His Aphrodite

[Chapter 23: Spacing Out]

*Axellous' Point of View

Kamot-ulo akong lumabas ng kwarto habang humihikab pa nang biglang sirain ni Auntie ang tulog ko. It's Sunday, and obviously there's no classes.Hindi ko alam kung anong klaseng espirito ang sumapi doon at ginising ako ng maaga na hindi niya naman talaga ginagawa.

Since she's the head of all securities here in the mansion, it's easy for her to come in and out. She just suddenly barged into my room awhile ago and told me to go downstairs.

"Auntie, why the he-"

Agad akong napakusot ng mata at napatigil sa pagbaba ng hagdanan nang makita ko ang unang sumalubong sa akin sa may sala.

"Why the hell you're late?"

I awkwardly laugh right after hearing what Zace said. On the other hand, Hue and Rye are both shaking their heads off as they saw me going downstairs.

It's not very surprising for me to see these guys barging into my house, since we always do that ever since we were kids. It's just that, it's very unusual for me to be awaken just to entertain these three. Anyways.

"What's up?"

"No, what's up?"Kumunot ang noo ko nang ibalik sa akin ni Rye ang tanong. Agad naman silang nagkatinginan ni Hue.

"He completely forgot."Mas lalo akong naguluhan.

Tinignan ko naman si Zace na nakatingin parin sa akin ng malamig. Parehas naman na umiling sina Rye at Hue, sabay hila na sa akin palabas.

The last thing I knew, we're already inside Hue's car, off to somewhere.

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"You should really go and mark important dates in your calendar."I mocked at Rye after he said that.

From all the situations going on lately, I can't get my mind straight because ever since we heard from Auntie the truth about Kuya Craig- whose name eventually is Azraell, I've been secretly researching about who really are this Onyx organization.

I've been doing that up all night, just like what I did last night. Isa na rin siguro sa dahilan kung bakit gusto ko pa matulog.

Besides, I'm almost 8 days away from my birthday. I can't afford anything to happen.

"Axe."

Agad akong nabalik sa wisyo nang biglang may pumitik sa noo ko. Sinamaan ko naman ng tingin si Rye nang malaman kong siya pala 'yon.

Tinignan niya naman ako na parang ako na ata ang pinakalutang na tao sa mundo.

"Dude, you're really spacing out."Umiling nalang ako sa kaniya bilang sagot na wala lang 'to at naglakad nalang ulit.

Nandito kasi kami sa fashion boutique ng mga Caldwells para kunin yung cocktail dress ni Vi na ginawa ng mga personal designers nila.

Kukunin na rin pala namin yung mga suits namin dahil sila din naman ang gumawa.

After that, I don't know what's next. Halos nakalimutan ko na palang ngayon namin kukunin yung mga damit na susuotin namin para sa birthday ni Vi mamayang gabi, dahil sa kaka-research ko tungkol sa Onyx.

Tinignan ko naman ang relo ko at nakita kong halos quarter to 9:00 palang. Napakamot ako sa batok ko nang ma-realize ko kung gaano kaaga kami umalis sa amin.