Deja Vu

Prologue

ARCHELLA'S POV

IN THE middle of the night, I woke up. Sweating like crazy while catching my breath.

"What on earth was that?" I whispered. I stared at the shelves on the corner of my room which was filled with different kinds of books. I remembered my dream correctly which doesn't happen that often since I always forget things.

Bangungot.

Yun lang ang nasa isip ko. I looked at the clock which was beside my bed. 4:50 AM.

I have a class that starts at 6 so, even if hindi ko kinasanayan ito, bumangon na ako para makapag-handa. My school isn't so far, infact - I was already at school. I was at my school's dorm room.

It has only been 3 weeks and a half since I started university. I've been used to it yet my classes destroyed my body clock. It isn't always the same time, depending on the teacher.

As i started cooking my breakfast, the dream that woke me up is still disturbing my mind. Thankfully, I didn't burn myself from getting distracted while cooking and just ate all alone. I did my daily routine yet earlier so I had to be quiet to not wake anyone up from the other dorms.

5:23 AM. I usually study whenever I still have extra time since my only goal is to graduate with a diploma while not expecting anyone of my parents to come to my graduation. I feared of failing my parents since I was a child. I would always need to have the greatest grades to just see my parents smile for just 10 minutes and talk to me in the dining.

Instead of studying, I took a bible from my book shelf, as well as my laptop. I know something is behind that nightmare. There's a meaning for everything. I searched up "Remembering dreams" on google and found a website called "Facts.com"

I know I shouldn't be opening some random website but my hands moved by itself and pressed "enter" on my laptop. It then opened the website.

A sign showed. It says "write your problem" so I did write my problem. After a few minutes of typing, I pushed enter. Then, chats started to appear, talking about facts about my experience.

It looked like that the website was like a copy of Chatgpt but is about problems in your life. Yet, it seemed like it was also written in AI.

Many facts and stories about it were appearing and I was fascinated.

Many articles were also written but only one article caught my eye. It was longer than normal articles.

"The dream that changed my life? Why on earth would a freaking dream change or ruin your life?" I said. I didn't care if I was loud since around five o'clock, students be waking up already.

I looked at the clock hanging on my wall. 5:40 AM. I closed my laptop and putted it in my bag before grabbing my bag and going out.

As I was locking my dorm room, the side of my eye caught something. A tall man walking down the stairs from the west wing where the boys dorms are located.

His right hand were slid in his right pocket while the other hand was holding a strap of his bag.

Aeros La Sena. 20 years old, 2nd Year student. From Spain and transferred here to take care of himself.

Aeros was pretty famous in my university because of his mysterious aura and silent knowledge.

Everyone wanna talk to him — well, except for me. Why if you ask? I only focus on my goal and infact, just to cure my social boredom, I made only 2 friends.

They were my classmates. Often socializing and having fun at clubs which is very different from me. I'm just a normal student who is not a fond of parties and often spend time reading or studying.

I was top 2 on the dean's list yet no one payed attention to me since they only want the first one; which is Aeros.

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Since I wanted to know alot about the article that I found, before going to my class, nagpaprint ako ng kopya ng article na yun.

Hindi pa rin ako late sa klase ko since 5 minutes lang naman ang printing nun. Long bond paper na yung kinuha ko para hindi marami yung dadalhin kong papel.

Namention ko din ba na kaklase ko din si Aeros?

Lagi kong napapansin na nakatingin siya sakin during classes pero never niya akong kinausap. Ayaw niyang makipagkaibigan pero balita ko ay tambay siya sa silid-aklatan.

Nakikita ko din siya lagi doon dahil doon ako pumupunta tuwing nasa party ang dalawa kong kaibigan.

Lagi nila akong pinipilit na sumama sa kanila pero never akong sumama.

I was 10 minutes early at dahil ang mga kaklase ko ay sakto lagi sa oras dumadating, inexpect ko na ako lang ang nandon pero mali ako.

Nakita ko si Aeros na nakaupo sa katabing upuan ko kung saan doon lagi nakaupo si Miralia. Isa sa aking kaibigan.

Uupo nalang ako sa likod ng usual kong inuupuan.

Akmang lalagpas na sana ako kay Aeros nung hinawakan niya yung likod ng bag ko. Dahilan para mapatigil ako.

Tiningnan ko siya sa mga mata niya na nakadirekta din sa mga mata ko.

"Sit beside me. It's your usual chair, right?" He said which got me to make a confused face.

Not because of what he said but because he spoke to me. Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko dahil hindi naman ako nakikipag-usap sa ibang tao maliban sa dalawa kong kaibigan at mga staffs.

"Pardon me, Mr. La Sena. But I think I'll go sit beside my other friend. I'll let Miralia sit with you." I heard him softly laugh.

"But I want to sit beside you, Archella."

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