. I love you and I always will. Happy Birthday, dearest.”

Jhing: You have the sweetest Mom, Jesus Crux.

11:16pm

Rico: It was sweet if only she erased the words: “From the prettiest mom in the world, Pretty Marie.” What a liar, right?! And she was literally sitting beside me when she posted that.

Rico: Sometimes, I think to myself… I'm the only normal person in our family! :((

Jhing: (－‸ლ)

Rico: Even my sister, the tempered one, she threw a paper to me which read "HBD."

Rico: SO SWEET RIGHT!!!1!1!111

Jhing: Haha! I like your sister.

Rico: Because you have the same personality.

Jhing: So?

Rico: Cute 🙂

Seen 11:17pm

Rico: Then I don't know what happened to the people who greeted me! I felt like each and every one of them are insane! Like my friend, Vionne, his question was on flashback: “Why didn't you join in the oblation run¹?“

Jhing: Oblation run?

Rico: Yes! I replied, "Bro, are you high? We studied in USTe and not UP, try doing an oblation run there and let's see how fast the Pastors run after you with a knife.

Jhing: Hahaha! Are your friends all weird? Wth.

11:18pm

Rico: Not only friends but also my family, and relatives. My cousin Frances, it's my own birthday but she wanted me to buy her a bra with padding. I rejected her because it's just a waste of money. It will only get removed by her boyfriend anyway. 😦

11:19pm

Jhing: ._.

Rico: It's true anyway ah! ⊙︿⊙

Jhing: I can’t believe this.

Rico: I also can't believe the others who greeted me. They called me, Krux, Kruz, Krus, Crus, Crus. I told them "Come back to my timeline when you figured out how to correctly spell my surname. 😦 "

Jhing: Haha! Jeje surname is Jeje.

Rico: That's too personal, Jhing. 😦

Jhing: :p

Rico: You'll one day love my surname.

Jhing: ._.

Rico: 😀

11:20pm

Rico: And did you know, my tropas posted a long message. I couldn't help but cry. That's when I thought that forever may actually exist…. their message is forever long. I was too touched that I replied a very sweet, "K."

Jhing: Bastard.

Rico: They already know what K means: K = Ty, Ton, Jeru, Mac² . . . don't be like this bros, we're all just bros here and nothing else more than that. If you wanted a kiss, you should ask Jhing for permission first… she might get jealous.

Jhing: 😐

Rico: Joke. ^____^

11:21pm

Jhing: You should be thankful that it's your birthday.

Rico: Thank you poooo! (Ｔ▽Ｔ)

Jhing: That's all that happened on your birthday?

Rico: Yes. Scroll scroll on Facebook. Like and reply the messages. Talking to clients. Creating illus for the deadline.

Jhing: Well, that sucks.

11:22pm

Rico: It's fine. I'm also getting old. I don't expect that I'll have a birthday party… I did want a