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"You can't tell the others that you're part of them, am I right?" I was surprised to see Mira who was just looking ahead. Maybe he was observing our situation earlier.
"I only met Monteclaro because they always talk. But I don't know who's who. And I have no intention of finding out because I'm not interested." He continued to speak before looking at me.
"You confirmed it already to me earlier that you're one of them. Should I feel honored?" He suddenly asked. I don't even know why I said that but I know Mira is different.
"I don't know. I just want to tell you. How did you know that they are the Monteclaro? I thought you weren't interested?"
"Talk talk." He answered briefly. "I've been hearing it for a while. It's all about Monteclaro. That's why I'm sitting here so I can't hear it anymore." So just nodded.
"I don't know why you told me but Iya, I'll repeat, I'm not interested. I don't care if you're one of them or not. I hope you don't get me wrong."
"I actually don't. I mean, you're different from the others-different in a good way. I like that you're straightforward and true to your words, Mira. I know we have the same difficulty opening up to others ." He looked at me again so I laughed and so did he.
"Maybe it's really not our forte. But seeing you now, you're actually trying your best to somehow open things up to someone." I smiled at what he said. She's really good at observing things I must say.
"I don't know what happened in your past but I know you'll overcome it soon, Iya. When that time comes, I know that you're ready to accept that you're one of them and just like what you did earlier, you are the one who will say that you belong to them." I just listened to him quietly. Maybe he was right.
"Give yourself a time to heal. But also give them some time to be hurt. We have our own choices, Iya. They chose to be hurt and do nothing so don't blame yourself for the decisions they make. Sometimes, pain is good. Embrace it. Pain taught us how to continue even though we're hurting. Just remember that scars can become art too."
The words coming from Mira are so comforting. She doesn't know anything about what I've been through for the past years, but I feel that even if I don't talk, she knows what I'm going through.
"You're strong." That's all I said.
I know Mira has a problem like me but sometimes she doesn't show it. Just like what she said, we have our own decision and we choose not to speak up.
She chuckled, "Am I?" Before shifting her gaze in front.
After that we just watched in silence. The silence between us is so comfortable.
The first day of Inter-QB is over. The other strand is not finished yet, so it was decided to continue the next day, after all, the competition is three days long.
In those three days, my brain was shriveled. We got second place while the group of Andrel and Justin took the lead in STEM.
In HUMMS, Ygrette took second place and our school took the lead with Brian and Kiel among the stone throwers.
The review was worth it, I think.
"It's already been said that you will be the first. Congratulations!" My introduction to Andrel and Justin. It seems that they did not expect my approach so they were surprised.
"Hey, Iya. Congratulations! Good to see you here." Wayne said immediately when I got close to them.
"I think it's a good choice that you transferred? At least you got a chance to experience to compete. Poor talent." I laughed at what Gabriel said.
"Gab's right. You never got a chance to experience it when you were at SFA. At least they saw your potential at your new school. SFA actually sucks. You can even transfer next school year." Hans said jokingly so I laughed again.
Aside from Justin and Andrel, Wayne, Gabriel and Hans are always the rock of the school. Because of that, the five of them became troops. I never had any problems with them before. They are actually nice to me but of course, I always choose to be alone.
"Congratulations too! Andrel is still twenty because he only has two points." Justin said and laughed.
"Can you just shut your f*****g mouth, Just?"
Justin acted to zip his mouth that's why the three of them laughed. Ygrette also approached us and we greeted each other.
"Picture!" Ygrette said suddenly. He immediately looked at me and I saw that he suddenly panicked. "A-Ah what, haha we're seven?"
I smiled at him and nodded. The seven of us took a groufie as what Ygrette said. After that, Hans immediately offered to shoot us four cousins. Ygrette, of course, asked me and I assured her that it's okay with me.
"Don't worry I-I won't upload this on Instagram."
Ygrette said to me so I immediately shook my head.
"You can do whatever you want, Ygrette." He was surprised by what I said. I mean it. If she wants to upload it, she can. I know how she wanted to do anything or everything whenever I'm with them but I feel like she's limiting herself because of me.
After the talk with Mira, I suddenly felt at ease. SFA and SFU are different schools. If others find out that I'm a Monteclaro, that's fine with me. I wouldn't mind. As long as I have my friends, I'm fine.
Maybe Mira is so strong because she doesn't care about what people say around her. Just like her, I want to do that too. I want to try it, at least.
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