Definitely Out of his League | published under Ukiyoto Publishing

33rd League: Man up

33rd League: Man up

MEDYO MAKULIMLIM ang langit kaya naman agad na sumilip si Iris sa weather app ng phone niya. Mukhang uulan yata. Nakasilong sila sa cottage style bench sa Ashbridge University.

Kasama niya ang kaniyang mga kaibigan. Hindi niya makausap ang mga ito sapagkat busy sila sa pakikinig ng kantang sinulat ni Travis para kay Iris. Mahahalata ang sobrang kilig sa ngiti ng mga dalaga.

"I can't, Iris. His voice is just too beautiful for my ears," Yuri said with teary eyes.

"How is he not popular yet? Ang ganda ng boses niya, grabe," Alex said.

"Hindi naman siya maniniwala kapag sinabi mo sa kaniyang maganda ang boses niya," ani Elerie nang nakangiti.

Iris looked at her. She was right. Sa sobrang mahiyain ni Travis, ni-hindi nito kayang tumanggap ng compliment. Baka nga mainis pa sa kaniya ang binata. She wondered how Travis reacted when Elerie complimented him.

"When you told him that, how did he react?" Iris asked out of curiosity.

"Ngumiti lang siya at sinabi niya na hindi naman daw. Anyway, I'm happy para sa inyo," Elerie replied.

She remembered complimenting his voice once but she was not acknowledged. How about now? Sila naman na. Ngingiti rin kaya ang binata kapag tinanong niya ito?

"Oh, look, there's Travis!" utas ni Yuri habang nakaturo sa direksyon ni Travis at ng kaibigan nito.

"Don't tell him that you listened to his song. Baka kasi mahiya 'yan, hindi na 'ko gawan," Iris told her friends.

Travis looked at their area. Keeping his face straight, he walked towards Iris. Iris's friends bit their lower lips to prevent smiling. Travis was partly healed pero nakabenda pa rin ang braso nito at may bandaid pa ito sa kaliwang cheekbone.

"What?" Iris asked nervously.

"Anong oras ang uwi mo?" tanong ng binata.

"4PM pa. Bakit?"

"Pupunta ka ba sa gig mamaya?"

"I... I don't know yet. I'll just text you. And also, magtali ka ng buhok mo. Here," Iris said, giving her hairtie to Travis.

"Travis, good luck sa gig mo mamaya. Galingan mo," Elerie said cheerfully.

Travis smiled and nodded to acknowledge Elerie. Iris immediately shifted her gaze elsewhere. She felt jealous. Travis was never like that to him.

"Text mo 'ko mamaya," Travis said. Just like that, he walked away.

Iris excused herself from her friends and ran after her boyfriend. Travis heard her footsteps coming so he faced her.

"Oh?" he asked.

"A-Ano... Sige, pupunta ako sa gig mo," Iris told him.

"Okay, sige. Male-late na 'ko sa klase ko."

Iris felt so offended. Bakit ganoon lang sa kaniya si Travis? Why was he never sweet? Nag-e-effort naman siya. She was trying her best to be a perfect girlfriend.

Lagi na lang siyang sinusungitan ng binata. She knew it was normal for them to have petty fights but never had she experienced Travis being sweet to her first. It was frustrating how the guy had the guts to smile at another girl in front of her but never at her.

TRAVIS WAS just staring outside the window of their classroom. Iris had a weird facial expression when he left her. She wasn't even looking at him. It was a bothering sight for Travis.