UNIVERSITY SERIES # 3

CHAPTER NINETEEN

After that incident I locked up in my room for almost a week.

Naweweirdan na den sa akin mga kuya ko and even my parents. I used to make tambay kase lagi sa aming living room, but now? Lagi na lang ako sa room ko.

Yes, I know na daig ko pa yung nabroken hearted kahit wala namang jowa.

I don't know, masakit lang na paasahin ka. Masakit umasa.

I deactivated all of my social media accounts. Nacocontact na lang nila ako through text and call sa phone ko.

Ewan ko, ayoko den kaseng makita na may bago na naman sya. I can't handle too much pain, feeling ko bibigay na ako.

But its not the day to be so emotional kase ngayon na ang announcement of the result of our entrance exam sa UP.

And now? Nagsisisi na ako na bakit doon pa ako nagenroll.

"Hey, you okay? Isang linggo kang wala sa sarili ah," Ani Kuya Klaus at tinabihan ako dito sa couch.

I am holding my Ipad kase. Dito ko titingnan yung announcement.

"Yeah, red month," Maikling sabi ko.

"Red month or broken hearted? Which is whi-"

"Kuya, alam mo if wala kang magandang gagawin, makakaalis ka na," Iritadong sabi ko sakanya.

"Joke lang eto naman. Oh, tingnan mo na yung result kahit alam mo na naman na pasado ka," Kuya said.

Inirapan ko na lang sya. I just wanted to make myself happy kahit onti lang.

But to be honest, grades can't really make me happy tho. My grades can make everyone else happy, especially my family. Kaya ako, ginagawa ko yung mga bagay na kahit ayaw ko, dapat kong gawin.

Dahil sa title na binigay sa akin. Because of the responsibility that they pass to me.

Bullshit. At dahil don, hindi ko na mahanap yung happiness na gusto ko.

I take a glance to the result and as usual, I passed. I scored 99.5% in the Entrance Exam.

Psh, if that score can be converted to the score that I will have in Mauve's heart mas matutuwa pa ako.

I closed my Ipad.

"Ano nagsasawa ka na bang maging matalino? Baka naman gusto mong ipasa yan sa kuya mong gwapo?" Ani Kuya habang nakapout pa.

"Drop the gwapo kuya, coz you're not," Pang-aalaska ko sakanya at umakyat na pataas ng kwarto.

Sumigaw pa sya one last time ng "RESPECT YOUR BROTHER, PLEASE".

Natawa na lang ako. Minsan hindi ko na den alam if kapatid ko ba talaga sila o ano eh.

Hay, Earth bakit ganito ang world?

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Months passed, at pasukan na naman. I am not happy nor excited because another pasakit sa ulo na naman.

Another toxic people na makakaharap, another new environment na dapat kasanayan. New loads of books and lessons na dapat aralin. Nakakapagod maging estudyante.

But of course, this is the only thing na mapagmamalaki mo na meron ka. And this is where your legacy starts.

I fixed my things already. Hahatid ako ni Kuya Klaus. Malapit lang den kase sa UP ang Main Company ng Andrade.