Skies Heart II: Secrets [Completed]

Chapter XXVIII: Tray's charm

Behind Sora's stoned dumbfounded expression are the screaming tongue inside her mouth that Tray cannot hear, even this CLOSE. She could swear the butterflies in her tummies are not in their normal mentality either, and she bet if she'd be given the chance to look inside her, those butterflies would be like a bunch of mutated ones, partying so hard and high inside her. She's still thunderstruck as everything in her began pounding hard and excited. What Tray had said was not to ask for a permission but a bloody declaration.

"Sora, I'm gonna kiss you." It's still lingering in her brain. Like it's some sort of gossip her brain cells cannot refrain to talk.

But she rememebrs something.

She's Sora Xinoe, and letting someone she just met the other day, no matter how God made him so damn good looking, IS NEVER on her code. So she calms her tummy butterflies down and chain her heart pounding out of her chest, then slowly backs away from the face of Tray which is just a few inches away from her.

"You have 3 seconds to let go of me before you regret it." Now it's her time to declare war to the maniac who just never stop unwrapping his true colors in her eyes. "I would want to see how exactly you'd make me regret." Tray huskily whispers and still continue moving his lips closer to Sora's.

Sora's tummy butterflies is trying to make their crazy dance moves again. But she did not give them the chance. Before those filthy electric feelings come rushing back in her again, she held out her golden grail of protection to the space between her and Tray, directly to the pervert's eyes.

Tray does not know if he'd be surprised. shocked or afraid first to what's in front of him.

A pepper spray.

The exact same thing Sasha had given her before they move out to Dohan's hideout. He's sure about it because of the brand name that only exists in Eula.

"Tatlong taon kang nawala kaya baka gapangin ka na lang bigla bigla ni Tray." That warning from Sasha when she handed that pepper spray to Sora lingers in his mind like a mocking laugh with a soothing lullaby. He does not realize how crazy that sounds until that moment in his life. All because of Sora Xinoe possessing something from Sora Leire Viesrayon, a big CELEBRATION. But it's a Pepper spray pointed directly to his face, a hundred prayer would not even save his fate.

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Nakangiting binuksan ni Sora ang entrada ng restaurant ng ninang nya at bumati agad sa mga tao doon, pero bago pa man sila makahakbang papasok ni Tray ay ang malakas na sigaw agad ni Yussen ang sumalubong sa kanila. Hindi magawang gumalaw o kumurap man lang ni Sora habang nasa mata nya mismo ang mabilis na nalalaglag sa hagdan na si Yussen. It's like a slow motion scene in front of them. Hindi nila nagawang makagalaw at napakurap lamang ng malaglag na sa sahig ang Zilliantx unang una ang muka.

"Yussen!" Nagaalalang sigaw ni Sora at inalam agad kung nabuhay pa iyon sa pag e-exibition sa dalawampung baitang nilang hagdan. Nakangiti at parang nag didiliryong ngumiti si Yussen habang nadugo ang ilong at nag thumbs up.

"Lampa kasi." Napabaling naman sila sa babaeng nagsalita na bumababa na din sa hagdan.

Nagtataka man noong una sa kung anong kahangalan na naman ang nangyari kay Yussen ay napailing na lang ang utak ni Tray sa OBVIOUS na nangyari. Kinontrata ni Sasha na gawin ni Yussen na human mannequin ang sarili nya at magkalat sa harap ni Sora upang baka sakaling may matandaan iyon.

Funny, but could be progressive.

"What happened to you?" Tanong agad ni Sasha nang sa mata naman ni Tray mapapunta ang atensyon noon. Napatingin din sa mga iyon si Sora habang inaalalayan si Yussen na tumayo.