On That Same Year

Chapter 21

“Sure ako, that guy's inlove with you Iris!”

It’s past two days na but what Addi told me that day still lingers inside my mind. I just can't shake the feeling of it, I'm stuck between bothered and want answers. Of course from RK.

“Oy teh? Ayos ka lang ba?” natauhan naman ako ng iwagayway ni Riza iyong kamay n'ya sa mukha ko, napalingon naman ako sa babaeng bahagya pang nilalantakan iyong sandwich na hawak n'ya.

“Parang kanina ka pa ata walang wala sa sarili mo ah? May nangyari ba?” she ask curiously.

“Wala naman..Pero may itatanong sana ako.” medyo may pag aalangang sabi ko, kumunot naman ang noo ni Riza ngunit nawala rin 'yon.

“Sige, ano ba 'yon?” she replied.

“Totoo bang kapag may gusto sa'yo yung isang lalaki through actions n'ya yun madalas ipakita at hindi puro sa salita lang?” I uttered, napaisip pa ito ng ilang minuto bago sagutin ang katanungan ko.

“Hmm, sa tingin ko oo pero depende pa rin naman 'yon sa lalaki eh. May iba kasi na vocal sa nararamdaman nila pero may iba rin na mas prefer i-represent their real feelings towards their actions.” she pause and look at me with her left eyebrow raised. “Teka, bakit mo natanong?” kita ko naman sa mga mata nito ang labis na pagkacurious ng dahil sa naging tanong ko sa kanya.

“W-wala, curious lang ako..” medyo utal na sabi ko.

“Hoy, 'wag mong sabihin may pumoporma na sa'yo? Kawawa naman si Ruzh..” she said out of nowhere and that left me quite shocked but in order for her to stop asking me more questions I remain silent and tried to shift the topic.

I wonder if the guy's really inlove with me?

Napahawak naman ako sa aking dibdib, my heart's been acting weird lately. After that night, my heart's beating isn't stable no more. Everytime I see the guy, it beats like crazy that I no longer wanted to look at his beautiful eyes and I do not know what happened to me.

It looked like I've been starstruck by something unexpected and I do not want to believe it too, yet.

Ilang minuto ang nakalipas mula ng matapos kaming mag usap ni Riza at maingay ang lahat ng kaklase namin ngayon sa silid-aralan, lahat ay may kanya-kanyang mundo. Nasa kalagitnaan ng ingay ang silid-aralan ng bumukas ang pintuan noon dahilan para mapalingon kaming lahat sa pintuan upang alamin kung sino ang pumasok.

Inaasahan naming subject teacher namin iyon sa MIL ng iniluwa no'n si Safi, ang classroom president namin. May kasama naman sy'ang dalawang miyembro ng SSLG at mukhang may hawak pa itong maliit na papel sa kanilang mga kamay.

Naglakad si Safi sa teachers' table at kaagad namang tumahimik ang mga kaklase kong parang nadaanan ng kalamidad.

Safi cleared her throat first. “Good morning everyone, kasama ko ngayon ang dalawang miyembro ng SSLG upang ipaalam sainyo ang nalalapit na event ngayong February 14 at mayroon kaming inihandang booths para sainyo.” she pause for a moment and look at the two SSLG student.

“They're here because they brought tickets for you students incase you wanna buy kasi may pa movie theater tayo sa science classroom namin malapit ro'n sa may bandang gate ng paaralan. And oh, don't worry the ticket only costs 5 peso and that consist of 2 tickets each already.” she explain.

One of my classmates raise her hand, Safi acknowledge her.

“Anong ipapalabas, pres?” she asked.

“Dalawang movie eh but it depends kung ano yung mas bet n'yong tignan, they'll held it in two different classrooms. The movie is The How's of Us and the other one is The Purple Hearts.” she answered, agad namang nag si tilian ang mga kaklase ko gayon din si Riza sa gilid ko.