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1st Person's POV
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Unexpected, nagkatinginan kami nina Arianne and Nicole dito sa may gate.They wave their hands and I wave back. Lumpaits sila sa akin.
"Goodmorning Ruzzel, seemed tiry. Ain't yah doin fine? .", she said in her American accent, the voice of rich and lazy.
"Yeah, im fine", I said in a very low tone.
Tumaas naman ang kilay niya.
Oh oh.
I summoned voice 911 at instant.
"Sorry, im actually tired. I didn't get enough sleep and im having an identity problem of my research partner". Voice 911 said in her normal self..
"Hmm.. Max Levine, the Hot Shot.... She's in the last row of 5th column . You did not catch up with him, yet?", Arianne said while were walking on the alley.
"Nope", I said.
"Oh ... Speaking of the devil, your boy is coming", she said at huminto sa paglalakad.
Napukaw agad ang atensyon ko sa lalaking lean ang built ng katawan.
And without any reason, I came back to my senses when i feel like im on my own.
I was trying to summon voice 911 again pero parang nawala siya in an instant.
TUmingin ulit ako sa lalaki.
And he was looking at our direction.
"...", I was mesmerized by the runway model in the hallway.
"MAX!!, Here", I heard from behind at bago pa ako makalingon she cross her arms on mine.
It's the great LEizelle.
"Goodmorning guys!!.. oh girl we've been looking for you, more like he was looking for you", turo niya sa lalaking ilang metro lang ang layo. As you read, Leizelle very clingy to me for the past 2 days.
"So you're my partner, in the research", he said, in a serious but sounds like a lazy tone.
"...", all I did is nod.
"Well dearest Ruzzel, FYI, performance task here at Highland is much better than examination. So, our top notcher is worried he might fail because of you. Kaya hinanap ka namin, we can't resist his charisma afterall.." Leizelle said and wink at the guy in front of us.
His tall..
"Yeah.. thanks for helping me out", he said in that lazy tone again yet serious.
His handsome
"Can we talk?", tanong niya sa akin.
"Ah.. okay", sagot ko..
Damn,my heart is really pounding to the max.
"Oh my... sorry hottie. We are busy", sabat ni Leizelle at hinila a niya ako sa braso.
"Sure", Max muttered.
"Hey hey hey, huwag ka ng lumingon baka babalik ka sa kaniya", Nicole said jokingly and they laughed at me.
"Remember my invitation?", masayang tanong Leizeille habang bumabati sa mga taong nadadaanan namin.
She is seriously like voice 911.
"huh?', I said at the back of my mind.
"Remember the party in the villa tonight?", she reminded me.
Oh that..
"Ah yeah... ", I murmured
I remember
"Do you want to skip classes?", bulong niya sa akin.
"NO!", sabat ko agad.
Huminto muna kami sa paglalakad.
"Bakit?", she said and pouted while still clinging unto my arms.
Isn't it obvious, skipping is not a good idea
"Well, if you do not want. Its okay, basta don't tell to anybody, kasama ko naman ang mga besties ko", she said.
"okay?", I said. Seryoso ba sila.
Skipping classes? That's a very juvenile act.
"Shopping drinks is more fun than shopping clothes and make ups", Leizelle said.
Tumingin ako kay Nicole, her looks is so innocent. Huwag mong sabihin they are hard drunkers.
"Ano?"
"Well, nagvolunteer ako na kami. ang pipili ng mga kakainin at iinumin mamayang gabi. I don't trust boys, so for our own safety rin, girls like us should buy the drinks. It was just a party, students who want's to get laid.. haha kidding.. It was a birthday party only for 18 and above but you're an exception newbie", she said.
"Ahh.."
"Why do you talk differently?" rinig kong usal ni Leizeille bago sila umalis nina Arianne at Nicole.
"haist", pumunta ako sa classroom namin.
Lahat ng kaklase ko may sari-sariling ginagawa.
May naka-head phone, may nag chi-chismisan, may-nag ma-make out... geez, imagine it.. LAhat ata ng klase at tipo ng isang highschool student nandito sa seksyon ko.
"Asan ang mga kasama mo?", (in Japanese), tanong ni Akini sa akin kasama niya si Miko.
"Mabuti naman nandito ang stress reliever ko", (in Japanese), Miko jokingly said.
"Alam mo bang, mahirap intindihin ang mga iba diyan", (in Japanese), Miko said and roam his eyes to all the students in here.
"Sasabog na ata ang ulo ko kakaintindi sa iba't ibang lenggwahe.(in Japanese) What a small world?!", Saad ulit ni Miko na parang frustrated.
Umiling ako at somewhat natawa sa reaksyon ni Miko. Para talaga siyang na-eestress sa mga different group of people around the world na nagkumpulan sa iisang classroom lang. Pinatong ni Miko ang kaniyang paa sa table and cross his arms and lean his head on the seat.
When did I became close to this guy. But it was a great feeling though.
"Tama ka, pero bakit parang dadalawa kayong mga hapon?", I said.
And I was like... oww...
Parang nawala ang hiya ko or awkwardness, I feel like I can do what voice 911 can.
I smiled.
"Kamusta naman ang new partner mo Aki?",(in Japanese) , tanong ko kay Akini. Maraming tumatawag sa kaniya ng Aki so I just blend with them though.
"Jerk"(in Japanese), usal niya.
"Ikaw, kamusta ang research kasama si Max?", (in Japanese), Akini asked.
"Ewan, ngayon ko lang siya nakilala in person", (in Japanese), saad ko.
"Hmm.. narinig mo na siguro ang mga rumors tungkol sa kaniya?", (in Japanese), Akini said.
"Pero huwag kang maniwala sa mga yun. Mabait naman yun eh, hindi lang mahilig magsalita", (in Japanese), Miko said.
"Are you close to each other?", tanong k okay Miko.
"I used to team up with him in modeling when we where young", Miko said at biglang.
Sabi na eh.
That makes sense dahil para talagang runway model is Max, I was even left dumbfounded a while back and luckily I have some distractions. Leizelle and her friends.
"Aishhh!..Ang hirap talagang palitan ang accent", (In Japanese), ungol ni Miko na naiinis.
"hahaha", natawa ako sa reaksyon niya and they both look at me. Nagulat rin ako sa sarili ko.
I just laughed.. great
Sila ata ng kaseatmate niya ang may problema sa accent, remember Elamore? Kahit na managalog siya her orig. accent is still on the tongue.
"Anong gusto mo dito sa Highland?(in Japanese), Akini asked. And they started to interview me together with Miko.
They asked about where I came from, which I found hard to answer. They talk about their experiences in the university, and they even asked me if I had a boyfriend, Miko share about his life living with his dad and how he push him to become the heir of the family company instead of his older brother living separately together with his mother. Sinabi rin ni Akini kung gaano siya kasabik na suntukin si Giovanni which he also told me na they used to be best friends during their junior high. And end up fighting ng tinalo niya si Giovanni sa motor racing, at naki-team up sa ibang racer instead of him. Akini regret that day because he turn his back at Giovanni, because he need the money at that time. Scholar nga pala si Akini as a varsitarian, his skills in Taekwondo and the accomplishments he had since elementary is his ticket in entering in a prestigious school here at the Philippines. He went as far as sea games and 2xs gold medalist. At magkababayan sila ni Miko kaya agad silang naging close after they separate with his best friend during their junior high.