Chapter 16

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Fall into u - Oscar Lang

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"In-upload nung Patricia yung video sa freedom wall ng school niyo, they found out that Patricia is one of the admins there. Luckily, they took down the video but it reached the school admin kaya they're planning something to punish these students. After all, hindi dapat tinotolerate 'to."

I woke up in a familiar room- Zane's room. I saw Ate Zab and Zane talking to each other. I acted asleep since I still have no energy to talk.

What happened earlier traumatized me. I don't know where their anger came from. It fueled the fire between me and Janna since the day we argued about our group activity and after that, everything went worse.

"Gising ka na pala, Thon. May masakit ba sa'yo?" I heard Zab called for me. I immediately looked at her and gave her a smile to assure that I'm fine.

"Masakit lang po 'tong balakang ko pero bearable naman na po. Salamat po, ate!" I thanked her.

"Baba lang ako saglit, kuhanin ko yung niluto ni mommy." She excused herself and left me with Zane alone in his room.

Silence really made me feel at peace, but this one is very different. Dahil dito, napagpasyahan ko na lang na kuhanin ang phone ko para magchat kila mama but Zane stopped me to do that.

"Pahinga ka muna. Hindi makakabuti sa'yo 'yan." He's trying to take my phone away from me but I didn't listen. I'm still not in the mood to talk to anyone after what happened. The shock is still with me and I don't know how to recover from it.

He just sighed and went back to his chair. Nakatitig lamang ito sa akin at mukhang naiinis sa ginawa ko.

I saw Athena and Isaac flood me with messages, as well as Kai, Gina, and Rylie who are wanting to come home to check me but I also assured them that I'm fine and they have nothing to worry about.

Agad naman akong nagtungo sa group chat ng section namin only to see messages about me.

HUMANISTA - A

Pres. Josiah:

@Keith Elthon, kumusta ka?

Nagbasa lang ako ng mga mensahe ng mga kaklase ko pero hindi ko na rin muna ito nireplyan dahil wala pa rin ako sa mood hanggang ngayon.

I saw the freedom wall page apologizing for the content they posted earlier- which was the video taken by Patricia. I guess their impulsive behavior really urged them to do that and they should pay for it.

Recalling what happened earlier made me feel sad. Hindi ko naman deserve 'yon. What I just want is to be treated with respect the same way I respect others. I still don't know why there are still people who despise community members as if they commited a crime to make people be disgusted with us.

It also stood as the reason why me, and other community members are still not ready to completely be transparent about who we really are because of the judgements of other people.

I was zoning out when I realized Zane was already sitting beside me, he's still silent.

"Gusto mo bang subuan kita or kaya mo na" He asked me awkwardly. Agad akong napatingin dito at umiling.

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