NOT A RIVALRY

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

MONDAY means back to school and Noah is not in his usual self. Ever since he arrived at school he did nothing but to stared blankly at his surrounding. Kahit sa loob ng classroom ay halos wala siya sa sarili, mabuti nalang at advance siyang nag-aaral ng mga lesson kaya nakakasagot naman siya kapag nagtatanong ang mga Prof nila.

He's fine, he's perfectly fine and that is not a lie, wala lang talaga siya sa sarili nitong mga nakaraang araw nang dahil sa Callen na iyon.

Matapos makausap si Callen hindi alam ni Noah kung mapapanatag ang loob niya o tuluyan na siyang mawawala sa sarili. Hindi nalang ito tungkol sa libro niya, dahil kung yon ang pag-uusapan sinigurado na nito na nasa mabuting kalagayan ang libro. Tungkol ito sa kakaibang nararamdaman niya sa tuwing kausap niya ang lalaking iyon at ang isa pa nitong sinabi na dahilan kung bakit kinuha nito ang libro niya, it bother him a lot.

Hindi niya alam kung kailan niya makukuha ang libro pero sinisiguro ni Noah na mababawi niya rin ito mula kay Callen.

"You stole something from me."

"I'll only give the book back to you if only you return the thing you stole from me."

He already dug deep in every corners of his mind to remember what Callen was talking about but he can't remember a thing he stole let alone from Callen. They're known as rival in gangster world, in their University and so on. A lot of ways they are rival and Noah can't remember when did the stealing happened, if that really happened.

As much as Noah remember, the closest he got to Kyng Callen and had an interaction with just the two of them was when Callen went to their house to get the paperwork and the second time was when they're in the library. Wala tagala siyang maalala na kinuha mula dito, tinanong naman niya ito kung ang Basic Calculus book nito ang tinutukoy pero hindi naman daw iyon.

Kaya ito siya ngayon, maayos naman pero mukhang malapit ng mawala sa sarili.

Noah was pulled out from his reverie when his phone beep, looking down at the desk to check his phone, his heart almost jumped out of his ribcage when he recognized who just sent him a message.

It's a text from the man behind his misery these past few days.

Take your time, don't worry I'll take good care of your book.

Noah clenched his fist, what Callen doing is making him desperate. He wants to remember what it was but he just couldn't. Noah know for a fact that he has a bad memories when it comes to something like events or what he did in the past, and that kind of fact is making him frustrated at himself. Matalas lang talaga ang memorya niya pagdating sa academics.

After reading the message Noah put back his phone on the desk, it's no use replying to Kyng Callen. Kapag nag reply siya alam na niya kung ano ang susunod na mangyayari, mabubwesit na naman siya katulad ng nangyari kahapon nang tumawag ito sa kaniya.

Noah wasn't expecting that call but Callen actually called him. He thought it was something important but that jerk actually called just to annoyed him.

Since it was Sunday and Noah has nothing to do, instead of turning off the call he decided to just kept up with Callen even though how much annoyed he is. Hindi nga niya alam na may ganoong ugali ang isang iyon, sanay siyang nakikita itong tahimik lang at parang walang pakialam sa paligid pero sa dalawang araw na nagdaan habang kausap niya ito sa cellphone, parang may iba dito. Wala namang nabago sa pananalita nito, malamig at wala pa ring kabuhay-buhay pero pakiramdam ni Noah may kakaiba talaga dito hindi nga lang niya ma pin point kung ano o sadyang siya lang ang nag-iisip nang ganoon.