Chapter 10: Date!?

This is it!

In a couple of hours from now I will be leaving home to see Sherwin at noon.

But until now I could not figure out what I will be wearing. I wish my brother were here to help me out because between the two of us he knows fashion more than I do. I tried a lot of different shirts already and I am still undecided. My time is running out and I need at least an hour to commute to get to the mall. With so much frustration to look best for our date (I mean for our meeting) I end up wearing a non-collar white long sleeve shirt and I fold it halfway up to my arms.

I hurry up to make it on time to the meeting place but Sherwin is already there. I am shock to see him wearing a collared-black long sleeve shirt as well. Is it destiny that we are wearing same type of shirt although it is just an opposite color? But these thoughts quickly slip away from my mind because as soon as I approach him closely I am dazzled by his handsomeness.

He is not smiling when I approach him. I am about to say hi when he interrupts me and says, "lets go I am hungry."

I follow him behind but he stops walking and waits for me. He grabs my hand and we walk together.

We end up in a Japanese restaurant. We sit in the table facing each other. He grabs the menu, calls the staff and starts ordering. He did not ask what I want to eat though. He is just silent while we are waiting for the food to arrive. He is just actually staring at me most of the time and his face is very serious. I cannot open my mouth. I don't know what to say. I don't know how to start the conversation with a face like that. The food arrives and Sherwin arrange the food in our table. I am not moving at this point. I am just watching him and waiting what will he do next. He hands me my chopstick and starts to put some food in my plate. He just ordered for one large drink for us. I guess we will be sharing the drink. Other than the silent treatment, I thought his actions and gestures are really very sweet.

We finish our meal and we are still not talking.

At this point, I realized I should start talking. Sooner or later, I need to start talking so that I can apologize and will try to explain as much as I can about what happen. When I am about to say something, he interrupts and says, "I want to watch a movie, let's go!"

Inside the cinema, the place is halfway empty. Viewers are sitting apart from each other. It is only me and Sherwin in the row where we sit.

It is very cold inside the cinema maybe because there are only few people watching. I am cold and my hands are actually shaking. Suddenly, Sherwin hold my hand and lean towards me. I can feel his warm hand and his shoulder leaning on my shoulder. He stands up and said he needs to go to the toilet. I wonder why he has to pee in the middle of the movie. He has a drink with him when he comes back, one hot chocolate drink. He sits down and asks me to drink it while it's hot and to keep me warm. Without any second thought I obey him. He takes his sip after I did.

It is already dark when we come out from the cinema. While waiting for our cab to arrive, he asks me if I have some plans for tomorrow. I remember tomorrow is Sunday and have a church service. I said I would be doing a gospel reading in the church in the morning. He says, "I would see you tomorrow then after the mass!" and he walks away.

While seeing him stepping away, I took a very deep breath and call him "Sherwin!" He turns his head around and said "Yes, what?" With all my heart I said, "I am sorry!" And then he said, "Get over with it, there is no need for explanation. I will see you tomorrow!"