LA ORIAN ACADEMY: School of the Prodigies SEASON 1 [PUBLISHED]

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

Sorry for the almost two months of hiatus, XIELOs and LOACademians! (Yes, I'll consider you as students of this school as well, lololol. I'm actually not in a good conditions at those times.) Anyways, Chapter 26 is up. Enjoy reading!

(anyway, I wanna thank my co-teachers in Co Tek Chun National Trade School: Sir Nur, Ma'am Freya and Sir Gecris for answering the "zero" equation. Hahaha!)

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Can You Stop Being Nice?

Dwayne couldn't take his eyes off his phone. He's been staring on it since he got home from La Orian Academy. His eyes settled on the heart-shaped, pink box app on his phone and for a quick second, that girl's face and expression suddenly flashed on his mind. He quickly shut his eyes as he let his back fall on the mattress, throwing his phone away.

"No..." he muttered as he put his arm over his eyes. "Not that girl too..."

"Suzanne," otomatikong tumigil sa kakatawa si Suzanne at agad umangat ang tingin n'ya kay Mark na ngayon ay nakakunot ang noong nakatingin sa kanya. Sa kamalas-malasan (kung si Suzanne ang magsasabi), ay sila pa nina Archles, Clyde at Mark ang nasa loob ng kanilang classroom.

Napaaga ata ang mga kumag na ito. Ano'ng meron? Kumunot rin ang noo ni Suzanne matapos salubungin ang tingin ni Mark sa kanya.

"What are you doing?" tanong ni Mark at bahagyang umupo sa mesa ni Dane. "Why are you laughing like an idiot there? Texting someone?"

"Hindi noh! Natawa lang ako sa meme na sinend ng kaibigan ko sa'kin," sagot ni Suzanne at agad binaba ang hawak na tablet at sinamaan ng tingin si Mark.

"Oh! Oh! I love memes!" bahagya namang napapitlag si Suzanne nung bigla na lamang dumungaw si Clyde sa kanya. "What meme is that? May I see?"

When Clyde mentioned the meme, Suzanne started giggling again. "Eto oh?"

They didn't notice Mark's glare at them as Archles silently chuckled beside him.

"'Yung lalaki, tinawag s'ya ng teacher para sagutin 'yung 1 plus 1 equation sa blackboard. Assuming hindi n'ya alam ang sagot, lumingon s'ya sa mga kaklase n'ya tas etong kaibigan n'ya, may hawak na papel na may sulat na 2. Tapos etong crush n'ya, may hawak na papel na may sulat na zero kaya ayun, pinili n'ya 'yung sagot ng crush n'ya na zero. 1 plus 1 equals zero!" natatawang wika ni Suzanne.

Agad na ring natawa si Clyde. "Hahahahaha!!! He's so dumb!"

"Actually, no. He's kind of correct," agad naman silang napatingin kay Mark na ngayon ay nagtitipa ng kung anu-ano sa kanyang iPAD.

"Dude, what? Are you serious? That's one plus one, dude. It's equal to two. It's addition, not subtraction," apela naman ni Clyde.

"Let me show you how one plus one is equal to zero," ani Archles at agad tinungo ang blackboard at nagsulat. "So, one plus one is equal to zero. How possible is that? Let's see. In the first bracket, we have two minus one plus the second bracket we have zero plus one equal equals zero. We'll be applying the PEMDAS and FOIL method in here so we'll have first bracket two minus one times quantity of one plus bracket of zero plus one times quantity of one is equal to zero. We'll have two minus one plus zero plus one equals zero and now we'll have two minus quantity of one plus zero plus one equals zero. So now, we'll have two minus quantity of two equals zero so the answer is now zero equals zero."