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Habang nasa loob kami ng tricycle, Iritang-irita ako because of the lack of space inside here.
"Wala ka na bang iuusog diyan sol?" Napatingin siya sa'kin.
"Teh, mahuhulog na ako nito kakausog," Inirapan niya ako ulit. Really? Is sol is in her red days?
"Tatanong lang, eh," Pagmamaktol ko. But sol did not hear what I'd just said because of the noise that was coming from the tricycle.
Nabobored na ako dito sa loob kaya napag-isipan ko na asarin si sol.
Kinuha ko ang cellphone ko at may pinakita sakaniya. "Sol," pagkalabit ko sakaniya na agad naman siyang lumingon. "Bakit?" sol asked.
"Look," I showed her the picture that I took earlier.
"What the hell Blaine, delete that, or else," pangbabanta niya. Akala niya matatakot ako?
"Or else what?" Napangisi ako.
"I'll tell your parents that nag-cutting ka na naman." Kala niya gagana 'yon? Nahhh, edi isusumbong ko din siya.
"Remember sol, nag-cutting ka din," napahalakhak ako ng tawa na ikinasama niya ng tingin sa'kin.
After some minutes, the tricycle stopped, meaning that we arrived. Unang lumabas si sol at si duke naman ang nag pay sa driver. Una na akong pumasok sa mall because it was so hot outside, I can't bear with it.
As I go inside, finally some cold air! I waited for them and I decided that, why don't we have fun?
Arcade!
As they both came in, I ran to them.
"Arcade, guys?" I pouted to them.
They both look at me with disgusted faces. Ang cute nila, ang sarap nila i-umpog sa pader.
Napa ayos ako ng tayo at nauna na maglakad papuntang arcade. Bahala silang mag sama d'yan.
When we arrived at the arcade, I jumped like a kid while entering at the arcade. Hindi ko na hinintay sina duke dahil I'm already excited to play. I buy tokens for us and then gave some of them, and I want to try the claw machine!
"Guys, I want to try the claw machine!" I giggled.
"Oh, no. Not again," duke whispered but narinig ko pa din.
"Pleaseeee," pinagdikit ko pa ang dalawang palad ko at nag baby eyes.
"Okay, okay. C'mon, just rid that face of yours." I laughed then I happily followed them.
Duke was so good at the claw machine's kaya 'pag lagi kami naga-arcade siya ang pinapalaro ko do'n. Hindi ko tinatantanan 'yon kapag nakakakuha si duke do'n kaya gusto nila ako ilayo sa arcade, but they can't.
"There duke!" I pointed at the stuffed toy that I want.
Naghulog na si duke ng tokens at pinaandar na ang claw. Sol and I were both tensed but knowing that duke was good at this somehow calmed my nerves.
"YES!!" We both shouted and clap our hands like a kid. But we stopped. My lips parted when DUKE JUST GAVE THE STUFF TOY TO SOL!!! OMG!!! SODU LAYAGGGG! SODU LAYAG! But somehow, nagtatampo ako, because I want that. Never mind, they were my ships anyway. I took this moment to take my phone out and took a picture of them secretly while sol was still debating that it was supposed to be mine. After I took a picture of them, I stopped them from debating and just gave it to sol.
"Sol, It's okay, I can buy it naman," Sol looked at me with her hesitant face. I winked at her that duke can't see. Sol was blushing! Omgg.
"Oh shoot! C'mon guys! It was already the 3rd class!" Naalarma kami pareho ni sol kaya tumakbo na kami palabas ng mall at pumara ng taxi. This time nasa passenger seat na si duke at kaming dalawa na ni sol ang nasa back seat.
"Saan po tayo sir?" The driver asked while fixing the metro.
"Villanueva University," duke said while fixing the seatbelt.
"Right away, sir!" It seems that the driver was in a good mood. But duke didn't answer him, duke just rested his head at the window and closed his eyes. Gano'n din ang ginawa ni sol kaya nakigaya na din ako.
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I just woke up when I heard the closing of the doors. "Hey! You didn't wake me up!" I said while scratching my eyes. Napatigil lang ako nang maalala na may nagbabantay sa gate.
"Sol, duke," pagpigil ko sakanila.
"Bakit?" Parehas silang napatingin sa'kin na may pagtataka sakanilang mukha.
"Diba, may nagbabantay do'n?" Napatingin sila sa isa't-isa na parang ngayon lang nila naalala na may bantay sa entrance.
"s**t, we're f****d up," duke hissed.
"Let's do something," Sol said.
I noticed that the guard left, what a luck.
"Hey, hey! The guard just left," pagtawag pansin ko sakanila dahil nag-iisip padin sila ng paraan kung paano makakapasok nang hindi nahuhuli. Napatigil sila sa pag-iisip at tumingin sila sa entrance kung totoo nga ang sinasabi ko.
"Let's go! Hurry!" duke whispered.
Nang may makita kaming guard na papalapit, we quickly hide in the wall. Buti nalang nagkasya kaming tatlo do'n. We were busy eyeing the guard when I felt someone was behind us. I looked behind. To see a man, a man with his cold teal blue eyes, It kinda familiar. Hays, I can't think straight because I was distracted by the situation right now. "Who are you? If you were here to fight, not now. We are in the middle of something." Nagulat ako dahil nakatingin na din pala sila sa lalaki na nasa harapan ko. Ang tangkad niya, sobra. Mas matangkad pa siya kay duke. To the point nakatingala kami sakan'ya. Duke was 6'2.
"What something?" The man asked, with no expressions at all.
"Why would you care, huh?" Lumapit na si duke sa lalaki, napipikon.
With that, the tall man left us dumbfounded. He left us with no answer at all. "What's the problem of that bastard?" Napalakas yata ang pagkakasabi ni duke dahil napatigil 'yung lalaki sa paglalakad at lumingon sa'min with his brows furrowed. We were now holding the shoulder of duke to stop him. Duke was short-tempered that's why duke sometimes need some control.
Buti nalang at wala na ulit 'yung guard kung 'di yari talaga kami kung bakit nandito kami at wala sa room nakikinig.
"Duke, I think we need to go, habang wala pa 'yung guard." anyaya ni sol. Sol has a point. Kesa makipag-away pa 'to si duke.
"Humanda ka sa'kin, loko," pagbabanta niya sa lalaki pero pabulong nalang iyon na kami lang ang nakaririnig. Bago ako tuluyan makatalikod, I look to the man, again. He looked very familiar to me but I don't know if kelan kami nagkita. Tumingin din sa akin 'yong lalaki and... he smirked at me. Aba, loko talaga. After no'n, we completely turned our backs and headed to our room.
Now, we're thinking if how we would enter the room na hindi nahuhuli. And suddenly an idea pop out of my head. "Psst," Tawag ko sa classmate ko na nasa hulihan ang upuan. Lumingon siya pero nagulat nang makita kaming tatlo sa labas ng room. I put my index finger on my mouth signing him to shut his mouth. He nodded.
I gave him my bag sunod 'yung kila sol. Nakuha naman niya kaagad ang pinupunto ko na ilagay 'yun sa upuan namin. Tinititigan padin namin ang bawat galaw ng professor namin. Kapag lilingon siya sakanila, we will immediately hide. Buti nalang din na malapit lang 'yung seat namin sa kasabwat namin kaya madali lang 'yon mailalagay.
Nang sumenyas 'yung guy sa ilalim ng table niya na okay na 'yung bag namin, we crawled secretly. Every time na haharap 'yung professor titigil kami at pinagdarasal na hindi pumunta dito 'yung prof. Sumilip ako kung nagsusulat naba ulit 'yung prof. sa white board and nakita kong busy siya sa binabasa niya kaya we took this chance na. Tumakbo kami papalapit sa upuan namin, actually, hindi takbo talaga. Takbo na nakayuko.
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