It Started With The Test Paper

Geyl | 62: Brainstorming

Brainstorming
Geyl's POV

Maari kayang ang totoong hint ay nasa mga password na sinagutan namin? Paano? Alin? Sobrang dami n'on. Aling code ang susundin ko?

"Ate, bibili pa rin ako ng gitara—" Hindi ko maintindahan kung anong tinutukoy niya dahil sa pagkalubog ko sa aking iniisip.

"Hzanny, I'll come with you sa pagbili n'on" rinig kong sagot ni Jenyi.

We are on our way to go back to the hospital. It's one of the CA Organization facility. Ayaw ni Jenyi na bumalik pa sa hospital pero para kay Rougue, tiniis niya ang maling nararamdaman para sa pasilidad na 'yon. Basta't walang drugs. Iyon ang kundisyon niya.

Napansin ko naman ang hawak niyang isang pilas ng magazine. I'm not really sure if it's from book or anything. Basta its an article about forgiveness.

"Can I read that?" Nilahad ko ang kamay ko para kuhanin ito.

Binigay niya ito sa akin at napangiti na lang.
"Saan 'to? Bakit mo kinuha?" tanong ko. I know it's from the Training House.

"Remember, 'yong araw na sinira ko 'yong libro sa harapan ni Roman? Halos magunaw ang mundo niya. 'Yan lang naman ang gusto kong kuhanin. Para mapatawad ako ni Rougue, o mapatawad ko siya o mapatawad niya sa sarili niya. And it worked, swerte 'yang pilas ng papel na 'yan."

Tiningnan ko naman ito, it's an article. Hindi lang libro, it's like a one big page compiling lot of works, like flash fiction, trivia, and questions.  The part is about forgiveness.

I smiled bitterly reading about it. "I should forgive him, I should not... I should not get hurt when he dumped me. I should forget what he did and just accept him. I should not asked for his answers. I should not... got mad at him. I should love him because--- because that is what more I feel everyday." Kahit na ayaw kong umiyak ay kusang tumulo ang mga luha sa mata ko. The tears were the proof that I am in pain by his loss

"You can still forgive him." Hinawakan ni Jenyi ang kamay ko at ngumiti.

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Nasa hospital kami. Nakakalat ang ilang piraso ng papel sa lamesang pinasadya namin. Nanduduon ang anim na bracelet na may tig-aapat na letra. Hzanny's trying to decipher it while Jenyi still trying to remember what code we've answered.

Roman keep talking us what he remembered and I jotted it down. We stopped for an hour to think, we continue it again and again.

" Hzanny, can you arrange it again? The first will be mine then Standey's second and so on. Other letters really did not make sense," said Roman.

"It's confusing. Your bracelet's four letters are ISSU, dapat ISA kasi Uno ka," sabi ni Jenyi na may hawak na ballpen. Siya ang nakatoka na alamin ang four letters na AINE mula sa sariling bracelet  pero kay Roman pa rin ang nabalingan niya ng atensyon.

"Are you throwing puns in the middle of brainstorming?" tanong ni Roman.

" Relax, I'm throwing an idea. Pare-parehas ang ating bracelet at kung hindi natin natingnan kung anong letters sa likod ng bracelet ay baka hindi natin alam kung alin ang bracelet ang hinulog natin sa baul. Baka bawat letters ay may ibig sabihin at malay n'yo ay may kinalaman sa atin."

"It did not really make sense and besides baka mali ang hula ko na kay Standey 'yong MAGI at kay Rougue 'yong JOUJ," wika ko.

" It's yeah, it's right. Rougue recognized the four letters even before the mentors announced it. He said, 'anong ka-jejehan na naman 'to? Chul.' Then he told me the four letters. It's clear, a man named Chul gave the bracelet, with JOUJ letters, to him."