NOPI Chapter 61
Sephine's POV
Nang marinig ko ang walang katapusang tunog ng call ring tone ko ay wala na akong choice kundi ang bumangon at sagutin kung sino man ang tumatawag sa akin.
"SEPHINE!"
"Aw!" napasigaw na ako't nahulog ang phone sa impact ng pagkagulat ko
Whoah! Damn it!
I WOKE UP! I FINALLY WOKE UP, OKAY?!
"Sephine, Sephine!" nang marinig ko ang boses ni Mandy na parang hindi alam kung iiyak o magalit o mabibigla ay kumunot na ang noo ko't pinulot na ang phone ko
"W-what is it? An earthquake?" tanong ko't agad namang sumagot si Mandy habang sumisigaw sigaw parin
"No! May masamang balita! Masamang masamang balita! They made a move! They actually dared to do it!"
Agad ko nang ipinikit ang mga mata ko't napahilot ng ulo ko.
What happened yesterday with Charles and Ed was so worrying, I didn't even sleep until it was 3 o'clock in the morning.
Tsk. Hindi ba alam ni Mandy ang kasabihang 'Lokohin na ang lasing, huwag lang ang bagong gising'?
Even if I'm naturally calm and collected, I really can't stand it if someone woke me up.
"Calm down, Mandy. Hindi ba natin pwedeng pagusapan 'to sa cafeteria?" tanong ko
"A disaster's happening and yet you're actually planning on eating peacefully! Well, I hate to break it up to you, but you won't be leaving your dorm room right now!" sigaw niya't binaba na ang tawag kaya naman napakunot na ang noo ko't napatitig nalang sa phone ko
What the.. What was that all about?
Napa-shrug nalang ako't agad nang naligo at nag-ayos.
Pagkatapos kong maligo't magbihis ay ire-ready ko na sana ang disguise ko pero nagulat ako ng biglang may sunod sunod na pagkatok sa pinto ko.
One loud knock after another.. It was..
It was kind of scary. Like in horror or suspense movies or something.
*KNOCK
*KNOCK
*KNOCK
Di pa ba mapuputol ang kamay ng kumakatok sa lagay na 'yan?
Anyways.. we have doorbells here. Where's this person's logic?
"Who's there?" tanong ko habang papunta sa pintuan
"Seph, hurry and open the door!" nang marinig ko naman ang boses ni Violet ay agad ko nang binuksan ang pinto't walang dalawang isip na pumasok si Violet, Venus and Mandy.
"It's just you guys?" tanong ko pero hindi nila ako sinagot at agad na tumungo sa study table ko
Since I have two laptops here, Violet took one while Venus and Mandy shared the other.
"....................." - me
I was looking at them helplessly.
Kailan ba sila nagkulang ng supply sa laptop?
"Hurry and look at this Seph! It was posted yesterday afternoon on the School Forum and has viral overnight!" sabi ni Violet kaya naman wala na akong magawa't lumapit nalang dun at nakitingin
School forum. So there was a school forum here in Royal Academy too, huh?
Hmm. Currently, the most popular topic which was probably what the girls wanted to tell me was: Female Student Flirts Around With Different Guys Everyday.
"................." - me
So.. They're all anxious and panicking just because of this?
This school forum gossip thread?
Pero.. 'yung title.. Flirts Around With Different Guys Everyday.. Is very vague.
It particularly suggests inappropriate things about the female student.
Kung iisipin, magba-viral nga talaga siya. Mahilig sa ganito ang mga tao eh.
It evokes one's curiosity after all. Mate-temp ang tao na i-click ang thread para malaman kung ano ang tsismis tungkol dito.
"This is.. a big deal?" nagtataka kong tanong dahilan kung bakit nila ako tinignan ng masama kaya naman napalunok ako
Did I say.. anything out of line just now?
"Josephine," napataas ang balahibo ko ng marinig ko ang boses ni Violet na ayokong marinig, it's her serious voice, which means that it's not the time for jokes
I immediately sat up straight.
"I'm confused, okay? You guys aren't saying anything and just showed me a school forum thread. I don't get it at all,"
"Sephine, I really want to beat you so hard for not trying to socialize using social media but right now, I beg you. Tignan mo ang laman ng thread na 'yan at basahin. I want you to be calm and think rational"
Hindi ako gumalaw at tumahimik muna ng ilang segundo nang marinig ko ang seryosong boses ni Violet.
It seems like it's very serious.
It's not connected to me isn't it?
After ng ilang segundong pagiisip ay agad ko nang kinuha ang mouse at pinindot ang thread na 'Female Student Flirts Around With Different Guys Everyday'.
Ang nag-post ng thread ay si 'NotLookingForTrouble'
"................." - me
They're not looking for trouble, but the user's posting a very provocative and ambiguous thread on the School campus' forum.
What an awesome sense of.. creativity.
Anyways, agad na akong nagfocus sa post.
[I won't give you guys the details, just hurry and check this out!---------]
The first picture showed a black limousine parked at the Entrance of the Royal Academy. May babaeng nakatagilid na may kausap na lalaki sa loob ng limousine. She was wearing a skirt, long shocks paired with black shoes and she was wearing the hood of the jacket.
Siguro dahil low-quality ang ginamit na pang-picture o nagmamadali ang kumuha ay hindi masyadong klaro. Specially the man, he can't be seen clearly. But the girl.. The female student's face could be seen clearly.
She had a chest-length noodle hair.
She had freckles.
She wore big round glasses.
She was talking while smiling to the man so her braces stood out too.
Her fashion sense was simply outrageous and childish.
Seeing the first picture, my eyes immediately sharpened and an obvious coldness seeped out of it.
Probably feeling my intense reaction towards the photo, my cousins didn't even dare to utter even a single word for it might trigger the ruthlessness within me.
Pinikit ko na ang mga mata ko nang maramamdaman kong nandilim ang paningin ko at agad nang kumalma.
This is obviously.. slander.
While the story behind the picture might have been a mystery to others, but to me, it isn't. It's not a mystery to me at all.
After all, the female student in the picture was.. me.
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