GAMES & GAMBLES

CHAPTER I: A Good First Impression. Is it?

*deep breath* "P*ta my back hurts! Arghh! What a great morning it is." said in his head. *sighs* Jael seem not to realize what time is it because of playing an online game called LoL (League of Legends) all night long. "5 minutes pa" he said and dropped dead in his bed again. Minutes after he woke up: "Shit! Late na ako!" Immediately stood up in his bed, rushed to get his clothes and go to school as soon as possible. "Oh sa'n ang punta mo?" Said his mom. Jael rushing out with a piece of bread in his mouth then mumbles "Late na ako ma pahingi baon" *smiles* "Oh eto!" "Balik agad pag tapos ha" confused yet caring words of his mom wondering about her son's action. "Shit shit shit shit shit" said Jael while running to get to the jeepney. He seem a bit confused looking around because there's less passengers in the jeepney and there's not much students as usual. He then thought that maybe he's way too late that's why there's no other students around. "Manong para po!" said he when the jeenpney passed in front of his school. *Jael's house is too near to commute but is kind of okay to walk. He decided that he's just going to ride a jeepney because he's already late. Rushing trough the gates he came to cross the school guard saying "Oh anong ginagawa mo dito?" "Huh? Why po kuya?" said Jael with his confused look. "Sabado ngayon t*nga!" then the guard (Kuya Eugene) laughs hysterically at Jael thinking that he thought that it's week day. "Ehhhh!?" Frustrated reaction by him as he scratch his head walking out the gate while the school guard's still laughing at him. "Bwisit" he said and then the thought of playing in a computer shop crossed his mind since he still have money (one that his mother gave him) and will most likely do the same thing at home anyway. He removed his polo and put it inside his bag before entering because students are not allowed to play inside. As he enter inside the shop, the first thing that he noticed is this one guy playing 'LoL' (shortened way of calling League of Legends) in his favorite spot in the computer shop. Rushing to the counter asking the bantay "Kuya sino yung naka upo dun sa pc na yon?" Pointing out the PC where the guy plays "Ahh that guy? Hindi ko alam... bago lang yan dito ngayon ko lang yan nakita" Said kuya Joey (Bantay as gamers call those attendees in the counter in a computer shop) "Ahh is that so..." dismayed response. "Ano oras po yan tatayo?" "No idea" "Antayin mo nalang". Jael got his own chair behind the guy watching him play "Wow this guy's good" "Nice KDA so far" *KDA (Kill, Death, Assists, the scores of a player inside a game that asserts their gaming performance). He's amazed but he cannot enjoy watching him because he's itching to play as much but then he waited, and waited, and waited. It's been like two hours since he started watching this guy play and he grow bored and annoyed at the same time. He poked the guy at the back and said "Ano oras ka matatapos?" the guy did not respond. He poked him again and said "Hoy anong oras ka tatayo dyan?" The guy removed his headphones and looked at Jael in the eyes without any reaction without saying anything and then continued playing. "Aba! this guy's trying my patience" said in his mind, but then stopped and waited patiently in his seat while looking so annoyed. Another two hours have passed and he lost all his patience. He stood up in his seat saying "Ang bobo mo naman mag laro 'di kapa tumayo" reffering to the guy playing and then aggravatingly went out the computer shop. The guy thought "Ang dami dami namang PC. What a stupid-head" acting like nothing happened while continued playing. "Ang malas malas ng araw ko! And that guy, he almost got into my nerves! Niayaya ko na dapat ng 1v1 yun e" "Argh!" Jael silently went home without a word, went right up to his room and dropped dead again. "May araw din yon saken!"