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#YU23

•RICHARD•

Our finals game will be in two days pero ngayon talaga tinapat yung finals exam namin. Buti na lang, nakakapagreview kami ni Maine bago matulog since last week. Exemption nga lang yung nanood siya ng Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo. Sabi ko sa kanya na hindi na muna siya pwedeng manood kasi mag-eexams na.

Last exam namin for today is Trigonometry, na pinakaayaw ni Maine sa lahat ng subjects namin. She can excel in everything, except this. Ayaw na ayaw niya talaga ng Math.

I glance at her with every chance I get, at nakikita ko naman na focused siya sa exam namin na to. Ito kasi yung mas pinaghandaan naming dalawa, next is Physics. Ito kasi ang pinakamahirap, especially for her. Kaya tinutukan naming mabuti itong Trigo, hanggang kagabi nagrereview kami.

The bell rang, signaling that classes are over. We passed our papers in front and fixed my things after. Nakita kong huling nagpasa si Maine, saka siya bumalik sa upuan niya para ayusin yung gamit niya. I walked towards her and sat on the chair beside her seat. Alphabetically arranged kasi kami kapag final exams kaya hindi kami magkatabi ngayon.

"How's the exam?" I asked her. "Naalala mo ba yung mga nireview natin kagabi over the phone?"

Maine heaved a sigh and sat down on her chair, something she does whenever she's frustrated. "Nakalimutan ko yung iba! Nakakainis!" she groaned and buried her face on the palm of her hands. Hinarap ko yung upuan ko sa kanya and held her started stroking her back.

"Maine," I called her. She looked up at me and sighed. "Hey, okay lang yun. I still know you did well."

"Paano mo naman nasabi?"

"I saw you focused on the exams, hindi ka naman mukhang nagmadali saka diba huli ka pa ngang nagpasa," she nodded. "Kaya alam kong inalala mo talaga yung mga nireview natin these past few days," I held her hand and kissed her knuckles. "I know you did great, love."

"Huyyyyy... may makarinig sa'yo" she murmured.

"Kapag di ka pa naniwala sa'kin isisigaw ko na yun."

Tumayo na siya and grabbed her things. "Sabi ko nga tara na ano diba may training ka pa?"

Tumayo na rin ako saka kami lumabas sa room namin. We saw our friends waiting near the stairs, chatting while looking at something downstairs at the school grounds.

"Anong pinapanood niyo diyan?" tanong ko sa kanila pagkalapit namin.

"Si Luke, sinampal ni Mika kanina," sabi ni Gio sa amin. Luke and Mika are our classmates pero hindi namin masyadong ka-close. Hindi nga rin namin alam (o ako lang?) na nanliligaw pala si Luke kay Mika. We looked down at the school grounds and we saw them in an almost heated argument. Akala namin tapos na, pero biglang hinila ni Luke si Mika papunta sa gilid.

"Ano ba naman yan! Akala ko hanggang mamaya pa yung drama," Karla said as we pulled over and started walking down the stairs.

"Sila ba ni Mika?" I asked them.

"As far as I know, hindi," Gio said. "Nanliligaw pa lang yata si Luke kay Mika."

"Nanliligaw pala yun kay Mika?" Kevin asked.

"Yup," Maine said. We got to the locker rooms and the girls pushed us inside. "Mamaya na kayo chumismis. Magbihis na kayong tatlo at may training pa kayo."