Found You

finding... 20

"That is the reason why I told you to wait for me but you didn't listen."

"You are dumber than a panda."

I heaved a sigh as my shoulders melted with my hope left. I can already imagine Kuya Xylo being mad at me. His murderous mind and those cold eyes will be the end of me.

I already made him mad at me multiple times before and I regret every single one of it.

"Xyra."

My feet took a halt from taking another step as my ears itched from the voice of a guy beside me.

Right... I was with this guy. He was my last string of hope but I later figured out that shouldn't be.

We have been walking and walking and walking and walking this entire time. It looks like we had taken a lap throughout this whole place, but still... no signs of my brother nor his friends. It looks like they just vanished for some reason.

"Are you alright?" He went in front of me and put his right hand to my shoulder. Due to the height gap, he needed to bend down. "Are you tired?"

Hindi ako nakasagot.

It is so unfair how his skin glows in the day, just like a sun god; and still has the moon as his spotlight, like a vampire.

Have we talked about just how his features are so sharp but those eyes are just as soft as the plushie we won?

"Your wound might have been stinging even if we just did a short walk." He straightened his back and turned his concerned stare down at the place of my wound.

My forehead wrinkled slowly as I realized what he just said. "Short walk?"

Anong ibig sabihin ng taong 'to? We've been walking for hours around this place! It isn't just like a walk in the park!

"Hm," he replied with a nod. "We're just walking for about ten minutes, if I am not mistaken."

"You are."

That triggered him and his brows slightly creased. Hindi siya nagsalita. "I am not. Time doesn't go by fifty times when we start to walk."

"Tch!" I pulled away my gaze and threw it to the side. It's what I felt, though.

"That might be the wound affecting your brain system. Since you have a physical impairment right now, there is a high rate of fatigue especially if your leg is affected."

I rolled my eyes. "Okay po, Mr. Psycho-logy Student," I mocked before I walked past him. Wala na akong pake kung saan ako mapadpad, nawawala na rin naman ako.

"That's not how you pronounce 'psychology,' for your information." He maintains his pace around mine. "It is dactylic not iambic."

I turned my head to the guy beside me. His face is blank and eyes are fixated on the road like it was the only thing that he's been thinking of. Why is he so serious about everything?

"You're too smart, huh?" I smirked. "You should have known by now that the girls you met always want you to be theirs." I brought back my gazes to the people around us.

No'ng pagkakita ko pa lang sa kaniya kanina, hindi na magkandamayaw 'yung ibang mga babae sa pagtitig sa kaniya. Even those who were already in a relationship are all breaking their necks just by looking at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Napailing ako sa sinabi niya. This guy is smart yet numb.

"Are you playing dumb or what?"