Clandestine Academy

[3] Gangster Friends

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“June, spill it and you--you shut your mouth,” Shun acted zipping his mouth at nagkwento na nga si June. By the way,they are my friends and they used to be--ugh...gangsters.

Shun Simon: 20 yrs. old. Matangkad. Malakas ang panganagtawan at magaling sa suntukan (gangfights to be exact). I often call him Shunny Bear because he looks like a cutie bear whenever he's smiling, pero ngayon ay wala ako sa mood tawagin syang ganun dahil sa nangyari sakanya.

June Zelgado: a.k.a June Pyo. 19 yrs.old. Just like Shun. His fighting skill is lvl9999 dahil sa katawan nya at lakas nya. Pinakaclose sakin dahil clingy. Sugar daddy ko dahil sakanya ako humihingi ng pera kapag kinukurakot ng mga pangit ang pera.

And me? Well, I'm certainly not a gangster. There's no way I'll be one. It just happened that I met these guys at nasali na rin sa ganito.

“Damn Neons. They won't let you go,” I said after June spilled everything. Yung Neons ang dahilan kung bakit nasaksak si Shun. Mabuti lang talaga at di malalim ang pagkakasaksak sakanya. This is why parati ko silang pinagsasabihan na tumaliwas na sa Neons at magbagong buhay na. And I thought I succeeded dahil nagawa ko silang maliwanagan pero heto at nangyayari na naman. But I can't blame them kung di sila makaalis dahil mahirap ang umalis sa isang Clan. But they found a way to get out though di ko alam kung ano.

“Pero it's been 3 months right? Dapat ay di na nila kayo pinapakialaman, that's your rule diba?,” natanong ko sa dalawa.

“Yeah. But they can change the rule Alia,” sagot ni Shun.

Kapag naalis ka sa isang Clan at 3 months na ang dumaan tapos di ka naman na nila binubulabog ay ibigsabihin you. are. finally. free.

“Are you certain that your ex-gangsterhood ang gumawa sayo nito?,” tiningnan ko si Shun na dahan-dahan namang tumatango sakin.

“Yes. Even though they covered their faces--by the way they fight halatang Neon Clan sila. They knew my moves too well,” kumpirma ni Shun.

“What the fudge do they want from the two of you? You did not steal anything right?,” kita kong nagtinginan ang dalawa kaya humalukipkip ako.

“By that looks you both have---I can say yes,” tiningnan ko sila ng masama. They're my friends since when I was sixteen (kaya magdadalawang taon ko ng kilala ang dalawang to) kaya basang-basa ko na ang tinginang iyon.

“We didn't steal anything--instead we lost it,” pahayag ni June.

“You lost what?,” I asked.

“It's a file. Alpha gave us a tasked and we didn't succeed kaya umalis na kami sa Neon,” kumunot ang noo ko. They didn't mention it to me though.

“So di kayo umalis dahil sa mga paalala ko sainyo? Ghad. Kaya naman pala!,” pinaghahampas ko yung dalawa at wala akong pakialam kung nasaksak man tong si Shun. Kainis. So they're still gangsters. Damn.

“You two know the drill. Kapag di nyo naibigay ang file na yun--they will chase you,an endless chase for the two of you and the Neons will happen,” napabuntong hininga ako at natahimik kaming tatlo matapos iyon. Alam ko ang rules nila dahil nakukuwento parati ng dalawa to ang buhay gangsters nila.

“So let me get this straight. Hindi pa kayo nakakalaya sa Neons? But is there a way para makaalis na kayo?,” I asked them again. By the way their eyeballs are moving right now gives me the answer.