AphroGai

Chapter 9

CHAPTER 9

I don't know if I should go to school right now, I don't think I can sit beside with Zyrell. But also, I don't want to stay at home because Mom and Dad will surely question me why I don't want to go to school. At the end, I decided to take my class and at the same time make the things clear up with my best friend. It a good choice over thinking your selfishness.

While I walk into the pathway, I keep on thinking again what's Gai deal last night. He act rude again out of nowhere like I did something terrible to him even though I don't have any idea what really happened. I really suspected that he is a bipolar.

When I arrive at the door of my classroom, I take my deep breath before entering. I made up my mind that before I take my seat, I will apologize to—

She's not here, Zy is not here. Does she take an absence? But why? Is that because of me?! She thinks that I am mad to her without asking me what I really think? Or she is really that mad to me that she don't want to see me?

I got disappointed after I think of the reason of her absence, my effort of preparing myself to face her just go in vain. She didn't even think that I am more concerned with our friendship more than anything else. But of course, I don't have a choice but to accept that I'll spend my day without her.

I take my seat and the class starts. I'd made my mind that after this class, I go look for Yuna to convince her to join our club rather than to think what is Zyrell's deal. We always had a fight since we were little and I know we can make things up soon so I don't need to worry that much.

Anyway, as far as I can remember, you can transfer club anytime you want if you just join a club you really not into that activity. Well, I'm not sure if she is interested at photography, bu at least, she can be with us every wednesday if she really want to be close with us. And I really need to do this for my mission in life.

My first class starts at ten in the morning every thursday. Actually, this is my favorite day of school days because I don't need to wake up early in the morning. Maybe they did make it on purpose to let us experience this day so we can stil be motivated to go to school.

Since I arrived early for my plan to talk with Zyrell before class starts without thinking that she may take her absence, I got bored when I seat for minutes wihout doing anything. I am thinking for going outside and start to take a look for Yuna, but when I check the time, its already 9:45 in the morning and the class will start soon so I don't have a choice but to stay. I don't want to get scolded this early if I go back late. I'll just take a nap so I won't feel the boredom.

Then I wake up after hearing my classmates greeting our newly arrived professor. I immediately fix myself before she can notice that I just recently woke up. And I am hoping that she can start this class sooner to end much early because I have some errand—

"Excuse me, Mr. Ramos. Can't you see that I'm here already?! You're a very disrecpectul student sleeping at my class! Do you want to spend your time standing at the front?" our prof shouted at him.

Everyone turn their gaze at him even me. I cover my mouth just to express my shock as he yawn even he got scolded a while ago. Gai really didn't have any fear to anyone even with the terror prof we have here.

"Oh, if I do that, you'll love that. So instead, stand up and change your seat beside Miss Rivera. You'll love attention, right?" Then she pointed the vacant seat at my right side, it was suppose to be Zy's chair. "Then here, you'll get all the attention you want," she calmly said as if she is controlling her temper. She maybe having a hypertension.

At first, it didn't sink in to me. But the moment he sit beside me, that is the time that I felt my heart like having a race with other heart inside my chest, it really beats faster. I am really worried of what will happen to me if this continues.

Right after his butt attach to the chair, he glared at me as if its my fault that he'd been caught. Really, he's accusing me? Isn't just that I am lucky to have him here beside me? I won't struggling looking at him at the back. Maybe my effort for today really didn't go in vain, maybe I deserve this.

Then the class officially starts without any objections in class. I really want to thank my prof for giving me this opportnity especially for her attitude being strict so no one try to demand or suggest anything. Thursday is a very perfect indeed.

When we're in the middle of discussion already, I notice Gai's head which is going to fall down again... he's sleeping again. He really never fear our prof even he knows that she can take him to the guidance office. Or maybe, he is just that used to go their. But not now, I won't let that happen because my moment with him will be ruined.

I pinch him softly—much enough to wake him up. Then the moment he felt it, he glared at me again. "What?!" he furiously uttered as if he never be with me last night. Like, I thought we have spark already. Oh, Aphy, in your dreams.

I winced at him. "Do you want to be scolded again?"

Actually, I don't want to brag what happened earlier since I am worried that it can hurt his ego but I don't have any choice. Besides, it is the only reason why I did that.

"What do you care if she did? As if it does affects you," he said with a lower tone. Even we're arguing right now, he maintain his sit properly. He don't want to be caught too, an opposite fact for what he is saying. It's really obvious that he really don't want to get shouted in the front of the class again.

Aside from that, he sounds like he's implying something. Is he thinking something that I didn't care for him for this long? How he could think that way?

"I care because she let you sit beside me. Of course, that means that its my responsibility now to wake you up everytime I see you sleeping again. Because if I didn't, there's a possibility that she will be mad to the both of us," I answered him with lower voice too.

I see him smirk. "Oh, that's why. You're afraid to be a visitor of Guidance's Office, huh?"

My eyebrows met as he ignored what I said. He is so impossible. How could someone stay with his attitude? "No it's not like that. You'd mistakenly—"

"Stop it. I thought you don't want us to be caught, didn't you? So why bother to talk to me that long? And I don't need your explanation either. Just pinch me without any words came from your mouth whenever you want to wake me up and let me have at least a peaceful hour sitting here. Don't bug me anymore," he said. I felt his coldness with his voice, I always failed to comprihend where his attitude came from.

I ignored him, because I know argumenting with him won't help to solve anything. We will just ended fighting for nonsense again and the result might be bad, we're gonna ended up caught by our prof.

Then minute have passed since we talked and I felt the same way he felt, I got sleepy head too. And the real problem here is I need to deal with this alone.

I suddenly remembered my best friend, she usually simply pinch me everytime I felt sleepy. Now that she's not around, I need to fight against this with my own way. The question here is: how? Can someone overcome sleepiness without being pinch by others?

When I looked at Gai, he start to show his back to me. I pout as he never face me again, he is very serious for what he said earlier.

Aside from Gai or Zy, I have another seatmate at my left side. But she is a girl and I feel like she doesn't like me too like my other girl classmates, and we are not close either. I can't ask her to pinch me to wake me up, there's a possibility that she may full her strength in pinching me and I ended up screaming at the middle of the class. Of course, Idon't want to embarass myself like that.

Next to her is another girl who happened to be her friend. Ever since second semester starts and the two of them became our seatmate, we never talk anything. Unless its about school matters, but its too seldom. So, we never concern each other about other stuffs.

I really have a big problem here, I seriously have no I idea what should I do to fight this feeling. And while this dilemma happening, my mind keep on thinking that the more you fight what you feel, the more force it can give you to feel it.

I scratched my head as I act like something is itchy, I also try to play with my pen and try to practice improving my penmanship but neither doesn't work. The only way I think that I can overcome this dilemma is to have pinch by others.

This sleepiness made me no choice, I have to poke Gai to ask him to do that. He is the only one I can trust right now over this two girls beside me.

Gai immediately glared at me. "I'm not sleepy anymore so could stop poking me?" he said at his irritated yet lower voice.

I smile strained as I said, "I know, but your drowsiness transfered to me. Could you pinch me so I can fight with it?"

I don't know why I ended up like I am begging for him to pinch me as I look at his reaction. Its a simple pinch, why he's looking me that I am a freak?

"Can't you understand what I've said earlier? Don't you have your own life?" he ask while his eyebrows met.

I sighed and I got tired even I didn't say anything. "Why you're so irritable? I only ask you for—"

"Excuse me, Mr. Ramos and Miss Rivera, what are you two discussing? Can you share it with the class?"

Then that's how my sleepiness fade away... our profossor made it remove as she let my heart starts to beat faster again. And another thing, I gulp when I saw her glaring at us and waiting for our response. I immediately turned my gaze down because of her deadly stare.

This is the first time that this professor notice me since second semester class starts, and what really sucks is that she give an attention to me just to embarass to the whole class. I know its my fault but I believe embarassing your student in the front of her classmates is not an attitude of a good teacher.

No one in class give any reaction. They will never do that even they have the opportunity. Our prof is too terror so dropping humor will just cause more danger for everyone. We even don't know what her name is, as if she predicted that we will report her to the Guidance doing something terrible like this to us so she never introduce herself to the class.

I don't know what the class thinks about us, but the moment Gai stand up and speaks bravely while facing our terror professor... I honestly become speechless.

"I'm sorry, Ma'am. I invited Miss Rivera to go on a date with me and we're on the middle of our discussion about it when you notice us, so if you excuse us, we will leave this room right now so we won't disturb your class anymore."