Chasing The Universe [Cosmos Series#1]

Kabanata 1

"Stop that. I said I'm okay, Dash," I uttered as I bit my apple.

"I'm just checking your wound, Milady." Aniya at ipinagpatuloy lang ang ginagawa.

"Si Arch kaya icheck mo, hindi pa siya nagigising. Is he going to be okay? Buti at hindi mismo sa dibdib ang tama niya." Bumaling ako kay Archer na hanggang ngayon ay wala pa ring malay.

Everyone's minding their own business. Astrid's sleeping peacefully on the sofa beside my bed while Dame's busy with his phone. Si Creed naman ay nakatitig sa kawalan at tila malalim ang iniisip. May benda ang kanyang braso dahil sa tama ng baril. Kami lang ni Dash ang maingay.

"I'm the doctor, what do you expect?" He said in a proud way.

"Kung ganon hindi na ako magtataka kung hindi na siya gigising." Biro ko sa kanya ay binigyan siya ng isang mapaglarong ngiti. Dash is a good doctor and a good friend.

He gave me an annoyed gaze. "Damn you, Mirae." I chuckled.

"Its now Mirae? Not Milady? And you cursed me, huh?" I asked to annoy him more.

"I hate you." He said after checking my wound then he turned to his medical tools and started arranging it.

"Ate," Dame called me at alam ko na kung ano ang sunod na sasabihin niya.

"No." I gave him a cold stare.

"Wala pa akong sinasabi." Aniya.

"You'll ask me if you can join Cosmos and it's still a no for me." I don't want him to join Cosmos, it's too dangerous for him.

"But I want to be a part of Cosmos." He looks desperate.

"Why don't you let him? Matanda na 'yan, He can handle," Dasher muttered as he turned to Creed. "What do you think?" Mukhang kanina pa siya nakikinig sa usapan namin dahil agad itong napatango.

"Its fine with me as long as he'll not die." Creed shrugged. Nahihiwagaan akong napatingin sa kanila. I can't believe them.

"He's still a kid, he's just seventeen.
He can't even follow a single rule. Ang sabi ko si Vynz ang barilin mo pero hindi mo yon ginawa." Katwiran ko at may biglang naalala kaya naman nanliit ang aking mga mata.

"Paano ka nga pala napunta roon?May dala ka pang baril wala namang bala at ipinagamit mo sa'kin?"

Paano nalang kung may nakalaban siya at walang bala ang baril niya. I can't risk you, Dame. Creed looked at me like he can read my thoughts.

"You're just five years older than me, Ate. Vynz's wearing a bulletproof vest kaya hindi ko siya binaril. Pinilit ko si Kuya Dasher at Kuya Archer kung pwede akong sumama at pumayag din sila. Yung baril naman, hindi ko alam na walang bala yung binigay ko sayo, sorry." Dame explained. Nakita kong patay malisya at dahan-dahang naglakad si Dasher palapit sa pinto.

"Where are you going, Dash." This guy is fucking guilty dahil silang dalawa ni Archer ang nagkunsinti kay Damien.

He smiled but it fades away at nauwi iyon sa pagngiwi. Hindi ito tumuloy na lumabas at bumalik na lang sa ginagawa.

"You should shot Vynz on his head instead of shooting someone on his heart, daplis pa! And you Dash, stop tolerating Damien." Ipapahamak lang ni Dame ang sarili sa ginagawa.

"If I shot Vynz's head then he'll surely die, paano ka na?" I frowned on his answer. "I mean wala ng kalaban ang Cosmos. It will be boring kung wala na ang Devaughne at hindi 'yon daplis! Sinadya ko' yon dahil doon din nila binaril si Kuya Arch." He talked like he's convincing someone. I looked at him sharply. What he said was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard.