DETECTIVE FILES. File 1 (Published under PSICOM)

CHAPTER 45: GRAY VS KHAEL: GRAND DEDUCTION BATTLE

Chapter 45: Gray Vs Khael: Grand Deduction Battle

It's December 5 at anim na araw na lang ay debut ko na. I already received the invitations from Mom at ang kailangan ko na lang gawin ay ipamigay iyon sa mga nais kong imbitahin sa debut ko. I gave my invitations to Therese and Andi. Sa mga kaklase ko na lang na nais kong imbitahin but I'm not planning to invite all of them, only a few.

It's Friday and I have already apologized to Gray for vomiting into him the last time we went to help Mr. Albert Wort. As of that case, nabawi na ni Mr. Worth ang kanyang singsing and Underworld was closed due to its illegal activities. Hindi rin umano rehistrado ang bar na iyon kaya agad iyong napasara. Bruno and the other drug lords were already in jail. May ibang nakatakas but the big fishes were already caught.

Back to the vomiting scene, my God, that was very embarrassing! I don't know what Gray thought about it. Pumasok ako kinabukasan with a hangover and I spent most of the time slouching in my seat. Binigyan ko lang siya ng strawberry flavored smoothie na may nakadikit na sticky note with a Sorry on it. Gasgas na ang pagtext na paraan ko kaya I thought of another way and that's the best way I came up with. Well, it's not really the best way dahil hindi ko man lang naisip na hindi pala mahilig sa strawberry si Gray. He ended up accepting my apology but giving away the smoothie.

PE time at panay na naman ang laro namin. Kailan ba ako makaka-graduate ng PE? Buti sana kung gusto ko lahat ng ginagawa namin but there were things that I really hate lalo na kapag nagkakaroon ng tournament sa basketball o kaya ay sa volleyball. Laro ng lahi ang nilalaro namin and I was resting on one side of the gym. There were red rope marks on my palms dahil sa kakahila ko sa lubid sa tug-of-war.

I hate this! Ginawa naman namin ang lahat. We gave all our best yet natalo pa rin kami and in the end nasaktan pa kami. Natumba lang naman kami at nagkapantal-pantal sa kamay. Parang pag-ibig lang. Ginawa mo na ang lahat, pero naagaw pa rin ng iba at sa huli ay masasaktan ka lang. Okay, humuhugot ako but that wasn't my line. It was Jeremy's. I don't know where he got such thoughts at impossible ring galing iyon sa binabasa niyang libro ni Sherlock Holmes. I wonder kung anu-ano ang tumatakbo sa isip ng nerd na iyon!

I took a break when the second game started which was agawan-base. Nagkunwari akong masakit ang ulo at bibisita muna sa infirmary upang humingi ng gamot. White lies like this work at times. Pumayag si Ma'am Saderna at agad akong lumabas ng gym dala-dala ang bag ko.

I was walking with my eyes fixed on my shoes nang bigla na lang akong nabundol sa isang tao. I wasn't paying attention kaya napaupo ako sa lupa sanhi ng pagbangga namin. When I looked up, I saw a devil. Yeah. Ryu, the devil. Matagal-tagal ko rin siyang hindi nakita. Malamang ay nagtatago siya sa lungga niya na kung tawagin ay impyerno.

He was holding a box at inalalayan akong tumayo. I pushed away his hands at pinagpagan ang sarili ko. Pinulot niya ang bag ko at agad kong inagaw iyon sa kanya.

"Ang sungit mo naman. You didn't miss me?" nakangiting tanong niya. Bakit ba niya ako kinakausap? Close ba kami? Duh.

"Why would I miss you? The past weeks without you is my most peaceful week. Ay hindi pala dahil nakasama ko ang pinsan mong kaskasero," wika ko sa kanya. He chuckled. Pansin ko lang, bakit ang fresh niya ngayon?

"So you spend some time with Cooler? Hmmm, I see. Good for him," wika niya and he looked at me with amazement.

Tinaasan ko siya ng isang kilay. "What? Don't tell me may masama ka na namang binabalak? And how did you get here? Alam mo bang bawal ka rito?"

"I befriended the guard," wika niya.

"You mean you threatened them," pag-iwas tingin ko sa kanya.