Artemis' POV
"Are you done watching me?" tanong ko dito.
Hindi siya umimik. He sat on the chair at my study table crossing his legs.
"Bakit ayaw mong magsalita?" I ask him crossing my arms. baka isipin nila na kinakausap ko na ang sarili ko.
"I'm not. I'll keep doing it kahit ipagtabuyan mo ako." he answered.
Too straightforward. He's disappointed base sa boses niya.
"You want to get killed too?" a smile playing on my lips "Mali pala. You are already involved so don't expect to live longer."
Parang hindi ko kilala ang sarili ko. How can I say this words to him?
"Being a reaper means selling our souls to death," he leaned closer "we protect until our last breath."
"It's so easy to those words." tears spring to my eyes. A bitter smile formed on my lips "parang wala kayong iiwan."
"We protect others to live for us."
Is that their motto? How absurd.
I chuckled.
To die for someone seems so noble. A sacrifice worth doing thus having your own deathbed and mourners ready.
"Protect... and leave them so broken."
I mumbled.
"We can also live for those who want us to." His eyes is amused "It's only a matter of choice one makes."
A choice? He did not even give a me one. He chose the easiest one but harder for me.
"Deep wounds leave shallow scars."
He gazed at me.
Do we really chose our destiny ot is ir written for us the before we are born?
Some say it is the former others the latter.
"Natatandaan mo ba ang nangyari?"
He remained calm na parang story telling lang ang ginagawa namin.
"Hindi masyado." sagot ko "Painful ones only remain." mahina kong dugtong.
All I feel that time is anger I only the aftermath noong kumalma ako. Hindi naman ito ang unang beses na nakapatay ako. All for self defense but that one trigerred me. I warned him pero hindi siya nakinig.
"Anger ate you otherwise you could have control yourself." he explained.
"Now you're preaching me?" I mocked "Didn't you do that too? Feed on your emotion?"
Looks like I triggered him unti-unti siyang lumapit sa akin. The air became heavy. He deserve his own medicine.
"Say that again" hamon nito.
"You feed on your emotion." I whispered on his ear.
He use his hand to hand combat to subdue me but I am fast with my reflexes. I dodge some of it. I hit the edge of the bed that's the time he cornered me.
He's on top of me holding my hands above may head. We were both breathing hard. He is smirking base on his eye's movement.
"Your good. Too bad, I learned the hard way." he said.
"Sa susunod gagalingan ko na." I matched his tone with mine.
"Talaga?" he chuckled. "I might pin you down harder than this if I didn't control myself."
"Do it." I spat on his face. Challenging him.
"Better not regret when that time comes." he chided.
"No worries, I walk my talk." I may or may not regret this but I don't care. I need destruction.
"Be ready. When I do that you wouldn't like it when it happens." He leans closer. "Loser."
"You..." I am angry. This trade of barbs is not good for the both of us.
"What?" mapangasar niyang tanong.
"...are gonna regret this." I reminded him.
"Make me." His voice soft on my ears. "I will meet you in the training grounds, then."
Laging bumabalik sa akin ang sinasabi ko. I want to get even but it only bounces back. Double. Tulad ngayon.
Tinanggal niya ang pagkakatuko niya sa kamay ko.
"I'll remember this day, sasabihan ko ang Pillars to set that day." paalala nito bago lumabas sa bintana.
What am I doing?
Inayos ko ang nagulong gamit at mga unan. Naihilamos ako ang kamay ko sa mukha ko.
Daniel am I really living?
The next nights he did not show up. Ni anino niya sa kwarto ko hindi ko nakita. I am not waiting for him to appear in my personal space.
I continue the training with my brother. Sinusundo niya ako sa school para masigurong umuwin agad ko o di kaya'y nagtetraining.
"One of the Pillars sends you his regards." inabot niya sa akin ang isang sulat.
Good luck, loser.
It was written in an elegant font.
He really is challenging me. Nasuntok ko ang punching bag sa harap ko. The other trainees look in my direction.
Ako na mismo ang naginitiate ng training pagkatapos mabasa ang sulat na iyon. Ang ibang trainee ay nagrereklamo na kapag ako ang lalaban
"Ayaw kong manakit ng babae." one told me.
All my brother's teaching is etched on my head. Never underestimate an enemy. There is no such thing as mercy on the battlefield.
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