Chapter 6 - Chance Meeting

Inside the house of the Fernandez siblings,

Nathan can be seen tapping frantically on his phone like crazy.

Sweat is already dripping down his face because of how intense and focus he is at what he is doing which is simply just tapping on his phone.

*Bzzzzt!*

As he was tapping, an alarm at his side rang and Nathan immediately stopped tapping and lay down on the couch to rest his tired hands.

He is actually panting because he got exhausted by just simply tapping on the phone.

"Haa.. haa.. haa.. that.. was tiring.."

He speaks in between his breath, grumbling about what he is feeling.

Then after he catches his breath and is well rested, he picks up his phone and looks at the amount of balance that he currently has.

[₱11,087]

That is his current balance as of this moment. It was actually supposed to be ₱12,087 but since he gave ₱1,000 to Natalie, it was deducted.

Nathan smiles while looking at his money, he almost wanted to laugh loudly but he's scared that the neighbors might think he's crazy and call the police and hospital.

Nathan is already satisfied with the profit that he got today.

He was able to gather that much since he tapped on his phone for a total of 40 minutes!

It had actually been an hour already since Natalie left the house and Nathan started this!

At that time, Nathan only tapped on his phone. Every 20 minutes of tapping he rests for 10 minutes.

In just an hour he got two rounds of 20 minutes of tapping earning him a total of ₱4,800 pesos!

Nathan can tap twice in a second and so ₱2 pesos per second.

After he looked at the balance on the app, a notification of ₱2,400 pesos being transferred to him appeared.

He just swiped it away casually, not bothering to look at it anymore.

"Phew~ I guess this is enough for today."

Nathan stood up from the couch and entered the kitchen thinking of eating some snacks.

But when he arrived at the kitchen, he saw that there is not much food stock here anymore.

"Hmm… I guess I will just go to the market then, and eat something along the way."

With that thought, he changed his clothes first into something decent before heading out.

Riding a public transportation vehicle called a jeepney, he first went to a grocery store to buy some things.

Roaming around the grocery to see what looks good as a snack as well as buying the necessary things that the house is lacking at the moment.

After putting everything that he wanted to buy in a cart, he pushed it and went to the cashier counter.

Scanning the products one by one, Nathan just stood at the side and waited for the cashier to finish the job.

"That will be a total of ₱3,049, sir."

Nathan just swiped the card in his hand before carrying the paper bags containing what he bought and left the grocery.

'Next, I'll buy some pork and vegetables for dinner later.'

He then headed to the wet market to buy pork, chicken, and some fish.

Vegetables that are on his list were also bought there.

And with that, his shopping has come to an end.

"As I'm already done with buying things for the house, I should eat first before I go home."

Nathan went to a nearby fast food chain called 'Jollibee' with an iconic red and yellow as its mascot.

"Welcome to Jollibee!" Greeted the guard with a bright smile on his face as he opened the door for Nathan.

Falling into the line, Nathan started thinking of what to eat as he looked at the menu in front.

'I'll just go with chicken and spaghetti, and a jolly hotdog.'

After waiting in line for 5 minutes, it's already Nathan's turn to order.

After he got the food that he wanted, Nathan started looking for somewhere to sit and eat.

The fast food restaurant is quite crowded at this time and there seems like no seat is available anymore.

Nathan scratches his head as he wonders where he should eat, then at that moment a couple sitting by the window stood up and left.

Nathan hurriedly walked to the seat and sat down comfortably.

"Finally found a seat, I can now start eating!"

As he placed the food in his hands to the table, he was about to start chowing down on it.

But then, a voice interrupted him,

"Uhm, excuse me, is this seat taken?" Asked the voice who was clearly from a girl.

Nathan, who was about to shove down the chicken into his mouth, rolled his eyes and thought, 'Why do I keep getting interrupted!?'

But he still answered the other party politely, "No, I have no companion. You can sit there if you want."

Although he answered politely, he did not even bother to look at the face in front of him and just continued eating the chicken in his hand.

When he finished the chicken and spaghetti, only then did Nathan raise his head.

Only then did he see the face of the girl sitting opposite him and he got stunned!

The girl is very beautiful with pure white healthy skin and flawless face without any blemishes.

Her brown eyes are also very beautiful, as if it enchants those who dare to look into it.

Her ordinary looking clothes did not hinder her beauty from shining brightly.

But those things are not what made Nathan stunned.

What causes him to become like that is because he knows this girl!

"Is that you, Irish?" He asked hesitantly,

The girl opposite Nathan got stunned as well when she heard her name being called out by the stranger she was sitting with.

She raised her head slowly to look at the face of the man and dazed for a bit before shouting his name,

"Nathan!" She called out loudly which caused the people from around to look at them.

Noticing the blunder she made, the girl's cheeks immediately reddened like an apple as she covered her face with her hands.

Nathan said sorry to the other customer a little before looking at the girl acting shy in front of him.

"You still haven't changed, huh, Irish" he said, chuckling a bit.

"I'm glad you still remember me."

The girl, or Irish, removes the hands covering her face before looking at Nathan and replying,

"Who won't remember the genius of the class?"

"What genius, it was all just by fluke that I always score high."