Living Lies

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

We can't

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I maybe gay pero hindi ko inakala na this moment na magagamit ko ang lakas ko para lang makaligtas sa mga iyon. We are covered with fear and frustrations. Iyak ng iyak si Oxene dahil sa nangyari kay Kage. Kahit ako nalulungkot sa nangyari kay Kage. I look after him hindi dahil gwapo siya at may ipagmamalaki dahil simula ng magkakilala kaming lahat. Kage bonded us together, pinipilit niyang magkakilala kaming lahat kahit labag sa loob ng iba.

Now that he's gone, hindi namin alam kung paano babawiin 'yong saya no'ng nakilala namin siya. It's our burden that we didn't choice to be happy beside him kaya kung ano ano ang nangyari.

"Oxene, hush, we can't Kage back." Patuloy lang ang paghagod ni Risel. "We did our best to keep ourselves safe, siguro hindi lang natin nakita kung gaano siya kaimportante sa atin. Not until we lost someone, then we realize what they had to us."

"We lost Kage for nothing." Patuloy na hikbi ni Oxene.

"We'll do something to bring justice to him, Oxene." Kathaleen said. "He's the reason why we are talking to each other right now. Then we could bring it back to him."

"Tama na drama guys!" Maryel interrupted.

Inirapan naman siya ni Kathaleen, "dapat pala ikaw na lang 'yong pinagpyestahan ng mga piranha doon Maryel ano? Matutuwa pa kami, wala ka naman kasing natutulong!"

"Anong sabi mo?!" sigaw at pagdilat pa ni Maryel sa kanya. "Ang kapal din pala talaga ng mukha mo eh!"

"Stop!" saway naman ni Risel. "Kung mag-isip sana kayo kung paano tayo makakaalis dito hindi 'yong nagsusumbatan pa kayong dalawa!"

"Natatandaan niyo pa ba 'yong announcement kanina bago tayo dinala rito?" napatingin naman kami kay Vantell.

"Ako natatandaan ko pa." Ani Serita. "Ano namang pakelam mo 'don Vantell? Makakatulong ba 'yon sa atin?"

Tumango naman kaagas si Van sa sinabi ni Serita, "yes, let's think deeper to it. What was it, Serita?"

"Hmm..."

"Akala ko ba natatandaan mo?" tanong ko naman.

"I remember it bakla! Tumahimik ka muna!" irap pa nito sa akin at saglit na natulala sa itaas at nagliwanag ang mukha. Mukhang naalala na nga niya. "Running from death, the key is to behold together. If not, cannot tell who'll die. Yes that's it!"

"Running from death?" taka ni Risel.

"Let's think of it," panimula ni Vantell. "Death is where we are, the creatures around us. If we could just run from it, we could survive. Running away from those could spare our lives from dying right?"

"So dahil hindi lang tumakbo si Kage kanina, namatay na siya?" aniko pa.

"Tanga nito!" Ani Maryel. "Makinig ka na nga lang! Ang dami mong sinasabi, wala namang kwenta!"

"Ewan ko sayo, sana ikaw ang sumunod!" sagot ko.

"Manahimik na guys, okay?!" saway ni Van. "So running away is the answer. When we are the key to get rid of it. Please, trust everyone this time. Kung gusto niyong mabuhay, then we could survive..."

"Then what if we won't?" Oxene asked.

"As the message said, we can't tell." Vantell sighed.