LUNA: The Witching Hour

24: Pool of Lust

"Hoy, kinakausap kita"

Bumalik ako sa realidad ng hilain ni Tartarus ang duluhan ng aking buhok sa marahan na paraan. Kumurap kurap ako at ng mapagtanto kung ano ang ginawa saakin, masungit kong tinabig ang kanyang kamay palayo.

Sumimangot siya at pinitik ako sa noo. I groaned at him and decided to give his hard stomach a little punch. He didn't even budge. Mayabang tuloy siyang tumawa.

"Kung nakinig ka saakin kanina, alam mo na dapat kung saan susuntok" Without any warning, he took my closed fist in his huge, calloused hands. One around my wrist, the other grabbed my whole fist. "Sa liit ng kamao mo, satingin mo ba talaga makakasakit ka sa ginagawa mo?"

Hinila ko pabalik ang kamay ko mula sakanya, "Alam ko kung paano sumuntok. Masyado lang matigas tyan mo"

A malicious grin played over his lips as he raised a brow at me, about to laugh but stopped himself due to the fact that he was really trying hard to look so serious in our training session. He placed his hands on his hips, the wind blowing in our way. "Your reason is stupid but I appreciate the compliment"

"What are we even doing in the first place anyway? Ano bang tinuturo mo saakin? Paano sumuntok? You really think I wouldn't know how to punch in my 60 years of existence? 51 years living in the forest where wild animals are present?" Humalukikip ako sa harapan niya, trying to make a point. Tartarus in front only raised his brow higher, still wearing that smug expression on his face like he was seeing a pathetic kid complaining before him. Behind him, the glass walls of the training pit let the light of the sun shone through, though it hadn't reached our places here in the ring yet. "Kakalmutin ko na 'yang pagmumukha mo. Wag mo akong tignan ng ganyan"

Umiling na lang siya, letting himself produce a deep chuckle this time. "Yan. Hindi ka kasi nakikinig" Lumapit siya para pitikin uli ang noo ko. My eyes shut instantly from the gesture and I snarled at him. "What I'm teaching you is defense. Not the opposite. Killian will be a pain in the ass in your training next time if you won't learn how to defend yourself the proper way"

The name he mentioned twisted my guts in displeasure. Simphia, I hate that fallen angel. May plano nga akong takasan training session niya sa susunod.

Gusto ko sanang depensahan sarili ko pero tama nga naman siya. Not the Killian part though. I was not in my correct state of mind earlier. Iniisip ko kasi ang nangyare kanina sa garden.

That Sloth knew Tartarus was coming from a long distance that even I couldn't have detected. Not to brag, but I'm confident with my nose's keen of smell. Tartarus arrived five minutes after he left. Five minutes. That shit was impossible in the first place—- that wasn't depending on your senses anymore, what he did was something close to a vision. Seeing a snippet in the future or something.

He was crazy.

Just like Midnight.

I bet everyone from the Seven were a bunch of crazy psychopaths. Midnight on top of the list.

"O, di ka nanaman nakikinig"

Bago niya ako mapitikan, nagawa ko ng tabigin ito palayo. "May tanong ako"

He took his hand back and surveyed me. Brows lowering. "Hindi tungkol sa training, ano?" Hula niya na ikinatango ko naman.