Aurora Borealis

Chapter 2 - She Whom They Think Climbs Easily

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"Something's wrong with this school today."

Iyon ang unang mga salitang binitiwan ni Wendy nang magkasabay kami sa school gate. Mula nang makita ko siya ay napansin kong kanina pa nakakunot ang noo niya.

I shooked my head. "I don't think so. It feels peaceful today."

She looked at me with her widened eyes. "That's what feels wrong in this school. It's too peaceful that it gives me goosebumps."

"So, what are you trying to imply?" tanong ko habang hinahalungkat sa bag ko ang aking ID.

Sabay naming inabot sa guard ang aming ID and when he showed us a thumbs up, dumiretso kami agad sa cafeteria since sobrang aga naming pumasok.

Classes usually start by 8AM, but we're already here by 7:30AM. I haven't eaten anything though my mother insists that I should at least eat a spoonful. Ang nagawa ko lamang na palusot para paalisin niya ako ay ang sabihing may surprise quiz ang teacher namin at kailangang nandito agad kami ng maaga.

Ang totoong dahilan kung bakit hindi ako masiyadong kumakain sa bahay ay dahil madiwara akong kumilos.

Sa bawat kilos na ginagawa ko kapag gumagayak para sa school, hindi pwedeng hindi ako nagde-daydream tungkol sa mga bagay na alam kong malabong mangyari. There's an instance wherein magsha-shower na lang ako in just ten minutes na soon is nagiging twenty because I suddenly engaged myself in an imaginary debate against myself about the things that I should've said in a conversation that took place three years ago.

"What I'm trying to imply here is that I don't see that bulldog anywhere." aniya at ibinaba ang bag sa katabing upuan upang i-reserve ang mga iyon para kina Tohru at Andrew.

"Bulldog?" tanong ko.

It's not new for Wendy to give other people nicknames. It's just that I don't know who she's talking about whenever she's using the names she came up with to refer to others.

"Si Baldo, gaga." tila ba naiiritang wika niya at kumagat sa hawak niyang burger.

Natigilan ako sa pagsubo sa kutsara ng kanin na hawak ko. Bumalik sa isipan ko ang lahat ng nangyari kahapon. I really feel guilty about what happened to him, maybe I should pay him a visit some time.

"Ano namang connection ni Baldo sa kakaiba mong nararamdaman tungkol sa kapayapaan ng school?" tanong ko.

"Usually kase, sa entrance palang ng gate, marami na akong nakikitang may black eye na sumusugod sa may guidance office to file a complaint against him." paliwanag niya. "It's weird to see no one having a black eye today."

I felt bad for letting out a chuckle with her retort. She got some sharp observation skills if she even noticed the smallest detail of change in this school.

"Yo!"

Nahinto kami sa pag-uusap nang dumating bigla si Tohru, making a rotated peace sign beside his right eye that makes a good entrance.

I immediately adjusted my bag that is placed in the chair by my side. I gestured him to sit on it. He willingly did.

Kinuha niya rin sa kaniyang bag ang isang salamin at pumose pa habang nakatitig doon. How I wish I have that same level of confidence in public.

Well, if he's the one who does that, he really looks cute.

"Sino na naman ang nangbuwisit sa'yo?" bungad ni Wendy sa kaniya.

The squad knows that there's a reason why Tohru pulls a mirror and make poses on it out of nowhere. That's because maybe someone in the school called him names again, the type of name he despised hearing.