Temperamental Boys

Chapter II

Hallo, this is Zhi! It's been a year since I last updated, lol.

I read the one and only chapter I wrote and published, and there are lots of typos and grammatical errors TAT. So this is me editing the drafts and trying to remember the plot of this story and writing it with fewer errors than last year.

ALSO:

I'm deliberating whether or not to edit the previous chapter since the dominant language I now use when writing is English, and the previous chapter is mostly written in Tagalog which I can't assure the accuracy of my grammar in that language. So, to keep the consistency of this novel's flavour, I have to adjust either the previous chapter or my dominant language. For now, I'll be using both and try to avoid being conyo until I make up my mind.

My indecisive ass needs another person's opinion on this matter.

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11:30 AM

Maingay ang klase at halos lahat ng students sa room namin ay pamilyar na sa isa't isa, ako naman... Nanahimik nalang ako sa upuan ko, mag-isa at malayo ang tanaw kasi wala naman akong ibang kakilala kundi si Felipe lang.

As usual, Felipe's making new acquaintances and friends. He's slowly but surely integrating himself with the class while I just daydreamed of talking with them. Tangina, God knows how much I want to stand up and laugh along with them, but I'm too much of a nervous wreck to even attempt to meet their eyes.

"Hindi naman required..." mahinang usal ko- nag HUMSS ka pa.

I mentally grabbed my hair, tugging and pulling it like a psycho. It was a "tao laban sa sarili" moment. I talked to myself inside my head, disappointed that Felipe had already made a progress tapos ako nakaupo lang, naghihintay na may lumapit.

'Please, lumapit na kung sinong gustong lumapit. Don't be shy, mabait ako- kung tutuusin mas mabait pa ako sa kumag na Felipe na 'yan....' pabiro at halos desperadong pakiusap ko sa loob-loob ng utak ko. "What jf pala ako nalang yung lumapit?" Nah, what the fuck. 'Di ko kaya.

"Hey?" a tap on my shoulder made me snap out from my thoughts. Lifting my sight from staring out of nowhere to the person sitting beside me, I felt my heart tremble from shock.

Shit. SHIT! Holy motherfucking shit! Holy cow! Fuck- sorry. 'Nak ng lechong pata, Lord heard my prayers!

I quickly masked my nervous and excited ass with a small smile that I can't help but widen, "Oh, hello" I calmly greeted.

Bianca's round eyes bent as she smiled back at me. Flipping hell! She's- she's actually talking to me?! Am I not being delusional right now? Damn, someone better slap the shit out of me to stay cool or else magmumukha talaga akong baliw or pervert.

"Hi, you said you're learning guitar, right? Do you have a song you can sing and play with a guitar?" Bianca tilted her head curiously. Biglang pinagpawisan ang mga palad ko sa tanong niya, pakiramdam ko rin ay umiinit na ang pisngi ko sa hiya.

Naknampucha, sana pala hindi ko na sinabi 'yon kanina. Hays, mga napapala ng pagiging pa-cool kid na clout chaser nga naman.

I better man up and be honest and straightforwardly tell her that I can't play shit- "All of me by John Legend." Fuck. My mouth spoke before I could even uphold my primciple of being honest.

Bianca stared at me without malice in her eyes, but the ends of her lips were quivering as if she's holding in a laughter.

Shit. Someone come and kill me right now.