Commandment's plan saved three lives. Kay Spongebob, Kay Sin, at saken. Nagkaroon ulit ng teamwork and Vague at Zero pero sa pagkakataong yun, it was to save our comrades.
Unluckily, I lost two of my human pawns. I bet my metal pawn but it wasn't enough to save them. They arived too late.
Losing someone is never easy. I cried every night. Gabi-gabi kong tinatanong kung ano ang silbi ko bilang official. Naiisip ko ang mga taong naghihintay sa kanila. Sino ba naman ang makakatulog kung hindi ko maitanggi na kasalanan ko ang pagkamatay nila? I killed 3 lives and I never had a peaceful sleep since then.
Pero hindi ko pinakita na nahihirapan ako.
Kasi nga, player ako.
" You're late."
He's still as stiff as ever but hearing his lectures is better than seeing him sleep.
" Sorna kasi," I said and flashed a smile.
If it wasn't for him, natapos na sana ang kwento ko ngayon. Commandment saved me. Pangalawang beses na yun.
"Hehehe. Nikka!" nginitian ko lang si Black na nagpapapansin saken.
Everyone is in Commandment's room. He summoned us from our code areas to discuss something important.
" Let's go," aniya at tumayo.
He rearranged the books on his table. He seem to look younger than before. Ito siguro ang kapangyarihan ng beauty rest. lol.
Penumbra's door opened again. The astral beauty of stars made me escape the ghost of reality that haunts me. But when Commandment turned on the lights, another ghost is there.
We gasped in surprise.
" Anong ginagawa mo dito?" tanong ni Commandment sa kanya.
Pinatay ni Sin ang flashlight ng phone at tumingin samin.
" Is this supposed to be a secret place?" he asked back.
Pa'no sya nakapasok? Hindi naman possibleng alam niya ang passcode.
Napatingin kaming lahat kay Commandment. What would he do? Knowing about Penumbra means becoming one. That's the rule.
Will he defy his own rule?
" I did not expect you to know the passcode ," wika ni Commandment.
Sin made a bad-ass expression.
" It's simple," tugon niya.
Hanggang ngayon ay wala pa ring nakaka-alam na may relasyon kami. Hindi ko rin alam ba't hindi ko masabi sa kanila. Maybe because I used to say it's impossible for me to love him. Nasabi ko sa kanila na ayoko ng lovelife at paulit-ulit ko ring sinabi sa maraming bagay ang dapat na unahin kaysa pag-ibig.
" You haven't answered my question. What are you doing here?" tanong ulit ni Commandment.
" I came to ask why you saved me ."
" You came to save my Left Knight, it's a repayment."
Nagbago ang ekspresyon sa mukha ni Sin.
" Don't call her yours," anito.
Nararamdaman ko ang nakakatusok niyang tingin.
" She belongs in my team."
Itiniklop ni Sin ang hinahawakang aklat.
" That doesn't make her yours."
The smell of jealousy.
" What does that have to do with you?" kalmanteng tanong ni Commandment.
