“Wala kang nakita, Shaina.”
Lumapit sa akin si Aliyah at sa nanginginig na kamay ay marahas niyang hinablot ang papel sa akin. I looked at her and saw that fear was visible in her face, I smiled.
“Plagiarism. Who's Kristana?” I smiled wickedly at her as I saw her hand trembled.
“S-she’s my cousin! She gave me the full consent to rewrite her book!” aniya sa isang kabadong boses.
Napangiti ako. I never saw her nervous like this, she was looking at me with remorse in her eyes and my eyes widened when I saw her about to ripped off the papers. Mabilis kong hinawakan ang kaniyang kamay at nginitian siya.
“Don’t ripped it. Wala akong pakielam kung sa’yo o hindi iyan, I was just curious, you know?” ani ko.
Aliyah gulped and slowly folded the papers, napayuko ang kaniyang ulo at pilit na iniiwas sa akin ang paningin. I crossed my arms in front of me and lean on the table before staring at her.
“I promise, Kristana r-really gave me her full consent dahil mas magaling ako sa kaniya! Oo, alam niyang mas magaling ako sa kaniya kaya niya ibinigay sa akin ang lahat ng ito!” She shouted while showing me the papers.
“You’re a criminal— a plagiarizer— Aliyah,” ani ko at tatawa-tawang tinalikuran siya.
Ngunit bago pa ako makalabas ng kwartong iyon ay bumukas ang pintuan at pumasok ang magkapatid. I rolled my eyes as I saw their reaction, eyes widened and jaw dropped.
“I never knew you have this kind of room, ang galing!” ani Mira at mabilis na lumapit sa tambak na libro, kasunod nito si Kleo na mayroong inakyatang hagdan at mukhang may nakita agad na libro.
“This room is awesome, you have my favourite books!” Kleo uttered with full of amusent.
Kumuha ito ng tatlong libro at iba pa. Sunod-sunod ang kaniyang pagdampot ng iba’t-ibang klaseng mga libro bago tumabi kay Mira na ngayon ay napaliligiran ng isang bundok na libro.
Napatingin ako sa gawi ni Aliyah at nakitang pilit niyang itinatago ang mga papel sa pinakababang drawer niya, napabuntonghininga ako.
I sat on one of the chairs and grabbed a book that was scattered across the floor. It was a book written by Kleo, it was a book about the male character’s hidden feelings for her friend, but the woman was too dense too notice that and married someone, the male lead was in pain as he started killing everyone who's in her way to her heart. Aliyah was stupid to not notice that it was for her, but I doubt Kleo can kill anyone.
I dropped the book and crossed my arms in front of me as I looked at Mira and Kleo who was roaming inside the room. Kleo was keep looking back at Aliyah who's now sitting on the table at siguro’y napansin niyang nakatingin ako ay lumingon sa akin si Kleo at biglang namula ang mga mukha, I sighed. Inlove na inlove si Kleo.
Inikot ko ang paningin sa kabuuan ng kwarto, it was mesmerising to look, ngunit sigurado akong matatakot ang iba kung papasok rito dahil sa pasilyo pa lamang ay kakaiba na. I was busy roaming my eyes aroun when I noticed something strange, napakunot ang aking noo nang mayroong makitang kakaiba sa pader malapit sa isang mataas na book shelf, nilingon ko muna si Aliyah at nakitang nakikipagusap siya sa magkapatid. I stood up and make my way to it.
Hindi mo ito mapapansin dahil halos kakulay ito ng pader, a camouflage pattern. I tapped the wall and it made a sound. Ibig sabihin ay mayroong espayo sa loob nito.
“Shaina, what are you doing?” tanong ni Aliyah.
Nilingon ko sila at kita ko ang pagtataka sa mukha nila kahit kay Aliyah. I assume she doesn't know what inside of it. Sinenyasan ko silang lumapit, nagkatinginan sila bago kuryosong sinunod ang aking gusto.
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