The Crowned Prince and the Genius

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"Whaaaaaaat?!?"

"Nagresign na si Miss Julaton?"

"She's just new to resign, I mean, seriously?"

Hot topic for today. Anyway, iniisip kong baka mas makabuti yun para sa baby na dinadala nya. Pero may mga buntis naman na nagtatrabaho ah.

Maybe because of Rojo? Dahil umiiwas ito sa iskandalo, or guilty. Well, I don't care. Sa baby, meron pa siguro.

On the back of my head, like Rojo's still a minor hello. Pero kung sabagay, may mga magulang out there nawala pa sa legal age.

E paano kung totoo yung sinasabi ni Rojo.

Ugh, bakit ako naiistress sa hindi ko naman problema.

So I went to this bench na tago para hindi ako makita ng mga matapobreng estudyante ng st. Agnes. Nilabas ko yung bago kong phone at nagbrowse. I stored music kaya nakakapagsoundtrip ako using my headphones while browsing. Nagbabasa ako ng news and current events. Then parang nakaramdam ako ng slight na hilo. Pinikit ko lang yung mga mata ko tapos ituloy ko ang pagbabasa.

"Kanina pa kita tinatawag Miss," isang instructor ang tumapik sa balikat ko. Siyempre, as natural reaction, nagulat ako. Mas lalo akong nagulat kung sino iyong gumawa nun.

"Ikaw si Ferlee Suñga right?," tanong nya. At speecheless ako. As in, like nakatitig lang ako sa magandang nilalang na ito. Tumikhim siyang nakangiti. At doon lang ako natauhan.

"Ay s-sorry po, Mr. Bernardino," sa hiya ko ay agad-agad kong itingo ang phone at headphones ko sa bag at tumayo, inayos ang sarili. "A-ako nga po."

"Mr. Zed Rainier Bernardino here," obvious ba, kilala ko naman siya. Siya kaya yung bagong principal ng St. Agnes Academy. Tsaka sa good looks nya, ay naku siguradong maraming babae ang naglalaway para dito.

"I knew you po, Mr. Bernardino, pero ano pong sadya nyo? It's my break time," and actually my break time is my 'me' time.

"I knew from, Ro- I mean Mrs. Hontiveros na you are a genius student. Mind to open about it?" straight forward din and isang 'to. Palibhasa, school head slash businessman.

"Uhm, ok na po ako sa current setup ng studies ko. If you're about to tell me na mag-undergo ng acceleration process, I'm sorry but I need to decline." Pero sorry, mas straight forward ako.

Napapikit siya as sign of disbelief. "Wow, amazing. Alam mo na ang pakay ko sayo in one glance. He's right. You're kind of straight-forward." He? Akala ko ba si Madame Diana ang kumusap sa kanya? Di ba dapat 'she'?

"I'm afraid that we are talking about Madame Diana?"

"Oh---yes! Haha, I'm sorry about the misinterpretation," I like this guy na. Medyo funny siya. "You know what, I have heard so much about you from my tita," sabi nya. "Anyway, I'm looking forward to talk to you again soon. I'll be leaving first," and he waved goodbye. Umupo na lang uli ako sa bench.

Ano ba kasing trip nila sa buhay at bakit gusto nila akong mag-aral ng advanced? To enhance my skills and knowledge?I don't think so. I have my reason. And that's to take everything slowly. Maraming nagsisi sa kamamadali. At ayokong mangyari yun sakin. The more time that I spend schooling, the more information that I can obtain and learn.

Nilabas ko uli ang phone ko and continued browsing. This news caught my attention.

"Crowned Prince Hontiveros To Take Responsibility: Condition To Fulfill First"

Andaming alam ng Rojo'ng iyon. So ipinagpatuloy kong basahin.

By: Richie Gu

It's a rare opportunity that we had an interview with a member from the royal family, but we're lucky enough to interview the crowned prince and the 'Future' King of the country, Rojo Kyx Lopez-Hontiveros. However, he declined to take a video coverage, just a recorded interview of our conversation.