𝔖𝔬, ℑ 𝔊𝔬𝔱 ℜ𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 33 - 𝔄𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔚𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔫 𝔖𝔢𝔞𝔰, 𝔄𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔚𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔰

𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶
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Seref

I sneakily went down to give our secret guest some food.

I hope he likes this food I brought.

"U-Uhmm, Mister. Pagkain po," I smiled as I handed him the plate and the glass.

"Hmm, your Captain and Vice-Captain hasn't found me out yet?" his voice was deep, and yet his tone was warm.

"Wala pa po. Ako palang po ang nakakaalam."

"They have...no awareness whatsoever...I guess I picked the right ship."

"Uhm, Mister...where you running away?" curious kong tanong. I was picking supplies in the bottom deck one day and noticed a cat running around.

"Yes. I was running away from the bad guys."

"Ohh, I see."

Then silence.

"Uhmm, I...don't want to lie to the Captain and Vice-Captain. Is it alright if I tell them?" tanong ko.

"Hmm, it is fine."

Yehey! I can tell them now! Nung una kasi, ayaw ni Mister na sabihan ko sila Ate. Sabi nito na nahihiya dao siyang harapin sila Kapitan at Vice-Captain. But I did hope one day that he would agree meeting my Captain and Vice-Captain.

Parang ansama naman na hindi nila alam na may extra palang tao sa ship. It is a good thing that they know. Rinig kong may issue sa pagkain kanina. I was scared. I'm the culprit. Hindi ko alam kung paano ko haharapin ang galit nila Kapitan.

After a few minutes, Mister had already finished eating.

"Thank you once again, child."

I smiled. Well, Mister looks like he needed help. So I helped him. Sabi ni Captain Lisandrei na kung kaya, tulungan dapat ang mga nangangailangan.

"Hihihi, sige po Mister. And hindi po 'child', Seref po pangalan ko."

Parang ang ikli lang ng reaksyon ni Mister kasi dali-dali siyang bumabalik sa dating ekspresyon. Tapos hanggang ngayon, hindi parin niya sinasabi ang kanyang pangalan sa akin. Mister Human is so secretive.

I slowly climbed up the stairs holding the plate and the glass. Dali-dali akong pumasok ng kusina at nagsimula ng maglinis. Kuya Mason likes everything cleaned and symmetrical as well. Ayaw niyang may out of place. Dapat naka-arrange lahat. He likes things in alphabetical order as well. I don't know what that means, but I tried my best to label everything.

I rolled my sleeves up and was doing my task when I heard the door behind me open. Pagtingin ko sa reflection ng kaldero, si Ate Himeko yung pumasok.

"Hmm, Ate?" I asked and slightly turned to see her.

"Sa'n ka galing?"

Napatigil ako sa ginagawa ko pero agad akong gumalaw, not letting out a suspicious reaction.

"Natulog po."

Napapikit ako sa dahilan ko. Please believe me. Please believe me. Please believe me.

"Okay," rinig kong sabi ng Vice-Captain.