Heartbeat

Marienne Aecy Chandria's Point of View

It's Saturday now and nothing special has happened in the past few days except for our daily fights with Jerk. Yeah, I called him that because he is a real Jerk. Tsk, because he's too lazy so it's good to tease him. Maybe it's not my fault if he can be pissed off quickly.

I was even too nice to him because until now I still haven't been able to get back at him for bumping into me. I want to get revenge on him because Zac always stops me when I try so I just annoy him.

That one's face is funny when he's annoyed, he's fun to watch when he's cringing. Just tap his ear or just write in his notebook with a pencil and he will be very annoyed right away.

The teachers scolded us almost every day because if he wasn't stupid, we wouldn't be scolded. It's too stupid. I don't know why he is always annoyed with me when I just annoy him.

He also always looks at me badly when I ask my partner for a role, what exactly is that Jerk's problem with me? I also do not know. Well, I was just listening to our teacher, but when I pay attention to Zac, you'd think he'd kill me. I think that one likes my twin, he also looks gay so I'm not surprised anymore.

"Mac, do you have anything to do tomorrow?" Zac asked while I was busy watching anime and he was fiddling with something on his phone.

I looked at it for a moment before returning my gaze to what I was watching. That one is a nuisance. Conan was about to catch the suspect, the monkey was going to bite the trap and Conan will arrest him because of what he did to the attorney. Yeah, I was watching Detective Conan.

"Nothing, why?"

"JV invited us, they say we will play basketball tomorrow after practice. Do you want to come?" He asked a question so quickly I looked at it. Why he didn't tell me right away?

"Woah go ahead, you guys. I'm going to beat all three of them, I'm going to use the ones I watched in Kuroko, I'm going to beat them bwahahaha, they'll cry for me bwahahaha, then they'll be nice to me bwahaha- I'll say it, Zac! What the heck!? Is there any problem? I'm going to hit you there."

"You're bad Mac, that's probably the effect of the anime on you. Should I tell Levi and Rhex to send you to the mental institution? Get your laugh out of it," he said firmly, and I frowned because of what he said. What is the problem with this person's laughter?

"Tsk is it bad to laugh?"

"It's not bad to laugh Mac, the bad thing is that you've laughed too much, you're like a crazy person who's mentally escaped because of your laughter. Please slow down your laughter and maybe we'll gossip here in our village that you're crazy," he says.

"Tsk, damn them. What do they care if I laugh like this? If they want, they can laugh like me to be happier."

"I don't know about you Mac," he said annoyed but I didn't care because I was busy watching her.

"What are you two arguing about? Even though I was outside, I could hear your voices," a voice said suddenly, making Zac and I both turn around.

From the door, we saw Levi and then Rhex. Levi is holding a bag.

"It's Mac, Brother. She laughs too loudly and looks crazy," Zac answered so I glared at him.

"And it's me? What's their problem with my laugh? I don't care if they gossip about my laugh, it's their children who got pregnant early and I didn't gossip about them."

"Hey, you two should stop talking, you're not dogs to be like that," Levi simply said while scratching his head as if he had a problem with Zac and me. Rhex was just quietly on the side, watching the three of us, and seemed to be happy. I think Brother Rhex is crazy.

"Yes, brother," Zac said.

"Oh Mac, just cook this dish for us," Levi ordered.

"Why me?"

"Who do you want to cook that? I'm tired from work and this Rhex of yours has another assignment to do, don't expect him to be Zac either and that might just burn our house down," Levi reasoned so I couldn't do anything but take the bag that Rhex is holding.

I smiled when I saw that our dish was a pork chop, I have been requesting this dish from Levi for a long time. I turned to Levi and smiled, he just gave me a thumbs up before entering his room.

*****

"The district battle is next month, so we have to practice everything. I expect that we will win here. We have been in first place in all the battles for several years, so I hope that now we can win, is that okay?" JV asked smiling at us.

"Yes, boss," replied Zac and saluted JV. What is he, a soldier or a policeman?

Ram peels another lollipop while listening to JV, isn't this guy's teeth damaged? Lyndon on the other hand yawned like an idiot and fell on the floor while squinting at JV and me playing with my hat but looking at JV. We had already finished a few songs when they decided to take a break but Zac must have been drinking enervon. He had a lot of energy in his body.

I was teased and wanted to play and sing. I think he drank enervon that's why. I don't want it anymore and my voice is getting a bit slurred.

"I don't want to."

"Come on, Mac!" He snarled and almost took my clothes off because of his pulling. He is like a child who wants to buy toys from his parents.

"What's so hard to understand about the word 'I don't want, don't be naughty Zac and I might hit you in no time. Didn't you hear my voice earlier? I'm getting dizzy and I need to rest, otherwise, I might lose my voice even more. JV will shoot me when it happens."

"Does it have to be on time when you hit me? Tsk, come on, Mac," he scolded again so I couldn't do anything but scratch my head, I think I have lice, it will crawl later when I get home. I'm getting hot again.

"Argh, you're skinny! Oh come on, what song do you want me to sing you, idiot!?"

"It's going to be silly, you're really bad for me Mac. Anyway, let's sing Ikaw at Ako by TJ Monteverdi. It's a good Filipino song," he said like a child as he took his guitar and put it on.

"Oh fine but after this, you'll let me rest."

He smiled at me and gave me a thumbs up. Zac started playing so I was thinking about the lyrics of the song. JV is doing something on his cellphone and smiling, it looks like someone is texting, his girlfriend perhaps. As for Ram, who was eating lollipops and watching our siblings, and Lyndon, who was just sleeping on one side, it's abnormal, he used the notes to cover his face, it's good that JV didn't scold him.

I enjoy singing because I have no choice but to do it, my twin is too hard to fight with. Right at the chorus, the door suddenly opened and the three egg-beaters entered, Korean boy, Antarctic boy, and Jerk.

What are they doing here? Today is Sunday so why are they here? The jerk was just dumbfounded to me while the two were gaping and a fly could enter their mouths anytime. Zac didn't care about entering and just kept playing. So I did the same.

The jerk was still staring at me so I followed his gaze. Why does it seem like there is something in his gaze, a gaze of a person in love? Stupid! There is no such thing as Mac so stops. You must be too arrogant if you think that this Jerk likes you and another one is unlikely to like you.

I just ignored it and just closed my eyes but when I woke up, I saw Jerk's relaxed face, smiling like a fool while looking at me. I stared at Jerk and I don't know why I couldn't take my eyes off him, it was like he was absorbing me with his gaze.

What's happening? Why is it like this? Why does my heart beat faster while staring at this Jerk? What the heck is happening? Why is it like this? Why do I feel this way? Do I have heart disease? I think I need to see a doctor.

A loud clap woke me up, Ram clapped with a matching standing ovation. You thought he was watching a concert. I avoided looking at Jerk and I might end up having a heart attack if I kept looking at him for too long.

"You're really good Mac, you're the best!" Ram praised me so I hesitated to smile at him. I try to avoid Jerk but I can feel his eyes on me.

"Woah, I think we have a chance to win the district battle, good job, Mac," JV smiled in praise.

"Great Mac, you're good at singing, so that's the reason why Zhyro is so in–gsisjnsaiannshznzjsj," Antarctic boy couldn't continue what he was going to say because Jerk's role suddenly hit him in the mouth.

What? The Antarctic boy was even saying something and then suddenly got hit with a paper.

"Shut up Glenn," Jerk scolded and glared at him. The antarctic boy just scratched his head.

In – what? What did Antarctic boy say next? Because Jerk is rude. I didn't pay attention to it anymore because it would just waste my time here.

*******

"Oh? What's up? Just wait. Come on, I'll join you. I know how to play that game."

"Just stay there Mac, you're just a troublemaker," Zac scolded. I looked at it and raised the sleeve of my dress.

"Hey, you're not enough! Zac is there with the three monkeys and then I'm here at NID for the four of us. We can't just have members because that's not fair."

"Leave it Zac so we can go," JV said so I looked at Zac with a smile.

"Aish, go ahead. But if we lose here, I'm telling you, Mac, I'll hang you upside down," he said but I don't care anymore, the important thing is that I can join their game.

"Yey, you're the best, Zac! The ball is mine! Come on and I'll imitate Midorima, I'll also shoot from half court."

"Midorima? You're so small, Mac? You might just air ball the ball," Zac said with a laugh so I kicked him making him moan.

It's like no one knows me. The basketball court used to be full of me, there was always a bet so I participated, it was good and we always won. Of course, I'm good.

"Look, Zac! I'm not going to just imitate Akashi."

"Akashi? Why? Do you have an emperor's eyes? You can see the future? Wow ahh!?" I just frowned at what he said. Just a little bit more and I'll probably hit his empty head.

"Look Zac, if we win here you will buy me a jersey, Nigou's jersey, what game?"

"Game!" He shouted so I grinned. Huh! I will get better because I will get rid of these assholes.

"Wait up Ramos twin, what are you two fighting about? What is it? Midorima? Akashi? Nigou? Who are those?" Korean boy asked in surprise.

"Those are characters from The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays, Mac is addicted to them," explained Zac.

"Ahh," they promised at the same time. Is it really necessary at once? They also nodded their heads as if you thought they understood what Zac said.

"Tsk, let's play"

JV, Lyndon, and Ram are on my side while Zac, Jerk, Antarctic boy, and Korean boy are on my side. Jerk and JV tipped off and the ball went to us because JV is tall, Jerk is tall but JV is just taller. They passed the ball to me and I was facing Jerk. I teased him, hehe just teasing. He frowned so I backed away a little then boooommmmm. Enter the ring! That's Captain Hyuga's move, guys!

"Woah, that's my twin out there," Zac clapped while looking at me. I grinned at him and puffed up the sleeve of my dress arrogantly and shrugged.

"Nice, you're great Mac," Lyndon complimented and yawned. Is this one being lazy?

"You're the best, Mac," Ram complimented and took a mouthful of lollipop, as always.

We got together in groups and faced the four monkeys. The four of them gaped at me as if they couldn't believe what I was doing.

"Let's go NID!"

Zac had the ball and Lyndon was guarding him who was too lazy to play so I went behind and passed Jerk. I immediately tapped the ball to Zac and I got it, it was Kuroko's move, I went to the other court and was about to shoot the ball but Jerk blocked me, luckily I moved quickly so I couldn't continue with the shot.

He grinned at me as if you thought he had stopped me. Huh! I don't think this one knows me, the ones I played with in our province are even better than him. I went to shoot the ball and when I saw him jump I immediately backed away and waited for him to get down, just as he was down I jumped and sniffed the ball, it fell into the ring again! That's Himuro's move, bros!

*********

"Deception! What is that? It's deception!" Zac grunted and looked like a child lying on the court.

Bwahahaha we win! The score is 55-30, we only played for about thirty minutes but I'm just so good that's why. It just means that I will have Nigou's jersey later.

I grinned at Zac while wiping my sweaty face with a towel. The three idiots were holding their knees and panting. It's good that only Zac and I bet, I know I can beat Zac but he's stubborn and doesn't believe in me. Tsk tsk tsk.

"Zac just accept the fact that we win and you lose. Nigou! Nigou! Nigou! Nigou! Nigou!"

"Shut up, Mac, yes. I'll buy you later," he said with a frown so I approached him and gave him another handkerchief which he immediately took and wiped himself.

"You're great Mac, you're not only good at singing, you're also good at basketball," JV said as he closed his tumbler.

"Well, I am the king of the court."

I looked at the four monkeys, the Korean boy was on the floor, the Antarctic boy was drinking water, Jerk was wiping his sweat and Zac was muttering something while wiping himself. I'm good at basketball hehehe.

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