MGA PAKIWARI AT PAGMUMUNI-MUNI (An AlDub Collection of Poems and Short Stories)

The Bad Boy and The Nerd

A/N: Because the attached photo was a prompt I couldn't resist. 💛💛💛

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"Kung ako sa'yo, lalapitan ko na 'yan."

RJ almost jumped up from sitting on the ground as he heard someone speak beside him. His eyes widened as he realized, it was Ryan, the campus' resident bad boy, who just came and sat beside him.

Why Ryan would sit beside the campus' resident nerd was something that baffled his mind. They weren't close, never even hanged around the same circles, never had the same group of friends. Heck - they did not even know each other personally. Sure, they had a couple of classes together but that was just about it. Nothing more.

But here he was, sitting beside RJ, commenting on something he was actually quite on point with.

"Uh..."

Ryan looked towards him and snickered. "Bakit brad? Torpe ka ba?"

RJ didn't reply, adjusting his glasses as he simply stared back at the boy beside him clad in all black.

"Lapitan mo na. Tapos magpakilala ka. Hindi 'yung puro titig ka lang diyan. Walang mangyayari sa'yo."

RJ blushed as he rubbed his nape in embarrassment at being caught ogling the campus' head cheerleader, who he had a massive crush on since freshman year. She was currently at the other end of the basketball court, leading the practice for their moves for the next home game.

"Nakakahiya, eh," he mumbled in reply, his gaze returning to the girl in yellow cheerleading uniform, with her pompoms out as she was dancing her routine.

Ryan guffawed beside him. "Eh di torpe ka nga! Hay naku, brad. Kailangan mo ng gumawa ng paraan para makilala 'yang si Maine. Si Maine ang tinitingnan mo, 'di ba?"

RJ just nodded shyly as Ryan continued to snicker and shake his head beside him.

"Daming umaaligid-aligid diyan kay Maine. Head cheerleader eh. Ganda pa. Tapos sobrang bait pa. Kung ako sa'yo, uunahan ko na lahat ng umaaligid diyan at babakuran ko na."

"Eh, paano? Hindi naman ako ganong klaseng lalaki, eh," RJ asked with a slight frustrated tone. "Hindi rin naman ako papansinin niyan. Ano lang ba ako. Isang hamak na wallflower na nerd pa na walang nakakakilala pwera 'yung mga prof dito. Tsaka bakit mo ba ako kinakausap? Hindi naman tayo clo-- uh... P-Pero h-hindi naman kasi masama na kausapin mo ako..." he added, stuttering a bit just as Ryan turned to stare at him with a brow raised.

Ryan didn't reply immediately, making RJ start to sweat bullets. He started to berate himself in his head for opening his big mouth to the campus' bad boy, thinking that he might suddenly get an uppercut or a beating from all those things he just blabbered. What he didn't expect was for Ryan to grin at him and chuckle, before clapping him on the back, twice.

"Torpe ka nga," he commented as he stood up and dusted the seat of his pants. "Pero dahil mukha ka namang mabait at hindi gago, ako na tutulong sa'yo. Ipapakilala kita sa pinsan ko."

"P-Pinsan?" RJ asked just as Ryan walked towards where Maine was.

Ryan turned around and smirked his signature bad boy smirk. "Oo. Pinsan. Pinsan ko si Maine. Kaya walang nakakalapit diyan kasi lahat dumadaan muna sa'kin. Pero gusto ka daw niya, eh. Kaya tinesting muna kita. Ayos ka naman pala. Pasado ka sa'kin, Faulkerson."

RJ let out a breath he didn't know he was holding as Ryan uttered those words. His eyes widened and he quickly stood up as well when Ryan beckoned to him to follow. He didn't know it at that time, but he just gained himself a new best friend that he would keep for life. As well as a girlfriend that he would marry in the future.