the peregrine

41

• 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 •

"Martinez!" I heard someone called from behind.

Hindi ko naman kaagad pinansin iyon at iginala ang aking mga mata sa kabilang klase kung nasaan si Bonnie.

She seemed pissed when I called her earlier, mabuti na lang at agad na nagbago ang kanyang mood nang bigla niya akong yinakap.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴.

"Martinez!" tawag ulit ng kung sino, and since it was getting annoying, I had no choice but to respond.

I don't know who this person is. He's a classmate, maybe. I don't really know since I don't take effort to knowing anyone except the people in the club.

"I heard you're dating Bonnie Reyes, you know, the hot transferee. " he started.

Hindi ako sumagot, at kahit gusto kong hindi pakinggan ang kanyang sinasabi, its just that it was hard to miss his words.

"Are you sure she's not playing with you? "

Tumaas naman ang aking kilay na tumingin sa kanya. Nagtataka ako kung ano ang ibig niyang sabihin sa sinabi niya.

"Do you really think that she would like someone like you? How foolish." huli naman nitong sinabi bago naglakad palayo mula sa akin.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧*𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵?

Hindi ko na lang iyon pinagtuunan ng pansin at tumayo doon na walang ginagawa. I was already done with whatever the teacher wanted us to do, kaya hindi ko alam kung ano ang sunod kong gagawin.

Ngunit bigla namang sumagi sa aking isipan ang sinabi ng kung sino sa akin kanina. Kahit na gusto kong hindi pansinin iyon, my brain doesn't seem to want that.

To be honest, I never really thought that I'd be dating some kind of a goddess, I still wake up everyday in a daze. At sa tuwing meni-mention ng kung sino ang relasyon namin, hindi ko mapigilang hindi sampalin ang sarili ko kung totoo ba 'yung narinig ko.

Nang matapos na ang lahat ay bumalik na kaagad kami sa aming classroom. It bothered me a little that I couldn't see Bonnie one more time.

𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦.

I didn't pay any attention to whatever the next subject was and kept myself from dozing off. Gusto ko nang maglaro, or maybe also to see her.

Mabuti na lang at mukhang naging madali ang takbo ng oras at natapos na kaagad ang natitirang klase sa hapong iyon. Agad kong kinuha ang aking bag mula sa aking upuan at lumabas mula doon. And finally, made my way towards Class 5's classroom.

Nang ako'y makarating sa may pintuan, agad na hinanap ng aking mata si Bonnie. It wasn't long enough for me to spot her who was tidying her things and talking to someone, maybe one of her friends.

Habang naghihintay ako sa labas, kapansin-pansin naman ang mga tingin na natatanggap ko mula sa mga tao doon. Alam kong kailangan ko lang iyon hindi pansinin. But there was one specific stare that was different from the rest and made me somehow question myself if I've done something wrong to that person.

Nevertheless, I tried so hard to ignore it. And I'm sure that I look scary right now with my usual furrowed brow. So to not complicate things, I guess, I just bowed my head a little and made my eyes make contact with my shoes.