CHAPTER 20: CAVE

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Kai's POV

"Is this even a note?" 

Nilatag ko ang notebook sa lamesa at hinawakan ang ulo. Sumasakit ang ulo ko sa pagbabasa. Akala ko isang papel lang ito dahil sabi niya note pero iba naman ata ito! Notebook ito, puno ito ng mga pangalan ng mga tao, ability, lugar at mga mangyayari sa hinaharap.

Napatingin ako sa isang page ng notebook, di mawala sa isipan ko ito at di ako makapaniwala sa nakapaluob nito.

The whole page is about Luca and his curse name. Luca came from the Garcia Clan which they have a cursed ability, most of the Awakeners are afraid of them and no one acknowledges them as part of the 13 Clan. Luca is the second son of Lomiendos, the master of the Garcia Family but he died recently, and his last will is to make the Garcia Family part of the 13 Clan again.

Luca will do everything to make that happen and to do that he must kill the Plunderer first before the Hero does.

Nakalagay rin dito kung papaano naging magkaibigan sina Nova at Luca noon at kung papaano sinira ni Luca ang tiwala na meron si Nova sa kanya.

Di ko mapigilan ang mapaluha sa nababasa. Di ko akalain na pwede iyong gawin sa akin ni Luca. 

He betrayed his best friend before, it's not surprising he'll do the same to me after he discovers my secret.

Pinahid ko rin naman agad iyon. Masakit para sa akin na malaman ito, ayokong gawin ang pinapagawa sa akin ni Nova na layuan ko si Luca ngunit wala akong dahilan kung bat di ko siya pakikinggan. 

Nova kept me safe all these years, I can't just not listen to him.

But Luca, he's my first friend, he also save me before-

Bigla namang pumasok sa isip ko ang mukha ni Luca kapag nalaman niya kung sino talaga ako at kung ano talaga ako. Napahawak ako sa dibdib dahil sa naramdamang sakit doon.

"Shit." Napayuko ako dahil alam ko kung ano ang nararamdaman ko sa kanya. Ito ang pakiramdam ng isang teenager na babae sa lalaking nagugustuhan niya.

You can call this puppy love.

Nasa katawan ako ng isang teenager na babae kaya naman, nagkakaroon ako ng ganitong pakiramdam tungo sa isang lalaki.

Busit

Pinaglalaruan talaga ako ng panahon.

But if I compare this to what I feel with Nova, this is nothing.

I love Nova more than any of this but it doesn't mean I can't ignore these feelings for Luca, if I ignore this, this feeling will only worse as the time goes by. I need to do something!

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But in the end, I avoided Luca. It's no use. This body! My heart really likes him! I have to remember Nova but my heart won't listen. Every time I see him, it always do something weird like being stunned, ang my heart is bursting because of my loud heartbeat. 

"Hey, you okay?" Tanong sa akin ni Mia isang araw matapos kung ilang araw na iniiwasan si Luca.

"Yes! Of course! I'm fine!" Nanliit ang mata niya na para bang di siya naniniwala.

"Why are you avoiding Luca?" Pang iintriga niya.

"No! I'm..." mas nanliit pa ang mata niya. Di na siguro made-deny. 

"After Nova appeared you changed. You used to cling to Luca because he has a super cool ability when I still don't understand why you like a guy who has a curse ability. Wait. Did you already realized that Luca is cursed or Nova told you that?"

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