The Moon Princess

CHAPTER ONE

MEET THE MOON PRINCESS

*CLARK'S POINT OF VIEW*

"What will I do with this trash?" Sabi ko sa isang poor girl habang hawak-hawak ang isang-- love letter? Tsh. Yeah, poor. She wears a nerdy glasses, braces, and a big-sized uniform. How can a girl wear like that?!

"U-uhm p-para s-sayo yan, C-clark." Said the girl while looking at the floor.

"A trash? For me? No need." I said and tossed away the paper. I don't need it anyway.

The girl cried, ran away with her broken heart.

So what? As if I care.

"Hey bro. Nagpaiyak ka na naman ng babae." sabi ni Luke. Tsh. Palibhasa goodboy. Goodboy din naman ako NOON. Hindi na ngayon. Goodboy si Luke pero matakaw sa gangster fights.

"So what?" Sabi ko na lang saka naglakad papalabas ng canteen.

"Ang swerte mo na nga kasi ang daming nagkakandarapa sayo eh." Sabat naman ni Jude The Player.

"Aanhin ko naman? I don't need them." Sabi ko. I hate girls. They always like shopping of useless things. Papacute kala mo naman cute. Fond of make-ups. They will make you do whatever they want and when you do, they'll leave you like garbage.

Di na nagsalita ang dalawa kaya nagpatuloy lang ako sa paglalakad. Pumasok ako sa classroom without knocking. Wala akong pakealam kahit may Prof pa na nagsasalita.

"You're late again, Mr. Punzalan." I heard the Prof said.

I sat on my chair and said, "I don't care again Miss." Wala naman siang magagawa kasi kami may-ari ng university na ito.

Di na lang ako pinansin nito at nagsimula nang magdiscuss.

I hate girls. I don't listen to discussions. I am always late. I skip classes. I like to fight at the 'Underground'. In short, I am known in the campus as the Badboy and the Gangster. Kasama ko sina Luke at Jude sa pagiging gangster. Kaming tatlo ay sikat sa gangster world. We are on Top 1. Many wants to pick a fight with us and steal the title, but failed. I am used that whenever we three, walks at the hallway, girls would scream our names at kulang na lang maging heart na ang mga mata nila. Like I care, my ass.

Natapos ang afternoon classes kaya umuwi na kaagad ako. I am not in the mood to fight right now. I felt my phone vibrated. Kinuha ko yon sa bulsa at tinignan ang text message doon.

Sender: Luke

Message: Walang gang fight ngayon, tol?

Tsk. Luke is the one who always likes to fight. Pang-exercise daw. -___-

Sender: Me

Message: Ikaw bahala. Wala ako sa mood.

I threw my phone on the passenger's seat. I drove all the way to my house. Pinark ko na yon at pumasok na sa loob. Binati ako ni Manang kaya ngumiti ako sa kanya at tumango. I saw my Dad at the sofa in his usual state. Looking so miserable. I snatched away the beer in his hand.

"Stop this, Dad." Mariin kong sabi sa kanya.

Tumawa naman sya, as if nagpapatawa ako.

"How? Paano ko makakalimutan yang Mommy mo? Mahal ko yon eh!" Miserableng sabi nya. Tumatawa pa sya habang ang mga luha ay tumatakas sa mga mata niya.

I always see my Dad in this state. Mom left us last year and then we found out that she had a family in Paris. Pinagpalit nya na kami sa iba. Mga mang-iiwan.