good girls, bad habits [Maloi × Female Reader]

chapter 4

Matalino naman akong tao eh.

Kailangan ko ba talaga gawin to. Nakaka line of 9 naman ako mostly sa mga subjects ko wala naman pumapalya. Kaya ang tanong ko sa sarili ko bakit ko ginagawa to?

"Pumunta ka sa natumbang puno sa likod ng church mo. Kung saan nasagasaan yung street lamp ng sasakyan at may tunnel na papuntang river." Pinaulit-ulit kong sinasabi sa sarili habang sinusundan ang instruction na sinabi nila.

A mystery girl. Hanggang ngayon hindi ko pa rin kilala kung sino siya. Paano siya nakapasok sa room? Alam niya ba yung code? At lalong lalo na sa lahat, bakit ako?

Makikita mo kami doon.

Sino sila? Kilala ko ba sila on a personal level? O isa lang din sila sa nambubully sakin sa school?

Katangahan lang ba kaya ito? Malamang.

As I walk around behind the church. Una kong nakita yung puno na natumba. Malaki ang punong natumba, how come I never noticed it before. Malamang sa malamang hindi naman ako pumupunta dito. Paano kaya naputol yun kinidlatan lang ba o talagang pinaputol yun.

As I move further along the log, I notice the jagged edges of the trunk. It was cut. An axe or something similar would have had to make those marks. Something that was swung repeatedly but not accurately. Who would cut this beautiful tree down? And who would do it so close to the church where it could have possibly injured so many?

Street lamp.

Napahinto ako sa paglalakad. Mga tatlumpung metro ang layo mula sa puno ay isang street lamp. Halatang nabangga ito ng kotse, ngunit walang indikasyon kung ano ang ginagawa nito dito. Sa kaunting liwanag na natitira mula sa araw ng hapon, makikita mo itong kumikislap bawat segundo, ngunit hindi nananatili ang pagliwanag.

Mas papalipit nanaman ako sa kakaibang eksena. Alam kong dapat natatakot na ako at kinakabahan ngayon but for some reason, I'm just not. Siguro dahil malapit ako sa church, At alam kong proprotektahan ako ng Panginoon? O baka dahil tanga ako at uto-uto na late na marerealize na death trap pala ang mapupuntahan ko.

Probably the latter.

Nakita ko na yung tunnel. Andito na ako. This is the place where the mystery girl said they will be.

I look around, turning on my spot to gather my surroundings once again.

So many trees. I could get lost here if I'm not careful. I can no longer see the church clearly, only the top of the cross glimmers through the tree line. The old street lamp still flickers off in the distance, but I can clearly see the tunnel and I can hear a weird sound coming from the other side of it.

A tunnel leads to a river.

That's what the mystery girl said. Does she want me to go through it? I'm not too confident about that. Who knows what lies in the darkness?

"Ah!" I scream and jump in my spot when I hear a stick breaking behind me. My body whips around and I come face-to-face with the group from this morning.

"You're right. She's a pussy..." One of them mumbles–red headed girl–and i try not to take offense. Pero never in my life na natawag na akong ganon before.

"She's cute though, I would fuck that" another girl adds, and I feel sick to my stomach.

"Wag ka nga ganyan, Colet. She looks more mature than you." A black-haired with glasses jumps in time, scolding 'Colet'.

"Pwede ba, Tapusin na muna natin to." That voice. Alam ko yung boses na yan. Ito ang naaalala ko.

"Ikaw..." looking directly at the owner of the voice. It's the same girl from outside the school yesterday. The same one that was staring at me. The one who told me to come here.