The Royal Mishap ［book 1］ [editing]

☾21: Handkerchief

Renzell James Clarkson

"Good morning," I greeted, yawning.

Yohann, Ryann and Reigh are already awake now. They're sipping on their coffees so I just sat beside Yohann. Huwag ng asahan na nandito sila Jhun. They're not so fond of mornings. Kaya nga palaging late ang mga 'yon kahit sa St. Sebastian pa kami pumapasok.

I heard Yohann scoffed. Problema nito? Ang aga-aga ang sama na agad ng timpla. Tsk. Papangit siya, on the second, mas gwapo naman talaga ako sa kanya.

"What's good in the morning if you will be able to see the daughters of Satan later?" he scoffed before sipping on his coffee. My lips formed in an 'o'. He got a point.

"It's been almost a week of hell," Ryann groans in annoyance.

Yeah, it's been almost a week since we transferred here in GIA. We thought our stay would be normal. Akala lang pala namin. Those women...those wicked eight women who did nothing but to make our lives miserable in less than a week. 

Our first day was fine, since it was the first day that we got introduced to everybody. The second day was the time where Nashiel--I mean Zhoie--we should really start calling her Zhoie because as far as I can remember, Nashiel won't treat us how that Zhoie is treating us today, like as if we are some kind of peasants, especially Captain. The second was a bit off. Walang kumakausap sa amin. Kahit 'yung mga lalaki hindi kami kinakausap. That's just weird.

We tried to asked Ate Rhi about those pero kahit siya hindi niya kami magawang sagutin. Hindi ko alam kung may takot din ba siya doon sa Zhoie or sadyang ayaw niya lang kaming bigyan ng clue sa nangyayari.

Noong ikatlong araw nagsimula na ang 'hell week' namin not because of the exams or what. Nagsimula na kasing may kung anu-anong kagaguhang nangyayari sa amin. Una, noong pinatawag 'daw' kami ng isang Professor to talk about our system pero noong pumunta kami sa sinasabing room aba'y pucha, ikinulong kami. Okay lang sana kung may kwenta iyong lugar na pinagkulungan sa amin ang kaso lumang laboratory room pa ata iyong. Walang ilaw, walang kuryente tapos amoy may nabubulok pang patay na hayop. Kulang na lang wasakin namin iyong tanginang pintuan para makalabas kami. 

Hindi lang iyon, may mga times pa na hindi nila kami hahayaang makapila sa cafeteria to grab our lunch. Alam mo iyong gutom ka na at gusto na lang kumain pero isinarado iyong pintuan ng cafeteria kasi BAWAL KAMI, Pucha naman, mga bata ba sila?

And then yesterday, some of them pranked us. Kung tama ako sila Dorrine, Phariz, Quellishia and Maegan ang mga babaeng 'yon. We were fucking taking a shower on the male's locker room when they fucking stole our clothes, lahat-lahat ng damit na pamalit at kahit iyong marumi na kinuha nila, so ang end game, we fucking get outside the ocker room with only our towel, partida iyong towel na talagang gitna lang namin ang matatakpan. 

Hindi naman namin ikinakahiya iyong katawan namin dahil may ibubuga naman kami. Ang kaso, sino bang gusto maglakad sa harapan ng maraming estudyate habang towel lang nakasuot sa'yo? Daig pa namin iyong mga tumatakbo ng hubo't-hubad sa isang University. 

"Parang ayaw kong lumabas dito," napalingon ako sa nagsabi non. It was Dexter. Kagigising at kalalabas lang sa kwarto niya, humihikab pa.

"Ditto dude, ditto," si Jhun na kasunod niya lang sa paglabas.

And yes, we are all living in one roof. We are on the top floor of the men's dormitory. This is like a condominium building actually pero hindi gaanong kataasan. Just a mid-rise building just inside the school premesis. At first akala namin kailangan pa naming kumuha ng condominium na para sa amin na malapit dito para hindi hassle sa byahe, I hate traffic--mabuti na lang at sinabi ni Ate Rhi na mayroon na kaming sariling lugar. She told us this was the same floor building that the former Kings used when they still exist. Imagine? We are fucking occupying the whole top floor of the building, how cool is that?