Bright, blinding and warm. The noon cast it's ray of light, passing through the old window of a classroom of Santo Papa National High School, the dust dance like a falling feather guided by the wind and Illuminated by the golden light, accumulating slowly.
In the front row of first line near the entrance door a student silenty writing a novel on his notebook and a pen amid the chaos inside their classroom.
It was first of November, the essence of fall and mixed with faint energy of winter gave a unique but typical vibe every day and if the weather and sky allowed, it can create a wonderful phenomenon that please the eye, but let's go back to the story, shall we?
Again, the whole section of Prudence and every other section is on a chaos—not where it involves violence or something harrowing but a typical noisy and messy class when teachers are missing, well the explanation for that is that it was their vacant time till the next subject, or rather one subject away from going home, I must say.
Looking at the time it's 12:35, 5 minutes left for hin to write his new novel he started yesterday.
It was all about an introvert guy, whose been transported to another world, a lifeless world with just the remnant of civilization and strange phenomenon that makes the story protagonist actively finding the truth beyond the mystery of this empty world.
He was writing the chapter 2 out of his target 50 chapter a month, but unfortunately he start to get a writer's block and can't organize and write his ideas, like a big wall of hollowness blocking it and when he does write, a strange feeling dissatisfaction of his work hinder his progress as if he was looking for a perfection he can't achieve.
Then, in the middle of his pondering, he was disrupted when a breaking sound erupted and followed by a squeal and suddenly a girl out of nowhere fall infront of him, crushing his hand and disrupting his writing.
The shift in weight cause a sudden tilt to his chair and cause them to fall together, with a exclaim of panic, He fall on top of the girl while the chair slam hard to the ground and hitted his back with a sharp thud, with his face first fall to her stomach while the impact gathered some attention.
"Ouch..." said the girl with a bun hair brown hair and in a plain white shirt and blue skirt with intricate pattern, she's no other than their trying hard president, president Jamie Velasquez Beltran.
She noticed someone on top of her so she rose in immediately and fix her composure and quickly asked and check him out.
"Okay ka lang, Eli? Im very very sorry talaga, kasi pinapasabit ni sir itong decorations sa kisame, eh tanga ako kaya nahulog ako sayo." she said it worrying about his hand and also hinting a double meaning and offer her hand to Eli whom sitting on the floor while staring at his notebook and pen clatter on the ground.
Eli pick his things and accept her helping hand.
He then sigh and reply.
"Geez, it's okay for you to disrupt me, but more importantly..." he paused and examined her.
"Are you okay? You must hurted your back...and I hope you didn't hit you head, Miss Beltran." the worry in his voice is obvious while didn't get the other meaning of what she said.
And Eli always converse with anyone in English, regardless if they understand him or not, so some students who are not fluent in English, ignore or avoid to converse to him if it's unnecessary, although at start, they thought he was joking but after a few months they het used to it and they are fine with it since he can understand tagalog very well, it's just that he chose to reply or communicate with English.
Yes...they tried to made him spoke tagalog by testing his wits sometimes...that lead to fun moments, haha.
...
She sigh in disappointment and shook her head.
"I'm okay, anyways would you mind helping me?"
She pick up the decoration on the floor and gave him a pleading smile.
He can't help but smile a little and put his things in the bag and help her hand the decoration on the ceiling.
While the remaining time last, he tried to be playful or rather be a little perverted by trying to take a small peek underneath her skirt which was resulted to small kick gift on his face so he didn't test his luck again but scare her with a small shake with the ladder she's currently stepping as a pay back.
The onlookers cringed in their playful teasing while some just admire it and ignore it.
And not long after that, the next class teacher arrived exactly at the time when Eli and Jamie finished their task.
All of them return to their proper seat and the next class started.
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2:40 pm, the cleaners did their deeds, meanwhile a stream of students made their way to the gate.
Eli and Jamie walked together like a couple, but in contrast, they just did it out of hobby as friends.
Eli held Jamie's waist, while Jamie's head rested on his right shoulder as she scrolled through her phone. He pondered thoughts while heading towards the gate, ready to go home.
Before that, he dropped Jamie off first to her house, since conveniently her house was located behind the school, just a couple of minutes' walk away.
They headed through the alley between the church and the school, paused for a moment to pray, and after a short walk, they arrived at her house and bid farewell.
Skipping time—or rather, after a long walk—he finally reached the gate of their subdivision near the Taguig City Medical Center.
The guard greeted him, and he replied back positively, then walked along the sidewalk. It didn't take long before he reached the far-end large villa: four floors, a pool, both backyard and front yard, including a large garden.
The villa also had a balcony and a rooftop, great for hanging out in the right weather, and spacious rooms that could fit two people per room. Of course, there were the basic rooms like guest rooms, a kitchen, bathrooms, a living room, and a basement, making it a comfortable place to live.
He entered the front yard gate and walked through the front door.
Then he closed it with a light slam before dumping his bag on the sofa, putting his shoes in the right place, and tossing his socks into the laundry.
"I'm home!" he shouted in a proper tone.
"Mom? Sister?" he asked for a response.
After a pause, a familiar, quiet voice called him from upstairs.
"Pssst! Eli…akyat ka, dali!"
His eyes widened when he saw his sister's wary expression.
'Damn, it's that time of the month?' he thought and hurriedly went upstairs silently.
His sister Lyssia grabbed his hand, and they hurriedly went to her room and locked it.
She leaned on the door with a naughty smile, excited. Her white dress brimmed with simplicity but made her stand out under the dim light of her room.
She pushed Eli to the bed, and he shyly followed her as usual, lying down while Lyssia prepared.
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-Fin