A Mysterious Girl meets the Nerd Guy

CHAPTER 02 - Friendship

"Eli, let's go! The class is about to start," alok ni Furi. But I just stared at Shins back as he continue to walk away from us. "ELI?? " Furi called. But I just stared on the stairs blankly. So he just grabbed me and went straight to the room. The teacher is discussing something when we entered the room. We sat and listened as she teach the lesson. No matter how I tried to listen,the lesson wouldn't sink in my mind.

After that incident, my mind seems to fly somewhere I don't even know. 'How come he knows me?' That question always pops on my head. The whole class started and ended with my mind flying off to somewhere.

*bells rings*

*kinulbit*

"Hey it's lunch time! You're still dozing off?" he stated na may halong pag-aalala. "U-uhm.. Sorry. Where's Ai?" pagbabago ko nang topic.

"She didn't attend the class. So where are you gonna eat?" Furi stated. "Sorry, I need to look for Ai," I stated. Ugh. Why can't he leave me alone? I left him to look for Ai but as I look for her, someone took my attention.

A handsome guy near the gate looking at the sky. A wind suddenly came that made my eyes close. Once I open it, the guy suddenly disappears.

Who was that? As I'm about to think about that guy, a hand pat my head that made me shock. "OMG!" And who else could that be? "Why did you follow me?" I asked. Here we go again. "Follow you? I did not! Hehe... I am about to go to the Leisure room but then I saw you here staring blankly again," Furi answered. Ah so may Leisure Room din pala dito. "Ah okay!" I responded.

"So did you find Ai yet?" Furi asked. Oh yeah. I almost forgot about her. "Not yet," I answered "You can go to the Leisure Room now," I stated coldly para lumayo siya. But still he's persistent. "No! I will not leave you unless Ai was found," Furi stated.

Hays. What's his problem? "Why are you even doing this?" I asked. Ang kulit niya kasi. "Nothing," is the only answer he gave me. We searched for her for about 30 minutes but still can't find her. Luck is on our side because we happen to see the Doctor that examine Ai. We approached him and asked, "Doc, where is Ai?" the doctor seemed to be surprised at what I have said. "Didn't she attend the class?" he asked. "No! Her bag is still in the classroom but no sign of her coming in to the room."

O

h geez, where could she be...

"Thanks, Doctor. I'll just take a look at the campus for now!" I rushed to every places in the campus even forgot na may kasama pa pala ako. "H-how can you have so many energy this time of day," reklamo niya. "Hindi ko naman kailangan ang tulong mo, so why follow me?"
I asked. Hays!

Para siyang aso ngayon na habol-habol ang owner niya. "Nothing" Furi answered. Pero panay nothing ang sagot. Hays, bala na siya. I went back to searching. Cafeteria, Restroom, Library, Garden, Gymnasium, every places but no sign of her. Maybe she left the campus without even telling me. This is the first time I felt I lost something precious. I lean on the wall at nagslide pababa hanggang sa umupo.

"There you finally stop!" he stated while approaching me. I look at him and tears were about to fall but it stopped when he said something. "Bago mo ituloy yan, there is this one place you forgot to check."

Huh? Ano daw? "And what's that?" I asked. "The rooftop!" he answered. Oh. Meron din pala dito nun. Without second thought I rushed into the rooftop. I roam around and saw nothing but nung tumingala ako there I saw my friend na nakaubob crying on her own. I silently climb the stairs and approached her.

"What are you doing here? And crying of all things," I asked. She was shocked to see me and suddenly hugs me. "I'm very very sorry," she stated while crying. "Shh.. Why are you apologizing?" I asked. "For making you worry, I'm such an idiot," she stated. "It's OK," I answered. "I look uncool right now, right? You even saw my pathetic side," she stated crying while laughing.

"No you're not. All people cry y'know, even me," I answered. Sumilip ako sa baba and saw Furi looking at us. I made a face that says Leave-us-alone-for-a-moment and saw him leave. I'm glad he can interpret it nicely.

When Furi left, biglang hagulhul ni Ai sa pag-iyak. "Say, why are you crying?" I asked. But no response. So I waited for her to calm down.

After 30mins, she calm down a little. Ok lang naman na malate kami. So when I knew she calm down, I didn't waste any second and asked her once again, "Why are you crying, Ai?" She just stared at me and looked at the sky.

Napabuntung-hininga na lang si Ai bago siya nakapagkuwento. "You see, what Brianna said was true. I'm now a poor princess, with no family. They kicked me out of the family nung nalaman nila may sakit ako. They despise me. Yung feeling na wala nang nagmamahal saken is what I feel right now. I'm so depressed, the fact na no one even notice my existence. But that was changed nung nakilala kita kanina. I'm beginning to hope again, na may mga tao pa na magmamahal saken, mag-aalala and care for me. Pero nung nawala ka sa pagmulat ko kanina na Hindi ko alam nasa clinic pala ako. I began to feel useless and depressed. Bumabalik na naman ang depression ko, that's why I went here on rooftop hoping there would be someone who will grabbed me and let me out of this darkness I'm in. I'm glad na nakilala kita, Eli. You saved me! Thank you and I'm sorry. Promise I will not make you worry anymore," she explained and hugged me again.

"Well thank goodness, you're safe. I thought you leave me earlier. Thanks to Furi I saw you here," I stated. Muntikan na nga ako mapaluha. But come to think of it, how did he know Ai is here? Hmm.. Well it's ok. Ai being safe is what matter most.

"So ayus kana,Ai?" I asked. "Yeah,"  she answered. And so we decided to go to the room now. This time si Furi naman ang nawawala. It's one after the other. Ano ba yan?

We entered the classroom and sat down. Walang oras na hindi ako nag-aalala. Katatapos lang kay Ai ngayon si Furi naman?

Class was over without Furi coming to the class. Saan naman kaya 'toh nagpunta? I am restless today. I was about to head out but someone call my name

And it was...