Wild Beat [BxB] |ON-GOING|

CHAPTER 26

CHAPTER 26

As I walked towards our classroom, someone suddenly put an arm around my shoulder.

“Anong plano mo mamaya?” he asked, making me stop and look at him.

“Nothing,” I replied, shrugging his arm off. He was too short to reach my shoulder comfortably, and it hurt my shoulders.

“Wala?” Pag uulit niya, he stopped as well and looked at me.

“Yeah, why?” I asked.
 

“Sabi mo kahapon, ngayon tayo mag ce-celebrate, right?” he explained, surprising me.

“I said that? Kahapon?” I echoed, confused. He nodded at me, looking puzzled. 
 

Suddenly, some flashes of what happened yesterday came rushing back. Simula paggising ko nakaraan na iba na ang mga tao sa paligid ko.

“Ayos ka lang ba? Mukha kang sabog, hindi ka yata natulog,” biro niya at tumawa.

I ignored him and went into our classroom, sitting at my desk. I put my bag down and laid my head on the table, closing my eyes to think about everything.
 

“Magkasama ba tayo kahapon?” I asked suddenly. Vin came over and sat next to me, dragging his chair.

“Sabog kaba o ano?” he asked, clearly confused by my behavior. I ignored him again and kept my eyes closed.
 

Our first class began, but I couldn't focus on what the professor was saying. My mind was racing with thoughts.

“Mr. Parker? Are you listening? We talked about that lip ring, didn't we? Tatanggalin mo yan o lalabas ka ng klase?” Our professor said, making me frown.

I grabbed my bag and walked out without hesitation, narinig ko naman ang pagsigaw niya sa apelyedo ko, pero hindi ko na ito pinansin at nagtuloy-tuloy lang sa paglabas.

I decided to just go home and skip the rest of my classes, hindi na ako magtataka kung magkakarecord na naman ako sa guidance, but for now I should figure out what was happening to me, I couldn’t function normally.

When I got home, I headed straight to the kitchen to cook something to eat. Medyo nagugutom na rin ako dahil wala pa akong kain, but it wasn’t even noon yet.
 

As I started cooking, my phone buzzed in my pocket. I took it out and read the message. It was from Vin.

“Lakas ng tama mo, bakit ka umalis?” Binasa ko lang ang message niya, but I didn’t reply. I just put my phone back in my pocket.
 

I changed out of my school clothes into something more comfortable—a tank top and gray sweatpants. Then I went back to the kitchen.

I turned my speaker on and cranked up the volume. The loud music filled the room, and I let it drown out my thoughts. 
 

I decided to cook something simple, scrambled eggs and toast. I cracked a few eggs into a bowl, added some salt and pepper, and whisked them together.

As the butter melted in the pan, I thought about everything that had been happening.

The memories from yesterday were so vivid, pero maski isa doon ay wala akong maintindihan kung alin ang totoo.

The eggs sizzled as I poured them into the pan. Habang nakasalang ang itlog, I put some bread in the toaster.

The smell of cooking food filled the kitchen, comforting me a bit. I washed the dishes I had used, and the warm water and the act of cleaning helped to clear my mind a little.
 

When everything was ready, I sat down at the kitchen table to eat. The eggs were fluffy and warm, and the toast was crisp. It was a simple meal, but it was exactly what I needed.

As I ate, I kept thinking about the strange events of the past day. Hindi ko na alam kung alin sa dalawa ang totoo, dahil lahat ay tila totoo.
 

My phone buzzed again, but I ignored it this time. I needed to focus on figuring this out.

After finishing my meal, I washed my plate and utensils, trying to keep everything tidy. Mas maaliwalas ang bahay kung malinis ang paligid.

I decided to go to my room and lie down for a bit. Maybe some rest would help clear my head.

I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, trying to piece together the fragments of my memory. Kinuha ko ang kwintas ko sa leeg at saka ito tinitigan, there's still two left. Isa lang ang nagkulay ginto, while still trying to put the pieces together, bigla akong napabangon sa napagtanto ko.

Before I went to sleep that night, I whispered into the air with the necklace on my hands, and I suddenly woke up and Ace was in my room, and that night before I went to sleep, I held my necklace on my hands and whispered too. What was that? A dream? Or what?

What if I wish to go back to another time? There's still two left, pero paano kung maubos na? Hindi na ako makakabalik? I pulled my hair out of frustration and took a deep sigh. 

Hindi ko malalaman kung hindi ko susubukan. But there were only two notes left that hadn't turned gold. If I made a wish now, only one would be left, and that would be to return here.

I wasn't sure how long I lay on my bed, thinking about my decision. Was this like a parallel world? But where was the other me?

May kinalaman ba ang matanda sa mga nangyayari sa akin? 

What's the purpose of this? Why me? I could still remember what the old lady said to me that night.
 

As I lay on my bed, I tried to make sense of it all. If this was a parallel world, what was my role in it? May isang ako sa kabila, bakit kailangan ko pang mapunta doon?
 

I thought about Vin and the others. Maybe I wasn’t supposed to interfere with their world. It wasn’t my place to get involved in whatever was happening there.

They had their own lives and their own struggles. The other me was there to handle it. I should focus on my own world and my own life.

But the memories, the feelings—they felt so real. It was hard to just let go, pero hindi ako p'wedeng makialam pa. Even though Ace was alive in that world, I should not go back there. 
 

I looked at the notes again. They seemed to shimmer with a strange light, almost inviting me to use them. But I hesitated. What if I made things worse? What if I couldn’t come back? There's a lot of what-ifs running through my mind right now.

I decided to get up and clear my mind, hindi nakakatulong ang pag-iisip ko masyado.

I went to the balcony and looked outside. The world looked normal, but I knew it wasn’t. Not for me, anyway.

I took a deep breath and tried to think clearly. 

I need to find the old lady. Kailangan ko siyang makausap tungkol dito. 

As these thoughts swirled in my head, I knew I had to make a decision. I couldn’t stay in this state of confusion, even if it meant taking a risk.

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