The first attempt Bryan confessed to Mireille was during their highschool graduation, before he will fly to US to pursue a career in Engineering.
To confess or to not confess, that was the question.
"Brryy!! Pic tayo!" He immediately turned his head upon hearing her voice.
He smiled. "Sige."
Tumabi kaagad ang dalaga at tinapat ang phone sa kanila.
"Smile!" He was about to smile when he noticed how close they were that her arms are beside his.
Namula ng todo si Bryan, panic etched in his face. He tried not to notice it but still.
Andyan pa rin.
"Bryaaaaan, ano ba 'yan. Panget mo tuloy dito." He aggressively turned his head towards her.
"What? Ako, panget? Ms. Taliaferro, people are always saying that I'm dripping with good looks." He cocked his head on one side while smirking.
Mireille blinked and just looked at the picture she took with him.
Bryan got ticked off.
"What the–"
Hindi siya pinansin at patuloy na tiningnan ni Mireille ang litrato.
"Bakit para kang kamatis dito?"
Bed sheets.
"Ang init kaya, atsaka mestizo ako so naturally, mamumula ako."
She blinked, again.
"Pero bakit kinakabahan ka dito?" She showed the pic (finally!) to him and his jaw dropped.
He looked as if he was about to be eaten by two humongous titans.
"I-I'm not. You're just t-thinking na kinakabahan ako talaga." He looked at his right side at nakita niya yung kanyang mga kasamahan sa soccer na nagpapakita ng mga puso at humihiyaw ng 'Kapag tumibok ang puso, wala ka ng magagawa kundi sundin ito!'
He gave them a death glare tsaka sila tumawa at kumaripas ng takbo, pero naiwan si Lance at sumigaw ng napakalakas–
"Sagutin mo na, Mireille!" Nagulat na lang si Lance at tumakbo kaagad ng makita si Bryan na papalapit.
"Jeez, those bastards. Hayaan mo lang sila, Ray–"
Napatingin siya sa babae na namumula sa hiya.
Namula din si Bryan, hindi alam kung anong gagawin.
Hanggang sa pareho silang kamatis at hindi makagalaw na nasa gitna ng gym ng school nila.
"U-Uh–"
"Bry–"
Both fell silent, nagpakiramdaman.
"Ikaw muna–" Bryan offered.
"Uh, i-ikaw na lang."
"S-Sige." He coughed a little.
"I'm planning to tell you this for a long time, pero iniiwasan mo ako so..." Mireille looked away.
She didn't want to hear another word about her.
Masakit.
"I'm going to tell you na–"
Damn her. She's just using Bryan to be famous.
Fucking social climber.
She hated her with all of her guts. Kahit yung simpleng pulupot niya sa braso was enough for her blood levels to rise and pull her hair hanggang sa mawala ang anit nito.
But nope. She remained composed. Ayaw niya ng away.
Pero palagi siyang tine-tempt ng bruha. Minsan, kapag nakikita niya ito sa hallway na kasama si Bryan, akala mo ay mahinhin siyang tao. Pero hindi.
Kapag nakatalikod na si Bryan, tsaka lang lalabas ang tunay niyang baho.
She would even try to trip her every damn second na makikita niya si Mireille. But Mireille knew otherwise.
She would just make her trip instead na siya ang mahuhulog.
Ang nakakaloka lang, sinusumbong ng bruhilda yung 'kagagawan' ni Mireille sa kanya.
In Mireille's case–
"I did nothing wrong." She confessed with a shrug.
Pero ayaw maniwala ni Bryan. Mas kinakampihan ang bruhildang si Aira Palomares.
She swore to curse her name to hell's eternity. Pero hindi doon nagtatapos yung laban. Aira would make her life miserable-as if it wasn't miserable enough-by spreading rumors about her na she's a bitch, nilalason niya si Bryan kahit may girlfriend na ito and God knows what they could be.
All those times, nanahimik lang si Mireille. Hindi niya sinabi ito kay Bryan 'cause telling him wouldn't do her any good.
At all.
He would always believe Aira, kasi siya yung mahal niya. Siya yung girlfriend niya.
Ano naman panama ni Mireille kay Aira?
She's just a bestfriend in his eyes.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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Author's Note:
Aloha! Musta school?
Kung mahirap, you can do it!
Kung madali, keep up the good work! ('wag mandaya. Bad 'yun.)
You guys ok? Hope you guys are safe from the bad weather ❤️
Stay safe, healthy, and happy! We'll get through this together, ok?
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