Selcouth

Chapter 9

LOURD EROS HAVIEN

"Why are you confused then?" tanong ni El sakin habang magka chat kami sa game.

This is great actually. Sabi nga nila, there can never be go wrong with sharing to a stranger.

"I don't know actually. Basta ang gulo. You know i'm not really good with people nor expressing myself." chat ko sakanya.

Sinabi ko kasing confused ako sa isang bagay. I told her I think I did something wrong but i'm not really sure if I did. Ang gulo ko lang talaga, promise.

"You are indeed an introvert. Like someone I knew."

"Yeah.. A totally awkward person. Think too much, analyzed too much."

"Wait— that's.. Thanks, I needed that." Biglang chat nya

"You needed what?"

"That. Na introvert tend to think of the worst case scenario before it even happens."

"Akala ko ba ako ang may problema dito? haha" Natatawa kong chat sakanya

"I owe you one though. Let me buy you a skin for that." Chat nya na nagpalaki nang mga mata ko

"You're kidding."

"I'm deadly serious." Sabi nya bago dumating ang skin na binigay nya. (Wala pang ganito, pero isipin nyo nalang meron. Soon naman daw magkakameron nang gifting system sa Valo.)

Wow. just wow.

"I never knew mayaman ka pala. We should be friends." Sabi ko sakanya.

"Aren't we friends already? Aw.. Frienship over na tayo." Natawa ako sa sinabi nya.

Pagkatapos naming magusap at maglaro ay nag out na din ako. Bilib din talaga ako sa sarili ko dahil kahit may pasok kinabukasan ay maaga padin akong nagigising.

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"You have a week to do that. And remember. I don't want any bugs." Sabi ko habang inililibot ang tingin ko sa klase. It's my way of teaching. No actual eye contact, but looking at them makes them listen to me. So pinadadaan ko lang talaga yung tingin ko sakanila. But when my eyes saw Summer looking intently at me, I got conscious. Okay, that's it for today.

"Class dismissed." I said bago agad nagiwas nang tingin para ayusin ang mga gamit ko. I need to move fast because I can sense danger. And when I say danger, it means her.

"Cripes!" Gulat na sabi ko dahil nang maglalakad na ako paalis ay bigla syang humarang sa tapat ko.

"Why so jumpy Ma'am?" She asked with a slight smile on her lips.

"What do you want Ms Sandero." I said trying to be cold as much as possible. I had students before who wants to be close to me and being cold is the key for them to walk away.

But clearly that isn't working on her. Damn it. Because she just smiles widely.

"I want to ask some questions about the project." Hindi ako sumagot. I just looked at her, waiting. "Can we use other program other than VB (Visual Basic)? Pasta or rice? Lunch or dinner?" Napakurap ako sa sinabi nya.