Reve Memoria

Chapter Nine

We arrived at the West Wing, huffing I raised my hands and formed a binoculars with it to search for Creios and Zeke. Kaliwa't kanan, isa dalawa tatlo hindi ka crush nang crush mo... charot. I stiffled a laugh at the joke I said on my mind before forming an 'o' shaped with my mouth.

Nakita ko ang buhok ni Creios na kumikintab sa ilalim ng araw, parang lightbulb iimagine niyo na lang mga imaginary audience ng buhay ko. His hair was dyed blond kaya hawig ito sa lightbulb, maliwanag naman ang sikat ng araw pero masakit sa mata.

I marched towards their direction with Aster following behind me. Zeke was busy with his phone when he suddenly raised his head and looked at my direction, I pouted gusto ko pa naman sana isurprise sila.

Zeke waved at me and tapped the shoulders of Creios. I excitedly waved peace signs at them, but when Creios looked at me he smiled before frowning.

'Eh? Bakit?' Napansin ko na hindi pala ako ang tinitingnan niya kundi yung nasa likod ko, and Aster was the one behind me. Hindi kaya ibang nakikita niya? Baka multo?

'Multo sa umaga, gago ka ba?' Nag mura ang little Syvlia na nakatira sa utak ko. I looked behind me to see Aster's expression, but all I could see was an indifferent one.

Nasa harap na ako ni Creios at ang nakasimangot niyang mukha ay hindi pa nawawala. "Crey... this is Aster, magkakilala ba kayo?" I asked him, and turned to look at Zeke for answers.

Zeke awkwardly scratched his dyed red hair and said, "ah no? Oo ate?" I scrunched my face at his uncertain answer, kaya tiningnan ko si Aster sa tabi ko, baka sa kanya ko makuha ang sagot.

Aster looked at me and opened his mouth, but nakita ko si Creios na nagmamadaling tumayo at hinila si Aster palayo samin. I curiously stared at them murmuring or more like arguing, ano kayang meron sa kanila? Magka-away kaya?

Nakapagtataka lang kasi dahil karamihan sa kakilala ko ay ang mga kaibigan lang ni Creios at mga kaaway niya pero hindi niya naman binanggit si Aster kahit minsan. I shrugged and sat beside Zeke, he flushed and I wondered if it was because of the sun.

"Kaaway niyo ba si Aster, Zeke?" I asked him, bestfriend sila ni Creios kaya siguro may alam siya. Zeke scratched his head again... may kuto ata 'to siya. Before answering, his phone vibrated and he hold up a finger and said, ''just a sec.''

I nodded and waited for him to finish texting. I watched Creios and Aster who were still in a slightly heated argument, sadly hindi ko marinig mga sinasabi nila. Kinuha ni Creios ang phone niya sa bulsa at may pinakita kay Aster, and they looked like they were agreeing on something before arguing again.

While watching them, biglang may flashback akong nakikita pag may nag-aaway. 'Dyan nagsisimula lola at lolo mo ayiee,' the familiar way of speaking that sounded on my mind, magkakatuluyan kaya sila? Imagining them in a wedding and me crashing it made me want to flush my mind.

'Akin lang si Aster!' I yelled in my mind. A person tapped on my shoulders and turned to see Zeke very close to my face, he flinched and rapidly back away.

"Ah ate, kanina pa kita tinatawag," Zeke timidly said his cheeks closely resembling his hair. I apogoletically looked and him and said, "sorry may naisip kasi akong kabobohan, ano yon?"

"Magkakilala kami ate pero..." Zeke said but was then cut off when a shadow loomed over us. Simultaneously turning sideways, we saw Aster's annoyed expression, I stared at him with a confused expression.

'Dyan nagsisimula lola at lolo mo yiee,' the familiar saying repeated on my mind. I snickered and asked Aster, "oh bakit? Tapos na kayo sa wedding plan niyo?"

"What?" Aster looked confused as well as the other two. Sige, ako lang ang nakakarelate. "I have to leave, may class pa ako," he continued when I didn't answer and looked at Creios and then to Zeke.

Aster grabbed Creios who let out a 'hey' in shock, and made him sit in the middle of me and Zeke. Looking satisfied, Aster smiled at me before waving good bye at him, I waved back automatically still can't process what he did.

"Ate! Kaibigan mo yon?!" Sigaw ni Creios sa tainga ko, nasuntok ko tuloy siya ng wala sa oras. Napa-aray siya at sinagot ko siya, "yes, anong meron? Bawal ba? Selos ka?"

"What? Hindi ate! Kaaway ko yon! Don't befriend him!" Creios shouts went louder and louder, napapalingon tuloy ang mga taong dumaraan.

Sinuntok ko siya ulit and seriously said, "explain."