LA ORIAN ACADEMY: School of the Prodigies SEASON 1 [PUBLISHED]

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

The Arrow for Victory

"I can't feel my body anymore."

Humagikhik at napailing na lamang si Suzanne habang pinapanood na umupo na parang robot si Dane. Agad naman s'yang sinamaan nito ng tingin nung nakaupo na ito nang tuluyan. "It's not even funny! Ugh. I couldn't even feel my legs when I do the split. I don't know if I could still survive this."

"Oo naman," napatingin naman si Dane kay Suzanne na ngayon ay nakatingin na sa kanya habang nangangalumbaba. "Alam kong kakayanin mo iyan. May two weeks pa tayo bago ang Sportsfest. Basta, mag-training lang tayo nang magtraining."

Dane showcased his gummy smile on her as he spoke. "Yeah, you're right. We should win because I don't wanna get stuck on gymnastics as my sports until the end of the school year. Just no. No," umiling-iling pa s'ya habang kinakalukat ang hawak n'yang cellphone.

Bumaba ang tingin ni Suzanne sa archery medallion na suot n'ya ngayon.

Napakurap na lamang si Suzanne nung may nilagay ang upperclassman n'yang si Kathleen sa kanyang kamay. "Ano po..." tinignan n'yang muli ang kanyang palad at sinuring mabuti ang bagay na binigay ni Kathleen sa kanya. "Ito po ay..."

"Someone gave that archery medallion to me as a good luck when I won my first tournament. I'm going to give that to you as a good luck as well," tugon ni Kathleen at ngumiti s'yak ay Suzanne.

"Sa-Salamat po, Miss Kathleen."

"Thank me... once you win on the Sportsfest."

Napangiti na lamang niyon si Suzanne at nagpatuloy na lamang s'ya sa kanyang pagbabasa sa kanyang Physics book.

"Dude," napatingin agad si Dwayne kay Clyde na namimilipit sa sakit nung tuluyan na itong nakaupo sa desk nito. "Dude, how the fuck did you survive all those Taekwondo trainings?"

"Uh, since I was a kid. Duh," inosenteng sagot ni Dwayne.

Clyde groaned at the response. "Dude the actual fuck. I felt like I'm in hell now because of these pains all over my body."

"Dude, you're just exaggerating," Dwayne laughed at him as he spoke. "As of me, Ice Hockey wasn't bad at all. I actually enjoyed it. I watched the game for 30 minutes and voila, I already knew how to play. I even defeated our practice opponents in one blow!"

"Good for you, good for you that you don't need to break your ankles just to break a piece of wood, fuck it," halata sa boses ni Clyde ang sarcasm ngunit hindi na s'ya pinakinggan ni Dwayne dahil panay na ang tawa nito. "Oh, how's Archles playing in Mark's basketball team? I heard he temporarily held the number 2 position of Mark."

"It's okay," tipid na sagot ni Archles at sumandal s'ya sa kanyang silya. Hindi pa umabot ng isang segundo ay tulog na s'ya.

"I'll bet ten thousand pesos. He actually dribbled the ball while sleeping," wika ni Clyde.

"Me too," tugon naman ni Dwayne. Dumako naman ang tingin n'ya kay Mark. "Hey, Mark. How's wushu?"

Napatingin naman si Mark sa kanya at nagkibit-balikat. "Okay lang," hindi na n'ya hinintay ang sasabihin ni Dwayne at agad n'yang plinug ang kanyang airpods sa mga tenga n'ya.

Dwayne and Clyde stared at him in awe. "D-Did I just heard it right?"

"He said it's okay," sagot ni Clyde.