Sunny"But where are you guys living now if you are not staying here anymore?" I suddenly asked. "I thought you went back to the place where you live. I do not know the way there or how I will get there." I added."Would you mind telling me the address to your house?" I asked him again.He laughed and tapped my head. "There is no need to ask for the address." He replied.I pouted. "Why? You can tell me, so if this happens again, I will know where to go and what to do. " I defended myself."As I said, you do not have to know our address. If everything is good already, I will bring you to our house next time. We can't go there for now because of what's happening here." He replied."You know what? I am stressed these days. After what happened that day, I could not shake the memory of your face. You were confused and scared at the same time. A lot of things came into my mind. I was so scared. My mind went blank for a few minutes. I have been thinking about the what ifs." He shared, looking
Sunny "Sunny, how's your class today?" Shiela asked when we met in the corridor. "Have you finished your class?" She added. I nodded. "I just finished my class today. How were your students?" I asked her back. Her smiley face turned into a sour one. "I am dying with Mrs. Fuentabilla's students. They were all noisy and naughty. They would not let me teach my lesson without getting into trouble!" She shared her experience. "If I were not trained well, my arms would fly to hit them all, but I stopped myself from doing so. I still want to be a licensed teacher soon." We are now doing on-the-job training. We will graduate soon, and we are teaching high school students at our university. "This is just training. Soon we will have our students. We must face them daily, so this is a wonderful opportunity. We will learn and be able to take some tips that we can use in the future." I told him as I patted her hands. "You are right. This won't stop me from being a teacher soon." She replied.
Sunny "Sunny, have you finished your term paper already?" "Sunny, can I see your report?" "Sunny, may I look at your assignment?" "Sunny, faster! Ma'am. Froilan might come in any second!" "Sunny!" "Sunny!" "Sunny!" "Wait a minute!" I yelled at them. "Let us all come down. Inhale, exhale!" I added. I was also moving my hands up and down to calm my classmates down. "Do not bombard me with your questions! I am dying too! If you find it hard and feel like you need to finish it too, I feel you." "Sunny, this is Marco's assignment! Copy it and pass it on to others!" "Okay!" I answered and got Marco's paper, and copied his answers as fast as I could. We need to double-time, or else we will all fail the assignment! After a few minutes, Philip hurriedly came inside. "Assemble! Assemble!" When Philip said those words, we immediately fixed all our papers and ourselves before returning to our spot in milliseconds! Look how talented we are! "Good afternoon, Class!" Ma'am. Froilan gr
Sunny I turned the gas on to heat my dish. While waiting, I went beside my grandma and helped her fold our clothes. "How is your school?" Grandma asked. "Busy, but I can still manage. My classmates and I are working together to pass this course and graduate in April." I answered. "That's good to hear. Just tell me if you have things to buy or need some allowance," Grandma commented. "Grandma can help you a little." She added. My grandma has lived with us since I was ten. My grandfather lives in the province while caring for my auntie's son. "I heard from Fei that you got a job. Will you be okay?" I asked worriedly. She is already a senior citizen and can get big discounts everywhere. We always save more money when we go out, just like being a senior citizen is a big privilege. We are very, very thankful for that too! "I am still in my sixties and can still do chores. What do you think of me?" Grandma replied confidently. "What is your work then?" I asked again. "I am a houseke
Sunny I scared myself for nothing. I can now enter the school without any problems. I should not have gotten scared and tried to talk to or help him first. I ran away and thought wrongly of him. "Are you okay now?" I asked him. He nodded. "Want to see where he bit me?" he asked, about to pull his polo up. "No need. I just wanted to know if you were okay." I answered immediately, with my hands waving forcefully. "I am sorry about last night." I added. "I am okay. I have to go every week to the hospital for now." he answered while sitting in his chair. That must be painful. Just thinking of a dog biting me already scared the hell out of me. Imagine how many injections he had to go through. I will cry if that happens to me. I will cry. No lies. "Sorry for thinking badly of you. I planned to avoid you for the whole year, thinking you might eat me too." I said, apologizing. Although our generation today is very advanced, and those kinds of things do not exist today, I cannot help bu
Sunny "I want to rest. I am dying. This is not physical education anymore. It is more like physical exhaustion." I commented, almost out of breath. I have been running for almost half an hour already. We experience this every Friday. I am not lying. It seems like our professor does not care about us. He wants us to do what he wants and not even bother watching us. Why is he treating us like this? It is so unfair. "I want to die and vanish from this school today. I should have skipped it in the first place." Shiela also commented. It is our PE subject today. As soon as our class started, we did different activities, such as knowing our height and weight, how many seconds we could run from the 1st bottle up to the 5th bottle back and forth, our reaction time, agility, and strength, such as push-ups, curl-ups, 3 minutes of walking up and down to the ladder, and this running thing. After doing what we needed to do, we are now just running because he wants us to do it. I really hate do
Sunny How should I keep my expression still and not let them see through me? I should look into this later! "Hey, come with me to the library." Steven said. "Huh? Why me? I don't want to." I answered. "I have to give the books I borrowed, and I need your library card again." he said. I frowned. "Aren't you able to get your library ID? Why do you still need mine to give the books back?" I asked. He shook his head. "They are still not giving my ID, and I used your ID to borrow them, right?" He replied.But it is already evening. I don't even want to go there at a time like this. "You should have asked me a while ago." I complained. "Sunny, go with him. Complaining will make this conversation long and will make the hall dark. While it is still early, go and help him," Shiela interrupted. "And I will head now. Let's just do our plan next time. Bye!" She added as she walked away from us. "Wait—hey! Please don't stop me! I do not want to come with you. Let's give the books back tomo
Sunny "You have a wound?" he asked, looking at my hand with a big band-aid. "Ahh, yeah." I answered and slowly pulled my hands out. Why is he looking at my hands so intensely? Is it because of my wound? I tried to sway my wounded hand from left to right, and he was really following where I was swinging my hand. "Here," I said, holding out my hand. "It is just tiny. Do not be so curious about it." I added, letting him see what he wanted to see, if ever. He did not answer me and just stared at it for a while. He is now weird. He really is starting to creep me out. Is it his first time seeing a wound? He got an injury from the dog last week. So why is he looking at it as if it was his first time? "Boo!" I said, making him look at me. "Is this your first time seeing this? How rich are you?" I asked him. He glared at me before looking at my paper. There are only two reasons why he is acting like this. It's either he is rich and couldn't see something like this. If not, then he is j
Sunny "Sunny, how's your class today?" Shiela asked when we met in the corridor. "Have you finished your class?" She added. I nodded. "I just finished my class today. How were your students?" I asked her back. Her smiley face turned into a sour one. "I am dying with Mrs. Fuentabilla's students. They were all noisy and naughty. They would not let me teach my lesson without getting into trouble!" She shared her experience. "If I were not trained well, my arms would fly to hit them all, but I stopped myself from doing so. I still want to be a licensed teacher soon." We are now doing on-the-job training. We will graduate soon, and we are teaching high school students at our university. "This is just training. Soon we will have our students. We must face them daily, so this is a wonderful opportunity. We will learn and be able to take some tips that we can use in the future." I told him as I patted her hands. "You are right. This won't stop me from being a teacher soon." She replied.
Sunny"But where are you guys living now if you are not staying here anymore?" I suddenly asked. "I thought you went back to the place where you live. I do not know the way there or how I will get there." I added."Would you mind telling me the address to your house?" I asked him again.He laughed and tapped my head. "There is no need to ask for the address." He replied.I pouted. "Why? You can tell me, so if this happens again, I will know where to go and what to do. " I defended myself."As I said, you do not have to know our address. If everything is good already, I will bring you to our house next time. We can't go there for now because of what's happening here." He replied."You know what? I am stressed these days. After what happened that day, I could not shake the memory of your face. You were confused and scared at the same time. A lot of things came into my mind. I was so scared. My mind went blank for a few minutes. I have been thinking about the what ifs." He shared, looking
Sunny "I will go now. You better go home with your friend, okay?" I told Shiela. "And where are you going alone?" She asked back, stopping me from walking. It's been two weeks since that day happened. I smiled at her and said, "I guess it's time for me to talk to him and run to his arms." I replied. Shiela let go of me with a shocked face. She was covering her mouth out of shock. "I am okay now. I think I can go and talk to him about us." I added. A while ago, Shiela would not let me go. But now, she is the one who is pushing me out of our room. "Good luck, girl! You can do this! Oh my gosh! I am so happy for you!" Shiela said excitedly. It's time to get him back. "Good luck, Sunny!" Marco yelled. "Get his ass back! Tell him we miss him already!" He added. "Tell him we need his brain here, and we will have our finals this semester. He needs to catch up!" Our president also commented. I was not able to hear them all because they were talking together. It's been weeks since he sta
Sunny"Sunny, let's have our dinner. Go outside now." I heard my sister calling out for me. I slowly got up from my bed and went out of my room. "Goodness! Look at you. You look like a zombie," she added when she saw me. "Let's go."Fei guided me, and we went together to the kitchen. We had our dinner quietly. Very unusual. It's the first time we've had a dinner like this. No one dared to say anything nor dared to strike up any conversation. We have been like this for days, and I know I am the reason.That day.I woke up, and I was already in my room. I do not know, but my tears fell like a river that does not know how to stop. It's like I could not stop them even if I wanted to. They did not question me at all. They let me cry and cry until I fell asleep. At first, Fei asked me worriedly if Steven had hurt me since I was crying nonstop, but I could tell them that he did not."Eat, Sunny." Grandma reminded. "Do you want me to feed you?" she asked.I shook my head and smiled. "No need,
Steven"Steven... how... what... was happening?""Sunny!""Mavin! Steven!" I heard my dad call us. "We have sieged the enemies already." Dad added."Prile is around, Dad. Have you seen or caught him too?" Mavin asked.Dad shook his head. "He left his troops. He was nowhere to be found within the perimeter," he answered and looked at Sunny, who was unconscious. "How is she? Is she hurt?" He asked."No, Dad. We managed to guard her better." I replied."Good. I will let the others check the house first. Are you okay? Does she know about our secret now?" Dad asked calmly.I nodded slowly. "Yes, Dad. She saw me." I replied."What are your plans now?""I want to send her home first. After that, I want to stay away from her. I do not think she is safe with me, and I am scared she does not want to be with me anymore." I answered."You will be fine. Do not worry. Let's send her home for now. Let's do what you want," Dad said, tapping my shoulders. "Mavin, get your car ready. Let's send Sunny ho
Sunny "It has been said that it is not made by normal people. Many people are saying that a monster or a psychopath could do it. Our authorities are conducting their investigation into this crime happening in our country." "Oh! That's Mavin and Uncle." I said when I saw Mavin and his father behind the talking reporter on television. They were talking to the police and a few men wearing black shirts. "I guess their work is really that dangerous. They are in charge of this case. I hope they are always safe." Grandma commented. "It was also the first time I saw them working. Usually, they just hold their laptop or tablet when I am at their house. I did not know that it was that serious." I shared. "Mavin does not share much about his line of work. He said when he is at home, he does not want to talk about it and wants to have a normal day, so I do not ask about it." I added. As I always say, Mavin and his father are always smiling and know how to follow what is trending today. Seeing
Steven"Do not worry about me. I will send you a photo if we have finished our practice already. My friend will send me off, I swear." Shiela told Sunny, trying to reassure her about her safety.Shiela shot a glance at me. Her face was telling me to help her. "We can just talk to her friend and ask them a favor. If you are that worried." I told Sunny.Shiela sighed. "I did not mean this kind of help, Steven. Argh, you two are making me frustrated," she replied. "I know I should be happy because you are worried about me, but it feels like you guys are my parents." She added."We just want to make sure that you will be safe." Sunny replied.Shiela nodded, defeated. "Okay, okay. Come with me to the gymnasium." She said.We quietly followed her to the gymnasium. We can hear loud noises from the outside. Shiela opened the door and left it open for us to enter. Her teammates turned to us and quickly waved their hands at the sight of Shiela."Efren, come here!" Shiela yelled and called for th
Sunny "Mavin!" They greeted each other excitedly and ran towards Mavin. Mavin was surprised at first. I even saw him blink thrice. He was trying to confirm if they were really real. Well, I was staring at them stupidly a while ago too. They are too pretty and handsome for me. I feel like I have been starstruck by seeing them up close. If they were my idols and I saw them face to face, I would faint instantly! "How are you guys? It's good to see you!" Mavin greeted them back. I headed to the kitchen and quickly told Grandma what was happening in the living room. "Grandma, they have a visitor today. Do you think we need to cook another dish for the visitors?" I told her. Grandma looked confused, "Visitor? Why did they not tell me about it? I should have cooked more." Grandma said. "I do not think they know about that either. Steven and Mavin were surprised by their sudden visit here. Don't worry. I will prepare what they can eat. You can just cook more rice for them. I will do the
Sunny "Are you really sure that you are fine now?" Steven asked for the nth time. "You do not feel dizzy at all or not?" He asked again. I just want to avoid him. He has been asking me these since a while ago. "Sunny, answer me. I am asking you here." He added. I stopped sweeping the floor and turned to him. Our eyes locked the moment I faced him, and he was not budging. I sighed. "Steven." I called out to him. "Yes? Would you like to answer my questions now?" He answered and fired a question right after. I pointed at my head and slid it down. "As you can see, I am walking fine and am able to do everything now. I would not be here if I were still not okay." I told him. "I also told you that I was fine before we started cleaning, and here you are asking me repeatedly." I added. "So you are complaining about it?" He asked back, or rather, I would say he sassed back. "I am worried. Can't I be one?" He asked this time. "You can be worried, Steven. There is no one stopping you, but