Prologue

A/N: Sorry for the typos and grammatical errors. Hope you like this story. Happy reading!

Click the English translation for those who prefer English. This chapter written in mixed Tagalog and English.

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I was laughing with my friends in our classroom while waiting for our next prof. We talked about what happened earlier on our first subject were Miguel, one of my friend got shouted by Prof. Jamila because of his joke when some of our classmates run to leave the room after hearing someone shouted.

"Nasaan ang put*ng*nang gag*ng lalaki na 'yan? Ilabas niyo!" Sigaw ng isang boses babae. 

"Narinig niyo pre?" Christian asked.

"Sino 'yon?" Miguel.

I ignored them and stand up to go out to see who was it but before I could take one step something hard was landed on my head. 

"Aray! Sino nambato?" Galit na sigaw ko.

"Ako! May angal ka?" Althea answered. She's not alone. She's with her friends. 

"Gag* ka!" Jercel shouted and throw the bag near her. 

"Ano bang problema niyo? Ba't kayo nanggugulo dito?" Nagtitimpi kong tanong. Galit ako pero marami ng nanonood mula sa loob ng classroom namin hanggang sa labas dahil sa pakikiusyoso ng mga ibang estudyante. 

"Ano galit ka? Tang*na mo, ikaw pa may ganang magalit sa ginawa mo!" Althea angrily said. Not just her but all of them including her friends. I roam my eyes around to the people behind her and I realize its not just Althea and her friends but all of them. Whole section of BS-Entrep 1 are now infront of me with their blazing angry eyes darted on me that I didn't know where it came from.

"Nag-iiskandalo kayo Althea, at buong section niyo pa ang pumunta dito. Ano bang trip niyo?" 

"Ikaw? Ano bang trip mo? Ang pumatay?" Jamaica snorted with her clenched jaw and closed fist.

People easily reacted of what she said. They eyed me like I killed someone. Umusbong na rin ang mga bulong bulongan na naririnig. Some students started filming. Miguel and Christian even take a step away from me and look at me frowning and with doubful eyes.

"Jamaica, ano bang pinagsasabi mo? Nababaliw ka na ba?" 

"Ikaw ang nababaliw!" She pointed me and walked towards my direction and slapped me. People gasp. It hurts. Her slap hurts and I didn't know why she did that! Tears started falling down her eyes. "Paano mo nagawang gag*hin at pabayaan ang kaibigan namin? Paano?! Minahal ka niya pero hinayaan mo siyang mawala! Anong klasing lalaki ka? Anong klasing boyfriend ka!" She started punching my chest and showering me slaps. 

I can't contain it anymore so I pushed her but not that hard to make her fall on the floor but she still did because of her weak legs caused by her crying.

"Gag*!" People shouted after Ace punched me that make me fall onto the floor. I didn't see it coming so I didn't have the chance to dodge it. "Ace, tama na! Ace! Ace!" Group of boys from their section trying to stop Ace from punching me continuously. 

Nang mailayo nila si Ace na nanginginig sa galit ay tsaka ako inalalayan nina Miguel at Christian patayo. 

"Ano? Hindi ka pa nakuntentong saktan si Clariz para si Jamaica saktan mo rin!" 

I'm mad and I want to return the punches Ace gave to me pero nang makita ang basang mukha niya ay hindi ko na nagawa pa. Bagkos ay mas lalo akong nagulohan sa inaakto nila. 

Ano ba talagang nangyayari? Wala akong maintidihan! 

Buong section silang sumugod at galit na galit tapos umiiyak. Lahat pa ng sinasabi nila ay paninisi sa akin sa bagay na hindi ko alam na ginawa ko dahil wala naman akong ginawa.

And did he mentioned Clariz? 

F*ck! So this is all about Clariz? Talagang protektado nila siya para sugorin pa ako dito dahil sa nangyari sa aming dalawa. 

I laughed sarcastically after I realize of the root of these mess. "So, you're making a scene because of Clariz? At talagang buong section kayo ah," 

"Oo, dahil gag* ka! How could you act like nothing happened? How could you show your f*cking disgusting face here in the campus especially to us you assh*le! After what you did to Clariz you can still smile and laugh?" Rhealyn scoff. "Wala kang kwenta. May pasabisabi ka pang ligtas si Clariz kapag kasama ka eh ikaw ang nagpahamak sa kaniya, tarantado! Wala kang kwentang lalaki! Kaya kayo," she face the other student watching. "Huwag kayong maniniwala sa lalaking 'to," she pointed at me. "He promised to us and to our friend that Clariz is safe with him but.." her voice broke. "But he let her suffered and break. Pinabayaan niya ang kaibigan namin!" 

"You'll over reacting. We just broke up. Ano namang pakialam niyo sa relasyon namin?" 

"Gag*!" Ace was about to punch me again but his classmates stopped him before he could do.

"Wala kaming pakialam sa relasyon niyo pero kay Clariz meron." Decilyn said. 

"You're bullsh*t!" Jercel cursed while looking at me with blazing eyes. "Kalat na sa buong probinsiya ang nangyari kay Clariz. Tapos ikaw na kasakasama niya kagabi walang alam?" She stepped forward. "Wala kang hiya. Tinanggap ka namin lalo na ang pamilya niya pero wala kang ginawa kundi iwan siya at pabayaan. Wala kaming pakialam kung niloko mo siya o kung ginawa mo siyang kabit pero sana nagkaroon ka kahit kunting malasakit sa kaniya! Ginag* mo na nga pinabayaan mo pa!" Again, I recieved another slap. 

"Try to search of what happened to Clariz Faye Viado everyone. You'll understand why are we acting like this and blame this motherf*cker infront of us named Mark Teddy Magsico, her useless assh*le boyfriend." Rhealyn said while gritting her teeth. After that people started gasping and murmuring something while looking at me.

I frowned. What the hell! I don't really understand! Clariz and I just broke up last night and so what? Do they need to make a news about our break up? Hindi naman siya ganon kakilala sa campus para mabalita at pagtuonan ng pansin.

"Let's go," Althea commanded and they're all turning their back. Ilang sandali pa ay nagsialisan na rin ang mga nanonood pero tumitingin muna sa akin bago maglaho. Umiiling pa sila at may halong galit at inis ang mga mata, umiirap pa ang iilang babae.

Inis ko nalang ginulo ang buhok ko at pinunasan ang dugong dumaloy sa sugat na natamo mula sa suntok ni Ace. 

"Galit na galit sila sa'yo pre, lalo na si Ace." Si Miguel matapos ayosin ang upoang nagulo. 

"Wala 'yon. Galit lang 'yon dahil may gusto siya kay Clariz tapos kinuwento siguro agad ni Clariz sa kanila na tin-two time ko siya at hiwalay na kami." 

"Gag* ka rin naman kasi pre. Kung ako ang papipiliin, mas gusto ko si Clariz kesa kay Carlita." Si Christian na umiiling pala. 

"Oo nga." Segunda naman ni Miguel. "Mas maganda man si Carlita pero 'di hamak na mas matino si Clariz." 

Umiiling ako. "Tss. Hayaan niyo na." 

Mukha akong walang pakialam pero naisip ko rin iyon. Pero wala eh, si Carlita mahal ko at laro lang iyong kay Clariz. Hindi ko naman alam na ganon pala siya kadaling utoin.

"Ano 'to?" Christian while holding a black notebook with a garter as its lock and black pen attached on the side of the notebook's spine. "Kanino 'to?" 

Sasabihan ko na sana na buklatin at tignan niya kung may pangalan sa loob nang sumulpot ulit si Althea sa room na mag-isa. 

"Hoy, Teddy!" Napalingon kaming lahat sa pinto kung saan nakatayo si Althea na matalim ang tingin sa akin. "Read that book, bakasakaling makonsesiya ka sa ginawa mo." Anito na tinutukoy ang black notebook na hawak ni Christian bago tumalikod pero agad ding huminto. "By the way, huwag ka ng magtaka kung may susugod pa dito sa'yo bukod sa amin. Ready yourself to get beat, Ted. I'm sure as hell hindi lang pasa sa mukha ang makukuha mo." Bilin pa nito na hindi na nag-abala pang humarap bago tuloyang umalis. 

"Oh," Christian handed me the notebook. "Basahin mo daw." anito bago umupo sa upoan niya. 

Hindi ako mahilig magbasa kaya hindi ko sana tatanggapin pero ewan ko at tinanggap ko iyon. May tumutolak sa aking kunin at malaman kung ano ang nasa loob at kung kanino iyon. 

It's a plain black notebook but with a built in letters below. 

Clariz

Iyan ang nakasulat sa ibaba ng notebook. Mukhang pinasadya. Sa kaniya pala 'to. 

Ibibigay ko na sana kay Miguel ang notebook nang mapansin kong nakatingin sa akin ang iilan kong kaklase at nagbubulongan pa. 

Tumayo ako para tanongin kung bakit mapanghusga ang tingin nila nang mahulog ang notebook at bumukas iyon sa unang pahina. 

March 17, 2019

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Kumunot ang noo ko sa nabasa. I'm not fan of reading love stories but I pick it up and sat again comfortably at my seat before started reading.