UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: William Myriad

12- Deja Vu

Losti POV

I slowly open my eyes as I welcome the air and the bright light from the sun, the king of the sky.

I did my morning rituals the quickly eat my breakfast.

I'm gonna fetch Lei, li'l sis on her apartment to know if she's fine.

I hope you would not get mad at me, if you will find out the real Losti. I left out a loud sigh.

Leslie POV

Thanks kay Losti, gumaan ang pakiramdam ko sa soup. Though, it's not that good. Di ko alam bakit bigla sumama ang pakiramdam ko dahil sa mga sinabi ng mga espasol na yon. I'm scared. I don't wanna die.

*ding dong*

My face twisted in confusion. Who the hell is that visitor?

Pagbukas ko, tumambad sa mukha ko ang gwapo at poker face na mukha ni bro. It was Losti.

"Yo Losti!" I said. Trying not to make him worry.

"Are you okay?" Asked Losti.

"Yeah, thanks. Come in."

Pumunta ako sa kitchen at pinagtimpla siya ng kape. Hindi ko pa pala nalilinis ito. Napasarap ang tulog ko kahapon.

"Lei."

"Hhmm?" Umupo ako sa tabi niya at iniabot ang tasa ng kape.

"Mind if I am going to fetch you everyday?"

Tumikhim ako. "Y-Yeah sure bro."

"That's my little sis." He tapped my head.

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Pagkababa namin ni Losti ng sasakyan niya. Agad akong nagpaalam at tumakbo papuntang locker room.

Napansin ko ang gasgas na keyhole ng locker ko. What the!?

I quickly grabbed my wallet from my pouch and find for my keys. After a few seconds, I immediately hold it and insert it on the frustrating keyhole.

Bumungad sa akin ang isang sobre. Probably, a letter.

Ni-check ko ito. It's from William.

I opened it and read the encrypted message.

Keep moving forward.
One step at a time.
Don't take this too fast.
Imagine you are taking upstairs, Lei!
Would you like to step once? Or take two steps at a time? That's insane by the way. Be fair, dear! Goodluck.

P.S Do not go to your room unless you didn't take this quest right. Okay? Go ahead. Hahaha.

Grabe lang huh? Ugh! What is this? Is he trying to challenge me? Anyway, wala namang mawawala kung susubukan ko. I am also looking forward to crack real-life codes.

After that stupid message of William, I looked closer and check the set of numbers.

12-4-4-19
       12-4      26-19    19-7-4
               17-14-14-5-19-14-15
3-8-19-2-7

Oh! Come on William!!
I decided to go to the library and not to attend the class. Di rin naman ako magiging komportable dahil guguluhin lang ako nh code na ito. One more thing, the man who encode this arggghhh!!----whatever code it is, was my seatmate afterall.

I checked once again the message.

Keep moving forward.
One step at a time.
Don't take this too fast.
Imagine you are taking upstairs, Lei!
Would you like to step once? Or take two steps at a time? That's insane by the way. Be fair, dear! Goodluck.

P.S Do not go to your room unless you didn't take this quest right. Okay? Go ahead. Hahaha.

Keep moving forward? Alright? It doesn't matter.

One step a a time? Perhaps? The first line and the second line is indeed similar. I think?

Imagine you are taking upstairs, Lei!
Would you like to step once? Or take two steps at a time? That's insane by the way.

Stairs huh? I'd rather take it one step. One step forward. Hmm?

Once again, I checked the code and try to substitute it using the Alphabet.

LDDS LD ZS SGD QNNESNO
CHSBG

"Ano ba yan!" Napakamot ako sa ulo at napasigaw.

"Shhhh." Said the librarian.

"Pardon" bahagya akong yumuko. Nasa library pala ako.

Imagine you are taking upstairs. So? William!? What are you trying to point out.

Lumabas ako ng library at humarap sa hagdan paakyat ng 4th floor.

I tried making one step. Paakyat. Sinubukan ko rin ang dalawang hakbang. Paulit-ulit kong ginagawa. Pinagtitinginan na ako ng mga estudyante dito. Ah! *ting* something brilliant idea popped out on my head.

Naghanap ako ng estudyante na pwedeng maka-tanungan.

"A-Ah miss, a-ah, kapag ba aakyat ka? Ilang hakbang ang ginagawa mo isa o dalawa?"

"Pffft!hahahaha ate syempre isa lang, are you insane? Hahahaha. Sige bye!psh."

Seriously?then? Anong kinalaman 'non sa code.

One step at a time. Don't take too fast.

I checked the letters.

Keep moving forward! One step at a time!

Oh! Geez! I finally figured it out.

I just need to write the letters. Kung ano yung letter pagkatapos noon, yun yun! Because one step at a time.

LDDS LD ZS SGD QNNESNO
CHSBG

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"MEET ME AT THE ROOFTOP DITCH"

I know that William wanted me to ditch class just to meet him. Really?

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Rooftop

I saw a familiar figure of man standing not that far from where I was.

"H-Hey! How dare you!?"

"Pfffft! Look, I am sorry, but it seems you are really trying hard to crack those freaking numbers. You almost took 30 minutes. Seriously?"

Hay nako! Kung alam mo lang. Napagtawan pa ako kanina.

I rolled my eyes. Trying to ignore this---ugh! Nevermind.

"Hey, Lei, I am sorry. Also I want you to meet me here just to express my sincere apology for the last time. I should have not let-"

"It.is.not.your.fault. okay?" I said, irritated.

"S-Sorry."

"Stop saying sorry. You could have even tell me this in the middle of the class. Nag-ditch pa tuloy ako!"

"Now you know the feeling?" Sabi niya habang nakangisi.

"H-Huh? What do you mean?"

"As far as I remember-" napahawak siya sa baba niya "-it feels like deja vu." He smirked.

Bakit ba pangisi-ngisi ang detective na ito?

"De-deja vu? What's that?

"You also did this to me before? Right? You asked me to talk to you privately, here. Just to say thank you!?" Pailing-iling na sabi niya.

"So? You are taking revenge huh?" Napa cross-arms ako.

Ngumisi ulit siya. "Somehow? But it's the opposite word as yours. Mine is sorry and yours is thank you." Tinuturo niya pa ako.

But his mood suddenly changed.
"A-ah Lei?"

"What!?"

"A-Ah. N-Nothing. Goodbye ang sorry again. I was worried." He sighed.

Then he left me dumbfounded.
What's with my heart?