Mr. Bubbly Meets Mr. Gloomy

Chapter 2.2

Ethan's POV

Kanina pang nakarating ang teacher pero wala pa rin yung Cherub na yun. Nanakot ata ng mga lalake sa cr. Hehe. Natawa ako sa isip ko pero, nakalabas. Kaya ayun, tinanong ako ni Matt kung may problema ba. Umiling ako. Hm... Naimagine ko lang kasi mukha nya kanina. Para syang white man. Not white lady. White man.

"Bro, grabe naman yun si Cherub. Biruin mo, natawa pa nung masabugan sya ng powder sa mukha?" Sambit bigla ni Caelum habang umiiling. "Grabe din yung baklang yun."

Maya-maya pa, dumating na sya. Ginulo nya ang buhok nya dahilan para may mahulog na mga powder mula sa buhok nya. He continued doing that until he reached his chair.

"Now I look like Oddish of pokemon. Except, my weeds are black and withered. Whahahahhaa!" Rinig kong bulong nya. "Now I'll use, sleeping powder!" Pagkasabi nito, he shook his head hard until he's surrounded by white powder that he assumes to be "sleeping powder".

"Cherub–" tawag bigla ni ma'am. Hm.. sigurado ako, magsusumbong itong si Cherub kay ma'am Alya. "Bakit natagalan ka? At ano 'yang nasa buhok mo? Para ka tuloy panda." Cherub chuckled when he heard ma'am's comment.

"Eh ma'am, binigyan po kasi ako ng isang box ng isang student pagpunta ko sa locker ko. Nung pagbukas ko, BOOM!" He shouted while making an exploding gesture. "Kaya ayun po. Hhihihihihi!!"

Now that's not true. Pinagtakpan nya lang ginawa ni Eric sa kanya. Hmm... Weird.

"Okay. But next time, don't accept anything from the students here. They can be naughty as the students of junior high." Paalala ni ma'am sa kanya.

He nodded and grinned. How can this boy cover what Eric did to him? How.. how selfless of him. I realized that he's looking at me when I saw him grinned again. I adverted my gaze and focused on the subject. What is this strange feeling? He! Basta.

Ma'am discussed about mental illnesses in her subject 'personal development'. She discussed about the factors that affects the development of a certain type of mental illness to a person. While discussing, I looked at Cherub na nakangiti habang nakikinig. There is something wrong with him. I noticed it pagdating palang nya dito. Hindi ko lang alam kung ano. Wala syang kahit isang kaibigan dito pero, nakangiti lang sya. Minsan, he can be found listening to music or reading wattpad. He draw sometimes. Kahit day two palang nya dito, he suffered a lot sa kamay ng mga kaklase ko. And it includes Matt and Caelum.

Natapos na ang period ni ma'am kasabay ng pagtunog ng phone ni Cherub. Sinagot nya ang video chat ng isang babae.

"Hoy Cherub?! Ano yung nabalitaan ko kanina ha??" Rinig kong tanong ng babae.

"Ha? Ano na naman bang pinagsasasabi mo Keilah?" Natatawang tanong nya.

"Your mom heard you mumble words last night. Something about not asking to be alive." Paliwanag nung babae while emphasizing the "not asking to be alive" sentence.

"Hehehe–" he chuckled nervously. "Wala akong matandaan eh.. probably because, tulog ako nun."

No, I don't think so.

"Hoy Cherub Clayton Sanford, 'wag mo nga akong maloko. Naku!! Lagot ka sa akin mamaya."

"Huh? Bakit mamaya? Pupunta ka sa flower shop 'no?"

"Yep."

He sighed before talking. "What did I told you about that matter? You can't go there. Baka mamaya, sinusundan kana pala nila Radson. Edi nalaman nung mokong na yun kung nasaan ako."