ACADEMICALLY RIVALS

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Meet Venice Marie Viceral: a 17-year-old college freshman who skipped multiple grades thanks to her brilliant mind and sharp decision-making. A transgender, her parents supported her decision.
Then there is 19-year-old Ion Perez, who is in her same year and class section. Ion also accelerated through school, but unlike Venice, people whisper that he bribed his way to his achievements. Believe it or not, he never touched a dime of his family's wealth to earn his place.

Imagine Venice being all makulit inside her house but a very fierce woman, and a strict leader wanting everything to be perfect.

Vice's PoV
It's her first day in UP Diliman , so she got ready and she did her Normal daily routine. She went down stairs and saw her mom getting the breakfast ready as usual, she saw Babot her gay sister, smiling parang inlove.

"Pangiti ngiti ka nanaman dyan Babot? Anong ganap?!" Saad ko , tinarayan nya lang ako.

"Bastaaaa" padalaga effect siyaa eksayradaaa syaa

"Lets eat na, may pasok kapa na"Pag aya ni nanay at inayos ang buhok ko and i nodded

Nasa school nako, and i feel a bit nervous . Since she's like 3 weeks late sa pag pasok, she got her acceptance late rin nmn but she was already studying in FEU.. she went to her classroom while Ms.Julia guided her.

"Good morning class, Let me introduce you to our transfer student Venice Marie Viceral, she was top of her class from elementary to high school. And nakakapag skip sya ng multiple grades." I smiled coldly then i heard whispers , "haa she's like Ion" said by someone who's Ion??

"Hi everyone im Venice Marie Viceral you may call me Mariel or Vice, im 17 years old. Thank you." I said coldly..

"Um, you may sit next to Ion Perez, our class president, over in the top right corner," Ms. Julia instructed.
Ooh, that's Ion. I smirked. He definitely looked like a challenge. Pero so what? I sat down and i heard whispers i dont understand,he leaned closely to me.

"Heard you were the top of your school.." I looked at him and he grinned, i looked at him fiercely. Im not interested in this kind of competition, if im fighting a immature one.

A teacher arrived, and started discussing. I was taking down notes peacefully so as him , medyo mahirap tong school since its more advanced. Sana kayanin ko, The next slide was an activity groupings to be exact about selling thing in and outside the school, basta something we know alot of people will buy and need.

"I will be choosing your leader and groupmates... Viceral please stand up, your groupmates will be Anne, Ferdinand, Jhong, Ion and Ana K." I didnt listen to the rest , i wrote down all the members list. But i heard whispers "HA?? Bago lang sya? Bakit sya pa?" , "ay di magpapatalo yan si pres for sure na yan" and "mukhang may naiinis ah", i saw Ion raising his hand "Objection, i should be a leader here, especially you know teach na mataas exams ko for this subject. Tas bago pa hindi ba?" Saad nya, ang pathetic naman, di porket babae ako he will not trust me.

Nagsalita nako, kasi nakakainis tong behavior nya. "What do you mean by "Objection" Perez? Hindi porket matalino ka or give na sayo lahat ikaw lang pwede mag lead dito, give other people a chance to prove their self na kaya rin nila maging leader, oo bago ako and kaya ko makipag sabayan kung ano meron ka. Plus i didn't make the decision , our teacher did right Mr,Gabroza?" I looked at mr Gabroza and he just nodded agreeing with me. I smirked and looked back to the paper i was doing.

"She's correct Ion, give other people a chance. Now ituloy natin ang groupings" Ion really thought i could give in? Fuck no, i looked at him and he's jaw clenched, you can see clearly na napikon sya.

We will be starting tomorrow and we had 2 weeks , to submit our final fund and income. It is lunch time na and i went to my locker that i rented and i saw a figure following me. I ignored it and continued sa ginagawa ko , someone tapped my shoulder at lumingon ako.and it was Ion. "Ah si malaki ang ulo lang pala" i whispered na alam kong narinig nya. I saw his angry expression at ini-slam yung locker ko.

"Ano?!" Tanong nya.

"Are you deaf, i called you malaking ulo may problema ba?" I shoved him, and muntik na sya mahulog. At umalis nako leaving him hanging , im not interested with his nonsense.

I was at the cafeteria at tumabi sakin sina Anne at si Karylle . I looked at them, curiously kasi bat nila ako tatabihan.

"Grabe ka naman makataray ms Girl.. i saw how you handled Ion earlier, at i can say ikaw lang may kayang gumawa non."saad ni karylle, I looked at them. "Bakit ganon ba sila katakot na sagutin yang si Big Head. "

"Yeah they are very very. Especially he's very popular here sa school, matalino, sporty and more." Saad naman ni Anne, im not afraid kay Ion

"Sino ba sya para katakutan ko?" Saad ko, Anne and Karylle looked suprised sa sagot ko. My parents didn't raise me para katakutan ang mga hindi naman dapat.

"Plus i went to school para makatapos, hindi ako nag hahanap ng lalake o kaaway pero kung ganon lang tingin nya ang lungkot for him. So dont waste your time being afraid sakanya, learn to stand up for yourself hindi ganyan ok?" I told them and nakangiti lang sila sa akin, i saw Ion entering. I rolled my eyes and continued studying  the groupwork project since ako rin naman ang leader dito. Anne and Karylle left para bumili ng lunch, pero babalikan naman daw nila ako.  I saw Ion approaching me.

"Pati dito nag aaral ka? Akala mo matatlo mo ko? No thanks" he laughed and i rolled my eyes.