DETECTIVE FILES. File 1 (Published under PSICOM)

CHAPTER 41: KIDNAPPER, GRAY IVAN SILVAN

Chapter 41: Kidnapper, Gray Ivan Silvan

It's been a week since that incident happened at the laboratory. Nothing happened for the past few days maliban sa cold treatment ni Gray sa akin. I don't know if it is deliberate or not. Hindi niya kasi ako pinapansin; not that nagpapapansin ako sa kanya. I asked him something about our assignment and he just nodded at me without any other word.

During break time, he left immediately. Nang bumalik siya ay hindi man lamang siya kumibo. Ni hindi niya man lang ako sinulyapan. I don't know if he's ignoring just me or all of us. I figured out it was just me nang nakita ko siyang tumatawa habang kausap sina Marion at Marcus.

I was silently eating my snack nang bumalik si Jeremy at umupo sa tabi ko. He nudged my side kaya napalingon ako sa kanya.

"Are you in quarrel with Gray?" he asked in a low voice. Am I? Wala naman akong naalala na pinag-awayan namin. I don't even remember anything na sinabi ko or nagawa ko sa kanya to deserve such treatment.

"Wala naman. Ewan."

Jeremy thought for a while, he was pointing on his temple while thinking. Even without the nerdy look, he still possesses the nerdy gestures.

"Ah! I remembered! Nang pumunta ako sa kwarto nila upang manghiram ng libro, tila balisa siya. You sure you didn't fight with him?" he asked again and I gave him a deadly glare. Paulit-ulit?! "Okay, okay! Wala." Umayos na kami ng upo dahil pumasok na ang guro namin para sa susunod na period.

Nang sumapit ang lunch break ay umuwi muna ako sa dorm sa halip na dumiretso sa cafeteria at kumain ng pananghalian. I was lying on my bed when my phone rang. Nang makita ko ang pangalan ni Khael sa caller ID ay agad ko iyong sinagot.

"Moshi-moshi Special A."

I rolled my eyes. "Ano'ng masamang hangin ang nag-udyok sa'yo na tumawag?" I asked without returning his greetings.

"Ouch, masamang hangin talaga? Well I can say that the air is really polluted nowadays," he said and I can imagine his naughty face.

"I'm going to hang up now," I said.

"We-we-wait! Highblood mo naman. Meron ka?"

"My time is precious and I don't waste it on any nonsense call like this," I told him.

"Fine, tumawag lang ako upang mangumusta. I heard about what happened last week," he said.

"I'm fine now. Who told you about it?"

"Silvan, of course. We're best buddy, remember?"

"So if you are his best buddy, sinabi ba niya sayo kung bakit iniiwasan niya ako?"

"He's ignoring you? Oh, that's unrequited love. You should resort to me; I'm willing to be your rebound―"

"I'm really hanging up."

"Just kidding, hindi ka naman mabiro. Hindi ko alam bakit. Hindi ba kayo nag-away?" tanong niya and I mentally rolled my eyes.

"If we have been in a quarrel, I would have known why he is ignoring me," I said lazily. Uh, why would people think that we have a quarrel and then I won't realize that it's the reason why he is ignoring me?

"But I really don't know Special A," he said. Mukhang wala talaga akong makukuha na impormasyon dito kaya hindi ko na lamang pinilit ito.

"Okay. Ibaba ko na, I have to grab my lunch dahil may pasok pa ako," paalam ko sa kanya.

Hindi ko na hinintay ang sagot niya at agad ko na iyong pinatay. I went out of the dormitory and walked my way towards the cafeteria.

Papasok na sana ako nang marinig ko ang boses ni Gray mula sa gilid. Agad akong nagtago sa isa sa mga halaman doon at nakinig sa kanya. He was calling someone over his phone.