Run Away With Me

Chapter 9: Pause

Derrick's POV

Maybe.. I wasn't so bad afterall. That's what I thought after what happened.

Oh.. right, back to flashback.

After the new seating arrangement was employed, everything suddenly seemed like a f-cking mess. YES. No kidding. My schedule's bundled up. My to-do list is out of order.

EVERYTHING'S A MESS.

ALL BECAUSE OF A CERTAIN SOMEONE'S EXISTENCE.

Yes, I'm referring to the obnoxious dunce beside me. Gemini Hare. He's the root of all of this. I've been so distracted with stress because I can't cope up. AND I can't cope up because of exasperation. AND I'm exasperated because of a loquacious idiot. AND that loquacious idiot will be sitting beside me for a whole month.

AND NOW I'M SCREWED.

Look at what happened to me, I GOT A LATE SLIP FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE I OVERSLEPT FOR THE FIRST TIME. I've been having my firsts and I gotta say, I am not happy.

I am upset. Angry. Full of abhorrence. Full of loathe.

Full of F R U S T R A T I O N.

All because of HIM.

"Pair with your seatmate raw, hi seatmate." Ngisi niya sakin, giving a wave. I.. have never hated someone this much my whole life. Ever.

"Yeah." No.

"Get a sheet of paper, list down your dislikes, likes, and the similarities between the two of you. Next, discuss your compatibility with each other--And no, don't look at me like that class. Compatibility in terms of friendship, companionship, and not what you're thinking of." Explaination ni ma'am sabay tawa ng mga kaklase ko. I couldn't bring myself to fake a laugh because of how annoyed I felt being near this.. ugh. Just ugh.

I seriously have to deal with this dunce for a month..

I can already hear my pleas of desperation and horror from the future.

"After that, discuss any conclusion you've thought of, you have the whole hour for this activity. Tomorrow, we'll start the presentation for each pair. Begin." Utos ni ma'am as we did. As much as I hate partnering up with .. ugh. I have no choice. He's the only seatmate I have since I'm in the right back corner of the classroom. Yeah.

My only seatmate + no choice =
I'm f-cked.

"Saan mo gusto magsimula?" Tanong niya sakin. I discreetly heaved out a sigh. I don't really care. "Up to you." Sagot ko sa kaniya.

"Edii, Dislikes! Ikaw muna, anything or anyone you dislike?" Tanong niya, blinded with his own words.

"Ikaw, I dislike you the most out of my whole life."

"Do you even know how obnoxious you are?"

"And keep your f-cking distance, I don't want your dumb virus on me."

"I've literally never felt this repulsed to someone----Which I didn't say but WANTED TO. I  S W E A R. 

In the end, this is what I said.

"I guess food with onions." Maikling sagot ko.

"Ay weh, para sakin masmasarap kung may sibuyas." Ngiti niya sakin as I forced a grin towards him. Yeah, no one asked. "Ano pa? List down tayo atleast mga lima per criteria. Bale mga sampu per isa since dalawa tayo." Explaination niya as I nodded in a tight manner.

It's like everything I hear from him sounds like this, "I'm so annoying. I'm very annoying. Haha, I'm annoying."

IT'S LIKE THAT.

And I'm really sick of it.

"Siguro para sakin, I dislike.. people who set expectations on others.. as if it were an obligation." Sagot niya and..

I guess.. for some reason, I could understand why. "May tawag ba sa mga taong ganon? Hehe." Ngisi niya pa sakin as I thought hard about it.

"Entitled people." I spoke, the word having affect to me. As if.. whatever.

"Ah, yon yon, thank you hehe, ikaw, ano pa ayaw mo bukod sa pagkain?" Ngiti niya sakin, writing the words on the paper and.. oddly enough, the irritation I felt for this dunce was fading a bit. "Losing track." Maikling sagot ko. Yeah, I hated that, I hate what I'm experiencing right now.

I'm losing track of everything because of this dunce.

"Ay, sabagay, ako... hmm ano pa ba." Isip niya, his left hand holding onto the ballpen. Out of the blue, he looked at me straight in the face. "Yan."

Ha? I got shocked when he suddenly pointed his finger to my head. What? All the irritation that faded away a second ago suddenly came crashing back to me.

THIS.

THICK-FACED.

DUNCE.

So this guy hates me, huh? Well you're in luck,

I h a t e you too.

"What." Naiinis na tunog ko as he grinned in a goofy manner. My eyes half-closed as if containing the anger I felt. Haha, you think this is funny? Yeah rigHT. I could feel my jaw irk, as I slowly gulp my irritation.

"Ayoko sa tao yung nakasimangot kahit nakangite." Ngisi niya pa sakin, making me feel pissed off even more.

"Well I hate dumb people like you." WHICH I WANTED TO SAY BADLY.

"hAhA, nice going." Salita ko, trying to laugh off what he just stated even if I.. am beyond p i s s e d right now.

Seriously, who wouldn't be?

"Wala lang, para kasing, kailangan mo maglet loose." Dagdag niya pa. Share mo lang? "Thanks for caring but I'm good." I curtly said, letting off a bit of my exasperation.

"Hehe, bale ilagay ko dito, mukha ni derrick." He teased, writing what he said on the paper as he chuckled.  Ha.ha.ha.

Very. Funny.

"Joke lang," ngiti niya sakin but my expression remained the same not until, "Eto sinulat ko oh." Pakita niya ng papel sakin as I looked at it.

Oh.

Dislikes:

Arsuela: Onions, losing track

Hare: Entitled People, being unable to express what you really feel

"Diba, di ko sinulat yung mukha mo haha." Malamya na tawa niya sakin. "Wag na galet aheh." Dagdag niya pa as he laid out the paper on his table again.

"Ano pa dislikes mo?" Tanong niya but,

I was.. taken aback. I paused for a minute before,

"Yeah, that's not me."

I spoke, my eyes staring at the paper he was writing on.