The Grim Reaper's Possession

Chapter 35

(A/N: Pardon me for the time skips.)

Chapter 35

Maeve's POV

I stared at the ceiling then raised my phone for what seemed to be the thousandth time. No. Still no reply from him.
Hindi man nga sineen eh.
Maybe sira na yung tablet na binigay ko sakanya nun.

I rolled on my left side and turn off my phone. Pano ko kaya sya makakausap? Pano ko malalaman lahat ng gusto kong malaman?
Hindi na ko nakakakita ng reapers gaya ng dati.
Maybe after that coma experience my soul was fully mine again.

Yes, I'm the same old Maeve again, the normal girl.
I don't know why that thought saddens me. Maybe because medyo napalapit na ko sa mga reapers or dahil wala ng kakaiba sakin, I don't know.

Zephyr and I are going along great. Magkaibigan na lang kami but I think it's best kung medyo lumayo ako sakanya. May past pa rin kami and ayokong isipin nung girlfriend nya na hinaharot ko si Zephyr.
It has been months since my last encounter with him and the nagging feeling of being incomplete was greater than ever.
Gusto kong malaman kung ano nga bang nakakalimutan ko and to my desperation maka-ilang ulit ko ng chinat si Grim and even bought an ouija board.
And nothing happened.

I kept myself trapped inside the house, trying to distract myself but late at night I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I try.
My skin grew pale and dark bags are under my eyes.
I feel hopeless and desperate.

“Anak hindi ka ba nagkakaganyan dahil kay Zephyr?”

From the ice cream I was eating napataas ang tingin ko kay Papa na binaba ang phone nya and gaze at me through his deep rounded eyes. Something that I did not get from him.

I shook my head,
“Wala syang kinalaman dito, Pa. Masaya ako para sakanila ni Jessica.” I said truthfully.

“Eh bakit ka nagkaka-ganyan? Halos di ka na kumain ng maayos tapos ang putla putla mo pa. Gusto mo bang bumalik sa hospital?” he asked at umiling ako for the second time.

No use explaining it to him. Di rin naman nya ako maiintindihan.
For sure ang iniisip nya ay broken hearted ako dahil kay Zephyr kahit na ilang beses ko ng inexplain sakanila na masaya talaga ako para sakanya atsaka nung girlfriend nya.
I don't blame them though. Di ko naman kasi maexplain sakanila kung ano tong nararamdaman ko ngayon.

“Si Sel? Di ba sya pupunta ngayon?” Papa asked again and I sighed.

“Darating daw sya.” I said and I saw how his mood brightened.

“Mabuti naman. Mas gusto ko na si Sel kaysa kay Zephyr. Malinis ang itsura at aba ilang buwan ka ng sinusuyo.”

Yes, you heard or read it right. Ilang months na nagta-try manligaw sakin si Sel. Yet I kept on rejecting him.

Sel is almost perfect. Almost a girl's dream come true.
Handsome boyish face with freckles on the bridge of his nose and cheeks, soft brown hair with hazel eyes, tall.

I want to give Sel a chance. I really do. Pero may pumipigil sakin and I don't know kung ano yun. It feels like I'm going to betray someone kung pumayag akong magpaligaw kay Sel. But who?

I went to my room that I shared with my sister and climbed up to the double bed kung saan ako humiga. I closed my eyes, hoping that my questions would be answered soon.

“Si Zephyr.. I don't love him.”

I stared up at Grim, his eyes wide.
I was crying, but why?

But then something came out of my lips, it doesn't sound forced. It sounded genuine, but why would I say something like that?
“Grim, I love you.”

Then I kissed him. I kissed Grim.

I was woken up by someone shaking my shoulder.
I look over to see who it was and it was justmy sister.
“Nandito na si Sel.”

I nodded my head and umalis na sya. I let out a sigh pagkaalis nya.
What a weird dream.

-

Sel asked me out at pumayag ako, pumunta kami sa malapit na perya dito na kakatayo lang. He was actually fun to be with. He makes me smile, laugh and sobrang bait nya pa. Not to mention he was handsome and mahilig pang manlibre kahit ilang beses nakong tumanggi. Yup. Definitely most girls dream guy.
I could tell na ginagawa nya lang ang mga ito to impress me. To show me that he deserve my heart, and yes, I could tell that he actually deserve it or maybe he deserve someone much better than me.
But for some reason, I don't want to give my heart to him. I couldn't give my heart to him.
Na para bang may iba ng nagmamay-ari nito.
Sel was next to me and was talking about something at tatango na lang ako kahit di ko sya naiintindihan. I feel bad for not giving him my full attention pero di ko kayang mag-focus sa mga sinasabi nya as of now.
We were sitting on a bench on the isolated part of the carnival. Hindi naman totally isolated since may mga tao pa din namang dumadaan.

My mind went back to the dream that I have. I told Grim that I love him when I clearly don't. Si Zephyr dapat yung sinasabihan ko nun dati hindi naman dapat sya.
Pero kung minahal ko nga si Zephyr how come na wala man akong naramdamang sakit when I saw him with someone new?
As I'm contemplating the questions in my head, a gust of wind blew past me kaya napataas ang tingin ko,
The first thing that I saw was a black cloak and then I saw him.

Grim.

He was there. As if wanting to cofirm na sya nga yun, he smiled.