Campus Heartthrobs! Girls VS Boys - Knowing Each Other (REVISED)

Chapter 4 - The Dinner

Steph's POV

Dinala ako ni Clarkson sa isang magandang restaurant. I never liked formal shits. Hindi niya ba alam 'yon? O talagang na-excite siya at ginawang bongga ang dinner namin. Hayst. Ayoko na, gusto ko na umuwi. I regret agreeing to this set up. Gustong-gusto ko na umuwi sa bahay ko at matulog ng mahimbing. And what irritates me the most ay ipinapakilala niya akong girlfriend niya! For pete's sake hindi niya ako girlfriend! But here he is, introducing me to everyone as his girl. I'm not being petty here, but hey, sinong hindi maiinis sa inaasal niya ngayon? Even a girl who likes him would be annoyed. Ano ba? You can't just simply call a girl as your girlfriend kung hindi manlang siya naghirap.

Newsflash! MJ just turned into a complete jerk.

Naiyukom ko ang kamay ko at naging mabilis ang mga pangyayare. Dumapo ang kamay ko sa pisngi niya.

Nasampal ko siya.

"Will you stop introducing me as your girl, please?!" Hindi ko na napigilan. In front of all the people, sinigawan ko na siya. Nabwibwisit na ako. Ayoko na. Sukang-suka na ako sa pinaggagagawa niya!

"Steph..."

"I agreed to this para matahimik ka. But newsflash, girlfriend mo na pala ako? Seriously, MJ, how desperate are you? I thought you were just a nuisance. But it turned out, you're a jerk as well. Stop this, okay? Stop. Just stop. You're making my life a living hell that I have to endure! Can't you see that I don't like you one bit. And you, being the insignificant jerk you've always been holding on to? Mas lalo lang kitang inayawan." Hingal naman ako ng matapos ako magsalita. And there he was, dumbfounded.

I felt a pang of guilt, pero hindi ko na iyon pinansin.

Why am I feeling guilty all of a sudden?

He is not that special. Pinsan lang siya ng bestfriend ko.

I looked around at nakita ko kung paano kami pinag-usapan ng mga tao.

"I have to go. Thank you for this, but..." Hindi ko na tinuloy ang dapat kong sabihin. I turned my back and ran away. Nabwibwisit pa rin ako sa kanya. How could he? To think that I did him a huge favor. Na sana maitre-treasure niya. Pero bakit ganon? Bwisit.

I am not his girl, and I will never be his girl.

MJ's POV

I'm actually happy today dahil pumayag siya. Although I had to use something from my sleeves para matakot siyang tanggihan ako, and it worked.

However, it made me feel guilty.

Napansin ko naman na hindi siya nagsasalita. I should have known, hindi ko na dapat pa siya pinilit. I should have just brought her to some street food stalls dahil paborito niya ang mga iyon. Pero dahil sa sobrang saya ko, I took her here. Pero hindi niya in-appreciate. She was never known to appreciate things anyway.

Pero sana naman diba? Ngumiti siya kahit papaano.

Then again, being the happy jerk, I introduced her as my girl. I wanted to be somehow complimented by my friends here na nakuha ko na ang babaeng gusto ko. That I'm not like the others na kailangan pa maghirap ng sobra.