Parang (Meadow)

Page XV

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KEVIN'S POV

I still can't believe what just happened.

Grabe, parang the time just passed by and tapos na. Nakausap ko na sya for a while.

"Is it still even 'a while'?"

"Parang napaka saglit naman non. Well, it's better than nothing."

"Noon, sobrang interesado ko kaya gusto kong kausapin. Kaso masyado akong duwag."

"Ayoko din naman sya i-add nang wala kaming usap in person. Ang creepy naman non for me."

"You have no contact or anything else physically, tapos bigla akong mag se-send ng friend request? Tanga lang?"

Habang iniisip isip ang mga bagay na yon, while sitting and idling around sa bakuran namin, bigla nalang sumagip sa isip ko ang isang bagay...

-Flashbackkk-

"Good morning guys." pagbubungad samin ni Sir Neil.

"So for today's lesson, ano nga ba yung dapat bubuksan nating new topic?"

"About po ata Sir sa Freedom." sagot ng isang boses.

Boses na hindi ko.. hindi ko makakalimutan.

"Ahh ganun ba, sige. Wala akong dalang laptop ngayon so more on open discussion lang." tugon naman ni Sir.

Napatingin naman si Sir sa likod na medyo may nag uusap usap.

"Oh, people at the back, alam nyo ba yung open discussions?" tanong ni Sir sa kalmado na way.

Biglang tumahimik din ang classroom.

"Yung ginagawa nyo, ang tawag dyan open discussions. Meaning, its a clash of ideas. Not necessarily mean to clash, but integration of ideas." pagsasaad nito.

"So, uhmm.. before that. Of course, i-establish muna natin ang topic natin which is 'Freedom'."

"Since this is an open discussion, let's talk about the definition of it."

"So anyone in the class, kindly give me your own definition of Freedom. Or maybe not.."

"Let's put it this way, I'll ask a question." pagsasabi neto na medyo nagising din ang dugo ko.

"Do you agree that we are free or not? Why? " tanong nito na biglang nagkaron ng spark sa room.

Ramdam ang pagtatanungan, at mga paguusap nang mahina.

Maya maya pa'y alam ko nang expected pero its her hand again. Walang katapusang kamay nya.

"Yes, Joreen." tawag ni Sir sa babaeng nagtaas ng kamay.

Joreen. Si Joreen Niban ang top 1 ng klase namin. She's the one na pilit nilang nilalaban saken kahit na truthfully, wala akong pake elam sa competition.

She's always contradicting with my ideas, beliefs, and even virtues. I dont like her god-like personalities that she put to herself. Hindi na confidence yung tawag don.