Cliche (Love Series # 1)

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Perception

(noun)

per·cep·tion\pər-ˈsep-shən\

: the way you think about or understand someone or something
: the ability to understand or notice something easily
: the way that you notice or understand something using one of your senses

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You might be wondering, why the hell am I screeching like an insane banshee and have a face that resembles those of a cooked shrimp, yes, it's because I had finally understand.

I like Willmark, he's my crush and yes,  I'm so over the moon at the fact that we've been having conversations over messenger.

I feel so overwhelmed at the fact that we're talking to each other, not just in person but also in social media, it's like every girls dream when their infatuated.

It's been over six months since he chatted me on that day, it was actually written in my diary and I can still recall it vividly. I remember getting a message, it was nine o'clock in the night and I was reading Wattpad when a message came up on my notification. I tapped on it and my eyes almost burst into anger at his provocative words, just by reading his message would made me erupt in anger so easily.

He said that I was a dwarf compared to him and that if I wanted to fall on him again, I should rang him up.

I furiously sent a message to him saying that his ego is as big as his head and that he should tamper down his narcissistic self. After that, our conversation turned from intense provocation to mild teasing and to borderline flirting.

My heart would always beat a little bit faster than normal whenever I met his gaze, my hands would feel a bit sweaty when he's in a close proximity and my eyes would wander, constantly looking for his tall familiar frame.

I mean it did take a long time before my perception of him vanished but there's still a bit that's been crawling in my head.

He's always surrounded with girls and even guys, both with beauty and brains and that made me so irritated and a bit insecure.

I'm not the only girl in he sees nor am I the most beautiful in everyone's eyes. I'm very short tempered, every word that left my lips are filled with thorns and I'm a very fussy person. In short, I was always been told that I act like a maldita person.

I cleared out my thoughts and just readied myself for another day in school. I plug my earphones on and listened to Justin bieber's 'Sorry' before leaving home and arriving to school. Almost every where I go, I hear the song 'Sorry' and that made me curious of it. Anyways, I turned left before entering the classroom, there's still fifteen students inside and the rest were still out.

Fortunately, we wouldn't have to attend the flag ceremony since there's thousands of students in this school and I doubt that the school court can handle everyone.

In just half an hour, the students poured in and some unfortunate students were late and didn't get to pass the school gates. I looked around me and caught his familiar figure before ducking my head down when I notice that he's about to turn to my direction.

"Hey, I heard the SSG have another program for the upcoming month of February, do you think it'll be havey or waley?" Evan nudged me before I shook my head.

"Who knows? Maybe they'll add another prison booth, I would surely lock bool up with Hanie" Tintin evilly laughed before Hanie and Bool repeatedly step on that idea.

Soon, me and the rest of my classmates were already briefing the last lesson for the surprised short quiz that our teacher prepared for us. I rolled my eyes and grumbled under my breath before turning my sight on my notebook.

The short quiz finished in just half a minute and before I knew it, we were already munching on some kwek-kwek, fishball and kikiam we got from outside the school. We can buy outside and that's a novelty in here since some school wouldn't allow students to buy outside. Besides, we can buy outside when we ask for permission to the guard and give our ID to them.

"Let's go to the gym" I suggested while they look at me in wonder.

"You? You want to go to the gym when you don't even like the heat and the smell of sweat permenating in the air?" Book said incredulously while I coughed in shame before nodding.

"What? I mean we can watch the game while eating, it's a good deal" I said nonchalantly and they didn't notice the nails on my hands burrowing deeply on my seat.

"Let's go then, I bet the game would be good and we wouldn't be able to watch them since they be out soon in next week" Hao, a close friend of mine with a tall figure and black glasses said.

The rest of my friends nodded and walked towards the gym and started to talk about the surprised short quiz we've got and the pile of assignments.

Hao and I became close when I accidentally blurted out that I have a crush on Willmark and that was the start of him being my confidante. I would always tell him about my feelings for Willmark, how I really hate the feeling of that green monster in me, clawing in my throat and begging me to say my insecurities aloud.

"Well, that was smooth" he commented before winking at me.

I laughed at his words, I indeed have some ulterior motives to why I suggested going to the gymnasium. I wanted to see Willmark again since we still have some free time today. He's always out practicing and I can I my talk to him thru chat though it wasn't enough for me.

I guess an infatuated girl would always be greedy.

We reached the gym and started looking for seats. We got to the highest seat and luckily enough, the floor was cold and the air can reached us.

My eyes instantly zeroed to his familiar figure, he was dribbling on the court with the sheen of sweat highlighting the contours in his face, the way the bicep in his arms flex when he moves as he run past his teammates before doing a shoot, it was all recorded in my eyes and stored into my memory.

"Hey, you're drooling"

I know Hao was just teasing me but I checked in case and wiped down the non-existent drool before glaring at him. My eyes continued to seek his running figure before his eyes met mine and sending a playful wink that almost gave me a heart attack.

Yep, I'm officially liking him more and more.

Notes:

• Maldita, a snob or mischievous or spoiled girl.
• Havey is used to indicate approval, to praise good work, or to simply agree to something and say "OK," waley means the opposite. Waley is used to indicate failure or disapproval. It is also used to simply say "not," "no," or "none."
• Kwek-kwek is a tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled quail eggs.
• Kikiam is a Filipino street food, commonly peddled in make-shift wooden carts along with fish or seafood balls and a variety of dipping sauces.
• Fishball is popular in the Philippines as a street food and is made with fish paste and boiled in a soupy broth, or deep fried.

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Hello people in earth! How are y'all doing?! How's your day going? Mine's fine, just some stock loads of assignments and reports, no big deal.

Ha-ha-ha.

Anyways, enough of my misery, I hope you have a very great day today! Stay safe and healthy as always okay?! You hear me?!

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Thank you!