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RIOT FLEUR

"Is this article really serious about indicating how I was trying to steal you from Danger when I wasn't even?!" Shade roared like he was a king the jungle.

I only shivered. I can't answer him properly. Galit siya, alam ko. Sino bang hindi magagalit pagkatapos pagbintangan sa isang bagay na hindi mo ginagawa? Wala.

"Riot, kindly call Arrow. Sabihin mo may kailangan ako ipadelete sa kanya."

Sumunod na lang ako at hindi na nagreklamo siya. Nasa kanya ang bigat ng isyu ngayon kaya ayaw ko na dagdagan pa ang inis na nararamdaman niya ngayon.

"This has to be deleted before Danger even sees this," he murmured to himself which he failed to keep only to himself because I heard it.

I stared shortly at my phone after several tries of calling Arrow. Eventually, napansin ni Shade ang pagkadismaya ko sa hindi pagsagot ni Arrowㅡna dumagdag sa inis niya dahil kailangan na kailangan niya si Arrow ngayon.

"Baka busy lang," I added, trying to calm him.

"Just... message him. Makikita naman niya. Don't tell him what I need. Gusto ko siyang makausap sa personal. Tell him to meet me here. ASAP kamo."

Well, Shade is as demanding as he gets.

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ARROW GUNNER
pre? kausap ko si sir tapos tawag
ka nang tawag diyan.

RIOT FLEUR
pre? malay ko ba ha.

RIOT FLEUR
pinapasabi ni shade na puntahan
mo kami ngayon dito sa bleachers.
hinihintay ka niya.

RIOT FLEUR
pumunta ka raw dito, asap daw.

ARROW GUNNER
ayaw ba niya kamo ng sunday pinasaya?

RIOT FLEUR
pre? :)???

ARROW GUNNER
joke lang. minsan lang magbiro.

RIOT FLEUR
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ARROW GUNNER
puta, papunta na ako diyan.

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"Okay na. Papunta na raw siya dito." Frustratedly, he only nodded and threw his head back in response. He even took a deep breath and sighed heavily. Then, he covered his face with both of his hands.

Pakiramdam ko kailangan ko humingi ng tawad sa kanya dahil naiipit siya ngayon sa gulo na dapat sa'min lang ni Danger. He's strongly and wrongly accused despite of his innonence that the stupid writer of that article forgot to include in his/her mind.

I didn't want any of these to happen... Especially to Shade. And I didn't think people wouldn't make it much a big of a deal.

But I was wrongㅡterribly wrong.

People would make a deal out of everything, make it a small issue or a big one. Gagawan at gagawan ka nila ng kwento at hahanapan at hahanapan ka nila ng maliㅡkahit alam nilang ikaw ang nasa tama.

Do they care if justice isn't served right? No, as long as they're on the safer side, they won't care.

Because it's one's personal regaining over dignity of others, right?

"Riot," tawag sa'kin ni Shade. Tumayo siya para lumapit sa pwesto ko pero nag-iwan siya ng kaunting puwang sa gitna naming dalawa.

We're just platonic. We both know that, even Danger knows that.