Waves Trilogy 1: Waves of Smile

Phase 20

Phase 20

Road trip

Pasulyap sulyap ako sa sasakyang nakasunod sa amin. Sa malayo ay tanaw ko rin ang sasakyang gamit ni Zemn at sa kabila ay ang mga kagrupo ko. Napatingin naman ako sa gilid ko nang maramdamang nakatingin siya. Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.

"Where are we going?" excited niyang tanong.

And I don't even know what to say.

"Road trip" tanging nasabi ko. Nagtaka naman siya.

"Bakit hindi yung boyfriend mo ang sinama mo?" bulong niya.

"What?" gulong tanong ko. Umiling naman siya at maya maya ay ngumiti.

This idiot! You have been tailed for days and you didn't have a slightest idea about it! And now he's damn smiling.

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"Majesty, I saw some men tailing the doctor's car." Zemn said. Napatayo naman ako bigla at nilapitan siya.

"For how long?" tanong ko pa kahit ramdam ko na ang unti unting pagkagising ng galit ko.

"A few days now" agad ko siyang kwinelyohan dahil sa narinig.

"And you're telling me that now" gigil kong sabi at basta na lang siya binitawan.

"What is wrong with you? Why are you suddenly so concerned about that man? And you're so angry about it when I only find it out earlier." sumbat ni Zemn. Marahas ko itong nilingon.

"You don't understand. He saved my life—" agad na pinutol iyon ni Zemn.

"Love saved you too! But you're not like that to him!" sigaw ni Zemn.

"Yes, I fucking know. But he's different. Love can protect himself and Sean can't. How can you not get that?" kunot noong sabi ko.

"No. You're suddenly so protective of him. Isn't that strange?" sabi ni Zemn at tinignan ako ng seryoso.

"You feel something for that man" pagpapatuloy niya. Hindi na ako nagsalita pa at basta na lang siya iniwan doon.

Ilang saglit ay nagpatawag ako ng meeting at pinagplanuhan namin ang isasagawang mission. Ayaw ko sanang ipaalam sa IISS but I need my team's help. I even went to the office of the department heads. Ayaw ko namang magpaalam sa ibang department head kaya sa lalaking department head ako lumapit. He's now wearing a face mask.

"Do you need something, Majesty?" sabi niya nang papalapit ako sa kinauupuan niya.

"Uh, can we talk outside?" sabi ko sa maliit na boses.

"Yeah, sure" sagot niya at naunang lumabas.

"I need to save a.. a doctor that has been followed by Renz Choi's men. And I'm telling you this because I think it is connected to our first mission" sabi ko at tumingala sa kaniya.

"You know what you're doing, Majesty. So go for your second mission. But I don't want you to report to me that you are wounded again. You get me?" sabi niya at naramdaman ko ang init sa aking puso. I don't know but that's how it feels.

"Okay,.. sir" sabi ko kahit hindi ko alam kung anong itatawag ko sa kaniya. Napatingala ulit ako sa kaniya nang tumawa siya.

"Sir sounds too old for me. Just call me Lux or Kuya Lux. You choose." sabi niya at nagkibit balikat.