Dose of Euphorian Anguish

Chapter 2

CHAPTER 2
The Painful Confirmation

WE'RE inside in the church, magkatabi kami ni Drai. Pinakamasaklap pa doon is nasa front seat pa talaga kami. Spear is still on the outside, he said that he was waiting for someone.

"Beh tignan mo 'to" I looked up to Drai's phone and saw a meme that made me laugh.

"Hahaha gagu"

"Huy Mantha nasa simbahan tayo!" suway ni Drai sa akin.

"Ikaw kasi! kaya ayaw ko talagang makatabi ka!" reklamo ko. He was very unserious everytime and everywhere and it makes me go unserious as well kahit nasa serious places ako.

"Mantha, tignan mo" Drai said as he pointed to Spear, sitting in the chair located on our backs, katabi pa niya yung transferee which makes me wonder na baka siya yung ina-antay kanina ni Spear sa labas

"Beh, nagseselos ako. Baka gusto niya talaga yung transferee" ani ni Drai, which is very impossible kung ako ang tatanungin

"Never pa naman nagkakagusto si Spear bakla"

"Eh ba't niya yan hinintay sa gate kanina?"

"Syempre class president sa room si Spear noh, siya kaya inutusan ni ma'am na mag-guide sa transferee"

Agad sumimangot ang mukha ni Drai pero binalewala ko lang ito. Totoo naman kasi yun, sa dami ng pinagsamahan namin ni Spear, never ko pang nakita si Spear na nagkagusto romantically sa iba. And I know it's impossible na magkagusto si Spear sa transferee pero yes, the transferee is undeniably pretty kahit naka face mask siya, pero still, I know that it's impossible for him to like someone.

FAST FORWARD, the mass ended as usual and all the students who attended the mass—as well as me—go back to the school and continued our classes.

"Si Drai kanina nakakatawa yung reaksyon niya nung magkasama sina Spear at Deiga sa simbahan, nagseselos kasi sabi niya may crush daw si Spear kay Deiga HAHA kala mo naman totoo yun" I uttered while laughing during our lunchbreak. Nandito kami ngayon ni Charlene kasama si Chie na kumakain sa isang kainan malapit lang din sa eskwelahan namin

"Talaga? Kasi sa pagkakaalam ko totoo eh. Aksidente ko kasing narinig silang Cari at Spear naguusap about niyan sa likod ko kanina sa room while nasa seat ako" sambat ni Charlene

"Anong pinaguusapan nila?"

"Nagtatanong kanina si Spear kay Cari kung anong sagot ni Deiga sa kaniya"

"Sagot? Para saan?"

"Sagot, you know that? May nakakita daw sa kanilang dalawa kanina sa cr, nagconfess daw si Spear. Ewan ko kung totoo ba o hindi basta yun yung nasa prior knowledge ko"

I'm speechless sa sinabi ni Charlene pero I didn't let myself na dibdibin iyon. Nang matapos kaming kumain ay bumalik kami sa classroom upang magantay sa teacher namin para magsimula na ang klase.

After it ended, lumabas na ako while my other classmates are cleaning the room. Well, hindi naman ako kabilang sa mga monday-scheduled cleaners ngayon. Nang lumabas ako sa gate, naglakad nalang ako papunta sa variety store kung saan doon nagbabantay yung uncle ko which is isang traffic enforcer. While I was walking, nadaanan ko ang Rotonda Magsaysay or so I called "Golden Circle". I called this a "Golden Circle" because it was my favorite place to relax kahit walang ka gold-gold yung paligid. Rotonda Magsaysay is located middle of the road kung saan dito lilibot ang mga vehicles and it was a nice scenery to view with. Favorite place ko din kasi 'tong tambayan kapag gagala ako, may nga upuan kasi at bubong doon kaya safe na safe pag may intense na init.