JAGS (Just Another Gangster Story)

JAGS (Just Another Gangster's Story)

PROLOGUE

"Love takes time. It needs a history of giving and receiving. Love is the joy that makes people smile. Love is easy to feel but so hard to explain. Easy to get but hard to let go. Easy to spell but so hard to define. Love is created not by words, but by feelings; not by humans, but by hearts. Love is not how you forget, but how you forgive. Not how you listen, but how you understand. Not what you see, but what you feel. Not how you let go, but how you hold on."

Tahimik lang ang buong klase ng IV-ZEUS sa subject nilang Values Education. May lecture ang teacher nila bout sa 'LOVE.'

"So, class, what's your definition about love?" tanong ni Mrs. Suarez, ang teacher nila.

Isa- isang sumagot ang mga estudyante.

"Love is selfless."

"Love isn't a decision, it's a feeling. It doesn't come with rules or instructions. It just happens."

"Love is the power to see similarity in the dissimilar."

"Love is never painful and inflicting."

"Love is sweet and gentle."

"Very good guys. How 'bout you, Mr. Angeles? What's your definition 'bout love?"

Hindi man lang tumayo ang tinawag na estudyante. Nag-inat lang ito mula sa sa pagkakasubsob sa arm chair. Kampante lang itong sumandal bago nagsalita.

"Wanna know what 'love' is for me? Better listen everyone. Love is just a lie! It's just an illusion that poets and writers wanted to create in every reader's imagination. Love is the dumbest thing in this world! It makes people live in misery. It's a plague that harms people then leaves them devastated. All your definitions about love are stupid. They suck!"

¤JOHANN'S POV¤

Buong klase ay nakatanga lang sa akin. Walang makaimik, walang makagalaw. May isang nasa unahan ang nagsimulang pumalakpak at nagsunuran naman ang lahat.

"Oo nga, tama si Johann." c1

"Freedom of expression. Magaling! Na-express niya ang gusto niyang sabihin." c2

"Ang cool talaga ni Johann. Kaya crush ko yan eh. Hihi." c3

"Cute niya noh? Hehe." c4

Tumayo na ako at isinabit ang bag ko sa isang balikat.

"That's my participation for today. Maybe I'll see you around next time."

Hindi maka-react ang teacher. After all, wala din naman siyang karapatan.

I left my classmates who are still in awe. Yung mga students na nasasalubong ko, kulang na lang mag-bow. Dahil dito sa school na ito, ako ang prinsipe!

Ako si Johann Jude Angeles. Ang nag-iisang anak ni Claude Angeles. May ari ng 50 luxury hotels, 30 supermalls, at isang telecommunication company. Well, dito lang yun sa Pilipinas. Wag na nating isama yung sa abroad. Over all, kami ang top 2 sa ranking ng richest family sa Asia. Taga-Dubai ang top 1.

Mayaman ako, guwapo, at makapangyarihan. Kinaiinggitan at kinatatakutan ng lahat. Walang sino man ang bumabangga sa akin. Wala din akong kinatatakutan at inuurungan.

Sa labas, nakaabang na ang mga bodyguards ko. May isang nagbukas ng pinto ng kotse ko para makapasok ako.

"I can open my own car's door, so back off!"

Halatang natakot ang bodyguard ko kaya yumuko na lang siya.

"I'm sorry, young master."

Badtrip na nga sa school, badtrip pa sa mga walang kwentang bodyguards na to.