Masked
"Nam! Bakit hawak mo yang pruning knife?! San mo yan nakuha!!"
Ignore them.
Napikit ng mariin si Ice. Ears tingling from all the shrinking. At nagsimula na muling magbasa
"Humans are peculiar beings. Shaped and molded of series events. Some, they tend to lie, they tend cause pain and they tend hurt each other, oh selfish fools. But fools they are, despite of all ugly things they're in, they are the most capable of this particular thing..."
"...they tend to love... unwilling bound and fated to, expectedly and unexpectedly, over and over again.."
Muli nyang ibinaling ang mata sa hawak nyang libro. Nakailang basa na sya sa pahinang iyon pero hindi pa rin nya maintindihan. Whats wrong with this book? Its giving him goosebumps withs all its words.
"Nam! San... san ka pupunta-Nam! Huwag mong gawin!!!"
And again. Natigil sya sa pagbabasa.
Are they trying his patiece or what? Cant they fvckin work quietly? They have the guts to disturb him huh?
"Naaaaaaaammm!!!"
Okay. They've done it.
Isinara na nya ang aklat na hawak at bumaling sa pinanggalingan ng nakakairitang ingay. Savage commoners.
Napakunot noo sya ng makita na papalapit sakanya ang isa sa mga ito.
That Namika Diaz. What now?
"KING ICE TAKBOOOOOOO" sigaw ng babae sa likod.
Wtf is their fvkin problem?
Napabaling nalang ulet sya sa papalapit sakanya. He raised his brow. Then crossed his leg.
Looking at him straight in the eyes.
Namika Diaz.
She keeps mumbling incoherrent words while walking towards him. FAST.
Whats with this onimous feeling?
Sa bawat paghakbang nito animo hindi naman umaapak ang mga paa nito sa lupa. Like a predator hunting for its prey.
Matagal nya na iyong napapansin rito.
Odd.
"Takbo." rinig nyang ani ng isa pang naroon, that one in black uniform, sa tunong hindi nya gusto nagustuhan, insulting manner.
Naka nakangisi, without pretense mocking him. Animo hinahamon sya.
WTF?! What the fuck is wrong wotj this past days that his mere subjects keep on disrespecting him?
Before he can utter a piece of his mind to the brat ay may bigla nalang may dumaplis sa kanya.
Just inch from his face. Ramdam nya ang nahawing hangin gawa noon.
Agad syang napatingin sa librong hawak hawak nya.
Cut in to two. At sa gitna noon ay isang matulis na patalim na kurting hook. May nakita rin syang ilang hibla ng buhok nya-ta-
tang*na! Who-
Tiningnan nya ang kamay na nakahawak dun pataas sa mukha ng may-ari noon.
Pero dahil nakatungo ito ay hindi nya makita ang mukha nito.
But as if as a cue, that person raised her head, na animo narinig ang iniisip nya.
She looked up,
BINABASA MO ANG
I'm not a Gangster!
JugendliteraturFOREWORD: A not so ordinary girl. A twisted and shattered cliche plot. A bunch of weird characters. Must read at your own risk. If so, let's just make sure to see each other at the story's unexpected ending.
