My Hero is a Gangster *complete

Chapter 42

I decided to stay at Ryu's apartment. Kapag naiisip ko kasi na wala ang mga kapatid ko sa bahay hindi ko mapigilang mapaiyak.
He gave me his house key before he left.

I missed him. I wonder kung ano na ang nangyari sakanya. Puro tanong na ang tumatakbo sa utak ko. Sana talaga mailigtas nya ang mga kapatid ko.

I went to his room. It was clean and there isn't so much things inside. When I reached his study table I saw a pile of books and papers.

Akala ko disguise lang ang pagpasok nya sa school. I thought of it funny na kahit ang isang leader ng gang ay nag-aaral din. Most of the books where academic at galing sa university. I picked up one of his notebook. There were few notes on it on World Lit.

Bigla ko na lang narinig na bumukas ang pinto ng bahay. My initial reaction was to hide and keep silent. Hindi kaya ang mga kaaway ni Ryu sa gang ang nandito. I was so scared when I heard footsteps. I left the room's door half open. Nagtago ako sa likod nun.

Who else would be here? I couldn't see the person. He went inside the room and I was holding my breath. My heart was beating 10 times faster. I'm really sure that it wasn't Ryu. Lumabas ito ng tumunog ang phone nya. Pero naririnig ko pa rin ang boses nya.

"Yes. He is not here anymore. I bet he already went there. I'm pretty sure he'll find it out later. Don't worry boss, even if he do, he can't do anyth--"

Nang marinig ko ang boses ni Brix ay saka ako lumabas. Nakahinga ako ng maluwag. Pero sino kayang kausap nya.

"Brix.."

He looked startled when he saw me. Para itong nakakita ng multo. Malamang nagulat sya ng malaman na hindi sya nag-iisa. Nagtago ba naman ako.

"Farine! Wh-what Are you doing here?"tanong nito.

"I just...came here." Napansin ko na pinatayan nya ang kausap sa phone na hindi man lang ito binabalikan para kausapin.

"I didn't see you. Where were you?" He seemed agitated.

I smiled a little bit. Siguro natakot rin sya.

"Sorry. Mukhang nagulat ka sakin. Nagtago kasi ako ng marinig kong may pumasok dito. Akala ko kasi kung sino." Sagot ko sakanya.

"Ganun ba. Well you are right. Mahirap na ngayon. Hindi natin alam kung sinong kalaban." He said.

Hawak ko pa pala yung libro ni Ryu. Then something fell. It's a piece of paper. Agad ko iyong dinampot. It's some kind of academic notes. Pero hindi yun ang umagaw ng atensyon ko. Kundi ang handwriting sa papel na yun. It was really familiar. Ang kakaibang handwriting na kagaya ng sa natanggap naming sulat ni Ryu. Bakit nandito ito?

Nang matahimik ako ay agad itong napansin ni Brix.

"Ano yan?" Sabay silip nya.

"K-kay Ryu ba ito?" Tanong ko.

"Ah! Assignment namin yan sa World History. Nautusan ako ni Master na ipaggawa sya. Kahit naman kasi ganun yun medyo may kasipagan din sa pagaaral kahit hindi naman nya kailangan. Haha" paliwanag nito.

"Ikaw ang sumulat nito?" My heart skipped a beat.

"Oo. What's the matter?" He asked innocently.

"Ah. W-wala. Maganda pala ang sulat mo. Anyway, ano palang ginagawa mo dito?" Palihim kong isinilid sa bulsa ko ang sulat na yun. I need to be sure.

"Ahm. Just checking kung nandito si Master. Alam mo ba kung nasan sya?"

Something inside me was telling me to lie. My heart was keep pounding. Isa pa binilin ni Ryu na wag na wag kong sasabihin kahit na kanino kung nasan sya.