In a span of seconds, merely a blink of my eye, we're flying too high. Kahit na binalaan ako ni Amaya na huwag tumingin sa ibaba ay hindi ko napigilan. I felt horror upon laying my eyes on the city.
It is dark, creepily silent, and dead.
Walang kabuhay-buhay ang syudad na ito. Lahat ng nakikita ko ay dilim. I can see walking corpses, some are slow, mostly are aggressive. I can easily recognize them as the scavengers. Napakarami pala nila at talaga namang kapag gabi sila lumalabas. Nang tingnan ko naman ang hitsura ko ay para akong musmos na dinagit ng isang malaking ibon.
Amaya is creepy. If I do not know she is Amaya, I will probably freak out now that she is holding my hand. Napakalaki ng pakpak niyang sa tantiya ko ay puro balat at buto. How she did this from her bodily configuration earns her enough respect to keep her title of having the prowess of the chosen one of Manananggal. This is amazing. Pati ang paglipad niya, hindi mo maitatangging kahanga-hanga nga. Nang tingnan ko naman si Amugay ay wala itong pakialam. He is silently looking down at the whole city. Maybe he has flown with Amaya so many times, the heights do not bother him anymore.
"Nasa studio na si Ligaya at Grunge." mayamaya ay sambit ni Amugay. He is now looking at me, but his voice is intentionally scream-like. From this height, it is the only way I can hear him. "You should have started going back at the studio on your own when you did not find us. Bago pa lang dumilim. In that way, you'll be safe."
"I was told to find them, not run away for my safety. Besides, I can protect myself from anyone...except you."
I saw him sighing when he heard me. I know what he is thinking. Pagod na pagod na ang isang ito sa mga direkta kong pasaring. He doesn't even want to give a damn about me and my confessions. My constant chasings have made him suffer enough. Hindi ko rin siya masisisi ngunit hindi ko rin masisisi ang sarili ko na ginugusto ko pa rin siya.
He clearly said it. He has a woman he must protect. And that woman is not me.
"Grunge and I found something interesting. Sa studio natin pag-usapan."
Hindi ko na siya pinansin pa at sinagot. Kulang na lamang ay sabihin kong siya naman ang unang nagsalita at sinagot ko lang siya. I do not have any intention of talking to him if he did not. Ilang sandali pa ay nanahimik na lang din siya. Nararamdaman kong medyo humihigpit ang kapit ni Amaya sa akin kanina habang kinakausap ako ni Amugay at alam ko kung bakit. Just by the stares she gave me when she saw Amugay grabbing my hand is enough. She hates it. She hates seeing Amugay being close with me. She hates it all. I do not know why but I know it is deep and it has something to do with how I chased Amugay before and the woman Amugay is in love with.
I am jealous...with a woman I do not even know the name of.
Habang nakatingin ako kay Amugay ay hindi ko maiwasang hindi maisip na napakaswerte naman ng babaeng minamahal niya. Napakaswerte na nakukuha niya ang atensyon ni Amugay kahit hindi niya hingin. Kusa iyong ibinibigay samatantalang ako, I had to do unimaginable things just so he will give me the slightest attention and most of them are the negative attention. Napakaswerte ng babaeng iyon. Sa parte pa lamang na sinabi ni Amugay na sa kaniya siya, sobra-sobra pa iyon.
BINABASA MO ANG
Paradise of Corpses (Trinity Series 3)
FantasíaLilac Serpentine, the chosen one of Ulilang Kaluluwa is once again trapped into another confusion. This time, into a plague with the worst person she knows by her side. A person that once was the reason she locked herself from the hands of anyone...
