Psychopathic Obsession

Chapter 3: Let's get close

I hate that guy.

I totally despise him.

I knew he's dangerous but i never knew he could be that dumb. Wala pa silang relasyon ni Reyna but he's already doing it behind her back and he has the guts to warn me like that and pull my hair.

He's stupid.

Irritating!

Hindi pa rin ako maka get over sa nangyari three days ago. Yes. Its been three days since that happened. Hindi ko rin siya nakakasalubong o nakikita which is nice because if i did baka sinuntok ko lang siya.

Nakaka-bwisit siya. Hinding-hindi ko matatanggap ang nangyaring ito

"Claudie." tawag ng baritonong boses pero hindi ako lumingon. I know it's that freaking guy and I'm too pissed to face him.

"Claudie." tawag niya ulit pero mas binilisan ko ang paglalakad at lumiko sa hallway.

Don't punch him, don't punch him.

"Claudie!" bumulabog sa buong hallway ang sigaw niya at lahat ng napa daan ay nagulat. Ako naman ay nanginginig na sa galit.

He's really testing me.

"What?" Inis kong humarap sa kanya.

Isang metro ang layo namin.

Naka pamulsa naman siyang naglakad papunta sa akin at walang buhay na naka tingin sa akin ang dugo niyang mga mata.

Nagtagis ang bagang ko. He's close. I could punch him.

"Alam kong alam mo ang pakay ko."

Huh. f**k you.

"I don't. What is it ba?" Matamis kong sagot habang nakangiti sa kanya.

Ngumiti siya pinantayan ang tamis ng ngiti ko,

"You're a p*****t, Claudie, hindi halata sa maamo mong mukha."

Napanga-nga ako.

Anong tinawag niya sakin?

"You're calling me a p*****t? Me?" I pointed myself, emphasizing the word.

He gave me a loopsided smile before shrugging his shoulders.

"You're the one who peep that night while we're doing the deed, ain't you?"

I was gawking at this man. How dare he. It was an accident! Parang gusto ko naman yung nakita kong kadugyutan!

He was doing the deed with someone! After he declared his love to my bestfriend!

"Look," i lick my lowerlip bago maglakad papalapit sa kanya, "Keep that d**k to yourself, got that? Simula ngayon, ayaw kong nakikita ang mukha mo malapit sa kaibiga— are you listening?" Hindi ko makapaniwalang tanong nang nakatitig lang siya sa labi ko.

"Every word you said, sweetheart." Sabi niya habang nasa labi ko pa rin ang tingin.

Umirap ako sa hangin, "I hate you and your f*****g unhealthy obsession over my friend. You gotta stop that bago pa ako madamay."

"Hmm." He only hummed,

"At huwag na huwag ka na rin lalapit sa akin! You're unbelievable! I can't believe you're doing something like that eh you're just barely 18! Those intimate acts are forbidden on minors! Do you know how many teenage pregnancy occurs every year? And you're dadagdag pa? Urgh! Whatever! Just keep your distance from me!"

Nang matapos ay natatawa niyang tinakpan ang bunganga at humawak pa sa tyan tyaka tinuro ako,

"You said, 'youre dadagdag pa'. Do you know how conyo that sounds like?" Tatawa-tawa niyang tanong.

"I thought you were listening?!" Iritado kong tili, i even stomp my foot in frustration.

Mas lalo siyang natawa, "Yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Pagkatapos ngumiti lang siya, "Anyway, don't get too hard on yourself sweetheart, I'm just getting started. And you don't have to worry about getting drag into my this, hinding-hindi pa tayo nagsisimula nasa loob ka na." Mas lalong lumaki ang ngiti niya, "It's up to you how can you get yourself out of it." Sabi nito bago naglakad paalis.

Leaving me frozen.

Paulit ulit nag p-play sa utak ko ang mga sinabi niya. I'm already in it? What does he mean by that.

Wala sa sariling pumasok ako sa klase namin.

"Claudie!" Nagulat akong bumalik sa katinuan nang may tumawag sa akin.

Oh, shoot. Yung subject teacher namin.

"I-i'm sorry, hindi ko po napansin..." I blushed. Gosh, this is embarrassing!

Napa iling-iling ang teacher namin at sinabing maupo na ako bago nagpatuloy sa mga sinasabi.

Pinilit ko ang sariling intindihin bawat salita ngunit wala. Wala akong naintindihan hanggang sa nagpa-quiz na siya.

I was just staring down at my empty paper, hindi alam ang gagawin.

"Claudie, are you alright? Hindi pa kita nakikitang nagsusulat." Sabi ni ma'am kaya napayuko ako. What do i do, wala akong maalalang mga sagot.

I'm panicking, what if i got zero? What if bumaba ang grade ko, there's a lot of things that could happen.

"Hey."

Napatingin ako sa tumawag sa akin at nangunot ang noo nang malaman na si Ajaks iyon. Hindi ko siya pinansin at bumalik ang tingin sa blankong papel.

"Hey, sweetheart." Tawag niya ulit.

I still didn't answer.

I heard him growled but nah.

And then i felt someone tap my shoulder.

"What?!" Pabulong kong sigaw.

It was none other than Ajaks, mukhang nakipagpalitan ito ng seat sa dating nasa likod ko. He was frowning while holding a peace of paper.

"Bakit hindi ka namamansin?"

Inirapan ko lang siya.

Inilagay niya ang papel sa desk ko sabay bumulong sa batok ko, "That's the answer sheet. Write it down before the teacher sees us."

I'm not a cheap cheater.

Paulit-ulit kong itinatatak sa isip, I'm not a cheap cheater, I'm not, I'm not, until i realized i can't get zero in this quiz and i don't want my brother to homeschool me.

I swallowed my pride.

Dahan-dahan kong inabot ang ballpen and wrote the answers down. Nang matapos, sakto tapos na rin ang time.

"Okay, times up... Pass your papers forward, after that Jemelyn, gather them all and put it in my table in the faculty. Thank you for listening today's discussion guys, class dismiss."

Nang matapos ang klase, we were given a 30 minutes break. I used it to review my notes para sa next subject namin.

Nang may naglagay ng juice box sa harap ko.

"You were totally hyperventilating a while back." He said, leaning to my table.

Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin.

"Didn't i made it clear myself na ayaw kitang lumalapit sa akin?" Naiinis kong tanong.

Inayos niya lang ang sariling uniform at sumipsip sa sariling juice box, "I follow my own rule."

The disrespect.

"Ayos ka na?"

"Scram off."

Pero naka tayo lang siya siya at nakikibasa pa sa nire-review ko.

"Ano ba?!" Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin at niyakap ang notes ko.

He tilted his head and smiled, "Bakit ba ang maldita mo?"

"Maldita ako dahil maldita ako, now scram."

"No." Sagot nito at iniharap ang upuan sa akin tyaka dito naupo.

"Let's get close with each other."

Diring-diri ko siya tiningnan, "Ew, no."

"Now you just wounded me."

Eh ayaw ko nga.

"Oh come on," bumuntong hininga ito at ngumuso pa.

"No." Sagot ko pa rin habang nasa notes ang tingin.

I heard him hum. Ilang segundo ang lumipas hindi ito nagsalita, hindi ko alam kung anong ginagawa niya kaya sumilip ako pero hindi ko aasahan na magtatama ang mata namin.

He chuckled, "You're really pretty."

I rolled my eyes and focused on my notes instead.