Believe

02

Chapter 02

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ASHLEY

"Welcome to Bluestar, Ash."

With the scenery behind him, walking backwards, arms open wide, Hunter said this with laughter evident in his voice.

Young boys came rushing to us; there were a total of six. Binuhat ni Hunter ang dalawa samantalang pinalibutan siya nung iba. Hunter is obviously glad to see them and the same feeling is shown on the boys' face.

"Hunter! What happened to the girl earlier?" says the healthy boy.

"Yeah, yeah! Ayos lang ba siya?" Dagdag ng batang lalaking may hawak na I guess, kahoy na stick.

They must've not noticed me here because their attention is focused on Hunter. And that doesn't bother me in the slightest, but I can't help but be confused, are they referring to me?

I glanced at Hunter and saw him looking at me with the playful grin that he has. That confirmed my thoughts. So he's enjoying talking about me, huh?

The twins he's holding rode on both his shoulders and talked at the same time, "Andito siya!" I automatically smiled pagkatapos kong marinig ang maliliit nilang boses with piqued curiosity.

"Uhm, I think one of you should get down. Baka nabibigatan na si Hunter." Another boy told them. Lalong kumapit ang kambal kay Hunter but he just laughed it off.

I feel someone pulling my shirt down. I looked down and found Jet looking up at me so I carried him in my arms. He just said nothing and hugged me at my neck. How could someone be this adorable?

I turned to see Hunter smiling beside me. "Ash, meet the boys. Jet, Jack, Mark, Chris, and the twins, Kai and Thorne."

When each of their names got called, they went forward towards me. Nginitian ko sila isa-isa. I returned my attention to Hunter as he added something.

"They were the ones who found you and called for me."

I nod to everything what Hunter says as he roamed me around this village. After he introduced me the boys, pinakilala naman niya ako sa ibang nakatira dito.

Turns out that Hunter is not the only other person in this island aside from me, and I found out about that when I first met Jet at his house, and marami pa pala sila.

Everyone living here was helped by Hunter in every way possible. Nasabi pa ng isa na malaki ang utang na loob niya kay Hunter which is honestly, absurd to me because mas matanda siya kay Hunter and Hunter to me, is someone who doesn't look like someone who's leading a village but in fact, he does.

As we were walking, my attention was turned away from Hunter as I heard distant voices ahead of us. Malapit na kami sa dagat as I can already hear the waves from the ocean.

"That's them. I guess they're already playing." Muli akong napalingon sa kanya. "Anong ibig mong sabihin?" He pointed his chin in front of us and I saw the boys playing near the shore.

Nagtatampisaw sila Jack, Mark at Chris sa tubig habang sila Jet, Kai at Thorne ay naglalaro sa buhangin. Napangiti ako habang nakatingin sa kanila.

They look so.... free.

Mababaw lang ang tubig that's why I guess hindi sila takot lumayo sa dalampasigan. Aside from that reason, I think they're already used to living this kind of life kaya sila sanay na sa tubig.

In fact, I think everyone from the village ay sanay na sa lugar na ito. During the time I talked to them, their closeness and trust can be clearly seen and felt from their relationship and how they move around each other.