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"Excuse me? Can you just help me locate the---" Naknampota. Nilagpasan lang ako! Kasalukuyan akong nasa South Korea mag-isa at hindi alam ang daan pabalik ng Pinas. Like, man. Alam kong pangarap ko makarating dito, abot langit ang tuwa ko nang makatungtong rito, pero tulong. Wala akong maintindihan sakanila!
At hindi ko na maisip pa na I'm living with my dream ngayon kasi te, survival mode na ito. No choice na ako talaga't di ko alam pasikut-sikot nito. Naiiyak na talaga ako.
"Hi, I'm lost. Can you accompany me to the---" Pigil akong napasigaw habang nagpipigil ng inis. Eh kung sinasabunutan ko 'tong babaeng to. Badtrip. Bakit naman kasi kailangang maiwanan ako nung flight namin eh! Jusko, magiging palaboy nalang ba ako sa Korea?! Onti nalang sisigaw na ako sa gitna netong mga taong 'to para malaman kung sino marunong magsalita nang English. Anakngtokwa. Ganung level na sya. Di rin ako kasi matandain sa lugar eh. Tss. Andito nga ako sa pangarap kong mapuntahan, gutom naman! Deadbatt na ang phone ko at wala akong macontact. Tanging pag-asa ko nalang ay ang sakaling may dadaang taong may mabuting puso at tutulungan ako. Wala bang Pilipino rito? Alam ko marami ring pakalat-kalat na mga Pilipino rito eh, pero bat sa gantong pagkakataon, puro mga koreano andito? Kababayan, kailangan kita! Huhuhuhu. Mami kooo, pulubi na ko rito. Gutom na ko. Tulungan nyo koooo.
Kinuha ko yung backpack ko at chineck kung may pagkain pa. Potek na yan, walaaaaa. Kung bibili naman ako ng streetfoods dito.... wala nga kong peraaaaa.
Parang nawawalan na rin ako ng pag-asa kasi yung mga natatanungan ko, hindi ako maintindihan. Desperada na ako makakita nang makakatulung---kahit maintindihan nalang ako ngayon! Sa puntong to, makakaintindi nalang ang kailangan ko.
Naglalakad ako at naghahanap ng mapapaltan ng pera. Kasi syet lang, may dala nga akong pera puro pesos naman. Naglalakad ako sa daan na pababa at papunta sa ewan ko ba kung san na ako papunta. Basta matarik na matarik yung daan eh. At ako nalang ang mag-isang naglalakad at dumidilim na rin kaya kinakabahan na ko lalo. Isa syang malaking daan na pababa. Wala pating poste tas napakababa nung lugar na parang kahit dahan-dahanin mo maglakad, gugulong ka pababa. As in 100% sure agad.
TRAVIS' POV
"What the fuck were you doing that time?" I asked in a deep, cold voice.
"S-S-Sorry, sir. I-I-I was slee--ping."
"You're fired."
"But, sir---"
"One more word and I'm gonna rip your throats open."
I said as I placed a dagger into my table without looking at him and sipped in my wine. And when I glanced at him, I saw no one but an open door. Then I heard my intercom beeped and it was my secretary, Lee.
"Sir, we have the man who stole the millions from the group."
"Don't let him lose. I'll get to him and blow that fucker's head off." I said and pulled my favorite revolver on my pocket.
"Yes, sir."
I was on my way to the underground when I heard my phone rang. It was Dad.
"Hey, Dad."
("Travis. Do you have the file that I told you?")
"Yeah, everything's under control. Leave Mr. Min on me also."
("No, Travis.")
"Dad, he's my prey. This is also my revenge, I know him outside Salvatorè Mafia. Leave this on me."
("Aight. You do what you wanna do.")
Now Min's done and fixed. He was already brutally killed by yours truly and yep, everything's fine. He was the biggest tycoon and the most wanted one so it was a little complicated to get to him. So now, hello to my two weeks stress-free and work-free leave! I inhaled the air and smiled. Aaaahhh. When did I last had my freedom? I'm gonna go and visit my happiness in the crematory. Whenever I go and visit them, I become the genuine person I was again. I end up leaving the place as the real me, Joon Hyukshi. I wore my sunglasses and mask because I'm just gonna ride a bus. No one can't recognize a mafia Lord in public.
When I do this, riding a bus to get to somewhere, I always feel that I'm a normal person again, even if it was only for days or hours. I kinda missed it. But, I know that this could be my life without mafia. But because of the empire, yep, I'm stuck here managing thousands of corporations without freedom.
This was another escape of mine to the cruel world.
After the bus ride, I walked my way to them and just felt the wind while I'm walking. I closed my eyes and feel the moment and continue walking.
And at last, I'm standing in front of them. My once hope and strength. I looked at their pictures and just felt a tear escaped from my eye. I removed my mask and sunglasses and this. This is the real me. This is me before the world became miserable to me. I traced their smiles in the picture with my finger. Are you happy there? Is it peaceful and quiet? Well here it isn't. And I'm glad you didn't have to feel this. I miss them so much, I touched it again and cried my heart out. I still can't move on even if it was ages ago already.
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I'm walking on my way home. I bought snacks on my way and just love how I spent time for myself. Seeing nature and walking is just enough to have myself back again. Then I saw a girl that made me stopped walking. She was walking with that confused look on her face. Her hair was raised up in a bun that made me see her clear face. My brows were furrowed. My heart skipped a beat and everything stopped as she was the only one I'm seeing. I was left in awe. What the heck was happening? Call me gay but I was real stunned. I admit. I saw girls prettier and sexier than her so what the fuck is this? Lust? She's not wearing any revealing and provocative clothing. Love? Tss, haha. Mafia Lords don't know how to love. They... they just can't. Hmm... So let's just assume for awhile that this was only my abnormality. Aight? Good.
Cassidy's POV
Gabi na, wala kong matutulugan. Check out na yung sa hotel na pinagistayan namin kasi umalis na nga sila lahat so wala nang sagot ang company kase tapos na. Nakakapanggigil naman talaga oh. Tinignan ko yung daan patarik.... baka pagbaba ko dito andun na yung mga tindahan at kung anu-anong keme. Binilisan ko ang lakad papunta dun sa daan. Dahan-dahan, Cassidy.
Pero sa bilis nang pangyayari ay bigla akong naout of balance dahil sa bakong daan pababa kaya nagpagulung-gulong ako sa daan. Hilong hilo ako pero umiikot parin ako pababa at pagdating sa pababa ay ramdam ko ang sakit sa impact ng pag-untog ko. Nakaramdam ng matinding hilo at nagdilim ang lahat.
Travis'.
But I came back to senses when I saw her walking towards the road where we threw dead bodies of a lot of people. Wait----what the heck? What is she gonna do there? Does she want to saw dead bodies there and haunt her 'til death?
Wth, Travis. Why do you just realize that she's a tourist and might be lost? She doesn't look Korean to me after all.
And before I knew it, she glanced to the end of the steep road, started walking and then lose her balance. What the fuck! I tried running towards her to pull her but everything happened so quickly that I just shouted at her.
"YAAAAHH!"
