The Moment I Knew | On-Going

CHAPTER 2

"Hey!"

Nilingon ko kung sino mang nilalang iyong nag-he-hey sakin, at bumungad sa akin ang pagmumukha ni Nathaniel.

"Bakit?" tanong ko.

Agad din naman akong bumalik sa ginagawa kong pagbabasa. I have to finish this book for our book review.

Malapit na rin magsem-break pero di talaga pinalagpas ng professor namin ang mga ganitong bagay.

"Akala ko kakain tayo kagabi. Bigla kang nawala."

Duh. Siya kaya ang biglang nawala. I don't even know kung anong klaseng paghahanap ng table ang ginawa niya.

Well, ayaw ko na rin naman nang kumain after I talked to Sebastian that night. I kinda feel mad about it actually.

"You know, when boredom strikes," sagot ko na lang sa kanya.

"Teka, binabasa mo pa iyan?" tanong niya sabay turo pa sa librong binabasa ko.

Obviously, yes.

I rolled my eyes heavenward. "Come on, Nathaniel. Can you please use your eyes properly."

"Diana, you can just read the synopsis and find some relevant analysis. You're torturing yourself."

Well, this guy doesn't know the words integrity and ethics.

"Excuse me, Nathaniel. I'm not like you," I boringly stated.

"What?" natatawa niyang wika, and through my peripheral vision, he is shaking his head.

"You know, Nathaniel. I want to create connection with the author and by reading the sypnosis or the analysis would not give me the same feeling when reading it entirely."

"Woah. You're now a poet?"

"Duh, Nathaniel. How can you commit a false analogy?"

Bigla niya akong sinamaan ng tingin. Whatever. Basta, tatapusin ko itong libro.

"Romeo and Juliet is so cliché," he stated.

"Talk to my professor," I answered.

We're not actually classmate in Literature where book review is the requirement. Ah nope, one of the requirements.

How can I forget that? Our professor really wants to enhance our skill in critical thinking. Yes. Let's be positive here with his catastrophic load of works. Please take note of my sarcasm.

Sinara ko ang libro hindi dahil sa tapos na ko, dahil medyo tinatamad na rin ako magbasa. Maghahanap na lang muna ako ng ibang pagkakaabalahan before the class starts.

Masyado akong maaga ngayon actually. I have one hour before the first subject. Wait, bakit nga pala ang aga rin nitong si Nathaniel? As far as I know he is always late.

"Nathaniel, why are you even here this early?" I asked him as I start to fix my stuff.

"Bakit, bawal ba?"

Duh. I'm seriously asking him. Can't he just answer me properly?

"Well, I guess, may binabalak ka," I teased.

"Like?" mapang asar niyang tanong.

I raised my brow. "Like, following me?"

"What?!" he shouted then suddenly laughed.

Is it funny? It's not funny for me.

"Why would I do that?" he asked as he calm himself.

"I don't even know, Nathaniel. And come on, it's just a theory. Don't overreact."