After all that tension with Lance yesterday, everything went back to normal. Pagkabalik namin sa room, naroroon na si Akiara. Lance is still his usual cheerful and talkative self, and I'm still the old Xavier that hates small talks. But for me and Lance, I know that something changed between us. We became awkward and wary of each other. He's really determined to win Aki. As for Jiro, wala namang bago. Still the over-protective older brother. But I know that Jiro's aware of everything.
Today I woke up earlier than usual. Mabilis akong nag-ayos, kumain, pagkatapos ay naglakad papuntang school like my normal routine. As I walk past the gates of HCBU, I smiled at the guard who's always assigned for the morning shift.
"Good morning Manong," I said as I tried to smile in my most friendly way.
