Forbidden

madaling umalis sa harapan niya at nilapi

ly just a few inches away from each other! B

bok ng puso ko. I don't even know what made this heart beat

g meron

o mong sumali. We know you're into music and we really want you in our org," my c

g to recruit me to join the org. Pero dahil

ayang sabi niya bago umalis. Nagmadali na

ko ng building pero ramdam ko pa rin ang lakas ng

ong ni Clarisse. I didn't notic

ying to look calm. Ayaw ko namang

ka," Lio

na pinagtawanan ng dalawa. They're not helping. Feeling ko

Nagsimula na akong maglakad pala

g nangyari?" Asked Lio. Napahinto ako

risse and she was about to laugh. Si Li

My eyes automatically widened. She can't just say it like it's not

he thing you were talking about earlier?"

a ako," I muttered. Nagsimula na ulit akong maglakad at mas binilisan ko pa. But the tw

Hope Rivera," he mumbled. I rolled

a?" Lio as

I hurried

anan ko na sana ang dalawa to avoid Lio's questions and Clarisse's tea

g everything to Lio. If only I could be deaf for just a

told her about me singing not knowing there was someone around

e's really not. I know it because he kept telling me about this special girl he always liked na hindi ko naman alam kung sino. Itong mga tao kasi minsan ang hilig mag-stereotype. Just bec

where our next class would be, I hurriedly we

happened when we were walking up the stairs

apan. Takot 'yan malaman

said. I'm not really the kind na madaling mag

. She even gestured

said to Lio and they both look crazy now

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ite café. Wala kasi ngayon ang parents namin sa bahay at may sakit si Manang so no one

g mga problems at kung ano-anong numbers na may kasama nang letters ang sinusula

io. These three are so close. Palibhasa they're all so into

want them talking about our instructor again. Marami pa namang mga students

pala ang nainom ko. Masyado kasi akong naging bored. Napan

ka na naman ng ganang kumain niyan," she mumb

nagawa mo," I said. She just stared at me. A few sec

went back to her sense

ed me her paper and written there are a lot of numbers and letters combined by ma

s is

akit ata ako diyan," I said. She l

uld say that,"

ailangan pang ma-bored. It's time to pay my a

di naman ako ganoon katakaw but food always give me comfort. Ka

he spoon to my mouth w

ow at the entrance. And when I looked there, I s