Among Us

Eleven: Oblivion

Dedicated to ReignMontevirgin3

I am at the rooftop of the PSSU. This day is tiring. I was advised to do a research where I don't even have a background about it.

Anong malay ko sa pagiging archaeologist?! I even hated history back then, tapos ngayon ay kung ano-ano ang pinapagawa sa akin.

May mga ilang guro pa ang kinukwestiyon parin ako sa pagiging 'tanga' ko nang masabihan ako ng sekretarya ng paaralan. Hindi pa rin sila maka-move-on?!

Dumagdag pa sa stress ko ang palitang pagkawala ng ilang babaeng estudyante. Even the police cannot retrieve their body if they were killed. Sana ay buhay na lamang sila at namasyal kung saan.

I sighed.

"Hey." English teacher caught my attention.

Hindi ako nagsalita para ipakitang wala ako sa mood para makipagbangayan sa kanyang bwisit siya.

"Are you bothered about the people around you?"

"I am more bothered by you. Leave me alone." I answered him back.

He sighed.

"I heard that you're leaving."

"Yeah." I replied.

Ba't ba ang daldal ng lalaking 'to ngayon? Anong nakain niya?

"You know what, my mom can't remember me anymore. She has Alzheimer's Disease. One day, I came back from America where I studied, then she can't remember me anymore. I cannot do anything but to accept my oblivion." He said.

See? Ang daldal niya. Nagkwento siya ng buhay niya. Ni hindi ko nga siya tinatanong. Tsk. But come to think of it, he isn't the type of person that will open up to someone. Why is he telling these things to me now?

Maybe I am not the only one. We are all holding burdens in our hearts.

"Sir? I always talk to the moon. I once asked it if I can erase everything from my memory and forget everything. I wanted to forget the bad things happened in my life but I can't right? That's just absurd."

"If bad things will happen, if I'll do bad to you, will you still remember me? Or forget me just like my mother?"

"Will you do something that will harm me?"

"Why? Do you trust me enough that I'll do nothing to you?"

"I don't want to but at the end of the day, I trust you. I trust this circle."

He chuckled. For the first time, I didn't saw a smirked but a chuckle. Then he looked at me intently.

There's something in the way he looks at me. I cannot tell what is it, but my heart leaps.

Tumitig pa siya lalo kaya naman nailang ako. Ibinaba ko ang tingin ko.

"Ang pangit mo pala sa malapitan." He said.

I showed a blank face. Seriously?!

Hindi na lamang ako nagsalita pero nag-iinit talaga ang ulo ko sa lalaking 'to.