Class Reunion: Section Rose

Chapter 2: Old School

Michiko's POV

Kakababa lang namin ni Hide ng sasakyan. Hindi ako makapaniwalang nasa lumang eskwelahan namin kami ngayon. Seriously? They decided na mag hold ng party sa Adsr(Academia de San Rafael)? Bitbit ko yung strawberry cheesecake na ginawa ko para sa reunion na ito.

Ever since grumaduate kami 7 years ago, nagsara ang school namin due to....... Oh shit, I can't remember! This is making me so frustrated specially when it's about our last year of High School . I don't know what to expect sa mga classmates ko lalo na't wala akong masyadong alaala sakanila.

Inalalayan ako ni Hide papasok ng school namin. It looks creepy when it's empty. Nadaanan ko yung canteen namin at napangiti ng may maalala akong isang magandang alaala. Isang espesyal na alaala para saamin ni Hide. Dito sya nag confess saakin. But then I saw a vision of a girl crying in the corner habang nagsasaya kami ng araw na yon. Everybody was cheering while Hide and I were standing in the middle of the room. The faces were blurry though it seemed na masayang masaya sila para saamin. Except for that one girl na nasa dulo. She was crying. The vision seemed so real na parang nakikita ko yung mga nagaganap. I was smiling at the girl while hugging Hide and—

"Baby?" I was pulled back to earth when Hide nudged me. "Yea?" Parang timang na sabi ko. "What's wrong?" Biglang napalitan ng worried expression yung mukha ni Hide. "A-aahh.. Nothing. I just remembered something." Sabi ko at ngumiti. "Remember when you asked me to be your girlfriend? Dito yon." I laughed as my eyes roamed the whole canteen. Nawala yung ngiti ko ng bumagsak ang mga mata ko sa sulok kung saan nakatayo yung babaeng naiyak. "Yea.." Hide giggled. "Let's go? Nasa third floor ang klase natin." He smiled. Tumango ako at sumunod sakanya.

We stopped in front of a staircase. The bloody staircase. I hate stairs so much. What? This school doesn't have any elevators? Wala akong nagawa kundi umakyat. Good thing nakaalalay si Hide saakin. The stairs are a little bit steep. And the 6 inches high heels I was wearing wasn't helping at all. Hindi ako makahawak sa riles ng hagdan dahil........ Well.... It seemed..... Dirty. And besides, may hawak akong paperbag na naglalaman nung cheesecake ko.

After ilang minuto, nakapanik din kami sa 3rd floor which is yung pinaka last na floor ng building.

Nakarinig kami ng malalakas na tawanan at musika from somewhere sa isa sa mga rooms na nandito. A guy suddenly popped out of the 5th door at napahinto nung makita kami.

"Hm? Uuhhh... Nandito ba kayo para sa Reunion ng Section Rose?" Tanong nya. He was actually only looking at me.

"WAAAH!" Nagulat ako ng biglang sumigaw si Hide. He had this crazy look at his face while nakaturo sya dun sa lalaki. He caught the guy's attention. "WOAH! Don't tell me....... Babe?!" The guy yelled in excitement. Babe? What's this?
"Ha! Pare, it's been so long! I almost didn't recognize you!" Sigaw ni Hide at humalaklak. "Baby! Ikaw nga! I missed you!" The guy said and ran towards us. Biglang yumakap sya kay Hide. Kumunot naman ang noo ko from confusion.

"Kervince! Tol, ang gwapo gwapo mo na ah? Haha! Namiss din kita! Sabi ko na nga ba ikaw yan eh! Mukha kang shokoy!" Masayang gunita ni Hide na sinasagot yung mga monster hug nung Kervince. Teka.. Kervince? Pamilyar ang pangalan. "Woah. And you? Wait.. Section Rose ka rin ba?" Kervince turned to me and asked. Napangiti ako ng akbayan ako ni Hide with that kind of victory smile plastered on his face. As if proud na proud sya to have me.

"This is my wife." Sabi ni Hide. "Wife? Pre, di mo ba nabasa? Sabi di pwede magdala ng people from outside Section Rose. Para saatin lang ito 'tol! Pinabalak ko pa naman na tuksuhin ka once dumating na si Prez!" Tumatawang sabi ni Kervince. Prez. I was the class President noon. Napangiti ako.

"I'm Michiko." Pagpapakilala ko. Gulat naman na tumingin siya saakin. "May Gahd! Prez?! Ikaw na ba yan? Shit! Forever na talaga kayo babe?" He turned to Hide and playfully punched Hide's arm. Natawa nalang ako. So that's why excited ang asawa ko na pumunta dito?