American Boy ✔️

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Two: Not An Angel

"Naks, apat naman ngayon?" rinig kong sambit ni Ryland sa tabi ko, ngumiti na lang ako sa kanya habang ipinasok ko yung mga letters at chocolate sa loob ng bulsa ko.

I'm getting conscious because of all of these love letters and chocolates kahit na 'di naman na Valentine's day, 'di ko nga maintindihan kung bakit nakakatanggap pa rin ako nang mga ganitong bagay samantalang 12th grade na 'ko.

Akala ko naman kasi wala na 'kong matatanggap because I've gotten to the point where I'm basically kind of an adult now and I'm not in high school anymore where there are freshmen students staring at me with love-shaped pupils on them.

And here, love letters and chocolates from a couple of students.

This has been going on for a week now, it was one or two at first but now I just received four of them.

I don't understand. I don't understand at all.

Umupo na lang ako sa tabi ni Ryland bago magsimula yung klase.

Natawa naman siya sa reaksyon at ekspresyon sa mukha ko.

"I don't understand, it's been a year since I've received one, you know? So why...?" I sighed.

"A classic NEO tradition, I guess." he answers.

"NEO... tradition? Ano yun?" tanong ko, I got curious.

Humarap si Ryland sa'kin habang nginunguya niya yung baon niyang sandwich kasama na rin yung diet coke niya, sabi niya raw diet daw siya.

"There's this tradition na ang chances na masagot ka nang taong gusto mo ay million kapag nag-confess a few months before their graduation." my eyebrows immediately furrow in confusion, ano raw?

Does that even make sense?

Para namang fantasy yan galing sa dami daming pinapanood na Kdrama, I don't believe this 'tradition' at all. I just don't.

It doesn't make sense, paano kung 'di ka talaga kilala nang taong gusto mo, and then just because of some tradition they would suddenly found out about you and then fall in love right there, how?

Just how?

"That's stupid..."

"Is it... or it isn't?" he smirks.

"It is stupid, I can't believe I'm receiving letters and chocolates just 'cause of some tradition... god..." I almost cursed.

I don't know.

'Di ko alam kung anong problema ko these days, maybe I'm just really stressed kasi malapit na talaga yung graduation na'min, masyado akong kinakabahan, grabe.

Nababaliw na yata ako, yup, baliw na kakaaral at kakaiyak kasi 'di ko pa rin maintindihan yung mga problema sa math kahit ilang practice ko.

"Why don't they just focus on studying rather than sending me love letters..."

"At least meron ka..."

"Ryland, mag-sasampu na yung nagiwan nang mga love letters at chocolates sa desk ko, how am I supposed to 'fall in love' with these ten guys? I'm not into open relationships or anything." I added, sighing again.

"Okay na, Rina, alam na na'ming maraming may gusto sa'yo." he laughs.

"I didn't say that, I'm just being real in here."