Dormisteryo

14

The following days went like a cold breeze of air.

Ibinalita sa TV na magkakaroon daw ng low pressure area, that may end up as a potential typhoon, kung sakaling sumabay ito sa isa pang paparating na bagyo.

Hearing it from the TV made me feel a little bit anxious and concerned about our schedules. Wala kasing pasok sina Kurt at Reinald samantalang morning classes lang ang mayroon si Martin. Clyde on the other hand, decided to skip classes dahil daw may project silang kailangang tapusin for a major subject.

Ending, ako itong kailangang pumasok nang mag-isa sa Arcana.

Dalawang araw pa lang ang nakalipas mula noong magkaroon kami ng pag-uusap nina Ryu at Cris, and within that two days, Cris already left me freedom to plan for my own.

At dahil doon, napansin kong maraming bagay ang nagbago sa pakikitungo ko sa mga tao matapos no'n, as much as possible I keep myself from being involved into matters that I can't control lalo na at nadala na ako sa nangyari.

I did ask some few question from Kyle as well, something that she wasn't expecting for. Sorry siya nang sorry sa nangyari na para bang karumal-dumal na krimen ang ginawa niyang pag-setup sa akin sa tulong ni Ryu.

She kept telling me not to tell what they did to anyone as it may cost her job at Dormisteryo. Kahit daw kasi isa iyon sa plano nila para ma-infiltrate ang Dormisteryo for this kind of plan, Kyle admitted that the schedule and the workload was easy to manage, let alone the conversation about the salary.

Hindi naman ako nagalit sa kaniya. Para sa akin, she did her job well despite the shortcomings of it. Kung hindi ko lang nalaman ang lahat, they might as well keep toying with us. Pero malamang hindi na nila magagawang biktimahin ang mga tao sa unit 16 ulit.

The rest of dormers of unit 16 used the lock Clyde bought for everyone. Excited na excited pa nga silang lagyan ng lock ang mga drawer na pagmamay-ari nila.

Habang ako naman ay pinagmamasdan lang sila mula sa salas noong abala sila sa paglalagay ng padlocks.

Clyde even asked me, "Nasaan na yung lock mo? Akala ko gagamitin mo?" he was curious.

I just nodded my head. "Gagamitin ko yun, kaso hindi ba hassle kung may lock ka sa cabinet o sa drawer mo? Like you need to have the key whenever you go para mabuksan iyon kaagad?"

"Well," Clyde paused for a moment, clearly thinking what I just said. "We can use the lock kung sakaling aalis tayo o matutulog sa gabi?"

I shrugged. "Edi mamaya ko na ilalagay yung lock ng sa akin. Total hindi naman ako aalis."

"Ikaw bahala," sambit pa ni Clyde bago niya ako iwanang nanunuod sa ginagawa nina Martin.

Pansin ko na maraming tanong si Clyde kamakailan lang. It all started when I started questioning them about Casey. Pinipilit ko kasi silang magbigay ng sagot tungkol sa nangyari, pero gaya ng paulit-ulit nilang sagot, it's either they won't pay attention to my question or they would shrug it off.

Kulang na lang talaga at pilitin ko silang umamin sa nangyari.

Pero ano bang alam ko? Wala pa talaga akong alam tungkol sa tunay na mga pangyayari na naganap dito sa Dormisteryo. The connections between all of them, and the reason why Casey suddenly disappeared.

As I closed the door behind me to prepare on going to Arcana, tiyempong kabubukas lang din ng pintuan ng unit 12 sa di-kalayuan, a familiar face looked back at me.

Ang taong iyon walang iba kung 'di si Azi.

"Uy pare ko'y, kamusta?" he showed me a wide smile that may seem fake.