CHAPTER 1: Transfery

I am Azex Dumnezeu Dela Questa but lots of people are just calling me Aze.

“AZEXXXXXXXXXX!!!!!!”

Shit. The Dragon is awake!

I quickly ran out of the house when I heard my Mom shouting. I laughed as I hid in one of our trees in the Garden and from my position I could see how red her face is because of her anger.

“But wait?” I suddenly felt confused.

“What did I do again?”

“You donʼt know what you did yet you are hiding here?”

“WaHhh—mppp!!”

I almost had a heart attack when someone suddenly answered behind me. I was even about to scream, luckily she is too fast to cover my mouth.

Damn. I almost got caught!

“What are you doing here?!” I whispered, angrily.

I glare at her when she just rolled her eyes without even saying a word.

I was about to speak again when I noticed a small hole in the fence which is the only barrier between our garden and theirs.

“Don’t tell me you entered through that hole?”

“Okay.” She just simply answered with a shrug while unwrapping the lollipop she took from her pocket.

“You—” I no longer continue what I was about to say and just massage my temple with my eyes close in great annoyance. She’s giving me a headache again!

This girl really never fails to boil my blood. Aghrrr!

“YAHHH!!”

Fuck.

We both almost jump out of shock when Mom suddenly appeared in front of us.

“Narito ka lang palang bʼwisit ka!” You feisty, youʼre just here huh! The Dragon said while glaring at me.

“M-Mom..” I’m dead.

Mom was about to grab me when she noticed another feisty beside me.

“Hi, Aunt?”

“J-Joshie?” Confusion is very evident to Mom as she said that. Sheʼs probably confuse in her presence. This is our garden after all and this feisty is a trespasser.

“What are you doing here, Ijha? Why are you here?”

“Aze pulled me—

“WHAT?!” My eyes immediately widened at what she just stated.

“Who pulled who?! I’m not yet here when you are already sitting there! You liar— Fuck! Ouch! M-Mom.. Ouch!” I haven’t even finished explaining myself yet the Dragon is already twisting my ear!

Josephineeeeeeeeee!!>>___<<

“O-Ouchh!! M-My.. It h–hurts!!”

Mom let go of my ear to supposedly hit me more but I immediately used that opportunity to run.

“AZEXXXXXX!!!” Her voice echoed like thunder as she shouted my name.

“You punk! Come back here!! I will hit youuuu!!!”

I smirked. Why would I if I know that she will hit me? Hmm.. better luck next time Mommy.

I gave her a flying kiss as I headed outside to fled away “I’m going to school, see you later!” I shouted right before I escaped.

I actually have a car but because I just run away from Mom, I wonʼt be able to use it today so I waited for a taxi not so far from home to go to school.

That Joshie feisty! I can’t help but shake my head out of annoyance as I’m thinking about her. Ever since we were kids, she has been a really huge pest in my life. Sheʼs always the reason why I ending up getting caught every time I hid from Mom.

“Hey, Dude. Why do you seem so annoyed?” It’s Jules. A friend. I just entered the gate and so he is.

“Hmm.. Iʼll guess. Your childhood sweetheart annoyed you again, didn’t she?”

I rolled my eyes. “Donʼt even ask. Tsk. Childhood sweetheart your ass!”

He just laughed at my response. He put his arm around me as we both headed our groupʼs favorite spot. Gazebo.

“Aze youʼre late again.” Euan whoʼs sitting on bermudagrass while playing on his phone stated.

“So what? Isnʼt Jules late as well?”

“O?”

“O your face—

“OVAL!” He cut me off and laughed.

“Fuck you.”

He smirked at my response and I just shrugged it off. I headed to my sit and tap Zekeʼs shoulder whoʼs sitting next to me.

“Not in the mood?” Ezekielʼs query while giving me a cigarette.

You may be wondering why this idiot has a cigarette when we are at school right now. Well, it's simple. Heʼs Ezekiel Daquer and I am Azex Dela Questa, thatʼs it.

The thought made me smirk.

“Have you heard the news?” We immediately turn our attention to Cival when he suddenly spoke.

Heʼs sitting not so far from my seat. I unconsciously rolled my eyes as I saw his arm around Roxy who is also part of our troops.

Percival and Roxanne are in a relationship. Theyʼre also my friends but theyʼre really getting into my nerves. Not all the time tho, just sometimes when theyʼre being too touchy towards each other because it’s making the rest of us sick. Too much PDA you know-.-

“What is it, Babe?” Roxy replied while hugging his waist.

“There is a new transfer student. It's a girl.”

“So what? does that even need to be announced?”

“Nothing.” He shrugged. “I’m just curious as her coming seems to make a noise.”

I frowned. “What do you mean?”

“If I were you, Cival. I would just keep my mouth shut.” Jaiden teased. It's Roxanneʼs cousin who is also part of the troops.

We laugh because Roxi is already glaring at Cival but the idiot doesnʼt even realize it.

“If I were you Roxy, I would break up with him.” We laughed even more at Mikey’s fuel. Also one of the female troops.

So anyway, in our troops, weʼre actually 17 in total. I wonʼt longer introduce them one by one as I’m sure that you guys will probably get to know them sooner or later.

“Actually, even me is curious about that transfer.” It’s Charles who wasn't paying attention as he's busy in his drawing a while ago, stated. He likes arts and portraits.

“Bakit ano bang meron?” Why? Whatʼs up?

He shrugged. “I heard sheʼs very strange. The way she speaks tagalog is very old passion and her face seems so cold.” It’s Cival who answered.

Cold? Tsk. As if it can last long. Maybe sheʼs just tryin’ to act cool. She probably likes attention.

“But I’m just curious. Since when did you become a gossip king, Cival?” It’s Reyalyn while raising her left eyebrow. Here comes her attitude again.

“O?”

I smirked as I heard that. It's Erynn. Theyʼre like Tom and Jerry in this group.

“O what?”

“Oh na na na! Na ohHhhhh!” And he began to sing, not minding Reyal as if he wasnʼt talking to her in the first place.

Luckily, Reyal seems not in the mood to mind him today, or else it will be a war again. She just rolled her eyes.

“Guys! Guys!” Ivan stole our attention as he came, gasping.

“Anyare saʼyo?” What happened to you?

“T–Tangina mga Pre..” D-Damn, Guys.. He paused for a while to catch his breath. “May naka-salubong akong babae, potek!” I encountered a girl, gosh!

“So?”

“You wonʼt believe how weird she is!”

Now, I'm really becoming as curious as them. What’s with the fuss? Why the hell that transfer seems to make a noise?

“Teka nga? Sino ba talaga ‘yang hampas lupang transfery na ‘yan at masyado naman yatang umi-eksena?” Wait? Who the heck for real is that slap soil and why does she get a lot of attention? It’s Kristal. Reyalyn and her attitude are kinda similar. Both hot-tempered and gets irritated easily.

“I agree. She seems to get a lot of attention. What’s with her?” Shandelle who is sitting next to Kristal, added.

“We dinga?” Oh really? Ezekiel tried to tease Sc but he just ends up having his mouth shut when Sc glared at him.

“So ano ngang meron sa Transfery?” So whatʼs really special with that transfer? Alyanna asked. She, Xian, and Johnmer were quietly busy reviewing their notes and completely ignoring the rest of us a while ago but now they're also having an interest in our topic.

“She has this mysterious look and I donʼt know why, but I suddenly felt an unfamiliar feeling when she stared at me. Thereʼs something in her eyes that I canʼt explain. It's like as if sheʼs not a normal person.”

A smirk immediately forms on my lips as he described the girl.

“Aren’t you just having your love at fucking first sight, Ivan?” I tease and I almost laugh when he quickly wince as if he just heard the most disgusting word from me.

“Oh my god, Guys like no! A big big NO!” He even acted as if he is gonna puke and glared at me, making me end up laughing really hard, so as the rest.

“But wait?” It's Jerard. “You said she stared at you?” He asked and Ivan nodded.

“Why would she do that?”

Anyway, Jerard is the son owner of this University.

Well, thatʼs actually part of so many reasons why weʼre not afraid to do anything we wanted even it’s against the rules and policies.

“Exactly! That is the first thing that came into my mind earlier, and guess what? She just fucking stared at me to introduce herself. I almost thought that she is having a crush on me if only her expression isn’t as cold as ice”

“And then that’s it? She left afterward?” A strange look is written all over the face of Xian. Well, even I, is getting confused.

“Dude, where are you going?” Jefferson immediately asked when I stood up. I was sitting beside him. Basically, I am in the middle of Zeke and Jeff.

“Restroom,” I answered before walking out.

I am currently on my way when someone suddenly bumped into me. I was ready to blurt out harsh words to the dumbass but I no longer had the chance to utter a thing when her eyes met mine.

Wait.

Why the fuck is this girl staring at me?

It’s new for me to be stared at by someone not to mention a girl. I’m really surprised.

No one ever dares to stare at me not only because I am Azex Dela Questa, but even a stranger also doesn’t dare to do it because I have this intimidating look in me. Well, at least according to tons of people I know.

Out of curiosity, I stared back at her.

Her face is angelic but her expression is too fierce which gives her an intimidating aura.

“Who are you?” I stood up while clearing my throat.

She took her time and deeply looked at me before speaking.

“Ronia is my name.”

My eyes literally grew bigger when she slowly bow downed her head after introducing herself.

“I am honored to meet you, My Lord.”

What the hell?

M-My Lord?

I smiled half-heartedly. I think this girl is crazy.

Wait?

Maybe... she is.. the transferee they are talking about?

“Kung iyong mararapatin, maaari ko bang malaman kung ano ang iyong nasa isip, Kamahalan? Tila kase may bumabagabag sa iyo.” If you will allow, may I know what is inside your mind, My Lord? I feel like something is bothering you. I cannot remove my eyes from her while she is speaking. Not because she's mesmerizing or what but because of the way she speaks. It's very odd.

I looked at her in a manner that’s like weighing her intentions. She is really weird. I can’t find any emotion on her face. Even the sound of her voice is so cold.

“Are you a transfer?”

“Yes.”

Tangina. (A Filipino cursing)

This is probably the reason why they are talking about her. She is crazy!

“Ahh, okay. Anyway, I’ll go first. I am in a rush.”

I no longer waited for her response and fled away rapidly. Instead of going to the restroom, I fled back to our spot.

“Oh, Aze? I thought you're going to the restroom?” Johnmer asked, confuse, as I came back fast.

I shrugged. “I changed my mind.” And lazily responded. Out of the blue, I suddenly feel tardy.

It's like, in a snap, I felt all the energy I have slowly draining after meeting up with that crazy girl.

A-And what did she said again?

Mahal na Prinsipe? Your Royal Highness?

HUH?! No doubt. That girl is crazy!

Why the hell would she call me Prince? And why the fuck am I still thinking about that weird woman?!

“Anyways, Jules, someone was looking for you earlier.”

“Who?”

“It’s Kepra. He asked why you ran away from him the other night.”

Kepra is the most popular gay on this campus for having tons of guys not because he's charming or what but because he's rich and tons of pathetic guys are willing to be his toy in return for money.

The image of that girl automatically vanished from my mind as I laughed at what Ivan uttered. Actually, all of us burst out laughing while Jules is obviously not happy with it.

“Shut up, Ivan!” We laughed even more at his remark. His face becomes all red.

He quickly looked at Xian with a nervousness evident on his face.

“T-That’s not true, Xian.” But Xian just laughed at him, obviously, she did not care about it. Poor Jules.

“Wait, aren’t we going to attend the class? It's already 12:58 in the afternoon. Our class with Sir Neil is at one., right?"

“I’ll cut classes today,” Zeke uttered while smoking.

Shandelle unpleasantly looked at him. “You know what? You will die early because of smoking.”

“All humans will die, anyway.”

In response, Shandelle just rolled her eyes. “I don’t care! Tsk. Let’s go, Sisters!” And there she rapidly walked away with all the girls. We, the boys, and Jaiden are the ones left here at Gazebo. I looked at each one of them.

“Aren’t we going to class?”

“Nope,” Euan responded.

“And why?" Jai fiercely raised her left eyebrow. "Did I allow you?” She asked ruggedly.

“Oh, Jai, just tell me if you're going to miss me," Euan answered with a mischievous smirk on his lips.

“You wish, hmp!” She walked out.

Percival and Roxanne walked after her so do Ivan, Johnmer, Charles, Jeff, and Jules. Now it’s only me with Zeke, Euan, Jerard, and Erynn left.

“Are we just going to stick here? Our beer is almost gon—" I no longer manage to finish my words as my mouth automatically shut when the girl I bumped into entered my line of sight. I frowned when I saw her walking towards our spot.

“Hey, Aze! why are you spacing ou— who the hell are you?”

Even Zeke wasn’t able to finish his sentence when the weird transferee reached our place. Her arrival caught the attention of others too.

“Why are you here?”

I closed my eyes. This is not good. Zeke is a short-tempered guy and one of the things that piss him is when other people aside from our squad, steps into our favorite spot. It doesn’t matter if it’s a girl or a guy. He will be mad, for sure.

“Donʼt you know who are we?” He added, but the transferred girl just looked at him without any trace of emotion.

This girl doesn't know what she is doing.

“Miss, if I were you, I will leave now.” I swiftly stand in the middle of them to prevent Zeke from reaching her.

“Your Roya—"

“Shut up and just leave,” I replied heavily.

Dang. The guys would just laugh at me if they'll hear what she is calling me.

“Did you not hear what I said? Leave!” or else you will embarrass me, damn it!

My eyes once again grew bigger when she put down her head again. “Kung ‘yan ang ‘yong nais. Masusunod, Kamahalan.” If that is what you desire. I will, Your Royal Highness.

My jaw literally dropped as I stared at her while she's slowly walking away and just seconds after, loud voices of laughter resonates the whole gazebo. It came from my mother fucker friends.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”

"Y-Your Royal Highness? WTF? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

“That was fucking epic!”

“D–Did she just really bowed her head and called you kamahalan, Aze? HAHAHAHAHAHA. Damn!”

“S-Shit! HAHAHAHAHAHA.Dude! I think she respects you too much!”

I looked at them sharply. “SHUT THE FUCK UP!” My voice thundered out of annoyance but it just made their laughter worse. Ugh! Fuck this!