Concious Nightmares

Chapter Nine: Head Banger

Taña's Point of View

BANG!

The sound of rain and thunder filled the air. Nagising akong basang basa ng pawis, at hinahabol ang hininga.

My eyes were widen and never left gaze on the ceiling as if it's the most shocking thing that I've ever seen in this world full of surprises.

I can hear my heart beat so clearly and I stayed still like that until I calmed down a bit. Nightmares again.

Damn it, I fell asleep.

Sometimes I wish na mag karooon ako ng tulog na walang panaginip. Kahit tanggalin lang yung mga bangungot ko, ayos na. Napahinga na lang ako ng malalim.

Nang naging steady na ang hininga ko, I sat up and realized I was on a bed.

Mas maliwanag ng konti kaysa sa kahapon. Konti lang since it was raining heavily, but rain is always calming and peaceful to me, even with matching thunders.

And with that, I almost forgot where I was.

Tumingin ako sa paligid para hanapin kung nasan si Chris and I almost panicked nung hindi ko siya makita.

"Chris?" I slightly called out.

"Andito lang ako." Nagulat ako ng makita ko siya na nakaupo sa sahig, sa tapat ng isang maliit na book shelf. The one I was talking about last night.

He was holding small plain, hard cover book. And when he looked at me, he smiled and closed the book and put it in his pocket. (Yes, it's pocket-sized.)

I didn't mind it, and so I slightly smiled back and looked away, "Kanina ka pa ba gising?"

"When I saw you asleep, I decided to take the shift." He.. never left his gaze on me when I looked back at him at ang laki ng ngiti niya.

It was almost too creepy. Kaya tinaasan ko siya ng kilay, "Ano?"

"Hm?"

"Nakatitig ka at nakangiti." I rolled my eyes.

Hindi siya sumagot at nakatitig pa rin sakin. As if ang lalim ng iniisip niya pero masaya siya. A sudden wave of discomfort crawled through me, and before I could say anything, he spoke.

He shook his head and cleared his throat, "Sorry." Nawala na yung ngiti niya ang he stood up, "We should go."

That caught my attention. Tumingin ako sa kaniya. "Agad?"

"What else can we do here? Hindi naman pwedeng dito lang uli tayo mag hapon." He snapped.

Even though bigla na lang siyang ganiyan. At least he was back to his old self. Hindi katulad kanina na ngingiti ngiti siya sakin.

I mean, I don't mind pero bigla na lang napataas ang balahibo ko. Siguro kaya ko lang naramdaman yon dahil hindi ako sanay na makita siyang ngumiti ng ganiyan sakin.

Yeah. That's it.

Or unless isa siyang stranger disguised as Chris? A shapeshifter? AHAHA pfft.. yeah right. Note; the sarcasm.

Umupo ako sa kama at nag inat. Strange how I feel so comfortable despite the facts that we are literally inside a haunted, unpredictable mansion.

Why is that? I even fell asleep. There's just something about this room..

"Oi."

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After a few minutes of 'getting ready' later, nakatayo ako sa tapat ng bookshelf kung nasan siya kanina at pinag titignan ang mga bawat libro na naka lagay doon.