T H I R T Y S I X

A man of word, he kept his promise. Whenever available, he'd come to see me in school. I already introduced him as my partner with my closest friends and to their boyfriends so when we're busy during class, the boys would just chill and hangout in a computer shop, playing bets. That's how our normal days went except for some days like this one: when we were in our room and a blockmate approached me and asked, "Is Ryke your boyfriend?". I wonder why so, "Yes, you know him personally?", throwing a question back.

"I can't say that but last year when we had our educational tour...", she has no idea I came as well, "Ryke actually had a big crush on someone.", pointing Kaila, a blockmate of ours. "He constantly bothered her on facebook. Everyone knew about it and at some point, we've observed that Kaila fell for him too. We just didn't know what exactly happened. Maybe because of his timid personality?". Probably, I answered in my head. In the first place, why do I need to hear all this from you? After being his stalker for a long, do you really think I woudn't know that?

"He may look daring and fearless but Ryke is just another reserved, demure, introverted guy who's cautious and wary around girls", I cleared.

"Bingo, that's why I am curious how you two first dated?".

What a lunatic!

And there's this another instance when Ryke tagged me in a facebook status stating, "Ryke Yu is in a relationship with Rexandria Mantha de Silva". What kind of a woman wouldn't be so thrilled, ecstatic, glad and pleased to read it as if your partner is screaming

"I am proud to be hers, and there's nothing more satisfying and fulfilling than being with the girl you love the most" in the world. It was heartwarming, but not for everyone. Our facebook friends totally made a big fuss about it because we received tons of private messages. A lot of people congratulated us for being together, a few wondered how it happened and there were others I found irritating. A girl even commented "Really? Does Sasha know it? Joke!". Joke, my ass. Yes, Sasha is someone I personally know, we were seatmates. As far as I have investigated (Lol, what? Hahaha), she kept on teasing Ryke and did things that'll grab his attention. And fell for him eventually.