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forty-six | LEE DAEHWI'S

Vacant ang fourth period namin ngayon. Dahil wala ang teacher namin, the classroom was a whole mess. Maraming paper airplanes at crumpled papers ang nasa sahig, the seats were out of their places pati na ang mga tables and puno ng doodles ang whiteboard. Everyone was making noise—except me who was too busy to waste his precious free time.

I'm currently reading my textbooks na halos memorize ko na sa utak ko.
I need to do well on my studies. Hindi pwedeng bumagsak ako.

"Hoy Samuel! Daehwi!"
Napatigil ako sa pagbabasa when I heard someone called my name. I turned around and found Lai Guanlin and Huang Justin waving at the classroom door with a smile on their faces.

Oh?
Anong kailangan nitong mga to?.

I stood up from my seat and spared a glance at Samuel who did the same.We looked at each other briefly then I was the first one to look away.
There was a silence between us and an awkward atmosphere probably because iniiwasan ko sya this past few days.

He gave me a little smile and headed to the door at agad akong sumunod sa kanya.

"Oh? Mangungutang ka na naman Justin?" Bungad ni Samuel nang makalapit sya sa kanila. Agad nabura ang malawak na ngiti ni Justin at napalitan ng simangot. Guanlin softly chuckled at Justin's sudden change of expression.

"Hoy Samuel. Grabe ka. Por que binisita kita dito, mangungutang agad?" Justin glared at Samuel and scoffed.

"Aba. Malay ko ba eh nung last mong bisita dito sa classroom ko, nangutang ka. If you're not here para mangutang, then magbabayad ka na?" Samuel held out his palms to him na parang nanghihingi at si Justin naman ay tinitigan lang yung kamay niya.

"Uhmm...Nakalimutan kong magdala ng pera Samuel. Bukas nalang. Hehe." I rolled my eyes while Samuel smirked. Ay. Yun naman pala. Wala palang dalang pera tong si Justin.

"Anlakas naman ng loob mong pumunta dito na may utang ka tapos wala ka palang dalang pambayad." Guanlin grinned while I just snorted.

"So? Anong pinunta niyo dito?."
Nagtinginan ang dalawa before turning to me. "Wala. Bored kasi kami kaya naisipan namin guluhin kayo."

"Sira. Mag-aral nga kayo. Lalo na ikaw Justin. Nagkakaproblema ka pa naman sa Science."
Guanlin nodded as I said those words.

"Hindi ko talaga siya planong isama pero nagpumilit eh." Guanlin shook his head.

"Hoy Guanlin. Traydor. Niyaya mo kaya akong samahan ka." Sinuntok ni Justin yung braso ni Guanlin pero mahina lang. Sinuntok din ni Guanlin si Justin sa braso pabalik pero mas malakas kaysa sa ginawang suntok ni Justin.

Nagtagpo naman yung mata namin ni Samuel kaya agad akong umiwas at nagpanggap may tinitignan sa sahig.

"Daehwi, di mo parin pinapansin si Samuel?" Napatigil ako. I looked away from them. Napansin pala nila yung ginagawa kong pag-iwas kay Samuel?

Justin was shaking his head habang palipat-lipat ang tingin sa amin ni Samuel.

Both of us stayed silent.

"What's with you two?"

"Oo nga. Anong problema niyong dalawa?"

"What do you mean? Wala naman kaming problema eh. May problema ba tayo Samuel?" I smiled and met his eyes. It took all of me to not look away. There was a hint of confusion sa mga mata niya tsaka pag-aalala pero binalewala ko yun.

Bakit nga ba hindi ko siya pinapansin? Hindi niya naman kasalanan na ang gusto niya ay yung pinsan niya at hindi ako. Bat nga ba ako umaarte ng ganito?