Alpha x Alpha [SB19 - SeKen AU]

Chapter 4

PABLO

My body felt hot the whole class hours. Anong nangyayari? I'm pretty sure that the schedule of my rut will be next month, so why?. Also, I don't have any trouble before during those times cause i'm in a lower category so, what's happening to my body?

"Hey Pablo, you alright?" tanong ni Cross sakin. Nakasubsob ang mukha ko sa desk. "Umalis na yung prof natin. Tara maglunch." aya pa nito.

I looked up. Wala na nga. Natapos na yung 3 hours na klase namin ng hindi ko namamalayan. I calmed myself. I erase the thought of that night
that was lingering in my mind. I emptied it.

After a few minutes, I felt that my body temperature stabilized. All goods.

"Tara." sabi ko kay Cross at agad na tumayo.

Sumunod naman ito sa akin.

"San tayo kakain?" tanong nito.

Minsan kasi sa labas ng univ kami kumakain. Depende sa mood.

"Dito nalang sa cafeteria." sagot ko.

Tumango naman si Cross bilang pagsang ayon.

It would be best if we ate here. I think I can't walk far kasi pakiramdam ko nanghihina ako.

Nang makarating kami sa cafeteria ay agad kaming pumila at umorder ng pagkain. We find a free spot and eat.

I'm just minding my own food when Cross spoke.

"Malapit na pala inter-university fest Pablo, nagpeprepare ka na?" he asked.

Me?? Nagpeprepare? For what?

Kumunot ang noo ko. "Naghahanda para saan?" tanong ko.

Cross stopped his spoon in mid-air. "Nakalimutan mo??" he asked.

Lalong nagsalubong ang kilay ko. "Ang alin nga?" naaasar na sagot ko. Di pa kasi sabihin.

"You're the department representative in acads field, remember??" he snaps his hands in front of me.

Wait...What??!

"Ano??!" I slighty shouted. Nagtinginan tuloy ang mga nasa katabi naming table. I awkwardly smiled at them.

"Hala siya. Nalimutan nga." pang aasar nito.

"When did I agree to be the dept rep.?" I don't remember. Nagbotohan ba kami para doon?

"Last saturday night." he looked away and sip the juice he has.

My eyes widen a bit. "What?!" asik ko. "I thought that was a joke!" Yeah. I remember that part when we talked about the upcoming fest. Pero akala ko nagbibiro lang sila. Usapang lasing, ganon.

"Well, it's not." Cross shrugged. "The seniors agreed already so you don't really have a choice." saad nito.

Arrghh! I groaned in frustration. Don't get me wrong, I love studying. Yes I do. But being the dept. representative in some interschool competition, that is on another level of responsibility.

It requires me to study and work harder to learn more and more. It's troublesome. I felt exhausted already. Haysss.

"Isa pa, you're the only engineering student who is capable of representing our department. No one was on par of you as of now." Cross said.

"Wag mo akong bolahin Cross." pigil ko sa pag aangat nito ng bangko ko. "Ang dami dyan." sabi ko.

Tuluyan nitong nilagok ang biniling inumin. I'm also finished.

"Yes, there are a lots." he fixed our plates. "But you're different bro. A lot different and more intelligent. So wag ka na kumonta. Galingan mo nalang." he added.

I think I had no other choice but to do what I've been told. What a pain in the ass. I sighed.

Though I quite understand why they picked me. As a sophomore student, we are the best option for this year's fest. Juniors and seniors have a lot on their hands while they don't want to obliged the freshies cause it's their first year. So, we are some kind of 'alay' ngayong taon.

"Kailan nga ba yun?" tanong ko kay Cross.

"I think, 2 weeks from now." sagot nito.

"That early??" I asked. He nodded.

Napabuntong hininga muli ako.

"Wag ka nga magpakastress dyan." saway sakin ni Cross. "You can do what you can naman eh. No need to push yourself too much." saad nito.

"And then what? Lose?" I fixed myself and stood up. "Not on my watch." I said.

My competitive self can't lose. Nah ah. I won't let our department to be a laughing stock of other university. I will win.

Tumayo na rin si Cross. Akma na akong hahakbang ng mahilo ako. Nahawakan ako nito. Sapat para hindi ako matumba.

"Okay ka lang Pablo?" he asked.

I was about to said yes when my eyes became a little blurry and my head ache. I slightly groan.

"You're not." siya na mismo ang sumagot sa sarili niyang tanong. "Dalhin na kita sa infirmary." sabi nito at inakay ako.

"I'm okay." pigil ko dito. "I can go on my own." inalis ko ang kamay nyang nakahawak sa akin. "You should go to our next class. It's about time." I said.

"But... are you sure you're okay?" paninigurado nito. "This is the first time I saw you like this." I can see that he's worried. "And I can smell faint scent coming from you. Though it's not much so I think I can manage to walk you to the infirmary." he insisted.

Cross is also an alpha. Pheromones that was released by another alpha smells really bad on us. It can cause migraine if it was too much.

"Kaya ko na." pagtanggi ko. "Just tell our professor that I can't came to her class." utos ko dito.

Wala itong nagawa kundi ang sumunod. We parted ways.

I walked up the stairs and search for the infirmary. Ngayon lang ako pupunta doon. Hindi naman kasi ako sakitin. Mostly, omegas were the ones who go in there often.

Bakit kasi sa upper floor nilagay yun? Pwede namang sa baba. Hassle. May nararamdaman ka na nga tapos kailangan mo pang umakyat. Kainis.

Mas lalong tumindi ang sakit ng ulo ko. I felt that there was something on my throat. I'm having difficulty in breathing. I confirmed that i'm experiencing my rut. Did I miscalculated my sched? Arggghh! If I know, I should have taken my suppressor before I came to school. Damn!

Oh there it is! I said to myself with triumph.

I was about to hold the knob when my legs gave out and everything went black.

----