Chapter 2 <The Start>

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Okay class, bagong seating arrangement tayo for this quarter. Maam Gregory said as she grabbed a piece of paper that has a print of the seating arrangement bago ipaskil sa gilid ng board.
Pwede niyo tingnan kapag uwian niyo na. Yung iba is aayusin ko na bukas. Anyways, let's learn about our lesson today. I can't wait na makita bagong seat ko, sawa na ako sa seatmate ko. Hindi ko lang makita since nasa pinakalikod ako nakaupo. I groaned in frustration as I just listened sa lesson ni ma'am. Noong uwian na, I looked sa seating arrangement before taking a picture of it. Yes! Katabi ko si Philip. Philip is one of my close gay friends nga pala, buti nalang siya yung katabi ko. I sent the picture to Arkin kasi absent siya noon. Lmao, nagreklamo kasi nasa likod siya. Malabo nga pala mata niya.
Tangina, katabi ko si Vincent. Reklamo ni Kassandra and I chuckled.
Nakatabi ko yan noon sa T.L.E., sobrang ingay nan promise. Bigla biglang nakanta. Sabi ko while trying to hold my laugh.
Goodluck nalang. I said before we left the school and pumunta sa 7/11. We would always go there with Jai noong Quarter 3 tas deretso sa plaza. Another day finished. Papasok nanaman ulit bukas, paulit ulit nalang. I prepared myself for school. Oh diba, isang pikit mo lang papasok ka na ulit. Halos ilang oras na ako nakatulala, walang ginagawa pero nagegets padin yung lesson. You just have to listen sa teacher while nagbibigay ng examples sa board. Wag ka munang magnotes since hindi mo din naman maiiintindihan kung paano. It was Homeroom Guidance subject na. We don't answer anything doon. We just talk about stuff. Today, nagaayos si Maam Gregory ng sitting arrangement.
Ma'am si Arkin po malabo mata! Ipalipat niyo po sa tabi ni Leila! Arkin's friend said. Si Xannder. I was assigned sa 2nd row kasi. I was happy na nasa middle and 2nd row ako. Puta, okay na sana kaso nakatabi ko pa yang tarantado na yan. Nilipat tuloy ni Ma'am si Arkin sa tabi ko tas si Philip naman sa likod.
Ma'am malabo din po mata ni Philip. One of my classmate said. Please, malipat ulit siya sa tabi ko. Unfortunately nilipat siya ni Ma'am sa likod ko.
Bakit hindi mo sinabi agad? Ma'am Gregory sighed. Kung nagsalita si Philip edi sana 'di ko katabi 'tong Arkin na to. Ano bayan Philip! Ok lang kasi tahimik naman katabi ko kasi sa Messenger lang siya maingay but di rin naman na maiwasan na maship ako kay Arkin by his friends. A few days had past, kailangan ko na maging active sa main account ko kasi sandamakmak yung groupings. I unblocked Arkin so that we can talk sa main ko and para hindi na hassle.

Lei:
Unblock na kita, hirap makipagchat kapag palipat lipat ng account eh.

Arkin:
Yehey

He always uses these emojis

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He always uses these emojis. Idk if hindi siya nafufull storage sa sobrang dami niyang saved memes. Pinagtatawanan namin mga kagroupmates ko. I would always send him convos from our groupmates. Minsan nagtatanong ako kung anong gagawin ko if naguguluhan or naiinis ako sa mga kagroup ko. Shit. I'm starting to like someone again. Dahil sa pagshiship nila sa akin at kay Arkin, I slowly developed feelings for him. March came and one day when I was scrolling sa Tiktok, Arkin chatted me.

Arkin:
Leila
Pwede ba mangligaw HAHAHAAHA
Madami kasi akong nagugustuhan sayo
Di ako sanay sa ganto HAHAHAHA
Pers time
Pwede ba ya?

As soon as I saw those chats sa notification bar ko, I immediately panicked. Gago? I didn't expect him to do this. Hindi nagproprocess utak ko! Bat kasi biglaan?!

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