Once In Katipunan

Chapter 03

Days have passed, and the asshole didn't stop from annoying me. He kept on sending me his invitations for the past few days. He's still asking me out for a date.

Hindi ko naman pinapansin yung mga messages niya sa instagram, I wasn't taking it seriously tho, because I assume that he wasn't serious as well.

I have no time for his shits or on whatever he's up for, especially he made a bad impression the first time we met.

Today is thursday, usually it's our org day. Meaning to say, we'll be having a meeting as a club. We normally make this regular to keep our organization intact. The upcoming org activities are usually the common agenda of the weekly meetings we conduct.

It's 3:45 in the afternoon when our professor dismissed our class, 15 minutes early than the original dismissal time. Wala namang pasok si Arni during thursdays kaya wala akong kasabay umuwi mamaya.

"Ara, pa sunken kana?" Liliane said. Liliane San Pedro is my blockmate/orgmate/ and my other best friend. She's the last one to complete our trio. Usually kasi, kaming tatlo nina Arni ang laging magkakasama.

"Yeah, tara sabay na tayo." Aya ko sa kaniya.

Lumakad kami hanggang sa usual meeting spot namin. Di naman masyadong malayo ang garden dito kaya di na kami nagsasakyan, and nakaka-relax din kase lumakad dahil marami kang puno na madaraanan.

"Hoy pokpok, balita ko may bebe ka sa areneyo ah?" Liliane said.

"Echosera, wala no! Wag ka masyado naniniwala kay Arni." Depensa ko.

"Nako, kaya pala may nababalitaan akong admirer mo na kinukulit ka raw sa IG." Tukso niya pa.

"Punyeta talaga yang si Arni eh no, wala lang yun. Napulot kasi niya yung ID ko, tas ngayon nanghihingi ng kapalit sa pagsauli niya."

"Luh, anong kapalit? Access sa bataan? Free entrance ng scuba diving sa perlas? Pechay harvest?"

My brows furrowed and looked her with a disgusted look.

"Boba, walang ganon. Wag kang atribida." Sagot ko. "Inaaya niya lang ako lumabas, iyon lang 'yon!" Dagdag ko pa.

"Pinagbigyan mo naman?" Curious na tanong niya.

"Syempre hindi! Ekis tayo sa kaniya bro," Agad na sagot ko. Tinaasan niya lang ako ng kilay at binigyan ng isang nanunuyang tingin.

We walked for five more minutes before we reached the garden. Marami na kaming org-mates na nadatnan. Halos lahat ng mga early birds ay mga freshmen pa, 'di pa hectic yung sched eh.

"Oh ayan na pala sila Ara eh," Joyce said, one of our orgmates.

Tumingin yung mga bagong members sa amin. Yung iba ngumiti, yung iba nahihiya, yung iba pokerface lang. Ngumiti naman ako sa mga club members bago makisalamuha sa kanila. Others hesitantly mingle around me, maybe they were uneasy because they assumed that I'm not that friendly.

Though I looked like grumpy, I don't carry such attitude naman. I'm just oftentimes misunderstood as one, because I usually wear my pokerface whenever I'm walking or doing something. Sabi rin ng iba hindi raw ako mukhang approachable, pero sa totoo lang, daig ko pa hahabol sa council sa sobrang dami kong kakilala.

"Hey hi! Arki? Naks naman. Welcome to the club!" Bati ko sa isang freshman.

"Hi miss" I turned to my back to see whoever called me.

"Oh, hi! Are you also a freshman?" I asked, offering my hand for a handshake. "Amber Rayne Tantenco, but you can call me Ara." Pakilala ko pa.

He took my hand before answering.