Azure: The Retired Assassin

Azure 4

Friday, end of second week since the start of class and I am very thankful that we managed to stay out of sight from the 5X. We are like wanted criminals, whenever we caught their shadows nagmamadali na kaming magtago. We may look like cowards especially me but this is better than having to face them head on. Ayukong masaktan pa si Savannah.

"Az una na 'ko ha. Nasa labas na kasi si Dad." I just give Sav a small nod before I headed towards the library. We have this assignment for Monday na bawal daw mag copy paste from the internet. And books are the only reference that we had left.

By the way I am already wearing the school's uniform. It's a dark blue pleated skirt na 3 inches above the knee, white long sleeves, dark blue necktie and blazer. Sav told me that the special section also wear the same uniform but they have gold pins on the upper left side of the blazer.

I've already search five times on the ten shelves of books under literature pero hindi ko pa din makita yung libro. I decided to search on the far end part of the library until I reached the last shelf and boy there it is placed on the lap of a sleeping guy. He was only wearing the white long sleeves and his blazer is placed above his bag. I was battling in my head if I should wake him up or not mahimbing kasi yung tulog nya.

Then napaisip ako, why not use my ninja moves? So I hide my presence and walk to where he is without making a single noise. I grab the book from his lap and settled one meter away from him. Dali dali ko namang nilabas ang notebook ko at ballpen. I was so engrossed in making our assignment when I suddenly felt someone is looking at me. I turned my head towards the sleeping guy only to find him staring at me.

His lazy brown eyes makes me think of sunsets. While his whole face screams "I don't give a fuck about anything" expression, feeling ko tulog ang favorite hobby nya. I don't know how long was I engulfed under his spell until I heard him talk. "Asul."

"Huh?"

"Your eyes they're blue." He yawn at kinusot ang mata nya, for me it was the cutest thing I've ever seen since I got here. "Was that my book?"

"Ah yeah, I'm sorry if I borrowed it without your consent. You were soundly sleeping and it would be rude if I did woke you up." He was silent and just stared at me. I scratched my nape as I start to get uncomfortable. "Ahm.. can you please wait for another two minutes? I'm almost done with the last problem." He just shrugged and I take that as a yes kaya nagpatuloy na ako sa pagsulat. I can see through my peripheral vision that he was already wearing his blazer. I closed the book and my smile fades as soon as I saw his gold pin. What the hell! Dali dali kong sinilid sa bag ang gamit ko at sinuli sa kaniya ang libro, I muttered "thanks" at aalis na sana when he hold my hand.

Oh shit! Chill lang Az. "Bakit?" I tried to be calm but I felt uneasy when he said nothing and just look straight at my eyes. Yung mata nya parang palaging pagod pero maganda. Namalayan ko nalang na unti onting lumuwag yung hawak nya until he finally let go of my hand. I stood straight and leave without saying anything to him. I think I need to memorize their face to prevent something like this to happen again.

I place my bag on the center table and grab my iPad and log in to our school's website as soon as I reached my condo. A special corner for the special section is the first thing that greeted me. I click on the link and there they are. The top fifteen of the whole graduating class and it was arranged by weighted GPA. This Jairus Zamora is on the top of the whole class and I was surprised when I clicked his name. He was the same boy I encountered in the library just minutes ago. He was followed by Brice Sy and the list goes on. Having a photographic memory is really a bliss. I've already memorized their face and their names.