Ikaw at Ako (Re-edited)

CHAPTER 2

Basically, ang pinaka ayaw ko sa isang class ay yung napaka goal- oriented na teacher. Goal- oriented in a sense that he does not care whether the students fully understand the lesson or not as long as he finished it. He does not care!

"That is all for today, see you in our In. Chem Lab on Thursday." I literally yawned because the class with him is so boring. Ang bilis bilis niya magsalita at in English pa ha? Akala mo naman that everybody here can fully understand English most especially if he will speak too fast. In the movie nga we have to rely on the subtitles so we could understand what they are talking. But, ang ganda ng boses niya, sheyyt. Malalim, ang sarap mahulog. Chos.

"I cannot imagine what hell we will be seeing in this lab on Thusday." Aimee told me. Aimee is one of my closest friends. Actually, I am closed with my classmates because I am Miss Congeniality in the making. Charot. Lagi kaming sabay kumain at lalung- Lalo na sa paghahunting ng boys. I just cannot imagine doing this crazy doings without this biatch. Haha.

It is the end of our class hours so it is time to go for a milk tea. Dumaan muna kami sa boarding house ko to change and dumaan din kami sa boarding house ni Aimee para makapagpalit rin siya. My treat today because dumating na yung allowance ko from a Private sector na siya ring nagbigay ng scholarship ko to study in this very big university. Not to mention, this was ranked 8 in the whole Philippines. Most of the students here does not care about others. As long as they survive the semester without failing grades, they are contented about their stay with or without friends. In our case, hindi kami nabubuhay without friends. Most of our activities are in groups and we do not want to mess up with each other because we want to work harmoniously so we could pass. Kaya they think that Education is the easiest course in this university. Hello? We just study in groups. We have some vacant hours but we spend it by working with our reaction papers, field study, reviewing our past lessons. Our outputs are not easy to finish and we have a little amount of time for us to finish it at pagkatapos nun meron na naman. Sometimes, napapaisip ako what if lumipat na ako ng course pero, I realized that kaya mahirap at pinapahirapan kami because we have to. Nakasalalay ang future ng Pilipinas sa course namin.

"Hindi ko pa talaga namumukhaan yung transferee. Gosh! the way na nagkagulo yung mga students kanina, gosh. It makes me feel more excited to see him." Aimee said.

"Yeah! Pero gwapo rin yung instructor natin no? But I do not like him. I think he just wants us to be amazed and impressed. He does not care whether we understood the lessons or not. Well, umpisa pa lamang yun he just purely discussed the scope of inorganic chemistry. And I do hope he will change his accent because it is quite weird. We are in a University full of Filipinos and he is going to use British Accent."

"oo nga! Tapos talsik pa ang laway. At first sabi ko turn off ako dito pero, duh he is so gwapo kaya I embraced those saliva like a holy water."

"Ewww, Aimee. WTF! Did you just do that in our class? You are so disgusting." And we both chuckled.

"Thank you for your concern, I will try my best to teach you lessons the way you wanted it." Our eyes widened. Mr. Celeste is here. He is just damn there beside the table. Napayuko na lang kaming dalawa.

"Do not worry I was not trying to impress you. That is just how I speak. I apologized." He added. Napaka poker face naman ng kanyang mukha and I could not even read his emotion. He speaks so calm. Sa hiya, we grabbed our milk teas and run away. Doon lang ako nakarinig ng malakas na tawa. Mabilis tumakbo si Aimee knowing that she is an athlete but nahinto siya sa pagtakbo because she forgot her bag sa coffee shop. Nilingon ko siya to check if bumalik ba siya but may nabundol ako na isang lalaki. Natapon tuloy lahat ng milktea sa t- shirt niya. Ang tangkad naman ata ng lalaking ito. My eyes are still on the floor, I am so afraid na humarap sa kanya.

"Sorry. Sorry!" Natatakot ako na anytime magsasalita siya at papagalitan ako. Ilang seconds din akong hindi huminga. Tatakbo na sana ako pero hinawakan niya ng mahigpit ang wrist ko.

"Ahhh . aray." Making me see who is in front of me. Nanlaki ang mata ko because napaka gwapo nito. But I do not like the idea na sa ganitong pagkakataon kami nagkaharap. Fuck this word we called destiny. Imbes na kiligin ako, like what I feel sa mga Kdramas na napapanuod ko everytime yung mga protagonist ay magkakabangga, today I realized na hindi ako dapat kiligin. Expectation vs reality is my own kind of headbutt. Hila- hila ako ni guy and dinala niya ako sa isang madamong lugar upang gahasain. Charot lang. But why not? Okay lang as long as hindi niya ako papatayin. But he brought me to Jitka's boarding house. WTF. Is he the transferee? OMG! Bakit naman? Jitka saw me na hila- hila pa rin ako ng lalaking ito. Imbes na bigyan ako ng nag- aalalang expression, nakasmile lang ang gaga. Ang sarap sampalin. Pumapalakpak din siya. Why is she happy for me who is almost in the end of my life?

"Don't you know that this is my favorite shirt? Kailangan mong labhan yan." Hinubad niya ang damit in front of me that made his 6- pack abs being exposed. Sheeyt ang sherep. Bumalik lang ako sa sentido ko when he throw his shirt at tinamaan mukha ako. Ang bango!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nakatulala pa rin ako because I could not believe na siya yung guy na pinagkaguluhan kanina ng mga babae. Dumeretso ako kaagad sa labahan at nilabhan kaagad ang damit niya. Lumapit sa akin si Jitka para naman makichismis kung paano kami nagkameet ng lalaking yun.

"Pumunta ako dito upang iayos ang buhok mo, umabot doon sa masy bukana." Jitka told me.

"Umayos ka Jitka! Though I have seen heaven with his nice body, I cannot deny the fact that I spilled the rest of my milk tea sa shirt niya."

"At hinila ka niya para ipalaba sa iyo ang namantsahang damit? OMG! I stan this kind of love story. Dapat walang inis- inis because at the end of this story, kayo ang magkakatuluyan. Just act na nainis ka lang." Tumawa ako ng tumawa sa sinabi ni Jitka. Why are we building such illusions today?

Nang matapos kong labhan ang shirt, kumatok ako para makapagpaalam na. Lumabas naman siya sa kwarto.

"Again, I did not mean it. Talagang I accidentally spill the milk tea. Sorry."

"Sa susunod kase, tumingin ka sa dinadaanan mo. Sige na, you can go home. I am happy na you did what I have told you without making any fuss." I bow my head at nilisan ko na ang place niya. But what I hate about this chapter is nakasalubong ko si Sir Celeste.

"What are you doing here?"

"Ahh, ehh,"

"He is my friend, Kuya, Why?" That guy just told Mr. Celeste.

Kuya? Are they sibblings? OMG! And we are friends now. As instant as instant noodles!