Love Out of Lie

Chapter 2

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"Talaga? Wow," mangha kong sabi sa lalaking aking katabi na si Jezrel.

"Oo, madami pa akong drafts sa bahay, ito lang ang madalas kong dalhing sketchpad dahil nandito ang mga latest ideas ko," he shared.

"Naks, artistic naman pala... akala ko puro pangsi-sipsip lang ang kaya mo," I laughed.

"Grabe, ayan talaga ang unang impression mo sa akin, 'no?" he chuckled.

"Oo kasi galing ka sa highest section na naligaw sa amin, I mean, mataas din naman kaming section pero iba ang dating sa inyo, 'lam mo 'yon? And funny to think that you have a crush on me since grade seven, ngayon lang gumalaw, ano na?" I teased.

He closed his pad and turned his full attention on me, "Malamang, bata pa tayo noong grade seven... malay ko bang tatagal?"

"Bata pa rin naman tayo ngayon," I pointed out.

"Oo pero mas nag-mature naman ang pag-iisip, don't you think?" he asked me.

I nodded once and stated, "Right... you know, out of all my manliligaw, ikaw ang masasabi kong pinaka-matalino sa lahat."

"At sana ang unang masagot, biro lang," he laughed.

I smirked at his remark, "Tingnan natin kung masasagot."

"Hindi naman ako nagmamadali saka if ever you'll reject me, maiintindihan ko naman," he told me.

"Talaga, ha? Kapag talagang nagwala ka sa oras na binasted kita, makikita mo, sige," I warned him.

"Kung mab-basted," he joked.

"Wow, ang yabang," I mocked.

"Mika," tawag sa akin ni Jijinia nang siya'y nakalapit, "akyat na raw," she informed us.

"Sige, susunod na kami," I told her and stood up, "tapon ko lang 'tong bottle ko, Jez."

"Sure, hintayin kita," he said.

My eyes detected the nearest green garbage container that was only for water bottles. I walked quickly toward it and threw my water bottle inside. I immediately went back to Jezrel after and his hand smoothly slid around my waist.

"Gago, baka mahuli tayo ng officers, ma-guidance pa," I chuckled.

"Oo nga pala, sorry," he laughed as well.

As what we talked about earlier, Jezrel came from the highest section that got into our section for this school year. I didn't like him at first because the teachers seemed to favor him just because he came from the upper class... but thankfully, it was only like that in the beginning.

Anyway, we were now in our nineth grade and competition within the class was so immature. Basta mag-aral at matuto, ayos na.

I found out that Jezrel had a crush on me since grade seven when we played truth or dare for the first time. I actually had no plan to entertain boys because I found them all similar to one another-wala ng thrill. It happened that Jezrel amazed me with his skills kaya napatulan ko na rin.

Since the day he started courting, everything seemed fine. No issues and no conflicts, para pa nga kaming magkaibigan dahil komportable sa isa't isa.

"Seryoso ka na ba kay Jezrel, Mika?" Jijinia whispered to me as I sat down beside me.

"Paanong seryoso?" I questioned.

Na-intriga naman ako sa tanong nito, akala mo showbiz.

"You know, 'yong magtatagal sa 'yo," she said, which made me laugh.