On Serene Working

Three

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     Afterwards, dumating din naman ang Prof namin, late nga lang. At mabuti na lang late siya. Nag klase siya agad kasi sayang daw ang oras. Halos fifteen minutes na lang ang natirang oras para sa pagtuturo niya, dahil sa meeting nila. And pabor naman saming lahat iyon.

     "Class dismissed," pag kasabing pagksabi niya non, umalis na din agad siya. Lahat naman kami ay nag simula na ding umayos. We don't have a time to talk anymore, because our class is a straight four hours session with four professors from different subjects.

     Sa hinaba haba ng oras, sa PATHO pa kami nag tagal. Yes, sa pathology, it's certain study of diseases, na kung saan ay may mga pagbabago, dahil sa causes nito.

     "At last!" Asik ni Kealn. "I've been sleepy, I wanna take a sleep," he was not looking at me, pero alam ko na ako ang kausap niya. Our next class would be MICRO—microbiology. But, it will start at two o'clock in the afternoon, kaya makaka-idlip pa siya.

     "Let's go, and grab some lunch," I stand up from where I seat. Tinignan ko naman siya ng hindi siya tumayo. "What?" I asked him. "I thought you wanted to take a nap?" Hindi naman siya nag sasalita at nakatingin pa din sakin. Staring contest ba ito? If it is, I'm not going to play with him.

     "If you don't want to, then fine. I'll get going," naglakad na ako palabas ng pinto, at nag diretso sa cafeteria. I don't have time para magikot-ikot pa. I also wanna take a nap, and after I eat, I'll go to the library. Because that's where I sleep, if not, on the soccer field's bench. But, Kealn is not allowing me to take a nap right there, baka daw kung ano mangyari sakin. Kaya minsan pag kasama ko siya, it's either we're in the library or the rooftop, and the last option is in his car. It's much more convenient when we are in his car because it's air-conditioned. As well as sa library, since tahimik din don.

     Nang makarating na ako sa cafeteria, bumili lang ako ng lunch meal, which is, rice, a small cup of soup, I think it's a corn soup, and a two medium sliced chicken fillet. When I was eating, there's a group of people who sat right in front of me. I didn't bothered myself to look at them, at kumain na lang.

     "Arinne?"

     "Hmm?"

     "Slow down," and with that, I gaze upon the one who's talking. Am I that fast in eating? I'm not. Because actually, I'm too slow, whenever I'm with Kealn and Calvin, ako ang kahuli-hulihang natatapos lagi. "Sorry?" Nang makaharap na ako sa kaniya. Guess what? It's the guy from the library, the one who grabbed my hand all of a sudden when I was about to be late in our class.

     I really didn't pay attention at him, even in the class. I don't even know kung pumasok ba siya sa klase kanina. Maybe sa may bandang dulo siya naka-upo? Kaya hindi ko din napapansin. Pero tuwing kaharap ko siya or nakikita. I can't help but to wonder, kung bakit ang attractive niya lang, in everything he does.

     I'm still a girl, alam ko kung sino yung attractive or hindi, and that's normal? Yeah, it's normal.

     But wait? How does he know my name? Yeah, we're classmates, and we're both a med student. Pero hindi ko pa naman sinasabi sa kaniya ang pangalan ko? Tatanungin ko na sana siya, ngunit nagsalita na siya bigla.

     "You're eating too fast, look," hinarap niya sakin ang phone niya na nakalagay sa camera, para makita ko ang sarili ko ng maayos. I take a look of myself. I had this tiny stain beside my lips. I abruptly wiped it with my finger thumb.