Ethereal Beauty

#31

Sabado, 3pm.

Tryout sa archery.

To be honest, i'm really happy to try out new things. Huwag nga lang yung pagiging muse sa intrams.

I don't have the guts. Sana happy si Kendra. She seems capable and very confident. Pretty too! Yun lang, masama ugali niya but well, I can't deny na meron siyang strong presence.

I felt bad for Demetiere. Pero kaya niya na yun!

Sabado ngayon at gumagayak na ako papunta sa venue kung saan ang tryout. Hindi na sa closed gym.

Sa open field na. For sure wala namang manonood at hindi naman popular sports ang archery sa mga students around my age.

I am more comfortable with that. I styled my hair into high ponytail. Mahangin kasi kapag outdoor. Distraction ang buhok lalo na at mahaba ang buhok ko.

I wear black fitted jacket, black shorts and then white shoes. Mas prefer ko kasi ang comfy clothes.

Lumabas na ako ng aking kwarto. Wala si Kara at Vinah dahil may inaasikaso sila. Parehas silang student council. Recently ko lang din nalaman. Treasurer si Kara at Auditor naman si Vinah. They are a good team!

Kaya siguro well managed ang SC under Zero's term.

To continue, lumabas na ako ng dorm namin at pumasok ng elevator. I tapped the ground floor and then left our building right after.

Naglalakad ako papuntang Oval. Napatingin ako sa langit and i kinda like the weather today. It's cloudy kaya hindi gaano mainit. A smiled plastered on my face, kasi i'm really excited!

I used to play archery nung nasa bahay na ako, doon sa backyard namin since malawak kasi.

Sometimes, lumalabas din kami nila mommy and daddy and then play an archery sa sports center as a bonding.

Naputol ang pag-iisip ko the moment I saw a bunch of students sitting at the benches!

What? I thought there were only few people and kami lang na mga interested.

It's kind of overwhelming. Sino naman ang ipinunta nila dito?

Bigla akong nakafeel ng consciousness.

I approached one of the student coach ng archery and then she said na mag-wait ako for few minutes kasi ako na daw ang next.

Huh? Omygod.

But i didn't panicked. I remained calm and then nag warm up!

"Athena, my girl!" Sigaw ng isang pamilyar na boses sa gawi ng mga benches at agad akong napalingon.

Ah. Si Mikhail lang pala. Kumakaway-kaway pa ito at nasa tabi nito si kuya Luther.

Bigla akong kinabahan. Bakit nandito si kuya!?

Now it explains why kung bakit madaming tao dito.

Halos lahat ng mga babae, their gaze is only fixated on him and him only.

Since nasa pinakababa sila, hindi na ako nagdalawang isip na lapitan sila.

"Mikhail, kuya Luther, anong ginawa niyo dito?" Pagtatanong ko.

Agad namang ngumiti si Mikhail at sumagot. "Of course, i'm following my dreams." At tumawa ito.

Nainis si kuya kaya binara niya si mikhail. "Shut up Mikhail. Parang wala ako dito ah." At sinamaan niya ito ng tingin.

"Easy there! Nandito kami  to support you Athena. Syempre gustong gusto din kita nakikita." He added. Hindi niya inaalis ang tingin niya sakin.

I am indeed feeling happy. Nakakatuwa, nakaka boost ng confidence!

"How sweet of you Mikhail and you too kuya. Thank you!"

" If you will pass the tryout, will you go on a date with me? " Mikhail said.

Natanggal ang ngiti sa mukha ko at napalitan ng pagkangiwi.

" Stop that or I'll chase you out of here. " My kuya responded.

Natawa nalang ako. He's so mainitin ang ulo at laging galit.

Kung may wall na ako na ni-build for myself, malamang sa malamang, si kuya ay ang iron wall ko.

"Alright goodluck then, my pretty babe!" - Mikhail.

"Heh, tigilan mo nga Mikhail." I responded.

"Nasabi ko na ba sayo na you look so so good? I'm obsessed." Mikhail replied.

"Tusukin ko yang mata mo Mikhail." Kuya threatened him at tinawanan lang niya ito ng kaloko-loko.

Well, they're friends kaya ganyan sila parehas.

Kausap ko sila kuya pero agad na naiba ang atensyon ko nung narinig kong magbulungan ang mga students. Kumunot ang noo ko. 

"Omygoodness is that Lumiere?"

"Shet, si Lumiere ba yon yung mysterious pogi na senior natin?"

"Wut? What the hell si Demetiere den, and nandito din si Grigory? Damn."

"Hoy, girl nandito din si Zero?"

"Anteh, lahat ng mga yan kanina pa nakatingin sila sa kapatid ni Luther cutie! "

Na-conscious ako bigla at bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko. What the hell is going on?

Bakit sila nakatingin sa akin? Imposibleng ako ang pinuntahan ng mga yan.

Baka interested din sila sa archery sport?

Well, maybe. That's more realistic and reasonable.

"Hah. Who the hell are they?" And my kuya's expression was like 🤨.

He looked back kasi curious siya kung sino sino pinagbubulungan.

He smirked.

My kuya smirked!? That's new.

"Ah. Those brats. Interesting" -Luther

"Oh, dumami naman ang rivals ko? I'm not happy with that. Tsk " -Mikhail. 

Naputol ang atensyon ko sa kanila nung tawagin na ako.

" Ivonhy, Athena Roze. Pls proceed to the assigned area and pick your bow and arrows."

Uh-oh. I'm doomed.