A Night with a Beast

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"What on earth are you doing here, Fujin?!" I asked, still in horror nang makarating kami sa kanyang condo.

I was too fazed that I didn't get to decline when he offered his place for me to stay. On the other hand, I'd rather stay here than go back. Sa kaniyang Auntie Alice naman daw sila titira habang naririto sila.

"What? Am I not allowed too fly back here in the Philippines? "

My lips parted while staring at his broad shoulders as he opened his door. Hinampas kong bigla siya sa likudan sa naging sagot niya.

He groaned and looked at me over his shoulder with a pain face. I narrowed my eyes at him and he rolled his.

"Baliw ka ba Fujin? As far I can remember, you still have two months remaining to stay in New York before you can finally go back here!"

"Tss, why wait there when I can already fly myself, right?" he mumbled.

I scoffed and followed him inside. I didn't bother to praise one of his well-heeled properties, as I've been here many times. And he's a Valdesancho, by the way.

"Pasaway ka pa rin." bintang ko at narinig ko ang pag-angil nito bago naupo sa sofa.

"Really, Sol, nahiya naman ako sayo?" he sarcastically said and I just tsked.

Pagkalipas ng ilang segundo, namamangha ko na siyang pinagmasdan.

Fujin Valdesancho is the only person who knows everything about me and the only person I regard with trust.

He's the son of the man who adopted me after my father, Apollo Desamera, died and after my mother, Fatal Meirelles, abandoned me for my own sake.

We have known each other since highschool. Mas matanda ako sa kanyang ng dalawang taon ngunit parehas kami ng kinuhang kurso sa college kung hindi nga lamang ako nagshift at kung hindi lang siya napadpad sa New York.

"You know what..." I blinked back my thoughts when he spoke with his eyes closed.

Ngayon ko lang napansin ang pagod sa mukha nito.

"There's another person whom I let stay here for a while, uh..." he mumbled and opened his left eye with a guilty smile.

Nangunot ang noo ko, hindi agad iyon nakuha.

"Ano? Sino? Kaibigan mo?" kuryuso kong tanong.

He shrugged. "Kind of, but... I don't think you would—"

"Hey man, we can't find..."

I'm sure, something, in my brain twitched, when a familiar voice behind me echoed the four corners of the living room.

Nanlaki ang mata ko at marahas na bumali ang ulo sa aking likuran.

My eyes almost fell out of my eye socket when I saw the beast staring back at me, with dazed and amusement in his illegible eyes. His lips is slightly parted in surprised.

My jaw dropped in horror, lalo na nang makita ang pasa sa gilid ng labi niya!

What the fuck is he doing here!?

"Oh, you're here angel." he tauntingly mumbled while smiling in a sarcastic way as he suddenly cupped his purplish lip.

Wala sa sariling kinalibutan ako at napatago sa likudan ni Fujin nang humakbang ito papalapit sa amin.

He raised an eyebrow when he notice it but continued sauntering toward us.

Fujin, who looks confused, looks back and forth at us. I smack his shoulders in panic when I find Tris in front of us.