Silently Loving You

Pahina 8

𝙰𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚕𝚎

I couldn't focus in class.

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang una kong iisipin. Kung yung fact na may sakit si Rufus o yung fact na binigyan ako ni Nick Kingston ng chocolates. O yung isa pang fact na in-accept ni Ate si Rufus.

Does that mean Ate likes Rufus back?

"Mayie!" It was Krissy the next day.

Balisa pa rin ako kagaya ng kahapon. I have no idea kung magaling na ba si Rufus o hindi pa. I couldn't reach him. Well, hindi naman ako nag-try.

"Bakit?" Tanong ko.

She shoved her phone right in front of my face. Kumunot ang noo ko dahil sa kanyang ginawa. Wala akong naintindihan dahil sa sobrang lapit.

"Ilayo mo muna so I could see it clearly." I asked and she did.

Nang makita ko ng maayos ay lumaglag ang aking panga. Hindi ko alam kung dapat ba akong magulat o sadyang inaasahan ko na ito. Sa totoo lamang ay nagulat ako't ngayon lamang ito lumabas.

It was an article about Nick. Me, specially.

Is Nick Kingston courting Chinmayie Prim?

Iyon ang sabi sa headlines. Umirap ako dahil dito. Hindi ako makapaniwalang nagawan agad ng journalists ng aming school ang tungkol sa kahapon.

Now, it's posted on their social meadia account. Siguro'y nasa school newspaper na rin iyon. I sighed and clicked the article to know more about the things they wrote about us.

Nick Chester Kingston, the first born of the Kingston family visited Chinmayie Prim, the second child of the Prim family yesterday. He's holding this certain chocolate and excused Mayie from her Mathematics class with Mrs. Dela Cruz.

The whole class saw how Nick flirted with the annoyed Mayie. Students in Marshon University are actually shocked because of how Mayie is handling Nick-

I stopped reading, immediately. Kung ano ano ang pinagsusulat nila dito. Binigay ko kaagad kay Krissy ang kanyang cellphone.

"How come I didn't got the notification?" I asked her but she only chuckled and shrugged.

"Hindi ko rin alam Mayie. Excited na excited ako kaninang umaga because Dad's finally coming back from his business trip in Japan when this notification came." She exclaimed.

Hindi ko masabi kung masaya ba siya o hindi. Because I'm clearly not happy with this. Intramurals na bukas at half day lang ako ngayong araw.

"This is miserable. Malalaman ito ni Ate-" I was cut off by Krissy's chuckle.

"So what, kung malaman ng ate mo?" Ani Krissy.

Kumunot ang noo ko sa kanyang sinabi. Anong ibig niyang sabihing “so what?”. I'd be in big trouble kapag nalaman niya tapos malalaman nina Mommy.

Big big trouble.

"Huh?"

"Sa article na iyan, si Nick ang may gusto sayo. Not the other way around. At saka ang sabi dyan ay nanliligaw. Hindi pa kayo. Isa pa, that's just an article and a newspaper. Hindi lahat ng nakasaad dyan ay totoo. Some are just assuming. Mas malala pa yan pagtumanda tayo." She rolled her eyes.

May point lahat ng sinabi nya. Pero kahit na ganoon ay hindi pa rin ako makuntento. Hindi ako mapapalagay nito. Should I ask them to take this down?

But no, marami nang articles na nagawa ang school. Some are true but some aren't at wala namang nagreklamo. Hinahayaan lang nila.

Maybe I could just do the same.