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Chapter X

—PAU'S POV—

A knock, that's what I heard. I was caught off guard so I just kind of stared at my door for a few seconds, thinking if someone really knocked or I'm just imagining stuff again.

Then comes three more knocks, that's when I finally stood up. I slowly went towards the door, and I cautiously turned the knob.

"Hi sir! Inform ko lang po kayo na may continental breakfast po bukas at 7:00am" said the oddly energetic hotel employee.

"ahh.. Right, sige thankyou."

"nako sir, pasensya na po sa late notice ah, sadyang short staffed lang po kami at the moment" she added.

"no worries, ayos lang"

"sige po sir thankyou, have a nice stay po!"

I saw the employee walk away from my door, although as I was about to close the door— I noticed a piece of paper on the floor.

That wasn't there when I entered.

I took a look back at the employee but she dissappeared from my sight. I knelt down and picked the piece of paper up.

'WMIAYN street, blk ** Lot ***, Rizal City'

"an address...?"

I stood back up and went out to the hallway, looking from side to side, seeing if the employee was gonna come back for it.

It might be hers, so I thought nothing of it. I just put it in my pockets and went back inside, babalikan naman siguro ni ate ito noh?

As I layed back down on my bed to sleep, I felt something vibrating beside me. I kept my eyes closed, thinking that maybe it was just my phone alarm. But after a few seconds I eventually turned my body around to turn it off.

But It was the watch, I wasn't even surprised that it was vibrating. It's not as if I haven't seen or experienced 'everything' already at this point.

I held it in my hand, it was still vibrating sending some light shivers down my arm, although after a few seconds— it suddenly stopped vibrating.

"hmm? Anyare?"

I whispered to air as I fumbled with it in my hands, curious on why and how it vibrated like that.

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—KEN'S POV—

Stell and Justin left the house after making sure that I was fine being alone. I was now in the kitchen, cooking up my dinner trying to distract myself from all the disarray happening currently, when I heard rustling from the living room.

I grabbed the knife, thinking it was an intruder. I walked quietly to the living room, but when I did all I saw was Kuro playing with the pocket watch.

I sighed and put the knife back down on the counter in the kitchen before coming back to get the watch from Kuro's paws before he causes any damage to it.

After a few minutes of some scratching, hissing, and meowing; I finally got the watch back.

Once I had it in my hands, it drew my attention again. I studied it with my eyes while caressing my thumb on it, brushing off some stray fur from Kuro earlier.

After a while I eventually stood up, putting it in my shirt's pocket.

"ay gag— 'yung sinigang ko!"

I ran towards the kitchen again, quickly turning off the stove and checked the sinigang I was making.

Na-overcook ko awit, natuyot yung sabaw kaya malapot tuloy kinalabasan.

"parang sopas naman 'to..."

I sighed in disappointment, I really wanted to eat sinigang since it's one of my comfort foods pero pumalpak pa 'ko.

But I still ate it ofcourse, pagkain pa rin naman ito at masama mag sayang ng pagkain.

I was scrolling on my phone while eating my dinner, laughing at some videos my friends sent me.

Then I felt the watch vibrate, I felt it press the vibrations against my chest. I pulled it out of my pocket and urgently put it on the desk.

I stepped back from it, thinking it was gonna do something crazy again, but it just suddenly stopped moving after a short while.

'Ano nanaman ba trip nito?' I thought.

I frowned as I sat back down rather cautiously, I grabbed it and just stared at it plainly for a minute or so.

After deciding that I should probably finish eating bago ko kalikutin 'yung watch, I put it back down on my desk.

Matapos ang ilang saglit natapos rin naman akong kumain, nakapag linis narin ng katawan, and strangely enough— nagkaroon ako ng motivation para gumawa ng bagong lesson plan since matagal-tagal din akong hindi nag turo o ni hindi man lang pumasok.

I am now in my room, typing on my laptop while listening to some music to keep me entertained while doing work.
As I was bopping my head to the beat, I didn't notice that it was already 2:00am in the morning.

That's when the sleepiness finally kicked in, I also felt my hands start to cramp so I figured it was enough work for now.

I cleaned up my work desk and went straight to the kitchen to grab a glass of water before I sleep. As I was drinking, I noticed the watch that's still on the table where I left it earlier.

I took it with me on my way back to my room, I layed down in bed and put it under my pillow.

"kahit man lang sa panaginip, bigyan mo naman ako ng clue, Pau." I whispered to the thin, slightly cold air enveloping my room.

I chuckled at the realization that I gave the guy a nickname already, heck— I don't even know if he's real! But it feels real, everything about this seems real.

I was so deep in thought that I didn't realize that I dozed off to sleep already.

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Entry 802:

In whispers of the wind, I hear your name,
An echo from the future, an unseen flame.
A love that's yet to be, yet feels so true,
A heart that beats for me, in a time anew.

I wander through these days, unaware,
Of the one who loves me, beyond compare.
No glimpse of your face, no touch of your hand,
Yet, in my soul, a sense of you I stand.

Memories of you, like whispers fade,
I reach across the years' dark veil,
To touch your hand, to hear your tale.

In my time, stars have died and born,
While yours, a flame that flickers sworn.

Yet, in dreams, I see your face,
A vision of what could never be in place.
My love, though lost, will forever be,
A constant heartbeat, across eternity.

In tomorrow's light, I'll hold on tight,
To the love we had, in yesterday's night.

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—End of Chapter X—
      (End of Vol. 1)

(A/N: Vol. 1 is finished! Will continue to write Vol. 2 and update whenever it's finished.
Please do expect Volume 2 to be a tad bit different! Meaning more details, 'some' unraveling of Easter eggs that was in Chap. 1 - 10. Also, more mature/serious topics are gonna be brought up in the upcoming Vol. 2

That is all! Thankyou for your patience with this otorrr!! The next update will be around December!)