Since time immemorial, you are the Princeton's golden boy. Lahat ata ng mga estudyante kilala ka. I'm not even exaggerating. Ikaw ba naman ang mukha ng mga promotional videos. I see your face almost everywhere in the campus. Ang laki ng face mo sa tarpaulin. Then, sa mga leaflets and brochures, ikaw rin ang model. From grade school and now in junior high school.
You're a model student. Smart and also athletic. You've secured your place in the honor roll, well second to me. However, that's because you don't try hard. Alam ko namang mas matalino ka sa akin. Hindi mo nga lang masyadong ginagalingan. I also felt like you don't want me as your competition.
We aren't rivals, you always remind me.
You also play ball. Another reason of your popularity. You are the "King Eyas". The star of the young and promising Princeton Maroon Hawks.
Apparently a baby hawk is called eyas.
Sobrang daming humahanga sayo.
Lalo na mga babae.
I tried to make my way at school in peace. I don't want unnecessary drama. That's why I avoided you like a plague. It was actually easy because you don't really care.
So, for almost a month, wala tayong pansinan.
But you know what I don't understand, Sky?
Yung mga walang kwentang babae mo, lagi na lang akong ginugulo.
I mean, I don't get it! Hindi nga tayo nag-uusap, tapos parang kasalanan ko kapag pina-iyak mo sila.
Everytime I see you, you have a different girl clinging on your arm. Tapos kapag pinalitan mo na, automatic ako ang sinisisi.
What a load of bull, Skandar. Ano bang sinasabi mo sa kanila?
Naiinis pa rin ako kapag naalala ko yung isa kong kaklase na kafling mo! Kulang na lang i-zero ako sa quiz nung siya ang nagcheck! Tama naman yung mga sagot ko pero minamali niya. She reasoned out that she can't understand my handwriting.
Bruha siya! Ang ganda ganda ko magsulat.
Bwiset na babaeng 'yon. Dinamay pa grades ko sa kalandian niya!
Your girls pestered me! Even yung mga senior high school, pinatulan ako!
But most of them were just empty threats. Layuan daw kita. Goodness, hindi nga tayo nag-uusap!
I told them that I have no intention to get you from them. I don't think you consider me as your friend anymore. And that fact just couldn't get it through their pretty little air head.
Naiinis ako sa kanila.
But I hated you more.
I hate that you're playing them.
I hate that you played because of me.
"Sayang si Sky eh, simula nang naghigh school, parang he lost his interest in his studies." Magui, my classmate and new found friend told me one time. "Then, he's a little douchey na ngayon."
"Little?" I rolled my eyes.
"Oh, come on! Talk to him and sort things out. Sumbong mo yung ginawa sayo ng mga babae niya!"
Magui and I got close because of one of your girls. May isang naging mabuting dulot ang babae mo sa akin! Pero isa lang. She lend me her clothes when a girl 'accidentally' spilled her drink on me. I let it pass. Ayaw kong palakihin and mag cause pa ng gulo.
But Magui snapped back. Siya yung gumanti para sa akin. She has a lot of connections. Nalaman ko na lang na umiiyak si ate girl mo dahil may nagtapon ng make ups niya. Apparently, it was a big deal for a girl.
Kaya lagi na niya akong sinasamahan. She told me na she'll pull their hair really hard the next time they come at me.
But I never told you about them. I can deal with them myself. I don't need the protection. They can't hurt me.
People can only hurt you, if you allow them.
And I will never give my fucking consent.
Naaawa ako sa kanila. Sinaktan mo eh. You took them for granted. I'm sure they really like you a lot for them to settle to be your one time, big time girlfriend for a while.
Grabeng pride siguro nilunok nila. Hindi ko kaya 'yon. I will never settle for less.
But one girl made me talk to you. I couldn't ignore her words to me.
"The heaven and the sky are the same. Very alike. They're always in good terms." Takara, one of your friend uttered while putting tint on her cheeks in the girl's comfort room.
Bigla na lang siyang nagsalita. She then raised her brow and smirked at me.
"Not until they fancied the same girl." Malamig niyang ani.
"What are you implying?" I asked her even though I have a hunch on what she's trying to convey.
"Bumalik ka na, kaya nagtatalo ang mga langit." She nonchalantly answered.
Madalas kong makasama si Heaven. He made sure that I won't feel alone. I kinda sense that there's a rift between the two of you, when he tried to keep me company.
Mas lalo lang akong nainis sa bagong ugali mo. Heaven is our bestfriend. Ayaw kong naiipit siya sa atin. Tapos inaaway mo pa!
"If this continues, Heaven and Sky will drift apart." And then she staged the best exit.
You've always been so popular
Girls flock near you while I'm watching from afar
You've always been so charming
Can make a girl fall hard in every single thing
You've always been so clever
And remain as handsome as ever
All of these traits, now I hated.
Because the radiant and loving Sky I once knew, already faded.
-T.A
A.N.
Eyas is pronounced as "eye-as" or "a-yas"
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