EDITED VERSION (04.18.20)

Chapter 22 - Partners

■ Shin ■

Nakita kaya ni Alexandra kung paano pumatay si Hime? Alam na din ba nya na gangster kami? I can't stop thinking about it. *pout*

"Hoy. Why? Is there a problem, Ōji?" nag aalalang tanong ni Sakura.

Kinuwento ko sa kanya kung anong problema ko.

"She didn't actually saw me na pinatay yung mga gago. But, I told her about me being a gangster. Don't worry I didn't tell her na gangster ka din. I can trust her." sabi nya. I think she's right. Alexandra is a good person. Eh paano kaya pag nalaman nya na ako din, gangster?

"Come on, Shin. We'll be late!"

I ran papunta kay Hime. Sumakay na kami sa Limousine nya. Sa kanya talaga yan. Tig isa kami! (^__^)

■ Alexandra ■

"Sakuraaaaaaaa!!" sigaw ko at tumakbo kay Sakura. Wiiih ~~~ namiss ko sya! Kahit kahapon lang kami nagkahiwalay. Nilibre pa nga nya ako ng ice cream sa Gelatissimo. Yaman din pala nila. *0*

Niyakap ko sya, "I missed you." I smiled. Naramdaman kong niyakap nya din ako pabalik.

Kumalas sya at hinawakan ang kamay ko, "Let's go."

Habang naglalakad kami, naisip ko lang ung sinabi ni Sakura kahapon. She is a gangster. The Queen of the gangsters. Di man lang nya sinabi ng maaga. (:3) Pero kung gangster sya, gangster din ba ung kakambal nya? Aish. Nevermind.

"Wahh~~~" napatingin ako kay Shin na nagniningning ang mga mata. Parang ganito ------>>> *0*

*pouts* Anong nangyayari sa kanya? Baliw na ata sya.

"Can I have some lollipops? (*0*)" sabi nya. O---kay?

I pouted, "No. N-O."

He pouted, "Ehhh. Please?"

"No."

Magsasalita pa sana sya pero dumating na ung Music Teacher namin. Yeeees!! Binelatan ko sya. Ha! In his face!

"Okay class. We'll have a group project. And hindi lang to typical project. We'll have a small festival with another section. Eto yung napag isipan naming project for your batch. And since your batch has 8 sections, hinati namin yun sa apat. And your section, Section Amber, will have the festival with Section Bloodstone." sabi nya. "You'll be working in pairs, syempre within your class only. Magsasama kayo ng Section Bloodstone for something na gusto nyo pang isama sa festival nyo."

Nagdiwang na yung iba kasi by pair ang gagawin.

"I'll be the one who will chose the pairings. No buts."

Rinig ko ang reklamo ng mga kaklase ko. Kahit ako nagreklamo. Ang panget pumili ni sir eh. ㅠㅠ

Hayy. Sana partner ko si Sakura.

"Listen. This will be the pairs. It'll be boys and girls. No buts. Some boys will be partnered to boys kasi mas madami ang boys nyo compared sa girls." Tumahimik lahat, "Fujiwara, Sakura and Wayland."

"What the hell?!" sabi ni Sakura. "I don't want this stupid moron!"

"Yes." sabi ni Jarred at tumingin ng nakakaloko kay Sakura. Si bestfriend naman, inis na inis.

"No complaints, Ms. Fujiwara. This will be an important event for your grades."

"I swear I'll fire this fucking teacher. Fucking shit." rinig kong bulong ni bestfriend.

Huh?

"Okay. Let's see. Reyes and Tan. Smith and Perez. Gomez and Yoshida."

I felt my face burned up.

"Wiiiee ~~ Alex! Partner tayo!"

"O-oo nga eh. Hehe."

Crush ko kasi si Iann hehe. Kinakabahan ako na makasama sya sa performance (ㅠㅠ). Hindi pa naman aako marunong kumanta.

"Tsk. Dapat ako partner nya."

May narinig akong boses ng lalaki sa mga kaklase ko nung tinawag kami ni Iann. Di ko nga lang alam kung sino.

I shrugged.

"Yu and Fujiwara, Shin."

And sinabi na ung iba.

"Okay. I already called everyone. So this is what ya'll do. You all know that our lesson is all about music. So, I've decided that you'll make a short duet. Kung kakanta ang isa, the other should play an instrument. Bawal parehas kumanta. Pero pwedeng parehas sa instrument. But if I were you, mas pipiliin ko ung may isang kakanta." inayos nya na yung gamit nya. "And by the way, the festival will be on October 10, 11 and 12. The first two days will be for purely booths and kung ano man ang naisipan nyong gawin. Last day is your performance. Pero not sure pa sa venue natin. Today is September 20 so if I'm not mistaken, you have three weeks to prepare. You can also have booths. Basta pag usapan nyo ng section na kasama nyo. Lower batches will go to your festival, so gandahan nyo okay?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Class president and other officers, kayo na ang bahala. Goodbye."

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Nandito kami sa Miku Hall. This is sometimes the place for basketball and volleyball practices.

We're meeting with the Section Bloodstone para sa festival. And I'm eating chocolates right now. *^*

"Can you please stop eating?" rinig kong sabi ni Sakura.

I smiled at her widely, "Hehe ang sarap eh."

"I'm only stopping you because Shin is also eating with you." lumingon sya kay Shin na katabi ko. "You look like a child with no manners."

Sasagot na sana si Shin nang magsalita na yung nasa harap.

■ Sakura ■

"I'm Liam from section Bloodstone. And this is Andre from section Amber." turo nya dun sa president namin. "As presidents of our respective sections, we will divide the workload fairly. Half of our class will be assigned in the designs of our venue. 4 separate venues ang booths ng mga sections. They haven't decided what venue we'll be using." sabi nung president ng kabilang section. "Half of Section Amber's class will join the other half of our class sa pag gawa ng booths. The other half of section Amber's class will think of other performances that we could include for our festival. Pwede rin kayong mag isip ng kung ano ang magiging lamang natin sa ibang sections."

"Class officers, we need your help para maging smooth ang festival. Kayo ang bahala sa mga technical stuff." sabi nung president namin.

I yawned. How boring. Di na ako nakinig pa sa mga sinasabi nila. Tch, I have better things to do. Hindi nga lang ako makaalis dito dahil sa president namin. I'm doing this for grades.

"—and that is all. You can all go now."

Agad akong tumayo. Pero tangina ang daming sumugod na mga students sa exit so I forced my self to sit down again.

"Bakit ba madaling madali ka, Hime?"

"I'm starving."

Biglang may sumulpot sa harap ko na may hawak na paper bag. "Here." he smiled widely habang inaabot sakin ang paper bag nya.

Sino ba to?

"Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Liam. President of the other section." he smiled.

Tinaasan ko sya ng kilay. "What is that and why are you giving it to me?"

"Food. Sabi mo gutom ka, eh."

Magsasalita na sana ako nang akbayan ako ng katabi ko. "Di sya tumatanggap ng mga cheap food from strangers."

"I'm no stranger. I introduced myself already." nakangiti parin yung Liam something.

"I don't care. It doesn't mean that you are not a stranger to her." sabi ni Ryll. And yes, sya yung nakaakbay sakin.

"I'm just giving her food. This ain't a cheap food."

Naiirita na ako.

"Ikaw nalang ang kumain. You look like you should eat a lot."

"Ooohh, ang swerte naman ni Sakura-chan. Pinag-aagawan ng dalawang lalaki." rinig kong sabi ni Yoshida habang natawa ng mahina. "You should join them, Red."

"Fuck off, Iann."

"Shut your traps." naiinis kong sabi. Why am I suddenly the center of attraction for them?

Tumayo nalang ako kaya napabitaw si Ryll. "I'm not going to accept that food. Like Ryll said, I don't accept food from strangers." sabi ko sa kanya, with my cold tone.

"Brrr."

I don't know who that is but pag nalaman ko talaga puputulan ko ng dila.

I dragged Dharyll out of the Hall bago pa sila may masabing iba.

Annoying shits.

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