Song In Silence

Chapter 6 : DISOBEDIENCE

Leona's POV

"Where are they?" tanong ko sa mga katulong. Agad naman silang lumapit sa akin at yumuko.

"Young lady, nandoon na po sila sa hapag kainan. Ikaw na lang po yung kulang."

"Okay, thanks"

I was just about to go when I noticed something. Ang kamay nila ay nakatabon sa bibig at ang kanilang mata ay gulat na gulat. Napasinghap naman ako.

"H-Ha! What's with that reaction!?" utal kong saad sa kanila habang naka hawak sa dibdib.

"Ah hehe ngayon lang po kasi kayo nag thank you" saad ng isa na may pa hawak-hawak pa sa pisngi.

"I'll take that back!" inis kung saad at saka nagmartsa paalis.

What did I say that!?
And why would they react like that!?
Am I really that bad!?

Isinawalang-bahala ko nalang ang nangyari nang makarating ako sa pintuan. Napangiwi ako nang ramdam ko na ang malamig aura galing sa loob kahit hindi ko pa nabubuksan.

Pagbukas ko ay napatingin agad ang lahat.
Hindi ako umimik at tumungo sa aking upuan. As usual, everyone is not yet eating. One of our rules here is that no one is allowed to eat before the Duke and of course his permission.

—Clang! —

Nabigla ang lahat ng biglang umugong ang tunog ng kutsara at tinidor sa gitna ng katahimikan. Gulat kaming naptingin kay Cayena nang nagsimula na siyang sumubo ng pagkain.

You idiot, what are you doing!?
She even looks unbothered!

I immediately looked at my father. I bit my lips when his expression is not satisfied with Cayena's action. Kunot ang kanyang noo habang nakatingin kay Cayena na kumakain. God sake!

I was a bit shock when she lifted her head and then stares at me.

"Start eating" she said and I was in awe for a second. There's a part of me that is amazed and proud.

Nabigla naman akong napatingin kay Archer nang nagsimula na rin siyang kumain. Hindi niya pinansin ang nasa harapan at  nagsimula na ring sumubo.

God, these rebels!

Mahina akong napasinghal at inabot ang aking kutsara at tinidor. Rinig ko pa ang sita ng aking ina ngunit hindi ko iyon pinansin at nagsimula nang kumaha ng pagkain sa harapan.

I really did my best to hide my smirk. Pagkatapos ng aking unang subo ay napa-igking ako nang biglang hinampas ni Ama ang mesa. I froze and the spoon is stuck in my mouth.

"You shameless brats!" my father should that made us stop eating.

Napa-igking ulit ako at nanlalaki ang mata na tumingin kay Cayena nang padabog niyang inilagay ang baso sa lamesa. Blangko lang ang kanyang ekspresyon at ngumunguya pa.

Pagkatapos niyang lunukin ang kinakain ay agad niyang tinignan si Ama ng walang gana.

"Father, Isn't it rude to shout in front of the food? I assumed that you already know that." she said in a sarcastic tune without breaking the eye contact with him.

"If you want to create a problem, do it somewhere else."she added and picked up her spoon and continued eating.

Father was about to burst out of anger but thankfully, mother is there to hold his hand and the calmed him down.

"My lord, please calm down. Cayena doesn't know what she's talking about. I'm sure it's because of the accident, we should understand her." my mother said that made Cayena spill her food and even laugh.

Mother glared at her and she just shrugged her shoulder. I couldn't help but to smirk, who would have taught that the damsel in distress was actually the heroine. I met Archers' eyes, we already have the same thought without spitting any words. We shook our head and continued eating.

I hope this will happen again

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"What are doing?" Cayena said that made me sop. She's looking at me directly in the eye and looking at her expression, I knew that she's annoyed.

"Why are you following me?"

Well, the dinner didn't go smoothly and remembering her actions toward father, I know that mother will never let it slide.

Kaya ngayon, I decided to follow her into the library.

" I will taking the class with you" I answered and avoided her gaze.

"What—" she was cut off when Archer suddenly showed up.

"I will be taking the class with the two of you too" he said and we were just looking at him.

"What?!" he asked when he noticed our strange gaze.

"Whatever" Cayena just rolled her eyes and then left. We immediately followed her without making a sound.

When we entered the library, she immediately went to the table and sat, waiting for the teacher.

"Tsk, how boring" I exclaimed

"If you're bored, get out" she said without looking at my direction. I pouted and then scratch my head.

How did she even hear that?

"I'll just look around for a bit" I said and then walks toward the other shelves.

"I guess I'm doing that too" he said while looking around.

I guess he doesn't like books either

We kept walking and walking until we got into the back shelves. The two of us remained silent for a minute and we're not looking at the books anymore.

"She changed" he said after the silence and I slowly nodded.

" I wonder happened to her, they said it's because of the accident." I said without looking at him.

" Father's face was so funny when he witness his puppet disobeying. I wonder what will happen next." he said with a smirk, it looks like he's enjoying this. I just stared at him and sighed.

" Why hating her? " I ask out of nowhere. He immediately turned around and stared at me.

" She's always been the favorite one. " he said with a strange tune.

" It's not her fault though" I defended. He cough and then looked at me surprised.

"Then why aren't you hating her? You're literally in her shadow" he ask as if he just heard the most ridiculous words.

"She's my sister" I shortly said. His smirking face expression slowly loosened.

"It's not enough excuse for me" he exclaimed and I just sighed.

"Whatever, it's your choice" I said and then shrugged my shoulder.

"I think we should go bac—"

—Pak! —

We both paused when we heard a strange noise.

"Let's go back"

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Author's Note

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination.

: I'm sorry if you encountered some wrong grammars or typos