His Lies

One Shot

Someone said that one of the worst feeling of getting lied and betrayed comes from the people you trusted the most. Just like how I believed and trusted him with all my heart.

It all started a month after the first day of school. Gulat na lamang kaming lahat nang i-announce ng adviser namin na magiging isang section na lang daw kaming grade 12 seniors. All of my classmates disagreed about the announcement, even me. Kasi naman I'm already getting comfortable with my new classmates, nandito pa naman yung mga dati kong kaklase, pero syempre iba pa rin kapag may nakikilala kang bago. And believe me it takes time to be close enough with your classmates.

Kahit puro kami nagreklamo sa adviser namin, the principal even talked to us about the situation kung bakit ipagsasama ang isang section. The rule was ang capacity daw ng isang section ay 60. Kapag lumagpas daw yun 'saka lang pwedeng mag dalawa anb section. Sadly we were only 54 nung pinagsama-sama ang mga students. All of us have the same strand, STEM.

As few days have passed some of my other classmates are getting along with the others. Well for me, hindi pa. May nakakausap ako, but we're not close. Until our new adviser gave us a seating arrangement. One of the few things I hate about. Magkakalayo nanaman kami ng mga friends ko. Sad.

I was a bit confused na pinwesto ako ng adviser ko sa harap. Like, I'm tall, okay? I'm 5'2 or.. maybe not that tall. Pero compare to the other girls, I'm much taller than them. Naupo ako sa gitna, on my right side yung bago kong kaklase na taga kabilang section (kaya I don't know his name yet).

"Pstt.. Cella, sino yung dito?" I asked my classmate.

Bakante kasi yung katabi ko sa left side, tapos after ng vacant seat na ito ay sumunod si Cella.

"Ahh.. si Rillen. Absent ata eh" aniya 'saka nagkibitbalikat.

Tumango tango nalamang ako.

Oh well.. I was hoping na kaclose ko yung katabi ko, you know kadaldalan.

As a day or two have passed. Something.. no wait.. someone caught my attention for no reason. Ngayon ko lamang kasi siya nakita, he was so tall, well not totally tall, siya kasi yung halos nasa likod na pila ng boys. Hanggang sa pagpasok ng room napapatingin ako sa kanya, until he stopped in front of our chairs and sat beside mine. Wait.. siya yung si Rillen?

As I sat beside him, no words nor a single letter was exchanged between us. Para saan naman kasi? I'm sure I'll get to know him some other time.

He was quiet, pati tuloy ako napapatahimik. Yung katabi ko naman sa right side which is si Kirby, hindi rin kumikibo may sarili kasing mundo.

My first impression at Rillen was he's the type of guy that is so serious when it comes to his studies and you know yung mga tahimik lamang. But, I was wrong.. as I was gotten to know him day by day, napakalikot at ingay niyang tao. He would drum his table using his hands, pero may beat naman. Ang ayaw ko lang ay sobrang ingay niyang mag drum at pati ako ay naalog (huwag berde please) dahil dikit dikit mga upuan namin.

"Kyhle, palit kayo ng pwesto ni Cella. Hindi kita makita sa dulo." Our adviser said as Kyhle and Cella exchanged seats.

I noticed about them that were already closed. That made me think a little. Kasi kasama ko sa section namin noon si Khyle, although, bago ko siyang kaklase. So I don't know much from her. Usually Khyle would sing and Rillen on the other hand will drum. Kaya in the end, ayun naiirita ako sa kanilang dalawa. Lilipat ako sandali ng ibang pwesto, kasi pati ako nabubulabog nilang dalawa.

For some reason, whenever I see them together outside o kaya magpapatulong si Khyle kay Rillen, I suddenly shipped them together. Hindi lang yun, pati na rin si Gab. Gab is my gay friend. Mukhang bagay naman kasi silang dalawa, considering their height together, parehong pareho. Siguro mga one inch or two ang tangkad ni Rillen sa kanya.