Chasing the Wild Waves (Student Series #1)

Kabanata 5

"Oh my God! My uniform!"

I was walking in the corridor but suddenly stopped when a tan-skinned girl bumped into me. Nalaglag ang panga ko dahil tumilapon ang hawak niyang juice sa uniform ko. I looked at her irritatedly. She looked so innocent and simple. Nanlaki pa ang mga mata niya nang makitang basa ang damit ko dahil sa juice niya.

"Sorry! Sorry!" She immediately apologized to me and tried to wipe the juice on my clothes using her wrist, but I immediately pushed her.

"Hindi ka ba tumitingin sa dinadaanan mo, ha?!" Matalim ko siyang tiningnan. "O sadyang bulag ka? Tingnan mo 'yong ginawa mo sa uniform ko!"

The stain on my uniform is totally exposed. Masyadong nakaka-distract itong dumi sa damit ko. Halos lahat ng mga students sa paligid namin ay makiusisa pa sa amin. We have the attention of everyone, they are now staring at us and waiting for what will happen next.

"Hindi ko sinasadya, I'm really sorry." She even bowed her head as she apologized. "H-Hindi kasi kita nakita—"

"Bakit hindi mo 'ko nakita? Bulag ka ba?" saad ko at tinaasan siya ng kilay. "Do you know what would be the consequences of what you just did, huh? Do you know me, miss?"

Pinasadahan ko pa siya ng tingin. She's just simple, and she's like those ordinary students inside the campus. I noticed that her hair is quite messy and her skin is dark, however, I can see her cheeks getting red. Siguro nakaramdam ng pagkapahiya, kaya namumula siya ngayon. Ang kanyang skirt ay mas mahaba pa sa akin at hanggang tuhod niya iyon. She even looks familiar. Siguro madalas ko siyang nakakasalubong dito? I tilted my head a bit and looked at her closely and realized something. She's the girl who has a crush on Euan! Napangiwi ako sa na-realize ko. This kind of girl? Really? Sigurado akong hindi, 'to magugustuhan ng pinsan ko!

"Ang baduy mo naman," I said as a matter of fact. "Ganiyan ba ang taste mo style? You're not wearing your uniform well, lukot-lukot pa," pansin ko at inirapan ng babae.

"What's the problem here?"

Napalingon ako sa pinanggalingan ng boses na iyon. Another woman appeared on the scene. She's also familiar with me, and I think I know her name. I looked at her from head to toe. We have the same taste, that's what I noticed. The style of her hair is curly, and she's even wearing glasses. Hindi naman siya nagmumukhang nerd sa glasses niya dahil bagay naman sa kanya.

"Ano'ng nangyayari rito, ate?" she asked the woman who bumped me earlier.

Oh.. So they are sisters, huh? She's a vice versa for her sister!

"Wala, Za, hayaan mo na," said the simple girl who held the arm of her sister like she's stopping her. "Hindi naman ako sinaktan."

"What?" The Za girl faced me and arched a brow. "May ginawa ba ang ate ko sa 'yo?"

Nagtaas din ako ng kilay. "Actually, she bumped into me and spilled her juice on my uniform." Bumaba ang tingin niya sa suot ko nang marinig ang sinabi ko. "Who wouldn't get mad for what she did, right?"

"Bakit? Did my sister do it on purpose, and why did you act this way, huh?" she asked back.

"Zacha—"

"Ate, did you apologize to this girl?" tanong ni Zacha sa kanyang kapatid at dinuro ako. Bumuntonghininga naman ito at tumango. "Eh, hayan naman pala, eh!" Muli niya akong hinarap. "My sister already apologized to you. Do you still have a problem?"

I scoffed and face-palmed. "Apologies are not accepted. I don't care if she did it on purpose or not. Ikaw rin ang problema ko dahil nakikisawsaw ka rito."

"Pa'nong hindi ako makikisawsaw eh kapatid ko ay parang sasaktan mo?" she fired back. "Don't you ever fucking—"

"What's happening here? Yuna?" I heard a familiar baritone voice.