Angelo Cruz POV
I was catching my breath as I arrived at the karaoke bar near our school, I immediately went to the counter and asked, "Have you seen a girl here somewhere with brunette long hair, ah with fringe wearing a gray uniform, around this height? What else... ah, she seems shy and she has round deep brown eyes."
The counter snaps his finger, "Ah the cute girl?"
I blushed as I look away, "Ye-yeah...is she here?"
"Yes but she left just a few minutes ago with some guy... man, her head was bleeding pretty badly, I guess, he took her to the hospital."
I felt a shiver down my spine, I was so worried, "What? Is she fine? What happened?"
But the counter was clueless. I was about to leave and check which hospital Kristina was sent to when I heard the guys behind me snickering, "Damn it, we always had her too. That damn annoying guy just had t
"Wait, there must be some kind of mistake, K is a girl." I protested but I know his phone suggests the opposite, he is definitely 'K'.Kevin said, "Hey when did I ever said I was a girl? You know you should really stop jumping to your silly conclusions, okay?""But you're profile pictur-"He cuts me off, "-is a girl that I like, it's a famous singer.""Oh.. yeah, that makes a lot of sense actually." I continued protesting, "But still, 'K' is so misleading!""You're using the 'K' username as well.""Oh yeah...I do."Kevin laughs cheerfully and says, "Don't tell me you never even visited my profile? not even once? and you continued to talk to me without even knowing me?"I nodded"There is something completely wrong with you. You need-"We said at the same time, "The right amount of nerds!"
Kristina Valdez POVI ate the candy mix Kevin gave me earlier and as I shifts my gaze outside our room, I saw Angelo. His eye met mine for a while and I instinctively waved and smile at him but acts like he didn't notice me.I wonder why he didn't go to class today.Ah right... it's back to the cold as ice Angelo once again. The hours have passed and as school days pass by, the more assessments we were given. We're already at our first quarter. The teacher announced, "For your quarterly project and exam for your core subjects this time, I am assigning you go to a remote place and study their culture. We will be going to have an educational trip for three days that will be held next week."There were cheers and applauses from our class because they were really looking forward to a trip instead of numerous exam papers. At least this way, we will only be taking the major s
Kristina ValdezI wasn't able to say anything so I changed the topic, "Why isn't Ashley with you?"He blushes, "Ah... she doesn't know.""Why didn't you invite her?"Kevin didn't say anything but he just looked at me and that made me blush... did he intentionally not invite her so we can spend time together... Oh, get it together. Kevin's a friend, god, I'm losing my mind.My mom bought out her dish, she cooked her famous shrimp in garlic and butter. It's my favorite, ah the smell itself is appetizing enought to get me drooling. I grabbed a plate for Kevin and myself.Kevin says to my mom, "Thank you for inviting me to dinner.""It's nothing compared to what you did for Kristina, don't hesitate to tell me if Kristina causes you any trouble, okay?"I protested, "I don't cause troubles!"
I saw Kristina leave her house after a few hours. She looks cute wearing her high waist dark blue square pants paired with a vintage white shirt. She had colorful pastel socks to match her all white sneakers.I guess she's going to the library to study....Kevin will probably be there too.Ah, he is really serious about his feeling for Kristina. This is annoying as hell.I watched her as she walks away.I got back in my bed and I was tossing and turning, I feel restless knowing they're together again. If this keeps up, they're going to be a couple by the next week. This is really getting to me. I tried to shift my focus, I started studying as well since exams are also coming up.Just when I was reading and practicing my solving skills, it suddenly pouring heavily outside. The rain reminded me of Kristina. I think... that was the last time we had a proper conversation. It w
Angelo Cruz POVI slowly opened my eyes and saw Kristina, she was prepping dinner. It smelled like crab and corn soup, I scoffed, damn this feels nostalgic. It's what I would always eat whenever I get sick when I was younger because-My thoughts were cut off as Kristina says, "Because crab is yummy and corn helps you improve your vision to find me!"I was surprised. That was what exactlyshesays when we were younger, how would Kristina know that? Kristina blushes as she realizes what she just said, "Ah, sorry, force of habit.""Where did you learn that?"She laughs and said, "A television program."I laughed as well, yeah, that television program. It was really my childhood. It feels so nostalgic.I saw my fists properly bandaged. Kristina must've saw how horrifying it was.
Angelo Cruz POVThis just sucks big time. Why do I even have to be stuck accompanying Kevin, someone who just made an announcement days ago about his feelings for Kristina and is actually following through it? I mean, can't he walk on his own?He's even wearing Kristina's jacket, what a show off."You owe me an apology." Kevin scoffs as he demanded"And what should I apologize for?"Kevin pointed his wet clothes from head to toe and replied in such a calm manner which annoys me, ah crap, to be fair, everything he does annoys me, "Your childish prank earlier?""It wasn't for you so you're the one who should apologize." I continued, "Besides, I expected it from Kristina but I never would've expected it from you to be so careless to fall for my- what do you call it?- ah yeah, childish prank.""So
Kristina Valdez POVAfter a few more minutes, I went back home and did a little more light reading, well that's if you actually consider reading 4 books light reading. I usually go out late at night because it's been a force of habit to walk around Angelo's house.When I was younger, I would always go out late at night and wake up way early because I was waiting when Angelo would come back home. I remembered how I would always say that I want to be teh first person Angelo saw here. I was afraid he'd forget my face if he left too long so I wanted to be the first one he saw.I would do that everyday without fail.Until the day he shows up finally but it didn't matter if I was the first face he saw. His eyes were then set to look ather.After all, I'm just the first friend, his childhood friend. She'sthe girlfriend.
Angelo Cruz POVI just kissed Kristina... I have no idea how I was suppossed to react. No, more importantly, I didn't hate it and tha bothers me to the core. She instantly pulled away as she touches her lips, she was so red.Is it her first kiss?She looked away from me, embarassed, I was about to say something to her when the professor suddenly announced, "Angelo Cruz, your presence is requested at the principal's office."There were murmur again about what trouble I caused this time, geez,don't people have anything else to di with their lives aside from going all through that trouble to care about what's going on with other people's lives?I proceeded to the principal's office as I was instructed. I looked back at Kristina and she hasn't move an inch. Is she okay?I opened the door, the creaking sound from the door was eerie, I think