The time on my phone reads 10:49 PM. Napabuntong - hininga na lang ako habang inayos ang sarili sa harap ng salamin.
Being a player is not fun at all. We only tried our best to enjoy. Still, Code Game made Nikka. I become someone I could not even imagine. Yep, I admit I changed.
I stop complaining. I stop looking back. I stop fearing the unknown. All I see is the road ahead of us. And the scattered codes in that road for me to pick up.
I just woke up and wanted to live as Nikka, not as Katherine. I wanted to dedicate my life just solving codes, celebrate when we succeed, reflect and analyze what went wrong, learn, then start again.
Parang ang simple lang kung iisipin. Pero hindi ganun ka simpleng gawin.
" Nikka, kain muna tayo bago umattend ng trial. Bilisan mo dyan," sigaw ni Damon mula sa kabilang kwarto.
" Susunod ako ."
We solved the Nexyl Code last night. Medusa notified us that there would be a court trial for Commandment dahil sa team up kaya half day lang ang laro namin. We don't have any idea that it violated the law. Commandment seems unbothered though. We did the codes like how we usually do it. He doesn't seem scared so we aren't scared too.
I smiled as I remembered the talk we had last night. I used to ask what love is. I used to think its so important in life. Pero hindi ko na ginagawa yan ngayon. My curiosity centers on the world and people. And I think knowing what's wrong and doing something to correct it are more important than knowing what love is.
Bumaba na ako at nadatnan sila sa mesa.
" Tagal mong bumaba. Nauna na kaming kumain," sambit ni Spongebob.
" Okay lang. Nasa'n nga pala si Commandment ."
" Luh! Sana matutuhan mong pansinin muna ang nasa harap bago hanapin ang wala," sambit ni Gusion.
I smiled. Aware ako na tinutukso nila ako kay Damon at Commandment. I'm not dumb to not notice the obvious. Malinaw na ang nararamdaman namin ni Commandment. I don't know Damon's feelings for certain. Pero sa tingin ko, pare-pareho na ang iniisip namin ngayon.
The word drama and love are deleted in Zero's vocabulary. We have no intention to commit into such relationships.
" Nauna na si Commandment," tugon ni Zeus na tinanguan ko lang.
" Sa tingin nyo ba magiging okay lang si Commandment? " tanong ni Damon.
" Oo naman," kampanteng sagot ni Gusion.
The longer we played this game, the calmer we get and the wider our perspectives could reach. Habang patagal ang paglalaro namin, hindi ko na alam kung ano ang salitang imposible. There is always a way in and a way out.
Pagkatapos kumain, we took our keys and drive through the Code Game Court. Bumili kami ng tig-isang sports car at racing bike for convenience pero napag-isipan naming mag van na lang.
Pagdating namin dun ay naroon na ang Vague. Hindi rin nila kasama si Sin. We nod at each other in recognition. Maya-maya lang ay dumating na ang mga in- charge sa court trial.
Ten minutes left before the scheduled trial would start. Nine minutes passed pero hindi pa rin dumating sina Commandment.
We got worried. Aside from solving codes and the major rules, we know nothing about Code Game. We don't know how to help him.
" Nasaan kaya sila? Hindi pa na late si Commandment sa mga appointments. May nangyari kaya? " bulong ni Gusion kay Zeus.
" They must have plan something. Maniwala tayo," kalmanteng sambit ni Zeus.
