Second semester of Form 3
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After returning from my vacation in Taipei, Tung had finally fully recovered. I am glad to be able to see you again...
Yet, I wondered if the fever damaged her brain or something as she had been acting ‘odd’ since.
One day when she was standing behind me in line after the morning assembly, .
"It would have been nice if you joined the camp that day." I said.
"Nah, there was no Wi-Fi," she simply answered.
"Ughh... There were a lot of stars there, they were beautiful.” I said.
"Stars ? Hmm... don’t you mean gorillas*? Hehehe..." She giggled.
(* In Cantonese, ‘stars星星’ is pronounced as ‘sing sing /sɪŋ˥ sɪŋ˥/’, and ‘gorila 猩猩’ is a homophone to ‘stars星星’, Tung was making a pun.)
"Aren’t you the gorilla, are you?" I was kidding.
"Do you wanna die?" She laughed and pretended she would beat me up
After a few weeks, it was the school’s Sport’s Day. I only signed up for the 100-meter dash, while she didn't sign up for anything at all.
On the first day, I felt like going nuts given how early I had to wake up early. I planned to have a lavish breakfast.
I arrived at school at roughly 8am. I found a seat in the bleachers and sat down. It was winter, but the sun was still a bit scorching that day.
I was a competitor that day, but I only participated in one event.
"Men's 100 meters Group B first assembled!” broadcasted the radio.
I immediately went to the assembly. Arriving at the tracks, I did my warm-ups and was ready for the race.
Being really nervous, my heart rate was accelerating and I was sweating non stop.
“3! 2! 1!”
Bang!!
The competitors started dashing wildly, and the judge kept blowing his whistle.
"Someone made a false start!" the referee said.
Who’s the asshole?
It was a junior student whom I did know.
We had no choice but to restart.
Bang!!
I started with full speed. I felt powerful at the beginning from being ahead of the others.
However, I didn’t last as long as I thought I would. Someone started running ahead of me in the middle of the race.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
In the end, I ranked bottom .... second, fortunately not the last.
Well, whatever, I didn't plan to win anyway, it’s fine as long as I get credit for participation.
I wasn't feeling well after the run as I kept panting...
By noon, although it was winter, it was super hot and the sun was scorching. I was sweating out my bones.
There was still a second day for the Sport’s Days and I decided to wear less by then.
The second day was not actually the next day since there was a day-off in between the Sport’s Days.
To be frank, it was boring as fxxk. There was nothing else to do after my race and even worse, they wouldn’t let me do anything.
You couldn't use your cell phone, you couldn't bring board games, you couldn't read books, they were forcing you to merely dwell. I was bored to death after the 100 meters. I tried chatting whole day with Yang, but there weren’t enough conversation topics for us. We were so bored that we sometimes resorted to playing with our water bottles.
That day, Tung was working as a staff member, so she could not be with me.
On the second day of the event, I couldn't find Tung in the morning. I have been training my eyesight through constantly looking for her within seas of people. I felt as if I had the eyes of an eagle, I could sense her presence as long as she was nearby.
But it was strange to not see her at all that day.
Crap... Not only was it not sunny, the sky was gray and dreary, and ... it was freezing while I was wearing fxxking shorts!!
Is it trying to fxxking freeze me to death???!!
It was torture. I had to hold my thighs while sitting and shaking. Fxxk fxxk fxxk... wait a sec, I can go home to get more clothes, it ain’t that far anyway.
During lunch time, I was dining with the students and teachers from the Coffee Club in a restaurant. I had a bowl of braised pork rice. To be frank, it was shit compared to what I had had in Taiwan. I was aware that those in Hong Kong were bound to be less delicious, but there was nothing else attractive on the menu, so I had no choice but to order this.
After paying for lunch, I ran home to change my clothes since it was still unbearably cold.
I got myself a pair of long-sleeved pants and a jacket.
Then, I returned to school. I went back to the bleachers after the assembly and the roll call. I didn't want to just sit there all day, so I walked around and happened to run into Tung.
She, with her signature ponytail and a cute cat backpack. She was wearing what she used to wear during regular schooldays, but with shorts.
"How come I didn't see you this morning?" I asked.
"Ugh...I forgot to come. I thought today was supposed to be a day-off too." She responded goofy.
How could one forget to come to school? I’m worried that one day you will forget me.
"Haha, for real?" I laughed at her.
"Ughh..." She was awkwardly speechless.
Then, we went to a hidden corner.
I wall-pinned (kabe-don) her and she looked up at me.
"How come you become this short? Last year, you were laughing at me for being a shorty," I said mockingly.
I was actually just a bit taller than her.
"Hmph." She refused to" concede”.
"Have you signed up for any contest?" I pulled my hand off the wall since I was too embarrassed to continue.
"No, I don't wanna participate in any of them," she replied.
"How lazy are you?" I said.
Suddenly, Hang, the annoying four-eyed chubby Form One student who insisted that the two of us are lovers from before, found us.
"Oh! Are you two still dating? We finally caught you red-handed! It’s time for ‘Operation: Couple Buster’!!" He arrived with another brat.
"This little shit again ...." I murmured.
I immediately grabbed her hand and fled the scene with her.
"You think you can just leave after acting all lovey-dovey???!" They chased after us without hesitation.
"Why are Form 1 kids nowadays so retarded?” she commented in annoyance.
"Well, everyone has been a brat once! But this generation is astonishingly dumb.”
Then, I whispered to her, “Come find me in about five minutes at that location.”
“That location” was referring to an open-air staircase, which was less crowded.
I told her to go elsewhere, and then I alone would deal with the ‘third-wheel’ duo by distracting them.
"Ha! Bring it on! Fxxking brats!!" I waved my hand and shouted.
I immediately ran and they both chased after me instead of Tung. I ran into the crowd, and put on the hood of my hoodie jacket. Then, I activated my" assassin" abilities and blended into the crowd, hiding my presence (I had mastered the art of loneliness), they had no chance in finding me.
I went to the other end of the crowd and fled the scene, successfully losing the brat duo. My experiences with Assassin’s Creed had proven useful (Achievement Unlocked: Master of Loneliness).
After that, I went to ‘that place’ and waited for Tung. She came shortly afterwards with a balloon.
"The balloon I had just now popped and scared the crap outta me, so I got myself another, ha ha!" she said with a lovely smile.
I took the balloon from her hand, and then kept pretending to be poking it intensely. She was so scared of it bursting that she kept squatting down and up.
"Hahahaha!” I laughed.
"Don't pop it! I'm scared!” She closed her eyes in fear.
I kept laughing at her and she hammered me with anger.
"Hey, little girl, you still dare to hit big-old me?” I said provocatively.
She twitched her mouth and stared at me fiercely.
I realized something was wrong and immediately changed the subject.
"I got rid of those two brats. Wanna know how I got rid of them just now? I blended into the crowd to hide my presence, and I managed to lose them in less than a minute.” I kept bragging about myself.
"Are all the kids of this generation that retarded?" she complained with dissatisfaction.
"How could one call themselves a kid if they aren’t retarded?" I responded with a smile.
Afterwards, I took pictures for her with her cell phone, which she secretly brought to the stadium.
After school, we went shopping together.
On the flyover to the mall, she said," I'm going to buy something."
"I’ll accompany you!" I said.
We went into a stationery store and she wanted to buy a notebook.
She picked one and asked," What do you think about this one? Is it cute enough?"
"You're cuter." I was suddenly hit on the idea to say so.
"Really?” she responded happily.
"Nah, I was lying... or not!" I joked as I giggled.
By then, we were self-aware that the owner of the store must have thought that we were a couple that were madly in love. Yet, although we appeared to be a pair, we had never really recognized it, and had always remained friends.
As we left, she noticed that my backpack also happened to have a cat pattern on it, which even I myself wasn’t aware of.
"Do you like cats too?" she asked.
"Urgh... I wasn’t the one who bought this backpack, hehe... but I do like cats." I replied honestly.
"Oh..." .
"Well, nothing can rival your cuteness anyway!" I said with a smile.
"Haha, really?" Her expression matched that of a child whose parents just promised her candy.
"Nah, I'm just kidding, hehehe!" I scratched the back of my head.
"Aww..." She looked like a disappointed child whose family was too poor to buy her sweets.
After that, we walked home on a long, long road. On our left were flowers and grass, as well as residential buildings. Next to them were the cycleway and the road.
"Do you have birds in your home?" I asked her.
"I do, its name’s Mao and it’s bald, haha. It sometimes bites, like..." She suddenly pinched my arm with great force.
"...This!" She smiled wickedly as she clamped her fingers between my flesh...
It hurt, but I kept myself from screaming.
"That's your best shot?" I responded in mockery.
"Ah..." She was embarrassed.
Then, she walked with her arms on my shoulders. I did not dare touch her again due to" trauma” (we were caught too many times and they didn’t end well.)
When we were near my house, I said," My house is nearby, I'll leave now, bye." She lived far away and had to take the bus. Should I have accompanied her till she arrived at the bus stop?
"Bye-bye!" She waved at me.
I looked back as I walked away and my glance fell on her back. She didn't look back, so I continued on my way.
I kept running forward and the power surging within my body drove me wild!!!
When I got home, I told my dad the good news," I finally got myself a girlfriend!!"
What was I thinking?She still hadn’t recognized the relationship yet.
"Hmm, really?” he responded.
After the happiest day of my life, it was the Chinese New Year holidays.
I didn't do much during the Chinese New Year holidays, except visiting relatives and having reunion dinners. I did not travel since I had already been on a trip at Christmas.
Hence, the second semester of Form 3 was officially over, and the third semester of Form 3 was about to start, stay tuned!!
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