The Only Exception

CHAPTER 1

"Napaka clumsy na nga, careless pa. " I muttered and picked up your earphones, pero bago ko pa man ibigay sayo yun ay may narinig akong kanta. The song is weird for my taste, who the hell composed a song like that?

Napansin mo naman akong nakakunot noo while listening to the music coming from your earphone kaya you cleared your throat and that's when I got snapped back to reality at inabot na sayo yung earphones mo at tumayo na.

"Thank you. " you said and even smiled at me pero I only shook my head and start walking away na but then you said something that made me stop from my tracks.

"Sunday Morning! " sigaw mo kaya unti-unti akong lumingon pabalik sayo and when our eyes met for the 2nd time this day, you gave me that sweet smile of yours but I only creased my forehead and raised an eyebrow.

"What?" naguguluhang tanong ko.

"I said Sunday Morning, that's the title of the song and oh it's by Maroon 5." you answered with  a big smile on your face.

"And so? Who the fuck asked? I mean, who cares? Do I look like someone who's interested in listening to some shit? " inis na tanong ko sayo because I thought you're only making fun of me that time. And I hate it when people make fun of me.

"Uhh I just thought you might wanna know the title—"

"You know what? fuck off." I said because I'm already pissed and head my way to Mr. Alfredo's class not minding you anymore.

When I reached the room, naglakad lang ako ng dire-diretso papunta sa pinaka likod na part ng classroom not minding if my so called classmates are looking at me habang nagsimula na naman yung armalite ni Alfredo.

I lazily slumped myself on the chair and put my airpods on, totally ignoring my surroundings tsaka ako yumuko sa may armchair para matulog using one of my arm as my pillow.

A few seconds had passed pero wala parin akong nararamdaman na teaching stick na pumapalo sa armchair ko kaya medyo nagtaka naman ako. Usually kasi bago pa man ako makayuko nasa gilid ko na si Mr. Alfred, sinisigawan ako habang pinapalo palo yung teaching stick niya na akala mo naman kinakatakutan ko. I got curious kung ano mang santo ang sumanib kay Alfredo para di ako pag-initan ng ulo ngayon kaya naman umayos ako ng upo at tumingin sa harap and halos magsalubong na yung dalawang kilay ko when I saw a familiar figure in front, introducing herself.

"It's a pleasure to meet you miss Roseanne, thank you for introducing yourself and we're very honored to have a student like you in our class when you should've been in class A supposedly." puri ng demonyo.

You didn't say anything back instead, you just flashed your smile to everyone which made me roll my eyes again. Ewan ko ba kung anong meron sayo pero nakikita palang kita kahit sa malayo, naiinis na ako sayo and feel ko kumukulo na yung dugo ko.

"Anyway please take your seat Ms. Park—"

Hindi ko na pinatapos yung sasabihin pa ni sir at ibinalik ko nalang ulit yung airpods ko at yumuko ulit. I'm about to get some sleep but then may naramdaman akong gumalaw sa tabi ko. I looked up to see who it was trying to seat beside me and there I saw you sitting comfortably not minding whether I'm beside you, it made me more annoyed than the usual lalo na nung tinignan mo ako pabalik but you act like as if we didn't met earlier.

"The hell do you think you're doing?" inis na tanong ko.

"What did I do this time? " painosenteng tanong mo naman.

"Why sit here beside me when there's clearly a lot of vacant seats naman? "

"Why can't I sit here? It wasn't yours naman ha? " pamimilosopo mo.

"Yes I know the isn't mine but my point is—" hindi mo na ako pinatapos at nagsalita ka ulit.

"See? Ikaw na mismo nagsabi na this seat isn't yours so what's with the fuss, miss sungit?"

S— sungit? did she just call me, miss sungit????

"...plus, I can sit wherever I want and you have no say on that. Unless you're being uneasy around me? " matapang na sabi mo and you even smirked at me.

"You really have no idea what you've gotten yourself into, no? You don't even know me. You have no fucking idea what I can do to you, miss Park. " I said using my authoritative voice which scares most of the students here, but you didn't even flinched.

"Surprise me then. miss Manoban. " you answered back which surprised me. Where the hell did she know my surname?

Hindi ka na nagsalita at nilabas at sinuot mo nalang din yung earphones mo from kanina and then you start humming to that weird song you are listening to again.

A weird girl listening to a weird song while sitting beside me. Putangina, can't this day get any better?