I slightly turned down the volume—someone from the household staff might walk by and get the wrong idea if they heard those moans.
"Hmm...yes," the girl kept on panting and moaning.
The girl filming slightly opened another door—just wide enough for her phone to peek through without being noticed. My jaw almost dropped when I recognized the girl making all those lewd noises.
The heck?!
It was Ivy—bent over the bed, her right cheek pressed into two stacked pillows. Her face showed nothing but pleasure as she smiled and moaned.
Behind her was a middle-aged man, groaning while slamming into her with force, making Ivy let out a loud curse.
Naputol agad ang video na ganoon ang hitsura ni Ivy. She was smiling with her hair a bit messy, clearly lost in pleasure.
Bumalik agad ako sa usapan namin ni Macy at nagtipa ng sagot.
To: Macy
What the heck? Who sent this to you?
Macy typing...
From: Macy
Girl, it's all over the net right now. Anonymous 'yung nag post sa freedom wall.
Two people immediately popped into my mind. And I can't be wrong. Sila lang naman ang pwedeng magplano ng ganito. Both of them held grudges towards Ivy for their petty reasons.
Tinignan ko ang freedom wall page at marami na ang nag share at react. I swallowed hard as I read through some of the comments—people calling Ivy two-faced and slutty.
Hindi ko na tinuloy ang pagbabasa dahil na aawa na ako sa kaniya. I really thought that they will brush off Ivy now. It has been almost a month since everything happened, and I assumed they’d forgotten by now. But clearly, they hadn’t.
Now that I was fully awake and sleep was no longer an option, I decided to type a message to Yus. At habang naghihintay ng sagot sa kaniya ay pinanood ko muli ang video.
Maybe it was just someone who looked like Ivy—someone the girls had hired to start another nasty rumor about her. But the man in the video? He was undeniably one of the professors from our university.
So…that must mean this video is real?
The video lasted about a minute. At kung sino man ang pwedeng mag video ay talagang kakilala ni Ivy dahil may susi ito. Maybe it is her friend? What is her name again? Zel?
Just then, a message from Yus popped up at the top of my screen. I tapped it right away.
To: Yus
Did you see the video?
From: Yus
Yes.
To: Yus
And? Do you think it was real? Baka edited lang, di ba?
From: Yus
I don't know. Tignan nalang natin bukas. Her reaction will be our proof kung totoo nga.
To: Yus
Huh? Halata namang napanood niya na e. She would probably not show up tomorrow, regardless it was edited or not.
From: Yus
If she would not show up, then it will prove that it was really her. Kung alam niya namang hindi siya 'yon pwede niya namang huwag nalang pansinin. News might spread fast, but it'll not last that long.
I rolled my eyes at his response. Sure, he had a point—but I couldn’t shake the gut feeling that Ivy wouldn’t really show up.
Binalikan ko ang video at ni-report ito. Whoever this sender might be, he or she will get his or her karma immediately. This person shouldn't underestimate how karma works.
And I still couldn’t believe Penelope and the other Freedom Wall admins actually allowed that video to be posted. They should have done something to stop it from spreading.
If this clip went viral on other platforms, it would seriously damage the university’s reputation—especially since the video was that controversial.
Ivy would definitely get expelled…and the professor? He might lose his job completely. Or worse, be blacklisted from teaching anywhere else.
–
Kinabukasan, bawat grupo na mga nadadaanan namin ay ayon ang pinag uusapan. Some poeple looked at me with smirks plastered across their lips, while others would go quiet the moment I made eye contant with them.
Salubong ang kilay ko nang mag angat ng tingin kay Yus.
"Why are they looking at me like I'm the one who was on the video?" I asked, confused.
His face twisted to the side, forming a grimace. "Kilala mo kasi si Ivy..."
I let out a long sigh, my mouth parting slightly, trying to release all the thoughts storming in my head.
Nagpatuloy kami sa paglalakad hanggang sa makapasok na sa building namin. We stopped in front of the elevator, which was still making its way down from the upper floor.
Tinignan ko ang mga kasama namin at pabulong na pinag uusapan si Ivy. I even caught them mentioning my name.
Nagtama ang mata namin nang nagbanggit ng pangalan ko at binigyan niya lang ako ng hilaw na ngiti at ganoon rin ako bago nag iwas ng tingin. Nang bumukas na ang elevator ay pumasok na kami.
The silence inside the elevator was deafening. No one spoke, but I could feel it—their thoughts buzzing, waiting to ask me what I knew.
I felt Yus’s left hand gently wrap around my right forearm, pulling me slightly closer to him.
Naunang lumabas ang mga nasa likuran ko kaya nang makalabas sila ay tumabi na ako kay Yus na nasa pinaka gilid.
He let out a deep sigh and rolled his eyes.
Even though I wasn’t looking directly at them, I could still feel the stares and the hushed whispers, all centered on Ivy’s scandal.
“Didn’t she defend Ivy at her party? What happened?”
"True, yet Ivy..." the other girl trailed off, ending her sentence with a chuckle.
"Stop it,"
I pressed my lips together before I looked at Yus. "Mauuna na ako. I'll wait for you outside your room kapag vacant na,"
Tumango lang ako sa kaniya bago pumasok sa silid namin. As soon as I entered, all heads turned to me—only for a brief second before they all pretended to look away, shifting in their seats, lowering their voices.
Of course, they were talking about Ivy’s scandal.
"Azalea!" Macy called out, hurrying to me before I could even place my bag on my seat.
"Yes?" I responded, forcing a faint smile.
"Are you okay?" she asked, concerned.
"Oo naman. Why wouldn't I be?" I lied.
I felt uncomfortable with this whole situation. Parang naging masama pa ang tingin ng lahat saakin dahil lang sa dinepensahan ko 'yung tao. Back then, I was really confident that Ivy wouldn't do that and yet…
–
Nagsimula ang unang klase at tahimik lang kaming lahat. I think all the professors also knew the scandal based on their expressions and words—they would say something related to the scandal, which was irrelevant to our topic.
"Kaya ayon, students..." she sighed as she erases what she had written on our whiteboard. "Every actions na gagawin n'yo ay dapat pinag iisipan n'yo muna nang maigi. May consequences ang lahat nang ginagawa natin,"
"Expelled na po ba si Ivy?" someone brave asked.
Some of them laughed, and his friends teased him for being brave enough to ask that question. Our professor's eyes widened with that question, and she remained silent for a few seconds. "Hmm, pinag uusapan pa nila"
"Eh? She should be expelled right away, 'di po ba?" our class secretary chimed in, dead serious.
Hindi na masyadong nagtagal ang usapan na 'yon at tinapos na ang lecture. Our professor avoided answering their questions directly which made me thought that she knew something about the decision of the higher ups.
Parehas lang kaming tahimik ni Macy at minsan ay nagtatama ang tingin namin. She would just raise her both brows at me while I kept a poker face.
As we walked out of the hallway, I caught a student talking about the professor in the video.
"Dude, that professor was too brave. Pumasok pa rin daw sabi ng pinsan ko!" he laughed, then high-fived his friend like it was some big joke.
Macy cleared her throat, which made me look at her. "Lilipas rin naman 'yan. But I hope Ivy is doing okay,"
I almost threw my head back in disbelief at her statement. "How can she be okay if the people are talking behind her back? Of course she's not okay,"
Just then, I noticed Yus standing beside me.
"Tara na," he said.
Bumaba na kami papunta sa cafeteria. And fortunately, we found a vacant table in the middle. We spotted Gracia and Gaia walking toward us, waving.
"We've been looking for you guys," Gracia greeted with a smile.
"Kakababa n'yo lang pala," Gaia added, slipping her phone into her pocket.
Naupo na kami sa nahanap na lamesa at nag order na hanggang sa nagsimula nang kumain. Things were going fine—until Gracia brought up Ivy.
I almost rolled my eyes. They were acting like they didn’t have hand in all of this.
"Kudos to the one who film ah. Hindi man lang siya napansin," Gracia said casually, sipping from her water flask.
Yus scoffed beside me, and I looked over at him. Napatingin din sa kaniya ang magpinsan bago umayos ng upo.
"Sino kaya 'yun nag film? At kaninong condo 'yon?" Gaia asked, licking her lower lip before grabbing her plastic fork again.
Then Macy suddenly chuckled. "Kanino nga ba?"
Napakurap kurap ako dahil sa tanong niya habang ilang segundong nakatingin sa kaniya. Does she know something too?
Gracia shrugged her shoulders with pressed lips together before she turned to her cousin. Gaia's brows furrowed. "Should we ask the one who—"
"Oh, cut the bullshit" Yus snapped, his brows furrowing as he stared at them.
Lahat kami ay napatingin sa kaniya. He was glaring at the two of them; Gracia and Gaia. I slightly kick his foot under the table, trying to stop him from making a scene.
Gaia scoffed, her voice shaky. "W-what do you mean, Prius?"
"Still playing dumb, are we?" Yus scoffed in disbelief.
I saw Gracia’s eyes flicker from Yus to Gaia, and then I felt Macy shift in her seat. Lahat kami ay hindi na sa pagkain nakatuon ang atensyon kundi sa lalaking kasama namin.
"It is obvious na kayo ang nagpakana ng lahat kung bakit ganito ang nangyayari ngayon. Ni hindi man lang ba pumasok sa utak n’yo kung anong mararamdaman ng tao?" Yus spat.
His tone was like he was making you feel guilty about it.
I gasped at his words before my eyes roamed around. Buti nalang ay may sari sariling mundo ang mga tao dito kaya hindi nila kami mapapansin at maririnig na ganito na ang nangyayari.
"Wala ba kayong ibang magawa sa buhay kaya pati buhay ng iba gusto n'yong galawin? Ganoon kayo ka bored? Huh?"
Gracia and Gaia were stunned, their mouths slightly open, clearly not expecting him to go off like this.
"What the hell are you—" Gracia fired back, but Yus cut her words off immediately.
"Tangina. May sinira na naman kayong buhay dahil sa ano? Naapakan ego n'yo dahil napahiya kayo?" Yus hissed.
Agad nanlaki ang mata ko dahil sa murang narinig ko. "Prius!"
He lazily looked at me. My chest started to rise and fall with each breath as I glared at him. Gaia sniffled, which made me look at her.
Her eyes were red and she was crying, really affected by what Yus just said.
Kailangan ba talagang murahin niya sila? He can real talk them without all the swearing.
"Let's go, Gaia" Gracia said, handing her a tissue before they stood up.
Magsasalita pa sana ako pero naputol agad nang hinawakan ni Macy ang kaliwa kong kamay. I looked at her and she shook her head, silently telling me to let them go.
Inalalayan niya si Gaia at umalis. I watched them go. Gracia glared at Yus, who went back to eating before Gracia comforted her cousin, who was still crying.
When they left, people looked at them with curiosity before turning to us. Now, the whole canteen was even more interested in what was going on.
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