Why Does it Matter?

Chapter 12: Collide

Content Warning: R-18

(Ung mga bata po, tulog po muna kayo diyan :> ))

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"So, what did you do this time Aryanna Gayle?" I look at both girls in front of me at napailing na lamang. Muli kong tinignan ang iPad ko na hawak ni Monique at paulit-ulit piniplay ang ten seconds video na iyon.

"Ang panget ng interpretation ng video, look the netizens are out bursting because Caleb was left there, looking all victimized." Monique commented at tuluyan ng pinatay ang iPad ko. I sip my iced coffe at napasandal na lamang sa couch ko.

Both Annica and Monique hysterically drive their way here to my unit dala-dala ang masamang balita ng kumalat na video ni Caleb Rein Salazar, being left dumbfounded by a girl. It was a clip from the incident last game, at halos mayanig ang community ng school naming dahil doon. Everyone was surprised and dumbfounded by the whole clip.

The video was taken from one of the patron seats of the arena kaya medyo malayo ang kuha but our faces were yet still visible by the angle of shot, lalo na ang mukha ni Caleb na lumong-lumo. It was the exact moment where I chase Ven out of the venue leaving Caleb behind. After almost two weeks the video came up blowing all social media platforms.

Hindi ko na rin naman nagawang kausapin si Caleb dahil busy na rin ako sa school and I'm too preoccupied by my own thoughts, I've got too much on my plate already.

"The audacity of the girl to reject someone like Caleb?! Really?! Bakit sino ba si Caleb, huh?!" Now Annica is in morbid form dahil nagbabasa na siya ng comments from Twitter. I just shook my head dahil sa nangyayari, I didn't expect that this will blow up like this. I didn't even know Caleb is famous on the plane of showbiz, siguro dahil hindi naman talaga ako interesado sa kanya.

"That girl is the same girl that rejected Caleb two years ago, saying she wasn't ready yet. What a pathetic excuse?! Wow! Too much bullshit for the people to go messing and feasting about someone's else life! Go get your own business to maneuver! This bitches!" Sigaw ni Annica na galit na galit at padabog pang uminom sa iced coffe niya. Monique's looking at me, worried because of this issue. Kahit ako nagigimbal at naloloka dahil sa biglaan ganito.

Never knew I would be an internet star for just leaving someone. Social media sucks.

"You know what, Nica. Tama na 'yan, ikaw lang ang mababa-badtrip diyan. Enough." Monique said at kinuha na ang cellphone ni Annica at inilagay iyon sa coffee table ko.

"No! Those people are really out of line! Yes! I promote freedom of expression! Pero seriously!? That's just a clip, that's not the whole story! Dahil ba binalik ni Arya ung bulaklak meaning she rejected him? Excuse me! Matagal na siyang ni-reject ni Arya! He just doesn't have the crouch to accept it! Bwisit! Romanticizing victims without even knowing the whole story!" She said angrily, really lashing out on Caleb. Kahit ako hindi matanggap that after two days that the video was aired, he didn't say any word about it.

"He even put it on his IG story, the flowers that he bought." Monique said at napainom na lamang din ng kape, gusto ko na lamang matulog sa loob ng isang taon dahil sa nangyayari. I couldn't keep up with the both of them dahil masyado na kong nababaliw kaiisip, sa sasabihin ng ibang tao, ng parents ko, ng team na naka-witness ng nangyari, and even Ven.

"My God! What a dick! Hindi talaga lahat ng lalaki may utak, puro titi pinapairal!" Napapikit naman kami ni Monique sa salitaan ni Annica at mukhang hindi naman siya natinig dahil sa frustration na nadarama.

"Ang pa-victim kasi! I-IG story na na-reject ka?! What are you?! Attention seeker?!" Annica hissed at uminom sa kape niya para kumalma na, kahit ako hindi rin naintindihan si Caleb sa parteng iyon.