Rivals in the Paint

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"What the fuck is wrong with you?" I yelled. Nakakabanas! Nakaupo pa rin ako at nakatingala sa taong nasa harap ko.

Halos lahat ng tao rito sa gymnasium ay natigilan. Hindi naman talaga seryoso ang laro na 'to, friendly game, kumbaga.

Binangga niya ako causing for me to fall down. Kanina ko pa napapansin ang pasimple niyang galaw at kanina pa rin ako nanggagalaiti!

Nginisian niya lang ako at nilahad ang kamay niya. I just raised my middle finger and stood up on my own.

Dahan dahan akong lumapit sakanya while he was just staring at me cockily. Nilapit ko ang ulo ko sa tainga niya at bumulong.

"Fucker," I whispered. Nilayo ko ang ulo ko at mas lalong pinakita ang galit kong mukha. Sa lahat ng nakalaban ko, this jerk is the only one who always pissed me off.

Nakatitig lang siya sakin, hindi nawawala ang mapang-asar na tingin.

My friends, who's also my teammates, went near us.

"Tama na, pre," bulong sakin ni Ezrah. Masama pa rin ang tingin ko kay Soren. He just shrugged it off and turned his back on us.

Mas lalo akong nanggigil. I tried to ran to punch him but someone pulled me so strong that I went flying to Ezrah, Gio, Eamon and Caspian.

It was Knight.

"Calm your fucking ass down, Dashiel. You're in a middle of a fucking game and you're acting like a kid," he said while frowning.

I'm fucking pissed off. I shook of their hands that were holding me and turned my back on them. Kailangan kong magpalamig.

If I don't, baka mas lalo kang akong manggigil at masira na nang tuluyan ang mukha ng Soren na yon.

I heard Ezrah and Caspian calling me but I didn't bother to look back.

Fuck him.

Ang yabang niya! Simula nung araw na nakita niya akong kahalikan si Daisy, his biggest crush, ay lagi na lang kumukulo ang dugo niya sakin. I didn't know he liked her! Nalaman ko lang after nung sapakin niya ako sa labas mismo ng school namin.

I was confused at first cause who wouldn't? Okay naman kami nung una. Nagpapansinan, nagngingitian.

Pero ngayon, I don't even think I can smile at the fucker.

Pagkarating ko sa rooftop, I immediately went to the usual hide out of me and the boys. There's a big sofa and a coffee table where we usually eat our lunch.

Padabog akong humiga sa sofa at tinakpan ng braso ang mata.

Everything seemed to fucked up ever since I kissed Daisy. Was she some sort of bad luck?

After I kissed her, Soren punched me. When I went home, my mom and dad who don't usually fight was fighting. Bigla akong nagkalagnat at may mga naging bagsak ako.

Rethinking of everything that happened, she's indeed a bad luck.

Daisy is pretty but.. noob. She doesn't know how to kiss, may mga bagsak din siya, she dated every guy. Na-akit lang talaga ako nung mga panahon na yon dahil tigang na tigang ako.

Ang hindi ko lang mapunto, bakit type ni Soren si Daisy? If I was called the bad boy inside our school, he's the opposite. Almost everyone praises him. He's kind, he's jolly and, he's smart. Pero hindi mo naman kasi madidiktahan ang puso kung sino ang dapat mahalin.

Shit, when did I become a love expert?

Natatawa na lang ako sa mga naiisip.

I heard the rooftop door being opened. One of my friends, probably..

I'm guessing, Eamon.

Usually, when there's a problem like this, Eamon would cheer me up along with Ezrah. Pero dahil kasali sa nagalit kanina ang isa sa kaibigan namin na si Knightley, baka nandon sila at pinapakalma si Knight. Sobrang iksi ng pasensya ni Knight. Asarin mo nga lang yon ng panget, maiinis na. Kumbaga, may problema siya emosyon niya. Hindi niya makontrol ang emosyon niya.

So probably, they're at the gym, telling Knight to say sorry kasi kung tutuusin, wala naman talaga akong kasalanan.

But then, I was confused. he greeted me and and Eamon's voice was very different.

"Get up."

HUH?!

Mabilis kong tinanggal ang braso ko sa mukha at diretsong umupo.

Soren's face welcomed me kaya agad na nangunot ang noo ko. Nagngingitngit ang ngipin ko kapag nakikita siya. Unti unting umuusbong ang galit sa loob ko.

"What the fuck do you need?" I said and pretended to be cool about what happened. Patalon akong tumayo at sinuklay patalikod ang buhok.

Mas lumalabas ang pagka-pula ng buhok ko kapag nasisinagan ng araw. Natural na itong buhok ko, my dad's hair is also like this so basically, nasa lahi na namin yon.

He also brushed backwards his neck length, brown hair and directly stared into my eyes.

Nakakunot pa rin ang noo ko.

"Hmm.. you guess," he said and smirked. See what I mean? This fucker has a way to cut my patience off.

"Can you just directly tell me and stop playing? Can't you see I'm gonna sleep?" I said and rolled my eyes.

Tumawa lang siya ng mahina at naglakad palapit. I didn't budge and still stand to where I stood up.

Halos mag-kasing height lang kami, mas matangkad lang siya sakin ng unti.

"Should I say sorry?"  he said and teasingly smirked.

Did he fucking asked me that?

Inis akong lumapit at kinwelyuhan siya.

"Kung wala kang magandang masabi, umalis ka na. You're wasting my time off, tang ina."

"Well then, okay. Fuck you to the hell and back and I'm sorry," he said, nagstop siya kaya nagtataka ko siyang tinignan.

I'm sorry because?..

"Because I punched you. It just pissed me that you're as bright as the sun shine," he said and scoffed.

Dahil lang.. don?

What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

He's fucking crazy, I want to kill him so bad.

I'm so fucking pissed. Ayoko naman na dito kami magbugbugan. Baka mamaya, may maghingalo samin dito, walang makakita.

Huminga ako ng malalim pagtapos ay galit na bumalik sa pagkakahiga.

I saw how he smirked.

"Okay, sorry. Forgive me, please?"

Damn it.