Z: The Lady of ARCUARIUS |COMPLETED| ✓

KABANTA XLVI

KABANATA XLVII
•SLEEPING ARCHER•

PRISTINE'S POV

I LOOK at Haidie with sympathy. I know that it's really hard to accept about what happened to Saigie.


It's been three days since that incident happened. But it's still hard to accept it. But somehow. I still manage not to lose hope since the legendary Wizard told us that she's not dead 'yet'. But it's still pained me thinking in my 'what ifs'. What if the wizard just giving us a false hope? What if we can't really find to cure to make her live again? What if she'll choose her late Gaudia over us once she'll wake up?


"Haidie kain ka muna." Hanna offered her a food but she refuse it. I just heaved a deep sigh. Jeez she never have eaten in almost three consecutive days. Maski ako ay hindi na maiwasan na hindi mag alala sa kalusugan nya. I missed her jolly side.


"Haidie naman! Alam mo ba na napakaraming nagugutom? Napakaraming batang hamog na imbis na pagkain ang kainin, rugby ang tinitira? Alam mo ba na maraming batang pulubi ang namamalimos sa kalsada para sa pagkain? Alam mo ba na maraming mga matatanda ang inaabanduna ng mga anak nila na ngayon ay gutom? Alam mo ba na maraming kabataan ang nasasali sa feeding program dahil sa gutom at kahirapan? HHHHAAIIIDIIIEEEE! Isipin mo naman na swerte ka pa." Napa iling ako sa sinabi ni Hanna. I know that she's also in pain. But she's the type of person who don't really show her tears and weakness. But I know that deep inside she's already tortured.


"H-Haidie naman. Kain ka na kasi." Naka yuko nyang sabi. I guess she's slowly losing her hope. "Haidie gusto mo ba na subuan kita?" I bit my lower lip to prevent my self from shedding in tears. She's too strong to be a lady.


Pinilit nya si Haidie na kumain pero inilalayo lang ni Haidie ang sarili sa pag kain. She's already losing her weight. "Haidie kapag talaga hindi ka kumain baka magalit sayo si Saigie." Napa iwas naman ako ng tingin dahil sa narinig ko. The blood dripping from Saigie's back was the image who appears in my mind whenever I heard her name.


Pero agad akong napa pikit ng padabog na hinampas ni Haidie ang lamesa namin dito sa cafeteria. At halos naka kuha din yun ng atensyon ng mga estudyante na nandito rin.


"Ano ba?! Bingi ka ba?! Sinabi na ngang ayaw eh! Bat ba ang kitid ng utak mo?!" Malakas nyang sigaw. Nakita ko naman ang pag yuko ni Hanna dahil sa ginawang pag sigaw ni Haidie. So I give her a reassuring smile. And she also reply me a smile-a sad one.


"S-Sorry." Naka yukong sabi ni Hanna pero hindi man lang sya binalingan ng tingin ni Haidie at padabog na umalis sa table namin. Pero bago pa man sya maka alis ay agad na syang hinarang ng kakadating lang na sina Castor at Pollux.



"Hello ate Haidie." They said in unison.


"Ano ba?! Tumabi nga kayo!" She angrily said. Maging mga mga estudyante ay nagulat din sa kanyang pag sigaw. Haidie is known because of her jolly and friendly side. Kaya naman talaga lahat ay nag tataka sa kinikilos nya.


Nang maka alis sya sa cafeteria ay naka ngusong pumunta sa table namin ang kambal.


"Ate Pristine may problema po ba si ate Haidie?" They Pollux asked in innocent tone.


"No Pollux. Uhmm, maybe she's just... Uhmm. Stressed because of her studies and other stuff." I lied. And gladly mukang na-convinced naman sila. It's really hard to explain to them about our co-members behaviors. Probably because they're really affected about what happened to Saigie. And it also hard to hide our emotion to these kids. We manage not to tell to them what really happened.


"Ate Hanna nasaan po si ate Saigie? Sabi nyo po ngayon sya babalik?" Napa iwas ako ng tingin dahil sa sinabi ni Castor. They don't know what really happened to Saigie. We don't want to hurt them emotionally. I just wished that they won't know what happened to their ate until she woke up.


"Ah... Hehe s-sinabi ko ba na ngayon ang balik nya?" Inosenteng sabi ni Hanna.


"Opo." They said in unison. Napa lingon naman sakin si Hanna na para bang nang hihingi ng tulong. Napa buntong hininga naman ako.

Napa yuko ako para mag mapantayan sila.


"May importante pa kasing ginagawa si ate Saigie nyo. So baka hindi pa sya maka balik." malumanay na paliwanag ko. Nakita ko naman sila na napa buntong hininga.


"Eh si Captain po?" Napa lingon naman ako kay Hanna. Napa kamot naman sya ng ulo bago mag salita.