Voice of the Heart

1. THE DAY WE MET

"Yosi?" Napailing na lang ako dito kay Rain. Alam naman nitong hindi ako nagyoyosi, inaaya pa din ako. 


"Eto, lollipop, gusto mo?" Inasar ko sa kanya yung kinakain kong lollipop, aba sinimangutan at iniwan ako. Tsk. Hanep din talaga. Parang mamamatay pag walang yosi.

"Raphael Mijares!" Napalingon ako sa lakas ng boses ng isang babae mula sa aking likuran. Bigla naman akong nagtaka. Buong pangalan ko talaga?!

"Yes?" I approached her awkwardly. Bakit ako kilala neto?

"Hay, buti naman naabutan kita! Kanina pa kita hinahanap." Mas lalo akong nagtaka. Bakit naman ako hinahanap ng babaeng to? Sino ba to?

"Ah, sorry miss ha pero kasi hindi kita kilala. Hindi din naman tayo magkaklase." I politely told her. Masyado syang maganda para maging stalker.

"I knew you will say that kaya magpapakilala ako sayo ngayon." She smiled and reached a hand to me. "Hi, I am Mikaella De Fierro from Third Year College of Music. Hindi ka naman ba busy today?" Confident nyang tanong sakin as if close kami.

"Third year? So Ate Mikaella pala dapat tawag ko sayo." Hirit ko. Bigla syang nag pout at hindi ko alam pero na cutan agad ako sa kanya. 

"Eto naman. Masyado na ba akong matanda? Maka ate ka. 2 years lang naman gap namin. Kaloka to. " 

"Fine. What do you need?" 

"Pwede ba tayo umupo muna dito?" Umupo kami sa bench sa school garden. Inaasar ko lang naman sya sa ate pero seriously, hindi mo aakalaing third year na sya. She looks like a freshman student. Kaya pala hindi ako familiar sa kanya. 

"Okay so ano na yung kailagan mo sakin?" 

"Okay, I will be straight to the point ha? I badly need you, my team badly needs you. We have a project kasi on one of our subjects and we need someone who's vocals are really good and at the same time may appeal din." I stopped her in that portion and smiled teasingly.

"Hmm, so ibig sabihin gwapo ako?" I thought she'll deny or what but to my surprise.

"Oo naman kaya nga ikaw napili ko eh kasi alam ko mapapanalo mo kami." Grabe ang confident naman neto sakin.

"If you don't mind, paano mo ako nakilala and of all students in this course, bakit ako napili mo or ng team nyo?" Eh sa totoo naman partida freshman student pa ako.

"Kung sasabihin ko ba sayo, papayag ka?" 

"Hmm. Depende" I teased.

"Raphael, please! I'm really desperate to win this one. I can't bare to lose this one." She seems so serious about what she said. I sighed and smiled.

"Fine so now tell me, how did you find me?"