Love In The Sunset

Prince Airam De Frías I was running to the fourth curved line to shoot my three-points shot to end the last game of our play when I heard her loud voice. "te quiero, Airam!" I almost lost my balance when she said that out loud. I know it was hers kasi siya lang naman ang may lakas na loob tawagin akong Airam. What's with this lady? Why is she so blunt? Hindi ba siya nahihiya na may nakaintindi sa isinigaw niya? "Prince, four seconds left" Arzam shouted. I focused on the play and continue running to the area where I need to shoot the ball. When I reached it, I immediately throw the ball. "That's the end! Prince de frías just end the game with his three-points shot" The announcer announced. Tumingala ako sa malaking screen upang tignan ang score. HOME | GUEST 107           96 Itinaas ko ang aking kamao sa ere. It is symbolize how hard we worked to achieved this another milestone of us before we graduated highschool. I head towards my teammates and they gave me all a high five clap. "Damn it! I know you guys can really do it!" our coach said while tapping everyone's head. When was my turn he hugged me so tight. "You're incredible" bulong nito. "Let's have a dinner tonight. It's my treat!" sigaw niyang muli. After we greeted and congratulated each other, we proceeded to the shower room. May pa-dinner pa kasi si coach. "That was Elise, right?" I heard Arzam asked. Nasa kanya-kanya kaming cubicle habang naliligo. "Damn, she's still cute" he said before chuckling. "Do you like her?" out of nowhere na tanong ko. Honestly, I don't really care about her. It's just that she keep on bothering me. "Sino ba naman ang hindi magkakagusto sa kanya. Ang cute kaya niya." sagot naman ni Arzam. "Cute but not rich." Austin said from the other cubicle. "Dude, love is not about the status of someone. Love is just love" Arzam answered him with his relax mode tone. I just rolled my eyes and fasten what I'm doing. I know Eloisa is waiting for me now. I wore my gray Adidas sweatshirt and black short pants before leaving the shower room. "Nabigla ka ata kanina" Boses ni Elise mula sa likuran ko. Hindi ko na ito pinansin at nagpatuloy lang maglakad but she just blocked my way. "Hindi mo man lang ba sasagutin yun?" tanong niya. Namulsa ako bago tumingin sakanya ng matalim. "Sabi mo gusto mo yung mga babaeng Español" she said while looking at me. "I said I love you in a Spanish, ibig sabihin ba gusto mo na rin ako?" she asked. I rose my right eyebrow, "i***t" I said. I'm always turning her down pero ayaw niyang tumigil and it really annoy the s**t out of me. "i***t?" di makapaniwalang tanong niya kaya tinanguan ko siya. "You're i***t trying to chase me knowing na may liniligawan ako" "At least mahal kita" I looked at her amusingly. "Can't you just be considerate to your mouth. Lahat na lang lumalabas dyan!" sigaw ko sakanya. "At least totoo" inosenteng sagot niya. Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako. I shouldn't never talked with her from the start. She's not even worth of my time. I was about to walk again when she scattered her long arms. "You need to answer it!" she shouted. Naglakad ako palapit sa kanya, "te odio" I pushed her slightly to unblock my way. She is Yaelis Eliazar, from lower section, I heard galing pa siya sa social welfare club at yun lang ang nalalaman ko about her and I'm not going to dig deeper about her. I'm not interested. Pagkalabas ko ng gym, I saw Eloisa standing near my car. She automatically smiled when she saw me. "Congrats" bungad na bati niya saakin. "Thank you" I hugged her. "Sorry, I was not able to watch your last game" she said. "No it's okay, at least nanalo kami" tugon ko. Humiwalay ako sa pagkakayakap sa kanya, "Let's have a lunch together." "May dinner kayo mamaya?" tanong nito. "Yes" tipid na sagot ko. " Then the lunch is on me, Mr. VIP" Sabi niya sabay pisil ng mahina sa magkabilang pisngi ko. Hindi ko mapigilan ang kiligin. Pinagbuksan ko siya ng pinto para makapasok sa shotgun seat ng kotse ko then we went our way to our destination. " Our prof just announced na immersion na namin next week." Malungkot na aniya. Eloisa is a third year college student in our school. She's taking a business management and this year she will be very busy because of immersion and she also need to prepare for her board exam soon. "It's okay I can still go to your condo" tugon ko habang kumakain. " Really? " bigla ay lumiwanag ang mukha nito. Pasimple naman akong tumango bilang sagot. "But prince, my workplace will be very far from here. Me and my friends decided to rent an apartment instead of going back and forth here and that would be hard for us to meet." may halong pagkadismaya sakanyang boses. I put down the forks I was holding and looked at her, I gently tapped her head," No matter how far it is. I'll always find ways, okay? " I assured her. After we had lunch, inihatid ko na siya sa building nila at ako naman ay pumasok na rin sa removal class ko. I'm attending to a science removal class kasi noong second year ako ay nabagsak ako dahil sa sobrang kabusy-han sa basketball. I went straight to my Science professor's office. Nadatnan kong walang tao. Maybe, she's not out yet. Pumasok na ako at naupo sa usual kong inuupuan. A minute later biglang bumukas ang pinto kaya agad akong tumayo to greet Mrs. Hidalgo but I was wrong. "Tapos ko na po!!!" her loud voice occupied the whole room. She was shocked nang makita ako pero agad naman niyang binawi ito. "Anong ginagawa mo rito?" tanong ko. Tuluyan na siyang pumasok habang may dalang makapal na papel. "Reporting to Mrs. Hidalgo, obviously" sagot niya. Inilapag niya sa table sa harap ko ang dala niyang mga papel saka ako binalingan ng nakakalokong ngisi. "What?" I asked her, annoyed. " You're so disappointing" she said in an insulting tone. Wow! Siya pa ang may ganang sabihin yan habang siya itong nagkakandarapa saakin? "Science hindi maipasa? Tao ka pa ba?" natatawa niyang tanong. Tumayo ako para sagutin siya pero mas tinawanan na lang niya ako. "Ano hindi ba totoo?" " I have my reasons!" sigaw ko sakanya. She just nodded that made me annoyed more. "What's that for?" inis na tanong ko. "What?" she asked holding her laugh. "Bullshit" wika ko sa sarili ko. How come that this i***t can just make fun of Prince Airam de Frías? "Give me other scientific fact about the pineapple then? " She asked me like she was trying to test my knowledge in science. "Pineapple contains a significant amount of vitamin C, a water-soluble antioxidant that fights cell damage, This makes vitamin C a helpful fighter against problems such as heart disease and joint pain." mayabang na sagot ko. "And?" she asked again. "A-and pineapple is good to our heart"sagot ko pa. She smiled,"By the way, I am the pineapple" she said. I froze because of what she said. What is she trying to imply? That she's good to my heart? Heck! "O, kinilig ka na niyan?" tanong niya. I pointed her because of disbelief, "Why are you so blunt? Filter filter rin ng bunganga pag may time" pang-iinsulto ko pabalik. She just smiled at me. Magsasalita na sana ulit ako pero pumasok si Mrs. Hidalgo. The way she looked at us like we just did something terrible. "Tapos na po ang pinapagawa niyo" nakangiting sabi ni Elise kay Mrs. Hidalgo. She just nodded and darted a gaze at me. "You can leave now, Ms. Eliazar" She said. Elise bowed halfway before leaving the room. I focused on Mrs. Hidalgo when she started sorting out her papers.