Pinagtagpo pero Magkadugo

RAG

"Okay class, I would like you now to introduce yourselves in front of the class," wika ni Miss Carmel Rabaah, ang adviser ng section namin.

Heto na naman tayo! Common routine every first day of class.

Each of my classmates introduced themselves. May iilang nagbigay ng short introduction pero meron naman na pang MMK na kung magkwento.

Pero, isa sa mga highlights sa pagintroduce ay kay RAG.

Tiling tili yung mga girls sa loob ng room.

"Hey RAG, how much do you want?.............. Just kiddin'!", taas kilay na sabi ni Meenara.

"Hey baby boy! I am going to break up my boyfriend if you will agree to become mine," seductive na sabi ni Atasha.

"Ang landi mo 'te!", isip ko.

The Big Four group cheered him on. Ugh! As soon as he took the center, he looks at me again. That deep flirtative gaze!

Di ko binaling yung tingin ko sa kanya. Parang mahuhulog na ata ang heart ko sa kanya. ( May konting pagkalandi rin itong puso ko. Sino ba naman ang hindi mafafall kay RAG? Pero siyempre, I need to act tough.)

"Hi! I am Roize Aquila de Gordon, the son of the director of the school. I like Mathematics, Physics, English and Chemistry. Black and white are my favorite colors. Thank you!"

Everyone clapped.

"Hey, are you single? What type of girls do you really like?", tanong ni Anxi while giving a wink to RAG.

"Type of Girls I want? Hmmmmm....", napaisip pa ata siya.

"Oh, I don't like girls who act DUMB, who thinks they are BEAUTIFUL and who always asks me about my personal life. I find it annoying! Are you detective or something? Stalker? Reporter?", sabi niya while raising his voice.

"And I don't like girls like you!", sabi niya while smiling.

"Hey, watch your mouth....", sigaw ni Meenara.

"You better watch your mouth. I don't care who you are and I don't give damn to you!", dugtong niya.

Napatahimik ang lahat. Shitty attitude huh?!

He fixed his necktie and  I notice something. Parang familiar sa akin yung bagay na iyon. And he went back to take his seat. He smirked at me again.

I am too focus in thinking that thing unknowingly na tinatawag na pala ako. Ako na pala ang last na mag-iintroduce ng sarili.

"Hi, my name is Maxine Adelaide Dastarte. Well, I am orphaned and was adopted." ( Hindi ko ikinahihiya yon dahil totoo naman eh.) They were shocked at my revelation.

"Just like you, I like Advance Mathematics, Physics and other challenging subjects."

"Are you in relationship?", patawang sabi ni Vinvani.

"Nah! Why are you asking?", supladang tanong ko.

"Woaaaaaahhhhhh.... Niiccceeeeee....  Oiiiiiieeeeeeee.... available paaaaa...." yan yung mga naririnig ko sa kanila.

"Well, available kaming magtotropa. If you want, you can beep us", sabi ni Harith while pointing his phone.

"Never mind!", sabi ko nang pabalik ako sa aking upuan.

"Okay, Einstein! Since you already know each other, let us have groupings. You will be discussing some plans like booth and outfit for the upcoming Senior High Acquaintance. Let me divide you into 4 groups", sabi ni teacher while posting the groupings already.

And wtf? Napanganga ako sa nakita ko. Ka grupo ko si RAG.

"Since, you are smart people, I will give you 10 minutes. After that, you will have to discuss here in front your strategies and we will vote for the agreement. Understood? Time starts now!", wika ni Miss.

I went to my group. Unang-una, we had the hard time to plan kasi maraming ideas ang pumapasok. Each of our groupmates contributes to the plans for the booth and outfit.

Nang napatingin ako kay RAG, nahuli ko siyang tinitingnan niya rin ako. May something ba sa mukha ko? Pangit ba ako? Hinawi ko ang buhok ko para di ko fully makita ang mukha niya.

Yun, I secretly looked at him para makita ko ang bagay na iyon. I just stopped when he said something.

"Ms. Scholar, why do you always look at me? Do you like me?", tanong niya sa akin.

Mga groupmates ko naman... "yieeeeee.... Miss Scholar likes RAG.. omooooo!"

"Ahh.. wala.. ehe.. sorry!", hiyang hiyang sambit ko.

"Okay, I have a better plan guys. It is already the combination of all your plans.", sabi ni RAG.

"As expected of RAG", sabi ni Kagura.

We listened to him and we agreed. Wala namang problema sa proposal niya. I kinda like it.

After a few minutes of discussion, our group won the proposal.

I was about to fix my things for the next subject nang biglang lumapit sa akin ang apat na scholars. They wanna talk something.