Last school year was not good to me. Why? It is because of my low grades. Of course my parents are mad at me simply because they always expecting too much from me. Since kinder to grade10 I'm always one of the outstanding student in our class and now I'm nothing but a trash.
So today is the first day of my class. I am now a grade 12 student and my strand is HUMSS ( Humanities and Social Science). Even if I'm undecided about the course I'm taking for college I choose Humss because all of the course I want is included in that strands. My first choice is tourism and my second choice is psychology and the last one is polscie.
As I reach the hallway of the school I saw a lot of newbies, new faces and yeah, new set of friends. I walk fast and look for my old classmates and luckily I saw them on the gazebo.
"May sched na?" I asked when I reach them. I got their attention and all of them shook their heads. I sighed and sit beside Chi who was my old classmate. I bring my phone and then switch on my data waiting for the announcement on our group chat. Minutes passed and I saw Kylie heading to us and just like before she never change. Everytime she go in school she always have that cool walk and emotionless face plus the earphones na laging nakasalpak sa tenga niya.
"Hi" she greeted after removing one of the earphone. She hug me and sit in front of us.
"Hello" as we all greet back to her. My phone beeps and I saw that our adviser just leave a message in our group chat. He was asking any volunteer in our section to get the schedule in his table. Somebody replied that she will be the one to get the schedule. It's Alodia. My living Maxpein Moon Enrile. She almost had the characteristics of Maxpein but she's not hambog. She is very nice to everyone but sometimes when our boys are joking madalas niya itong barahin.
So when Alodia got the sched, she immediately send it to us and it was disappointing that our first class was 1pm. Though it was okay pero sana ay maaga itong nirelease ng Dean para hindi man lang nasayang ang oras namin. We still have 4 hours before 1pm so it was a little bit upsetting. Chi almost curse as she saw the full sched.
"Tara sa 7e palamig muna tayo ng maiinit niyong ulo" Kylie said when she noticed our facial expressions. Tumayo na kami pati na 'rin ang mga lalaking kasama namin sa gazebo.
Hindi pa kami nakakapasok ng matanaw ko na si Devon Rivero together with her girlfriend Ryssi Amelie. I was in grade 11 when I started liking him. Kilala kasi ito sa University because he's a student athlete and guess what? He's a basketball player for pete's sake at hindi lang 'yon dahil matalino pa siya! At sa kakatingin ko sakaniya ay hindi ko namalayang pasara na ang pinto ng store dahilan para mauntog ako 'don. Fuck! I almost got their attention especially Devon so para makaiwas sa kahihiyan ay dumiretso agad ako sa beverage area. Nadatnan ko doon si Chi at Kylie na namimili ng drinks nila.
I almost jump when I caught Devon's attention. I don't know pero malakas talaga ang dating niya sa'akin. His sweet gestures to Ryssi makes me more like him. Sobrang protective niya kay Ryssi at makikita mo talagang sa bawat titig nito sakaniya ay mahal talaga niya ito. How I wish I would be Ryssi. Sana all.
"Sa Counter na kami Aziel ha" Chi said that made me stop from my imagination. I just nodded and choose my own drink. Dumiretso ako sa kabilang linya para kumuha ng donut at pagkatapos ay pumila na rin ako kasunod nila Chi.
After namin pumila sa counter ay dumiretso na agad kami sa table namin. All the tables are occupied and sadly to say I have no seats. I was about to complain to the boys when someone pulled a chair and give it to me. I was left stunned when I saw Devon. Nakatalikod na ako nung maalala kong hindi man lang ako nakapagpasalamat sakaniya. I held a deep breath before I speak. "Thank you po." I uttered. I didn't receive any reply from him but I hope he heard it because he is busy staring at Ryssi.
Buong araw na 'yung ginawa ni Devon saakin ang nasa isip ko. Inabutan niya lang naman ako ng upuan pero grabe na 'yung kilig na nararamdaman ko kamusta pa kaya si Ryssi na lagi niyang kasama.
Our first subject is the Creative Writing. It is a first day of school so obviously there will no discussion and teachers are just asking us to write our name and contact info sa index card. After we submit the index card nagpaalam na ang subject teacher namin. My classmates decided to hang out with their colleagues and they are asking me to go with them but I insist. I'd rather choose to go home and sleep than to go to malls.
I was about to go down stairs nang mapadaan ako sa second floor ng green building which was Devon's room. STEM student kasi siya kaya sa green building ang room nila pero magkadugtong naman ang building nila at saka building namin. I automatically smiled when I saw him holding a DSLR camera and taking a shots of Ryssi. Imagine your boyfriend being your own photographer. Ahhh sana all! Someday I'm gonna find my own Devon Rivero and I promise na hindi ko na pakakawalan'yon.
I don't know but I never get mad with Ryssi. Madami kasing ga'nong tao 'yung kapag may crush sila ay hate na hate nila 'yung girlfriend nito. Maybe because Ryssi is almost perfect. According to the rumors, aside from she's beautiful and smart she's also kind and approachable. And maybe those characteristics of Ryssi makes Devon fall in love with her.
"Aziel. ." I raised an eyebrow when I heard someone called me. Aside from my classmates ay wala ng ibang nakakakilala sa'akin sa University. I was about to look back when my phone ring and I saw kuya Marlon's name, our driver.
"Hello, kuya Marlon?"
"Sige. Palabas na din po ako" I ended.
I didn't bother to look who's calling my name and I walked fast to reach our parking lot. Kuya Marlon is waiting for me at susunduin pa namin si Aiver sa school niya. Nang makita ako ni kuya Marlon ay agad niya akong pinagbuksan ng pinto. Tumango lang ako sakaniya at saka pumasok na sa loob. Tahimik lang siyang nagmamaneho at ga'non din ako na busy sa panunuod ng bagong release na MV ng Blackpink which is 'yung How You Like That. I'm a fan girl but not like those who go to their idol's concert, buying their lightstick dahil hanggang bili lang ako ng poster at album kasi hindi naman kami mayaman.
Yes, I'm not rich. So you're asking why do we have a driver and a car? Why are we studying in a private school? Well naipundar ng mga magulang ko bago ma- bank crop ang business namin. And our driver is my cousin who didn't continue to study. Paano ko nga ba nasasabi na mayaman ang isang tao. Those who are able to spend 20 thousand pesos for one outfit. Those who can buy shoes worth 15k and those people who have those master cards. And I was talking about those people who are Billionaire.
"Zy. . " this is what I hate to kuya Marlon. He used to calls me on my second name 'e ang bantot pakinggan! I didn't bother to answer nor give him a glance. Hindi na muli pa siyang nagsalita hanggang sa makarating na kami sa school ng kapatid ko. Agad akong bumaba para sunduin si Aiver he's my little brother and he is in grade 1. Agad kong tinungo ang classroom niya at hinanap ito. I saw him playing with his classmates.
"Aiver" tawag ko sakaniya at agad naman itong lumingon. Mabilis siyang tumakbo palapit sa'akin at mahigpit akong niyakap. I tap his shoulder and touch his back. Mabilis kong kinapa ang panyo sa bulsa ng uniform ko para punasan ang pawis niya pero wala ito. I remember I put it inside my bag so I left it inside the car.
"Why did you let your sweat dry in your shirt Aiver?!" inis kong tanong. Bawal siyang matuyuan ng pawis dahil may asthma siya at kapag sinumpong ito ay lagi siyang nacoconfine.
"I didn't know. Sorry" he said. I hug him again and carry him going back to the car.
While we're heading our way to our house Aiver fall asleep in my lap. My phone beeps and I received a message from unknown number.
"Take care Aziel."
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The Billionaire's Secret (𝓑𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓢𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 #1)
RomansaAcrisius and Aziel both came from a broken families. Both are struggling about how miserable their life is and how they experienced extreme hardship but have different ways of dealing with it. As they live together, destiny will challenge them that...