Sonkan 2 (The Revolution)

Chapter 2

-Alexi-

I FOUND myself being nursed by Reigan. He's holding my hand and carefully cleaning it up. We're here in his room. I just presumed that it was his room because of the design of the surroundings. It was dark and melancholy like his personality. My mom told me before that if you want to know someone, look at their room. It says their character. I feel awkward while sitting at the edge of his bed. Maybe because it's my first time to be in a male's room. Kahit kwarto ng mga kuya ko ay hindi pa ako nakakatapak. I can't help but stare at his serious face. I wouldn't deny to myself that he's really a good-looking kahit lagi siyang seryoso.

"Am I getting your attention now?"

I blinked my eyes and almost flinched to my sit when he spoke. Umangat ang tingin nito sa akin. Nakatitig lang ito sa mga mata ko na para bang isa akong special species na pinagmamasdan niya.

"W-what do you mean?" Tanging tugon ko. Para akong nangangalap ng tamang salitang sasabihin.

"I always wonder when can I get your attention" bumalik ang tingin nito sa sugat ko na ginagamot niya.

Hindi ko na alam ang sunod na isasagot kaya tinikom ko nalang ang bibig ko. He's like an encrypted paper that is hard to decode. Sometimes he's nice, sometimes he's annoyed. Now he's blabbering some things. Does he mean, he like it when he have my attention? For what? Isinantabi ko ang mga katanungang 'yon dahil hindi naman 'yon ang dapat pagtuunan ng pansin. Instead, I asked something.

"Why is Ardizonne so obsessed with killing you? What have you done to him?"

He mockingly laughed a bit. I looked at him puzzledly. "Now you're switching your attention to Trevor"

My forehead creased. "That's not the answer I wanna hear"

Nawala ang nakakaloko nitong ngiti at napalitan ng seryosong mukha. Tinapos nito ang paggagamot sa sugat ko at binalutan ng benda. I said "thanks" after he nursed my hand. He stood up and went to the window side. Binuksan niya ang bintana at naglabas ng isang stick ng sigarilyo mula sa bulsa. I scoffed at the back of my head. Mukhang hindi niya na talaga maaalis sa sistema niya ang paninigarilyo. Tumayo ako at lumapit sa kanya. I kept a meter of distance behind him.

"You're friends with him before, right? Friends don't kill each other. Alam kong maaari ka ulit balikan ni Ardizonne. He wouldn't stop until he killed you all. But I don't get it why? Where does his hate come from?"

"Woman, we have a rule here. We don't talk about dead people. Their soul is already resting in peace so why bother them?" Humarap ito sa akin. Bakas ang galit sa kanyang mata na halatang pinipigilan niya. Until now he's not calling me by my name.

Their gang rivalry wouldn't do any better. If I can just convince Al Capone to reconcile with Trevor so no more lives will be harmed. Including Coleen's. I was worried that someday Trevor would do his threat to Coleen. That he will kill her for real. Trevor and his gang are a big threat to us. If he doesn't stop bothering Mobsters, then he will also go after us.

"Just reconcile to him," I said with sincerity in my voice. "Can't you see the people who get harmed because of your rivalry?"

"Leave. I'm not interested to talk about trash" mariin itong humithit ng sigarilyo saka humarap sa bintana para ibuga ang usok doon.

"Reigan..." I closed my eyes and took a deep sigh.

"Leave before I drag you out of here" may diing pagkakasabi nito.

I stepped back and took my pace towards the door. Sandali ko itong nilingon bago ko tuluyang buksan ang pinto para lumabas. I hope he would think what I said to him. Paglabas ng pinto ay saktong nasalubong ko si Callista. Nagpalipat lipat ang tingin nito sa kwarto ni Reigan at sa akin hanggang sa kumurba ang malawak na ngiti sa kanyang labi. Nanlaki ang mata ko at paulit ulit na umiling.