SOME DAYS

PANG-LIMA

****IKALIMANG KABANATA****

     He can visibly see his pants is wet and he was crying like someone died.

     'Okay, He just peed on his shorts, so what? I used to poop in my pants when I was in high school.' Why does this have to be a big deal, all he has to do is to take a bath and change his clothes. Why is he over-reacting, does he want to audition for a regular telenovela show?

     He grimaces in annoyance; this kid was really something. He wanted to cover his ears from all the noises he is emitting. The kid can cry like a banshee for Christ sake and it's starting to pissed him off.

     "Sshhh!" He covered his mouth with his palm, never minding if his palm is getting wet already from all of the kid's drools, snorts and tears. "Stop!" He hissed.

     The boy slowly stops his howling but Kokoy can still hear and feel his mini sobs under his palm. He put down his hand then wiped his palm on the boy's hoodie sleeve.

     "Eeww..." Napangiwi sya. "Where are your clothes?" Tanong nya.

     "I... I don't...I don't have clothes..." he said between sobbing.

     "What do you mean you don't?" He scanned his cage and see nothing but his velvet blanket and velvet sheets.

     He'd also turned his neck around to look for a bathroom door just to realize something that he didn't noticed yesterday, this room doesn't have a bathroom. 'Seriously?'

     How is he supposed to clean him up, he can't just leave him here stinking? His gazed moved down his pants to see it's still wet. Of course, it's still wet. It can't just magically dry up, idiot!

     "Wait for me here, okay?" He was about to walk out his cage but then he heard him cried a little louder again, this time his little arms went around his torso and hugged him tightly.

     "Don't leave me, please..." He begged.

     "Tsk, Stop crying! I'll be back." He was able to unclasped his arms but both his hands went down to gripped his shirt's hem next.

      "How will I know you're telling the truth?" he asked with eyes full of tears.

     "Jesus Christ!" He is running out of patience. "You won't know that silly, but I really will be back!" He said trying to minimize his voice to a minimum as possible.

     The boy's hands gripped didn't loosen.

     "I...I won't let you go..." He said firmly.

     They stayed that way for minutes and Kokoy wanted to pull his own hair from irritation.

     "Pag ako naasar gagawin kitang siopao." He said, wanting to groan in frustration.

     "What...is siopao?" He confusedly inquired.

     "Bread bun with cat filling." Takot nya dito and it's effective because he immediately let go of his shirt but cry a little extra-louder. "Jeez. That was a joke. I'll be back... Just...Just stay there and keep quiet, okay?" He said while shushing him.

     "You're going to eat me!"

     "Jeez, I will really eat you if you don't stop! Just, stop! Para makalabas na ko! O gusto mo bang barilin pa kita para lang tumahimik ka?"

     The kid rapidly paused crying when he heard him say na babarilin nya ito. Jeez, yun lang pala makakapag-patahan sayo. "I'll be back. Stay quiet!" he whispered then went out the cage and locked it. Next, he pulled down the covers, got the tray at lumabas ng kuwarto.

     Once he was out of the room, Carl was the only one there.

     Alone.

     'Kung siniswerte ka nga naman...' The Gods must be doing him a favor. He smirked with the idea that came inside his head.

     "Carl..." Tawag nya dito.

     "Sir." The other guy replied with a stoic face.

     "Paki-sauli naman to sa kitchen." Inabot nya dito ang tray at kinuha naman nito iyon ng may pagtataka. He never asked anyone to do something for him like this. He's not the type of boss to asks for lame orders such as ikuha mo ako ng baso or magwalis ka dito.

     "Yes, Sir." Kahit nagtataka ay sinunod din naman iyon ni Carl.

     Once Carl was out of sight, he urgently went back inside and closed the door. Then he walked through the cage and unveiled its covers, next he swiped the key card.

     The kid was still standing in the middle of the box silently crying and stopped when he saw him. Kokoy grabbed his hand palabas ng kulungan and the boy just looked at him with confusion.

     Iniangat nya ang hoodie nito sa ulo and said. "Move as unsuspiciously as possible, okay?" He said emphasizing the word unsuspiciously.

     "You're really going to eat me..." Hindi ito makapaniwala at ngumawa ulit ito.

     "No!" Kung pwede lang kitang barilin eh.

     "Are you even gonna cook me?" The boy inquired and Kokoy swear, He felt like he wanted to bang his own head on the nearest wall that he could see on that moment.

     "Fuck! I don't eat kittens; you don't even have meat yet. I'll make you fat first, so stop mourning, you're not dying..." he said, then he continued. "Yet..."

     He stops crying. "That's good...At least, not yet..." He said with relief.

     'Wierdo'

     He did a quick audit of the boy's appearance firsts, checking if his ears are not visible. And rubs his cheeks because they got dirt from crying too much.

     "Again, try not to be suspicious, okay?"

     Elijah just nods still sniffing. His snort saying Hi from the inside of his nose. 'He really needs a bathe...' his thoughts say.

     He went to the cage and lift down the covers then he unlocked the door and check if there are people along the hallway. Once everything was cleared. He grabbed the boy again and they walk hand-in-hand through the patio like a normal people would.

     They were able to passed down the lower deck and the stairs. And now, they were walking through the hallway on the way to his own cabin, everything was doing good when he heard someone called his name.

     "Kolokoy!"

     "Fuck!" He silently cursed.

     He felt the boy's sweaty palm gripped his hand tighter, he can feel how nervous he was. He was too... He loosened his hand at him then turned around and face the person who was calling him.