DISTRICT II: How does the bird sing? (District Series #2)

CHAPTER 5 - JUST HOW TRAGIC IS IT?

CHAPTER 5

JUST HOW TRAGIC IS IT?

"Phillie!"

Halos masira ang pintuan nang sabay sabay na pumasok sina Eitan, Kozma at Ches sa cafe kung saan nagta trabaho si Phillie. Halos lahat ng customer ay napatingin sa kanilang tatlo na hinihingal pa.

"Hey!"

Agad nila nilingon ang pinang galingan nun at nang makitang nakaupo sa iisang lamesa si Stan at Phillie ay agad na dumiretso. Nang makita ang mga reaksyon nila ay agad na nag panic si Phillie at saka tumayo para pigilan sila.

"N-No, look, Ei." She stuttered while glancing at all of them. "This guy just barged in and we weren't doing any--"

Dumiretso si Eitan kay Stan at inilusot ang kamay sa loob ng coat na ikinagulat ni Phillie. Tila wala lang kay Stan ang ginawa ni Eitan. Mula sa coat ay kinuha ni Eitan ang isang box na puno na namecards.

"You didn't invited her to your bar, right!?" Eitan asked.

Phillie almost chocked. "T-That's your concern?"

"Of course." Eitan hissed. "This guy runs a very expensive bar but he targets our colleagues as hosts. Phillie's off limit, dude, don't even try."

Phillie just sighed as she massaged the bridge of her nose. "Can we all talk privately? We're disturbing the cafe."

Pumasok silang lahat sa staff room dahil sa nagpaalam si Phillie at pinayagan agad para manahimik ang kanilang grupo. Sa liit ng staff room ay nakatayo na ang iba habang si Phillie at Stan ay nakaupo.

"So what is this?" Eitan asked as he collected the small pictures from the table before.

Stan and Phillie exchanged busted looks.

"Well, he said he wanted to talk to me but I didn't know him so I stayed back but then I saw his earing that looks the same as yours." Phillie murmured. "So I thought..you two are friends or all of you."

"Hell nah!" They all chorused and looked at her defensively, yes, even Stan.

Phillie flinched at that and glared at all of them. "How will I know!? I don't know anything about this Taggers thing! This guy started blurting things that I don't know and bribed with those photos!"

"And use my baby photos?" Eitan asked in a low voice as he looked at Stan who looked away at the same time.

In front of them is Eitan with his baby photos from Stan.

"Why blame me!? I got this from your father!" Stan exclaimed.

Phillie frowned a bit. "Are you two related?"

"Yes." Stan answered smiling. 

"No." Eitan hissed.

"Stop rejecting me! I'm your uncle!" Stan exclaimed.

"Uncle!?" Phillie asked confused.

Eitan almost rolled his eyes.

"I'm his father's youngest brother." Stan said and smiled sweetly again.

"W-Wow." Phillie cleared her throat after a small memory flashed inside her head. "You look so young."

Stan laughed elegantly. "Of course, Filipa! I'm a Nikoch!"

"Nikoch?" Ches and Kozma chorused.

"Ka." Stan completed while smiling.

"Stan...Nikochka?" Phillie asked.