17 years later
EJ's PoV
"This is for your own good. Besides you should know the Filipino culture, EJ"
"Filipino culture or you have your business here?"
"That's not the point EJ" mommy
"Yeah yeah"
"We already enrolled you in a prestigious school here. Don't mess up thinking you can get back to Germany."
"Fine. Fine. I'll go up my room"
"Good night son!" Mom
Mariella's PoV
"You excited for a new school year Mariella?" Papa
"Yes dad!"
"Continue doing good okay?"
"Of course dad! Ako pa ba??"
"Galing talaga ng anak ko!" Sambit ni mama sabay tabi din samin ni papa
"Mana sa inyo ehh!"
"Yan ang gusto ko!" Papa
"Hahahaha"
Mariella's PoV
"Is this seat taken?" Napalingon ako sa nagsalita, only to see the guy earlier in front of me
"Miss?"
"Ahh no. No."
"May I?"
"S-sure yeah. Sige lang"
"Thanks" sambit nito bago umupo sa tabi ko bago nagsaksak ng earplugs sa tenga
Nakatingin lang ata ako sa kanya for a while kaya nagulat ako when he spoke up
"May problema ba?"
"Ahh w-wala wala" sambit ko bago bumalik sa pagbabasa hanggang dumating ang professor namin
"Good day everyone! As you may have noticed may bago kayong kaklase today. Mr. Barbosa, please introduce yourself"
Tumayo naman tong lalaki sa tabi ko at nagpakilala
"Emilio Barbosa Jr., you can call me EJ for short"
"EJ..."
I shook my head as he went back to his seat. Nagsimula na ang klase pagkatapos nun and as usual syempre I recite hehe.
EJ's PoV
I thought the class is going to be boring and all pero nakakamangha itong katabi ko. She is very active in recitation. At hindi lang basta active, she really knows what she's doing na halos sa kanya na ko nakaabang everytime may recitation. O-of course I do well on my own.
"You're really smart" nasabi ko na lang out of the blue
Napatingin naman siya sakin bago ngumiti "I love studying so maybe that explains it"
"I... I see"
"You have friends here?" Tanong niya
"Ohh no... I just came from Germany"
"Germany? Wow!"
"My parents told me I need to learn the culture here, kaya bumalik kami dito"
"Oh nagtatagalog ka pala eh"
"They taught me... hindi lang ako komportable, wala din naman kasi ako nakakausap"
"I see... o paano una na muna ako sayo. Alam mo naman san ang canteen di ba?"
"Uhhh no"
"Hmm... gusto mo samahan kita?"
"Pwede ba? Uhhmm what's your name again?"
She smiled at me at inabot ang kamay niya saken "Sure. I'm Mariella. Mariella Elizalde"
Mariella's PoV
"Alam mo you're pretty famous for a new comer" sambit ko kay EJ
"Me? No?"
"Yes. Haha. Look at all those girls as if darting me"
He then looked around and I saw the girls chuckling
"Chick magnet haha"
"I doubt that"
"Oh siya pumila ka na dyan bibili lang ako don"
"Anong kakainin mo?"
"Hotdogs? Or maybe sandwich"
"Lang?"
"Yeah. Mahal masyado mga pagkain dyan sayang pera masarap pa luto ko" binulong ko sa kanya yung dulo na nagpatawa sa kanya
"How am I supposed to buy there now? Haha"
"Just saying haha"
"You know you're really easy to talk to"
"Ikaw din naman. Though mukha kang suplado kanina"
"Am I?"
"Yes you are, pero medyo nawawala naman na yung tingin kong yon, yata? Haha"
"Maybe because I don't like it here"
"Why?"
"Pero natututunan ko na ata magustuhan when I found a friend"
"Huh?"
"I can call you a friend now right?"
"Uhm... I guess?"
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