His and Her Circumstances

MERRY'S POV

I was in a hurry to walk because I am already late for my first class! I woke up late 'cause I stayed up 'till twelve midnight watching Korean dramas. And annoyingly, my alarm clock was an epic fail, the time and date set was wrong and I didn't notice, so everything went crazy as hell!

My class starts at eigth AM but the time is already eight forty five and my class will end in fifteen minutes. We have a project to submit today and I am damn late!

I was surprised when a man suddenly appeared from nowhere and we collided; all my belongings exploded and spread throughout the school hallway.

"Hey! Come back here!" I shouted to the man who bumped with me, who left me and did not even apologize. That brute!

Annoying! I was in a hurry and this happened! Am I cursed? I am so irritated! My stuffs were scattered along the way; my books, projects and notebook. I had to carry those things because it didn't fit inside my bag.

As I picked up my scattered items one by one, I was surprised to find a hand reaching for my collected books. I looked up at the person who helped me and was stunned for a moment.

I don’t know if I was just having an illusion but all of a sudden I heard a loud bell ring. And as I stared at him, my heart suddenly pounded so fast.

He's super handsome! He's the kind handsome that though he wear dirty clothes, he'd still look handsome. He has a fair skin but even though he may be dark, surely he'd still look handsome. He is a man that any creature would fall. He is so damn gorgeous!

"W-Wait!" I said. He had already started walking away. "Just wait mister!" I said again, fortunately he turned to me while waiting for what I wanted to say.

I never believe in love at first sight because that was only a ridiculous thought but I feel like I'm eating what I said now. I think he's the one.

I gulped. My heart starts to thump like hell again. His dark-colored eyes are staring at me intentlya and I can't stop what I'm feeling right now.

"Why?" That was the first word I heard from him. His voice was the most magnificent of all, like an angel singing from the heaven.

"I-I'm sorry but I think... I like you." Ooopss ... I slipped my tongue.

Instead of thanking him, I said something else. I felt my whole face suddenly turned red with embarrassment l, so I avoided looking at him but from my peripheral vision, he starts walking away again, so I quickly stood up and turned to him.

Oh my God! Maybe he was thinking that I'm a crazy woman because I suddenly confessed for the first time we acrossed our path.

"Just wait mister!" I shouted.

I now gathered all the attentions of everyone around us. I scratched my head when I realized it's five minutes left before the time and I had not yet submitted my project,!

"I'll find you!" I said then I was in a hurry to run to catch up with the class.

This is the very first time I saw him, maybe because I didn't care about men in school until I saw him. Cupid strikes at the center of my heart.

When I arrived at our classroom, our teacher was leaving. Fortunately, I was able to passed my project.

MY FRIENDS and I went straight to the canteen. I don't know why my eyes immediately caught the man I also wanted to see. I did not get his name earlier.

"Zach Samaniego is really famous, isn't he? He just transferred here in school just last week and he already has fangirls-slash-admirers." Happy chuckled, she is one of my friends.

"W-Wait!" I said out loud. It was embarassing b3cause I snatched all the attentions of all the people in the canteen — including him — the guy i have a crush on.

"What's wrong with you Merry?" Joy asked, still a friend of mine.

"W-What is the name of that guy?" Then I pointed to the man that were surrounded by female and gay students in a table.

"He is Zachary 'Zach' Samaniego, a transferee student, nineteen years old from the Engineering department. Why? Are you also interested in him?" asked Joy.

I shook my head. "No! I already love him."

"What?" my friends were all shocked. I even saw their jaws dropped at what I said.

Yes! I am in love. And this is the very first time I felt this way to a guy. I heard them chuckled so I turned to them.

"Why?" I asked.

"Are you sure? Look at those girls around him, he didn't even bother to look at them. He seems as cold as ice, as stiff as a stone and a snob." said Happy.

"I heard he was Philophobic." informed by Joy.

Zach is a philophobic? Has he ever been hurt in in love? Aww! As if I wanted to make him feel that he had nothing to fear about falling in love. I got up from my seat.

"Where are you going?" my friends asked but I continued walking.

I don't know but my feet seemed to have a mind of its own and walking towards Zach. And when I approached his table which was then surrounded by many women and gays, I excused myself.

My heart pounded as Zach's eyes widened when he acknowledged me. I swallowed hard. It's my first time approaching a man because I like him and I promised to myself before that whenever I found the man of my dreams I would do everything to have a fairytale-like story with that person.

And now I have found the Prince of my own fairytale. Maybe everyone think I'm crazy but is it bad to be in love? Besides I could not control my heart to stop beating for him.

"You're Zachary Samaniego, right?" I asked.

"Why?" he answered sparingly.

I smiled at him. He is really so gorgeous and he didn't look like a snob, cold nor stiff person like my friends have said.

"I like you, uhm, no, I think I already love you. Can you be my boyfriend?" I asked directly.

I heard the loud gasped of the women around us. I was no longer surprised by my braveness; I will do every little thing to win his heart.

But suddenly Zach stood up from his seat and was about to leave when I quickly blocked his path.

"You don't like me?" I asked. The expression of his face remained blank. "Then at least give me a chance to get to know me. I will court you if that's the only way for us to meet."

Again, I heard everyone gasped. I guessed all the people in the canteen were looking at us but I didn't caree, what matters is how I feel and I should not miss such chances.

"Are you crazy?" he then asked and I was surprised by what he said. I even heard people starts laughing but I don't care.

"Yeah! I think I'm crazy for you." I said. Shocks! Where on earth did i get that corny lines? He shook his head then he passed over me and finally walked away.

"Pathetic girl." I heard said by women near me but I just ignored them, instead, I chased after Zach and blocked his path again.

"Can I court you? Get to know me first and when you don't really like me, I am willing to give up on you."

His gaze turned to her and she could not read the expression of his handsome face. "What if I told you I don't like you and I will never like you?"

Ouch! "That's not possible because you didn't even agree to the courtship i was offering."

"Why are you doing this?" he looks so serious.

"I'm doing this for the glory of love. I'm not ashame because love is a great feeling to be proud of!" I said smilingly.

He shrugged his shoulders before and continue walking away, I was able to follow him again and i will never get tired of him.

"I'm Merry Salamangca, nineteen years old, a Pharmacy student." I introduced myself as I accompany him on his walk. He still does not speak while just continuing to walk. "If you don't want to talk, I'll follow you wherever you go — as a Salamangca or Magician in other word, I would do all the magic tricks just to make you fall in love with me."

"You're hopeless, miss." He said then he shook his head.

"No! I am just brave. I don't want to regret one day and I don't want to miss this opportunity. If you don't like me, I would do anything for you to like me. "

"I will never fall for you, miss. I'm sorry."

"Let's bet? In a month, I will make you fall for me but you must be true to your own feelings and when you are still not in love with me within a month, I will let you go. "

"Whatever." He had already walked away.

"I will take that answer as a yes." I shouted, because he was already far away from me.

I smiled to myself. Alright! Let the magical power of Merry Salamangca begins!