Rewind (Erityian Tribes Novella, #2)

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All Erityian tribe novellas would only have 15-20 (more or less) chapters and there wouldn't be any epilogue. Thanks!

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STANDSTILL

Erityian Tribes Novella #3

"Reina, are you ready?"

"Obviously, she's not listening."

I looked at those two guys who kept on pestering me since we were children. Nandito pa rin ako sa classroom kahit na tapos na ang klase namin dahil hindi ako makapaniwala sa narinig ko. Did I hear it right? Sir Eiichi really said those things, right?

"Since the four of you already completed your core subjects, you only need to do that thing to graduate. I'm expecting good results from you."

Three minutes, seven seconds. Iyon na ang oras na lumipas pagkatapos niyang sabihin 'yon. I couldn't hide the grin on my face anymore. Finally, we're going to do that.

"C'mon, Reina," tawag ni Kana kaya napatingin ako sa kanya. Tumayo naman ako at kumapit ako sa braso niya.

"Kana, tama ang narinig ko, hindi ba?" I asked. "Crap, I'm getting excited."

"Calm down, J. The meganerds are judging you again," sabi niya at tinignan ko naman nang masama ang dalawa.

"Stop feeding her lies, Kana," Hayate retorted, "or she'll believe in everything you say."

"Excuse me? I don't lie."

"Are you sure?" Hiroshi butted in while adjusting his glasses. "Do you want me to enumerate the lies you have said since you started living here?"

"Stop it, you idiots!" I said while glaring at those two. "Tara na nga, Kana. Sulitin natin ang natitirang time na magkasama tayo," sabay hatak ko sa kanya palabas ng room.

"Aren't you romantic?"

"Ako pa. Anyway, we still have 361 days, four hours—"

"Okay, stop that or I'm not going to spend my time with you."

I pouted at her and after a few seconds, we both laughed at each other. Might as well enjoy this time since she would be leaving us after graduation.

School has always been a monotonous process to me. I did well but it wasn't fun. Hindi naman ako tulad nina Hayate at Hiroshi na mahal talaga ang pag-aaral. I was just going with the flow because we needed it. I thought my teenage life would end up as a lackluster phase until Sir Eiichi announced the final requirement.

"The final requirement for anyone in the Atama family is to catch a class S criminal—whether they are a humdrum or an Erityian. One year. That's the limit. Now prepare yourselves because for a year, you're going to live in the humdrum world."

My life has always been at standstill until now. Tick tock. Tick tock. I think the clock is finally moving.

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C O M I N G  S O O N

September 2017

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Thank you for supporting this story. You can tweet or message your reactions. Just use #RewindWP or mention me @purpleyhan. Also, you can listen to Memory, a song I wrote for Rewind. Thanks to Moriah for singing and creating the tune for it (please see multimedia).

Now it's time to say goodbye to Vince Alejandrino, Mitsuo of Atama family and an Executioner of Jikko clan. Happy father's day, too.

I hope you'll remember him.