More Than Two (PitchBlack Series)

2. Friends

"Good morning, class! Warm up, warm up muna kayo! I'll be back in 30 minutes!"

Umalis ang adviser namin at pumunta kung saan. Inikot ko ang paningin sa mga kaklase kong halos lahat naman ay nandito. Dumpo ang paningin ko kay Rei. Kanina pa siya inaaya ng mga babae para mag practice at nagugulat nalang ako dahil pumapayag siya. She's now running on the field kasama ang kaparehas niyang babae. Magkaabay silang dalawa habang tumatakbo ng nakatali ang tig isang paa sa lubid. Wala siyang ekspresyon pero ang Kasama niya ay halos mahimatay na sa pagpipilit na sabayan siya sa pagtakbo.

"You think she like her?"

Napasinghap ako sandali nang marinig ang malamig na boses ni Averri sa likuran ko.

"I don't think so. Bakit hindi mo siya yayaing mag practice?" I squinted.

"H-Huh?! N-Nakakahiya..."

"Parehas naman kayong babae. And her brain is too preoccupied of how she can win this game, than to check your heartbeat."

"Alqasiat alkhasat bik." she murmured.

(Your cruel.)

"lays haqana eazizi." I replied.

(Not really, dear)

She blinked twice. "Oh? I never thought you know how to speak Arabic."

"Good to me, not to you."

Kumunot ang noo niya. "Hmp!"

Umalis siya agad sa tabi ko at hindi ko na inabala ang sarili kong tanawin pa siya. Umalis siguro siya hindi dahil napikon siya sa sinabi ko kundi, dahil palapit na ngayon dito si Reinella. I can't help but to shooked my head and smirked.

"Ang bilis mo, Rei! Hayy! Kapagod."

"Hindi ako mabilis, mabagal ka lang talaga."

That's, I think the lighter conversation she can offer, I guess...

Namula sa kahihiyan ang babae at agad na siya yumuko para tanggalin ang lubid na nakatali sa paanan nila.

Nang matanggal ng babae ang lubid ay agad na itong umalis sa harapan namin. Reinella sat on the grass immediately yet surely it wasn't because she's exhausted, but because she didn't even got the thrilled she was expecting. Walang pagod na bumakas sa kaniyang mukha hindi rin siya gaanong hinihingal. Gano'n ba talaga siya kabilis? O gano'n lang talaga kabagal ang nakaparehas niya?

"Can we talk?"

"What do you want?"

"I think it would be better if you learn to compromise a bit."

She squinted. "I can't compromise with someone who has given up trying from the start."

"That'd make less people want to train with you."

"As if I care? And, surely no one in this class can win over me."

"Then let me borrow your leg."

She furrowed. "What are you intend?"

"Come run with me, just once."

"Why would you think I run with you?"

"You don't mind me checking if we're a good fit as partners, right?"

"Can you even match my speed? I bet you'll just slow me down?" she smirked.

"Theoretically, it shouldn't matter how slow I am. It should be, how fast you are, right?"

She looked annoyed before she get up. "Fine. You'll tie our feet."

After tying our feet together to one another we started to stand on the beginning of the field. I put my arm on her shoulder and because she couldn't reach my shoulder she held on my waist. The crowd pannic on what they saw, but for us, for me...this is a race for excitement.