Shannequin (Cha Eunwoo AU)

Chapter Seven

Keziah's POV

Iginala ko ang tingin ko sa kuwarto namin, saan kaya 'yong lalaking 'yon? At isa pa, ano ang ginagawa niya rito?

"Quit searching for me. You can't see me during daylight and maybe even at nighttime."

Napataas ang kaliwang kilay ko dahil sa sinabi niya, binibigyan na naman niya ako ng bagong stress sa buhay.

"Alam mo ang sarap mo na talagang ibalibag, kagabi ka pa eh. Last night you told me that you can't show yourself for a reason, and this time you told me that I can't see you at this hour. Sist, hindi pa malabo ang mga mata ko. My eyes are perfectly fine, and I can clearly see things around me."

"Naka-drugs ka ba?" I sarcastically added. "Kung saang umaga at maliwanag na puwede ka hanapin at makita eh," I murmured.

"Hey, what I meant by that was, that you can't see me for real. It was sort of I'm invisible or a shadow?"

Napakunot ang noo ko, "What?"

I heard him sigh, "I'm sorry if I kept on messing and confusing your mind, even though I can't totally understand at first what's going on. But I'll explain everything later, okay?"

"Just don't try to ditch me."

I rolled my eyes, "Fine."

"If you're here with me right now, where are you, to be specific?"

"Somewhere here in the dark."

"If you're really here, what am I doing this time?"

"Nakadapa ka ngayon sa higaan mo habang kaharap phone mo."

That somehow gave me goosebumps.

"Anyway, naniniwala kana ba sa akin?"

Humiga ako sa kama, sumakit na kasi likod ko kasi kanina pa ako nakadapa eh, "Not totally."

"What?"

"Saka na lang ako maniniwala nang tuluyan kapag nagpakita kana sa akin."

"You already have that solid evidence, yet you're still not convinced? Ang labo mo naman."

"Ang labo mo rin intindihin para malaman mo."

Ano ba ang rason nito ba't hindi niya magawang magpakita sa akin at nagtatago siya sa dilim ngayon? And this time, he added that I can't see him during daylight, at may chance rin pati sa gabi.

Mukhang naka-drugs nga 'to.

Charot!

"Let's say that you're really Eunwoo, so it means buhay ka? Pero paano nangyari 'yon?"

"Hindi ako buhay sa totoo lang."

"Multo ka ba? Ligaw na kaluluwa?"

"I don't know."

Napa-facepalm ako.

"All I know was, in the blink of my eye, I started to live in the darkness for a long time. Maybe that one year and a couple of months is a long time already, right?"

Anong ibig niyang sabihin do'n?

"I know what you're thinking; I can't figure out what I am today. Gaya ng sabi ko, I have been living within the darkness for a long time, that I can't step out in bright surroundings."

"After you died, you're already like that?"

"At first hindi, I was like a lost soul in a hospital. I can still roam around even when there are lights, and I don't know why I suddenly became like this."