Eating lunch
Jay-jay's POV
"Please." Ci-N whispered while trying to reach for the box of chocolates I got. "I left so many earlier." I complained while pulling my hand away. "I didn't get any earlier." She said but I could see one of her teeth still had chocolate in it. I pointed to her mouth and narrowed my eyes at her. "What's in your teeth?" "Listen! I didn't brush my teeth." He sneered even though it was obvious he had gotten a lot of them. He was the one next to me and closest to me. With one outstretched hand, he had already grabbed them all. And another thing, there were so many chocolate wrappers under his chair. He had already stepped on the others without realizing it. I heard the bell ring. I was worried that it was time to eat. I quickly hid the box of chocolates in my bag. When I saw that Batang Kumag peeking, I immediately threatened to punch him. "Lunch, Jay?" Yuri asked, who was already between Ci and me. "Yes, you're free." I answered and he laughed. I looked at Ci to try to coax him but he clearly had no intention of leaving his place. "Hey, aren't you coming with me?" I asked him. He shook his head. "We don't have the food yet." "Maybe we'll go buy some." He looked at me as if he was surprised by what I was saying. I raised my eyebrows at him. "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Why are you buying? There's food coming." He replied before scratching his eyebrows. I looked at him in surprise. There's food coming? Will someone literally throw food at us or slap us? Will the sky rain food? This is new! I looked at Yuri in case he knew something. But he was also looking at Ci who was full of wonder. Until we only looked back because of the sound of iron scraping on the floor. The Ulopongs were busy arranging the tables. "Lift the table! Stupid!" Blaster said annoyed to Drew. "Maybe you should lift it too! Even stupider!" Drew replied. "It's already up! The stupidest!" Blaster retorted. "That's why only my side is up! Super stupid!" Drew's answer was not to be defeated. "You're both stupid! You bastards!" Felix shouted at them. "What is this? A ï¬ght between idiots. You two even argued, you're both just brainwashed." Denzel said angrily. Their helpers laughed softly at the noise. Their ï¬ght almost turned into a ï¬stï¬ght when Felix intervened and hit them both in the back. What are the idiots doing? They're moving their tables closer together in the back and pushing the chairs aside. They're all arranged in such a way that you'd think they were preparing for an event. "What are you doing?" I asked them. Felix looked at me and answered. "Arranging the food ." I looked at Yuri when he suddenly snapped his ï¬ngers. "Yes, by the way. Keifer ordered food for us. I just remembered now." He said and scratched the back of his head. I wanted to clap really hard. This is food! The fool will feed them! But how can I do that when the one who feeds them is the one I hate the most. His ace would be so thick if he tried to eat me again like he did with the chocolate earlier. His face really is so thick! He knows I won't refuse. But it would probably be better if I had my ï¬ll so that that hunk wouldn't overwhelm me. If I was full, there's a good chance I'd refuse. Right! Right! There's a good chance. I took my wallet out of my bag and stood up. " I'm just in the cafeteria." I didn't wait for what they'd say and walked out. I heard Yuri call me but I ignored him. I won't eat here and I won't eat what stupid Kei â€"kwanan prepared . Maybe it has a curse on it. Maybe my ass will close if I eat it or my stomach will hurt. Worst of all, maybe they'll put a potion in it. I'm just in the cafeteriaâ€"I smell lechon. My nostrils are getting bigger as I try to ï¬nd where the smell is coming from. It's getting stronger, the closer I walk to the stairs. I waited a moment to see if the direction of the smell I was smelling was right. My eyes widened just like that when I saw several groups of men carrying food coming up. The party was even bigger in terms of the amount of food they were carrying. They climbed one after another and when I followed them to where they were going, they went straight to our classroom. And when the lechon passed in front of me, I could barely feel the pain in my neck as I followed its destination. Oh, my lechon! I just bit my lip. Why would I go to the cafeteria if this is the grace? Heaven is already sending it. The smell was slapping me. But if I ate there, I would probably think that the King of Snakes was up to something again . It was probably just like what he did with chocolate. There was a price for this! There was a price for this! There was a price for thisâ€"would he accept a kiss in exchange or a lechon head? I almost slapped myself because of what I thought. When did I become so lewd? And the surface of a kiss for the lechon. Those meals would probably be worth a lot. I just held my face with both hands. It just means, I have to endure and raise my pride even higher. Even higher than the endurance I did earlier. Even higher than skyscrapers. Can I do it? "Whatâ€"" "Oh, snake!" I said in surprise. "â€"are you doing here?" Kei-kwanan continued to ask even though he was laughing at my reaction. "Why did you suddenly appear?!" I asked annoyed. He laughed a little. "I'd been here for a couple of minutes now. Watching you." I wanted to slap myself. It was embarrassing! He had been here by my side for a while. He must have seen my reaction while following the lechon and my deep thoughts. "Come on. Let's eat." That's what he said and suddenly grabbed my hand to pull me. It was as if a switch was on in my heart, beating so fast and loud. It was too lively for this day. That wasn't good. It looked like it should have been knocked down. Charot! I immediately struggled and tried to pull my hand away from his grip. He was clearly taken aback by what I did. "Don't hold on!" My tone was laced with a threat. "I just want us to eat lunch together." He answered calmly. "I will!" I teased him. "But I want to make sure that what I'm going to do with the food you ordered doesn't mean anything different !" One of his eyebrows rose. "Okay..." He answered slowly. "Like what you did with the chocolate!" He nodded as if he realized what I meant . "You have nothing to worry about. This is truly just for our lunch." "Don't bother me there!" "I am not!" He said and tried to approach me to hold me. I immediately moved away and pulled my arms away from him as if he had a contagious disease. My heart ached. "Don't be so mean!" I said annoyed. "What?" He asked while laughing. He came closer again and tried to reach my hand. I dodged again but he still followed. "What?!" I was already crying from annoyance. It was a slap. "What's wrong? I just want to hold your hand." "No holding hands! It's bad!" I started to pant but he seemed so happy that I was suffering from his teasing. I felt like hitting him with my shoe. Because I couldn't control my tiredness anymore, I just blocked both of his hands to make him stop. "Stop!" I shouted at him and he did. "What? Seriously? What's wrong with you?" He asked one question after another . Now I'm the one who's wrong? "You're a fool! I told you not to hold." I replied annoyed and gasped for air. Suddenly he grabbed one of my hands. It was so tight that he almost broke my ï¬ngers. "Ouch!" I complained. "I'm holding your hand now. Did something bad happen to you?" He asked as if he was scolding. "I just want to hold you." I noticed the glint in his eyes. "Because I fvcking miss you." His voice cracked and he was obviously holding back...crying. His grip on my hand gradually loosened. I suddenly felt guilty because of what he said. It was like it was my fault or not wanting to let him hold me. But if I let him hold me, it would be like I was ignoring everything. All the pain. All the unanswered questions. All my crying. All my thinking. All my swearing. And most of allâ€" "It's beating. Damn fast." He said while looking at the hand he was holding. Is this what I'm really saying! He could eel my heart beating . I felt like my heart was full of muscle because of how hard he worked out today. I was about to pull my hand back but he slowly brought it closer to his chest. My chest was heaving even more. "Can you feel it?" He asked as I placed my palm on his chest. There was a strong heartbeat but I didn't know if it was mine or his. I couldn't tell because of my cold hands. "My heart beats for us. For me to be alive and for you to know how much I love you." Iiiiâ€"is that right? I almost fell over because my knees felt weak from what he said. My entire system was going haywire. It was like it didn't even want to enter my brain at ï¬rst. I didn't want to accept every word he said. It felt like it wasn't true! I must be misdiagnosing. Jusmiyo! I need a doctor! My mouth was constantly open. Looking for the right words to answer him. But I couldn't ï¬nd anything, not even a single letter. He just stared at me which made me even more miserable. He tried to get closer so I quickly backed away. He did that a few more times until the wall behind me stopped me. He still didn't take my hand off his chest. I was going to use it to stop him from getting closer but because of my softness I still could n't do anything. "Sss-sandals." I almost couldn't ï¬nish what I was going to say. You're the son of a Cobra! And when we were barely a hand's breadth apart , a sweet smile appeared on his lips. " You 're a s- I also saw another Ulopong peeking through the door with a wide smile. My eyes widened as I realized what was happening. I immediately pushed Keiâ€"kwanan hard. He jumped back in surprise and I saw the pain in his eyes. "Oh, no kiss?" Ci said and hung up the phone. My eyebrows quickly crossed. "Is that all? After all your sins, you're going to come back like nothing happened?" "Awkward." I heard Ci whisper and quickly ran back to the room. "Jayâ€"." "You're ï¬ne, right? What's the use of a facemask? Your face is so thick ." He tried to come closer but I threatened to slap him. He stopped and obviously waited for me to make contact with his face. "Go ahead. Hurt me." He said and sighed. "I deserve it." My vision started to blur due to the gathering of tears. My palm closed on its own and I lowered my hand. "Good to know." I said almost in a whisper and quickly walked down the stairs. I really didn't know where I was going. Add to that there were so many students because it was lunch break that I had no place to sit. I quickly wiped my face because of the tears that were alling. I was almost at the ground floor when I met Aries and Ella. They almost raised their eyebrows at me at the same time, probably because of my appearance. Aries looked at Ella for a moment and nodded. She immediately got what he meant and walked away. "Have you eaten yet?" Aries asked. And it seemed like I didn't need to answer. My stomach made a noise of its own accord , a sign that my pets were losing their minds. I was simply grabbed by him. "Let's go outside." There you go. Even though I was surprised, I still ollowed him. We headed straight to the parking lot and got into the car one after the other. I knew we were going outside the school but where exactly, I didn't know. My question was only answered when we stopped at a restaurant about a block away from the school. It's possible to walk, but walking will take time and the heat will set in. We got out of the car together and went inside. They only had rice meals so it wasn't hard to order. Just enough for a tucino and three orders from earlier. I wanted the lechon. There's no room for sadness. I'm just being stupid, if we were to ï¬ght after, I would still eat what he prepared. Where's my pride? I already put it down when I got the chocolate and I'll put it down even more. I was sobbing while waiting for my order. It was just me because Aries had already eaten before we met. They were out of their last subject early. "Speak." The horoscope commanded. I pouted as if reading the notes stuck to the table. Reminders for the lazy, uneducated when eating. That's what was written on the notes. "Nothing yet? I'm hungry." I said without looking at him. "I told you to talk but not about anything." He said annoyed. "At least you talked." I answered and he quickly glared at me . "What am I going to say?" I knew he wanted to hear what I had to say about his troops returning from London. "Of course! About him!" "He brought you home by the London bridge." I answered and his palm quickly rose to slap me on the back of the neck. It was a good thing my order had arrived. While his was just juice. He let me eat for now while he held his cellphone and kept texting. "Make sure to think twice before making an action. Your recklessness will put you in danger. Maybe Kuya will catch you if you do something stupid." He reminded me. "It's me again." I complained. I was the one who was immediately worried. How was he? Who could have kidnapped someone looking for a cellphone? Isn't that also negligence? When it's stupid, I'm the one. Am I the only one who's being fooled? "Who can be fooled here?" He asked sarcastically. I looked in the other direction and took a sip from the straw in my glass. I tried to take a sip even though the glass was empty but ice. It just made a noise. "Answer." He ordered. I stopped sipping. "Me?" One of his eyebrows raised. "Is that a question?" No, answer. "It's me! It's always me!" "Because it's really you! You're going to go away! Do you want me to lay out a list of your antics?" "No." I almost whispered. "Long." He suddenly tapped me on the forehead. I quickly grabbed my forehead while looking at him evilly. "Get ready." He said threateningly. He stood up so I followed but I put away my food before handing it to the counter. That's what his reminder said . When we got back to school, break was ending so we quickly went back to our classes. I didn't want to go into the room but I saw our next teacher. When I went inside, the kids still hadn't ï¬nished eating. Ci's mouth was still watering as she waved at me to bring me closer. "Where are you from? Keifer is looking for you." She said and their King walked in just then. I looked away and went straight to my seat. I arranged my things and pretended not to care about what was happening around me. Even though I could smell the food. I felt hungry again. "Where have you been?" Keiâ€"kwanan asked softly. I coughed slightly. "Just there. Eat." She didn't say anything for a moment before nodding and leaving. Ci immediately came closer to me and whispered. "She hasn't eaten yet. She'll ï¬nd you." She said while throwing some of her food in my face. I wi ped it off for a moment. I felt a little guilty that she hadn't eaten. But why would I think that. I didn't tell her to look for me. She could postpone it and eat ï¬rst. Or she just didn't look for me, because I wasn't looking for her. Our next teacher came in. The King of Snakes didn't have time to eat. But instead of the teacher scolding the people who were eating, she just let them eat, especially when Felix's noodles were handed to him. "Take Keifer with you." Eren whispered behind me. "Even Yuri, she didn't eat either, she's looking for you." Yuri too? I looked at Ci-N to conï¬rm and when she nodded, I immediately felt embarrassed. I also distracted Yuri without realizing it. Eren slapped me. "Come with me, don." I turned my whole body to face him and slapped him . His slap was so deep and I could feel the pain on my skin. It was like a nail. "You're a real slapper." I said annoyed. I looked at Yuri when I noticed he was looking at me. He motioned for me to eat and pointed to the ready one. I shook my head at him and told him to eat. He smiled sadly. I motioned for him to eat but he shook his head. It was like I knew it. It looked like he didn't want to eat anymore. I scratched the back of his head violently. I didn't want him to go hungry because of my rudeness. I looked at the teacher who was busy eating before standing up and approaching Yuri. "Eat." I ordered him. "How about you?" I looked at the people who were ready. "W-what? I'm eating." "Eat again." He said with a crooked smile. "I'll think about it." He just nodded before standing up and approaching Keiâ€"kwanan. "Eat." Yuri said and the other one nodded lifelessly. They both approached the food and I followed them. Peeking at the ood. Maybe he would suddenly run away. "Jay? You really don't want it?" Yuri asked while holding a plate full of pork skin. I shook my head. "I-I'm okayâ€"." I didn't ï¬nish what I was going to say when someone grabbed my hand and placed a plate full of pork on it. "Eat or I will kiss you in front of everyone." The most cunning King of the Snakes whispered. My eyes widened as I looked at the food. I also looked at Yuri when I noticed her laughing while shaking her head. It was as if she hadn't heard what her best friend had said. I glared at the Snakes when I noticed they were watching us.It seems like I have no choice but to swallow my pride again and eat what this sly man has prepared. Even though I'm really full and have no room to eat anymore. Esushme, I have no choice. OceanofPDF.com Chapter 323 A/N: HAPPYISH BORNDAY!! JASPER JEAN MARIANO AND JASPER JEAN AF DL. My niece! I really haven't had an ideal girl before. As long as you're enough for me as a woman . Because a woman can be anything she wants. I'm so proud of my Jay-jay. Review Jay-jay's POV Quiet. It's like there's an angel watching over me. Brother Angelo? That's not an angel. That's just pretending. Both hands are blocking his face from closing. His eyes are all around us at the table. I can't help but feel nervous. My eyes are also wandering around them. "I'm going to see Jeana." Aunt Gema broke the silence. I was stunned for a moment and looked at him. He didn't even glance at me . It was like I just heard him say he was going to Mama. I know they won't agree to make peace but Aunt Gema is trying to ï¬x what's between them. "Be careful." Aries said lifelessly. "Maybe I'll go home tomorrow." Aunt Gema added, stopping Kuya. "Is there a problem?" She asked. Aunt shook her head. "Jeana is just asking me to help." About what? "C-can I follow?" I asked.