Campus Royalties (Kingdom University, #1) | Published under Psicom Publishing

Chapter 11

Among the three of us, they said I was the most mature. I also thought that was the case, but these past few days, I realized I have some childish thoughts, too.

Katulad na lang ngayon. I just ran away from some stupid stunt I did. Kung kailan ko na nagawa ay saka ko naman biglang pinagsisihan. Pero wala na rin naman akong magagawa dahil nagsipagkumpulan na ang mga tao sa bulletin board.

Agad akong lumayo mula ro'n at mabilis na tumungo sa klase ko. Nang mag-lunch break ay kinuha ko ang phone sa bag ko at nagpunta sa portal. As expected, what happened earlier was already on the trending list.

Childhood photos of a campus prince, revealed!

My cheeks reddened upon reading the article. There was that sense of satisfaction pero parang nangibabaw ang kahihiyan ko sa ginawa ko. I couldn't believe I did such immature thing!

Halos mabitiwan ko ang phone ko nang lumitaw ang pangalan ni Alice sa screen.

"Nasa garden ka ba?" bungad niya. "Omg ikaw ba gumawa no'n, Steff? As in the model student Steff?"

I grumbled at her remark. Was I obvious? "Oo nasa garden ako. And stop talking loudly! Pumunta ka na muna rito."

Narinig ko ang pagtawa niya sa kabilang linya. "Omg so ikaw nga?! Wait, ito na, tumatakbo na."

Few minutes later, natanaw ko siyang naglalakad nang mabilis papunta sa table kung nasaan ako.

"Sinend sa akin ni Yna 'yung article sa portal," sabi niya kahit hindi pa siya nakakaupo. Isang nakakalokong ngiti ang ibinigay niya sa akin. "Grabe, I didn't expect you to play along!"

Napabuntonghininga na lang ako sa komento niya. "Actually, ako rin. I want to redo this day."

Alice laughed. "Bakit kasi may pag-post ng baby pictures? Parang hindi naman 'yon ganti."

Even Jess made fun of me. "Feeling ko gaganti ulit 'yang si Darryl. Parang hindi naman 'yon nagpapatalo pagdating sa ganyan."

I was in the middle of defending my actions when an unknown number suddenly called me. Since nawala mostly ang contacts ko ay baka important call iyon kaya agad ko ring sinagot.

"Hello?" bungad ko. "Who's this?"

"What the hell did you do?" The voice on the other end grumbled. My eyes rolled as soon as I realized who it was. "How did you even get my pictures?"

"What are you saying?" I said, feigning innocence.

"I know it's you."

"Do you even have a proof?"

"I just know."

"You're an honor student, yet you don't even do research?" I retorted.

"So, this is how you play this game, huh? Fine. Let's see who will win."

Medyo natakot naman ako sa sinabi niya at nang sasagot na ako ay bigla naman niyang in-end ang tawag. Huh. Should I ready myself for his retaliation? Pero aba, siya naman ang nagsimula!

I suddenly heard Alice chuckling. "Mukhang mag-e-enjoy kami sa pinaggagawa n'yo."

"I am not," I muttered. "God, why did I even associate myself with him?"