The Seatmate (Bleeding Hearts Series #2)

03

It was now near 6 pm when I have arrived at our house and I was really exhausted from the trip that I almost felt like I would faint. I couldn't sleep naman sa loob ng service namin dahil nayuyugyog yung ulo ko on the window when we're reaching a bumpy road. Though that made me more sleepy, ay mas nangibabaw yung mga nangyari saaken kanina.

I have a new friend!! And to think that it is a boy, eh mas lalo akong nabaliw.

Its probably the first time na may magiging friend ako na lalaki. Not that Gabe isn't a boy but a boy friend that initiated the first move to be friends with me is definitely a new feeling. Sa friendship kase namin ni Gabe, it is a spur of the moment na nag-uusap lang kami casually then we turned in to friends. So far, Raffa's the first one. I hope he wasn't a scam and I'm sure he's not.

I hurriedly went out of our service when we stopped in front of our home. Gabi na kase and I have a lot of stuffs to do. I didn't eat dinner with my mom and dad at dire-diretso akong pumunta sa kwarto ko. I changed into comfortable clothes first then proceeded to do my Interactive Science Notebook. Kinailangan ko pang manood sa Youtube ng lesson about sa ISN naman so that I can understand it further. For me, hearing the discussion vocally is the most efficient trick on me. Di lang sapat and books for that.

An hour of doing the output and input of my ISN, I decided to go out of my room and take a break from writing and designing my notebook. I yawned, now its 8pm and I haven't eaten dinner yet. Nung pumunta ako sa kitchen namin, I saw my cousin Jan in the countertop na nagsspread ng Nutella on his sandwich while playing a game. Probably Mobile Legends.

"Di ka pa kumakain?" He gazed his eyes on me and spoke up while his mouth was full of chips that I don't know where did he got that. I just nodded at kumuha ako ng bowl and nagcereal nalang.

I don't have any appetite right now to eat a heavy meal. Nakita ko namang suminghal si Kuya Jan. What's wrong with this being my dinner? Lagi nalang issue samin toh!

"Yan ka na naman sa light meals mo kaya ka pumapayat" He huffed a heavy sigh. I forgot that I didn't ate lunch today at school and looking at my bowl of cereals, I think this is not sufficient. But kasalanan ko bang wala akong appetite?

"Kakain nalang ako ng marami sa breakfast bukas." pampalubag-loob ko sakanya because I know if i continue to be hard-headed eh baka pilitin niya pa ako na kumain. He shrugged and kept himself busy again with his game. Di ko nalang siya pinansin ulit at bumalik na sa kwarto ko para ituloy ang mga dapat ko pang kailangang gawin.

I was preoccupied with what I am doing right now that I jumped into my seat when my phone suddenly rung. Kinabahan ako kase magugulatin talaga ako. Binuksan ko yung phone ko to see na may nag pop-up na notification from Facebook.

When I look up to see what it is, I saw that Raffa just sent me a friend request. I smiled a little bit because of his profile picture. It was a baby photo of him or probably when he's only in kindergarten, he was in a zoo holding two parrots on his shoulders. I think that landmark was in Baluarte, somewhere in Ilocos. But cute!

Siyempre inaccept ko kaagad, and mas lalo akong nacurious kaya naman stinalk ko muna siya, I scrolled on his timeline. Madami siyang shared posts na most commonly about anime and some of them are wholesome memes at mga hugot ng mga broken hearted. This guy is certainly interesting.

I stopped into one of his posts and patuloy kong tinitigan yon. It was a picture of him and his bestfriend. I think you know who it is. He was tagged there and my fingers quickly tapped his bestfriend's name. So his name is Lesley??  Pero hindi bagay sakanya yung name. Ang gwapo pero ang bantot ng pangalan. What??

I mean ang gwapo ng name pero ang pangit ng ugali!

I don't know what I was doing na kahit naiinis ako sa kumag na yon ay patuloy paren akong nagsscroll ng timeline niya. He's not very active. I mean siguro he's active naman but he doesn't post that much. Majority of posts na nasa feed niya ay mga tag lang sakanya ng friends, and family.

Sus, pa-mystetious pa si tanga! Without any further ado, in-add friend ko siya.

There's nothing wrong about that. Meron naman akong mga friends sa Facebook na di ko naman literally friends sa personal so I hope there's no malice on that.

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I went to school very early. Right now I am with Shy here in our school lobby since the gates from the entrance were still locked. The lobby is full of students in various grades. There are elementary students running around and some of high school boys na naghaharutan dito.

This is why I hate our school service in terms na ihahatid kami sa school. I can't be with these loud and chaotic people. I just minded my own business and continue to stare at the ceiling. Hoping that this time will pass away at makapunta na kami ng classroom.

Sa pagtutulala ko, napansin ko ang isang kamay na winawagayway sa harap ko making me withdraw from my previous thoughts. It was Raffa, good for him. He's showing his usual golden boy aura. Nakangiti na para bang wala lang sakanya yung ingay sa paligid. Sort of, my annoyance has finally dispersed with cheerfulness. This boy will surely remove all of the negativity on your body.

It was now our first subject, and our teacher asked us to group ourselves into seven. Again, ang gulo na naman ng klase dahil nagkakandarapa yung iba na makuha yung mga matatalino sa grupo nila.

Ako, I remained calm in my seat, getting irritated again with too much noise pollution. I can't help not to facepalm internally. But then again, this golden boy grabbed my arm making me stood up involuntarily. He dragged me somewhere far, at the back of our classroom where I can see his friends and that guy  who's always bumping at me whenever we are in the same place.

"I'm sure by the look in your face, wala ka pang nahahanap na kagrupo. Is it okay if dito ka." Raffa explained at nakangiti parin siya hanggang ngayon. My eyes scanned this group of people gathering in a circular position. Well, I don't have any choice but to accept the offer. I think its pretty rude to turn down. Mukha namang maaayos naman gumawa ang mga ito.

Raffa patted the vacant seat on his left side, umupo naman ako don. It was very awkward since I barely hang out with these people even though they were my classmates. Their personality wasn't my cup of tea. On Raffa's right side, it was Lance who was sitting there. I saw how his mouth raised into a huge smirk. Whatever with this dude, he's really getting on my nerves lately.

Finally after sitting there for like forever, it was now our queue to divide the tasks for our incoming group presentation. This includes a reliable source team for research, brainstorming, briefing and the final presentation. We still have two days in order to discuss the syllabus before assesing some helpful articles and such. I know, very in demand.

"I think Kel and Ela would fit on the research." I heard someone muttered far away from where I was sitting. I think its Sana.

"Okay lang ba sainyo?" tanong naman ni Raffa. For me, yes. If that would mean na malalayo ako don sa lalaking yon, this might be a good idea.

"Noted. So Lesley and Ela will do that." bigla akong natauhan. Lesley?? Parang kanina lang I can clearly heard him said Kel bat nabago?  I tapped Raffa's shoulder and he quickly turned around.

"I thought it was Kel?" I asked innocently but my question was only replied by laughs and chuckles.

"Yes it was Kel. Short for Kean Lesley, or Lelsey." Ngiti ni Raffa while trying to contain his laugh.

What the actual fuck. No way!

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