La Guardiana

CHAPTER 19

HANABI

"Katana, bakit ang dami mo namang niluto? Wala namang may birthday, ha?" Mayaka asked her. Katana just smiled.

Oo nga, wala namang may birthday e.

"Mukha namang masarap e, saan mo natutunan lahat iyan? Lagi tayong take-outs e, mabuti nalang nagluto ka ulit," sambit ni Zodiac habang pinagkaka-abalahan ang hipon sa pinggan.

Arzana laughed. "Mukhang marami tayong matitira ngayon, dadalhan mo ba si Harden niyan sa Monday? Baka masira," she uttered her concern.

Katana quickly shook her head. "No, maraming money 'yon, hindi na niya kailangan ng food na niluluto ko," she said as she flipped the fish on the pan.

Nagutom ako bigla, walang hiya.

"Paano mo nasabing maraming pera iyon, dahil nililibre ka niya ng kwek-kwek sa may labas ng campus, ha?" Mayaka said.

Katana shook her head again. "No, I will tell you something later," she said as she took off her apron.

My brows furrowed. "Tell what? Mukha kang masaya, ha?"

Arzana laughed. "Oo nga. Ano bang meron? Mukha kang timang diyan habang nagluluto kanina e," she said.

Zodiac smirked. "Ang sarap ng adobo. Paano mo natutunan 'to? I wish lagi ka nalang magluto, Katana," the kid uttered.

Mayaka chuckled with Zodiac's appetency. "Katana can't cook for us everytime we wanted. Nakadepende sa mood niya ang pagluluto niya. Kaya dapat lagi siyang masaya para may pagkain tayo na hindi take-out," she said.

"Hermana, you're not on your own self, na-engkanto kaba?" Zodiac asked, frowning.

Katana smiled as she flumped on her own seat. "I have a good news, Karna," she announced.

"Good news? Siguraduhin mo lang na bago 'yan baka mawalan ako ng gana," Arzana warned.

Katana's face became serious all of a sudden. I thought it was a good news? What's the matter?

"What's the problem, hermana?" Zodiac asked her.

Katana smiled. "What I'm going tell you is about the mission," she insinuated. And what she mentioned really caught our attention.

"Did you found something? A progress or nah?" Mayaka interrogated. Bakas sa mukha niya ang kaba at kasiyahan.

"I am supposed to be telling you this earlier but, until now I am still shocked on what I've discovered," she said as she looked away.

The funny mood around the kitchen suddenly disappeared. When it comes to the mission itself, it really kills the vibe.

Such a kill joy.

"So, a progress, huh? What did you found out?" Arzana asked.

Katana glanced at us and quickly looked down on her own plate. "I already found mine. I already found.. Blaise," she enunciated. And what she said make all of us gasped.

Damn! Sobrang dalang nalang naming mapag-usapan ang lahat at maging ang misyon dahil sa pag-aaral namin. Minsan, nawawala na talaga ito sa isipan namin dahil kapag ito na ang pinag-uusapan, nawawalan nalang kami bigla ng gana sa mga problemang hindi namin alam kung paano solusyunan.

"What? How come? I mean, that was quite sudden, hermana. How did you find him?" Zodiac asked her again.

Katana heaved a sigh. "I found him when I am not looking for him. Ang hirap explain, need ko ng orange food bigla," she pouted.