Tilted

Chapter 16

Amabella's point of view

Kanina pa ako napapaisip about this thing.. Maybe Kenneth was not that bad. Eh? Maybe i've gone a little bit wild towards him lately.

Sabagay, wala naman siyang nagawang mali for me to be bad. But ugh, I am not even that bad. SMH

I gripped at my pen and focused on the discussion of our professor instead.

She started asking questions regarding the lessons and I kept on raising my hand to answer. Being participative is a good thing eh.

I also took down notes for later. I took a glance behind me and saw Douglas deeply staring at the girl beside her. Yung nakaglasses, si Celestia.

Hala... Don't tell me mayroong gusto sa kanya si Douglas.

Time passed by and now I found myself inside the library with Douglas. "Douglas?" I suddenly asked him.

"What? Mayron bang problem?" He stopped reading a book and shifted his attention to me.

"Masungit ba ako?" I asked and he simply shook his head.

I literally clenched my fist at his sudden reaction sa tanong ko.

"C'mon, be honest with me hindi ako pumapatay. Nangangagat lang." He looked at me with a weird face.

"Ew, i'm really not into Cannibalism, Mabel. Don't me" he said and I chuckled.

"Just answer my freaking question! At hindi ako kumakain ng human flesh, ano ka ba?"

"Well, partially." he told me and continued reading the book once again.

"Ehh, what do you mean?"

"To be honest, hindi ka naman talaga masungit Mabel.. It's just.." He paused and nangangati na curiosity ko.

"It's just what?" tanong ko sakanya.

He sighed and patted my shoulder, what the heck? "Wala.. Magbasa ka na nga lang, we are on a library. This is not a tmbay area whereas pwede tayong mag chitchat with each other."

Ay baliw na siguro to. Why does people keep me hanging all the time?

I shrugged of my anger issues and continued to read the book I was reading a while ago. Hm.. I wonder, masungit ba talaga ako? Arghh.. Maybe at some point nagging masungit ako, yes..

Am I that harsh to people? strangers? Or was I just protecting myself. Trust issues again?

I've gone wild? Huhu pero san banda?  Aish, I should stop overthinking right now, it is unhealthy for me.

Just as I was about to continue reading, there's a figure standing in front of me. Nagtaka ako bcoz how come I didn't notice a while ago?

Or was I just focused over thinking or what?

I looked up to see kung sino and saw Kenneth. Siya nanaman? Oh what does he want right now? A massage? Manicure?

"Eh? What do you want Kenneth?" I asked him and he smiled.

"Hindi ka na mag-aalala since starting tomorrow morning, we won't be dorm mates anymore haha, mag-paparty ka na" he said.

Wait ugh, hindi ba siya hinihingal sa sunod sunod na pagsasalita? Well I wish I have that ability.

Pero luh, napakaarogante naman niya magsalita. Insensitive bitch.

"Huh? Agad-agad? Wala pang two months ah?" I asked with a shocked tone.

"Mabel? Why do you seem so bothered? Mabuti nga at hindi na kayo magiging dorm mates." Douglas said ero I felt different. Why am I like this?

"Uhm.." I tried to explain pero hindi ako makapagsalita ng maayos. Tula walang lumalabas na matitinong salita sa bibig ko apart from "uhm" "uhh.." "eh", and so on

why all of a sudden am I wordless?

Kenneth crossed his arms and spoke once again. "Heh, I just approached you to inform you, sinabihan na ako ng land lady kanina." He explained and I am just processing his words.

Before I can respond, he already walked away and left me with questions in my head. Baket grabe yung impact ng words niya?

What is with this unusual feeling.?

Douglas shook me "Hayaan mo na yun at dalian mo na diyan, malapit na matapos yung break, baka ma late pa tayo sa susunod natin na klase." he said and as if on cue, naalimpungatan ako.

I forgot anong sadya ko talaga dito sa library just because of my anxeity and dahil sa pag-ooverthink ko.

"O-oh, right.." I said and just continued to read the book in silence.

Just then, mayroon nanamang nag-pop up sa utak ko.

"Ey Douglas!" I nudged him and he stared at me surprised.

"Ano nanaman??" He whined and I smirked. "Do you like Sophie?" I asked and he squinted his eyes.

"At sinong Sophie nanaman yan? You are so full of surprises." I pursed my lips and told him that it was just Celestia.

"Aish, then why you said Sophie?" He asked. "C'mon bruh, second name lang niya yun." He jolted and looked at me.

"How come you call people in their second name ha bang ayaw na ayaw mong tawagin ka naming Hazel? Where's the fairness of it?" I sighed and clenched my fists but controlled my anger.

"Fine. Ugh sorry na eh, mas comfortable ako sa Sophie okay? Celestia is just long for me to pronounce." I said "But really tho, do you like her?"

"Hell no, how can you say that?"

"Uh-huh. I caught you staring at her a while ago." I said and I saw a tint o pink shade on his cheeks as he looked away from me.

Did he just freaking blushed? Omegherd? Totoo ba?

author's note:

sorry for the very late update :< i faced some struggles in online class and everything is just stressing me out. and last week, we had our first test so I forgot to update another chapter :< my apologies..

but don't worry, there are more chapters ahead :> i'll try my best to update more often

lovelots!!

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