Escaped the Summer (M)

Chapter 4

Kanina pa ako nakasimangot habang nakain ng pananghalian dito sa cafeteria at si Yohan naman ay kanina pa din nagma-make-up. I'm still thinking 'bout that Azkiro, what's the point of challenging him, kung ako naman ang mananalo. Tsk.

"Oh, ba't ba ayaw mo kainin 'tong nilibre ko sa 'yo?" Yohan broke the silence between us.

Tiningnan ko siya at inirapan, "Tingnan mo 'to, nagtatanong ng maayos ta's iirapan ako," maarteng bigkas niya pero hindi ko lang siya pinansin at kinuha ang cellphone ko para mag-scroll.

"Tell me about that Azkiro." I said without looking "You're a stalker right?" I finally looked at her, but her face is looking at me like she got offended by my words.

"Wow, kailangan straight-forward?" offended na tugon nito.

"Pero ba't mo ba gustong malaman? Ano ha, falling in love?" She asked with a sarcastic tone in her second question.

I glared at her "Ulol, more like rivals na." I replied harshly, and she smiled like a creep.

"So, nakuha ko ito sa kapatid niya, wala kasing social media si Azkiro, so kinuha ko pa ito para sa 'yo."

Wala siyang social media? That's a bit impossible.

"Eto lang alam ko, dati siyang valedictorian sa dati niyang pinag-aaralan. He used to be an athlete, he used to play footballs, basketball and taekwondo. He's a blackbelter actually, but he all quit when he start having a bad decease." Sunod-sunod na sabi nito na nagpatango sa akin.

Expected naman na athlete siya, he got the body eh. But speaking of taekwondo, I used to be a blackbelter too, nag-stop lang ako since I need to focus on my studies.

"But girl, he have a lot of medals, achievements, trophies and even more certificates na makakapagpatunay na mas matalino siya sa'yo." Pang-asar nito ngunit umirap lang ako.

Baka nga kalahati lang ng kaniya 'yong akin e.

"I don't care, kahit lamunin niya lahat 'yon. I'm still smarter and better."

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Pumasok na ako sa last subject namin at sobrang bigat ng tiyan ko dahil siguro sa dami kong kinain.

"Hi, president," bati ni Azkiro.

Hindi ko siya pinansin at tumingin na lang sa pinto kung saan pumasok ang huli naming guro. Tumayo ako pero bigla ako nitong sinenyasan.

"Huwag na bumati," wika ni Sir.

"This is supposed to be an activity, but I'll just make it as your performance task, graded recitation 'to, so I hope everyone participates," seryosong sambit nito saka nagsimulang magsulat sa board.

Tinignan ko ang mga tanong at madali lang naman ito. I start calculating the given formula in the board using my hand. Pre-calculus ngayon kaya medyo magiging active ako.

I'm glad na huling schedule itong pre-calculus namin dahil siguradong malulutang ako kapag nasa unahang schedule ito.

"Sir!" I raised my hand as fast as I saw the questions is the board.

Humarap ito at saka ako tinignan, "Miss Valencia, ikaw na naman," sarkastikong komento ni Sir. "Okay, answer this number one question."

"Why does the vertical line test tell us whether the graph of a relation represents a function?" He asks.

"A vertical line test intersects the graph of a relation more than once, it indicates that there is more than one output for that input, indicating that the relation is not a function." I answered and he nodded as he clapped.