who am i to you?

15.2

TW: Homophobia. Bullying. Slurs. Violence

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When Kyle and Sydney came to take our jobs, Saint and I headed to the cafeteria. Kath is already waiting in line to order food so she just asked what we wanted so she could order everything. When we got our food, we found a table at the far end of the big cafeteria.

I was busy on my food, never taking my eyes off it to avoid seeing how Saint, who's beside me, and Kath, who's sitting across from him, interact with the girl's gossip, when I noticed Kath has stopped talking and is staring at me.

Ivan is right. Kath is beautiful. No wonder Saint loves her.

"What?" I asked her.

"'Di ka talaga pupunta sa prom?"

I glanced at Saint, a bit uncomfortable with her question. I don't spend a lot of time with her so I still can't wrap my head around how to act around her. She's flirty, she's all smiles. Is this why I don't like girls?

"Yeah." I looked back on my plate. "Mom wouldn't let me."

No, I didn't actually ask. The permission slip is in my bag, never touched again.

"Gusto mo takas ka namin?"

"Kath!" Saint scolded her. The girl just laughed.

"What? Aren't you the most upset he's not going?"

I glanced sideways at Saint because of what she said. He rolled her eyes at her, shaking his head. I turn my gaze back on my food.

After eating lunch, we went around looking at booths. We visited the photo booth Drix and Shi had with their strand.

"Picture tayo!" Kath pulled Saint by his arm to the booth. Saint gladly went with her to buy a ticket.

Drix was the one behind the counter so I saw how he grinned teasingly at the two.

"Comeback na ba?" he teased.

"Gago." Saint gave him a head smack, making Drix grumble in pain.

"Ikaw po ba. Ticket?" Drix turned to me when Saint and Kath left to get their picture done.

I shook my head but before I could say something, Saint interrupted in a loud voice. "Give him a ticket. Magpi-picture din kami."

"Sama mo din kaya kami," Drix suggested na may halong tampo.

"'Wag na. Magtrabaho ka d'yan."