Arid
Tomorrow is a big day for us. We are going to get our treasure back.
Nakatulog na sila pero nanatili pa rin akong gising. I can't help myself to reminisce the loveliest days of my life, back when I was still 16 , back when I was with him.
Flashback
Si Amaru ang tinaguriang virus sa aming apat. Siya ang pinaka bad influence sa'min. Dahil sa kanya, na experience namin ang mag cutting-classes at lumalabas tuwing gabi.
Matapos kami pagsabihan ni Master, hindi na kami niyaya ni Amaru. Hindi na lagi hahaha. Paminsan-minsan na lang kami lumalabas at iba-iba na ang mga members na isasama niya.
Isang gabi, niyaya niya akong lumabas. Game naman ako lage lalong- lalo na pag siya.
Napunta kami sa harap ng Master's library. It was supposedly for Masters only pero pinasok pa rin namin yun ni Amaru. Nagawa naming lagpasan ang mga bantay ng hindi nila alam at sinisiguro din namin na hindi kami nakuha sa CCTV.
Dumaan kami sa maliit na pinto para makapasok sa likod na bahagi ng library. Kailangan naming gumapang dun dahil sa liit.
"Ano bang gagawin natin dito?" tanong ko sa kanya nang makapasok na kami. Ang maliit na lampara lang na sinisindihan niya ang nagsisilbi naming ilaw.
Napakurap ako nang lumapit siya saken. With only an inch away from each other, I can smell his breath. I bet he could also hear my heartbeat.
" I'm curious about what normal people call "love" and I want to understand about it."
May nararamdaman kaming mga yabag ng paa kaya nagtago kami sa isang sulok. He's hugging me from behind.
I just found out that what's written in the novels are all true. Para akong nakukuryente dahil sa ginawa niya.
" So anong ibig mong sabihin?" pabulong kong wika sa kanya.
He bent down to whisper me.
"I want to conduct a research about love. Can you be my research partner?"
I was stunned for a moment. Hindi ako nakasagot.
" Let's put it like it's a game and I'm asking you to play with me."
YOU ARE READING
Katana Academy and the Lost One
De TodoWe knew nothing about our past. We knew nothing about who we are. But memories and identity won't matter, of a friendship that was bound to last.