Dormisteryo

15

I was not aware that the place where they hold their meetings were usually taking place in one of the most subtle location here in the campus to begin a group discussion with.

Sinumang estudyante e walang iisiping masama oras na makita nila kami na magkakasama sa kuwartong ito. To tell the truth, it was wise and efficient. Nasa loob lang naman kami ng detention room.

"Z already asked permission from Sir Latagan. Puwede na tayo mag-meeting dito," sambit ni Ray habang nakaupo siya sa ibabaw ng mesa malapit sa may pintuan.

Kyle on the other hand was busy closing the windows and shutting the blinds down. "All set na rin tayo sa mga bintana, tingin ko naman walang sinuman ang magbabalak na sumilip dito."

Nessi shrugged. "Obviously, sinong sisilip sa loob ng detention room?"

"Ano bang sabi ko?" Kyle backfired.

Akmang may sasabihin pa sana si Nessi nang biglang magsalita si Cris habang nakatayo sa aming harapan. "Enough, ladies. We will start now."

Both Kyle and Nessi stopped talking and went to find their own place. Umupo silang magkalayo sa isa't isa. Kyle sat near Ray, while Nessi decided to sit on the chair a few meters away from where I was seated.

"Alam ni'yo naman na tuloy pa rin ang plano nating lahat, gusto nating malaman ang tunay na nangyari kay Casey. At ngayon, kasama natin ang bagong miyembro ng grupo," Cris looked at me, resulting for everyone to give me a cold stare. "Walang iba kung hindi si Kent Harada."

Nessi clapped sarcastically, "Yey." She even raised her left hands as if she was cheering.

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang gagawin ko. I was thinking whether I awkwardly stand up and introduce myself, or maybe should I just remain myself seated and do the introduction that way?

Knowing the audience that I have in front of me, all ulterior motives that I have can be seen even thru the naked eye. Wala akong palag sa pagtatago ng sikreto sa kanila, I may have a lot of buried secrets back in my previous life that I thought I could escape from, but then there's Chris who had managed to dig it all up like a piece of cake to feed this little freaks sitting around me.

"So when will you start introducing yourself?" I was totally taken aback by what I heard. Napalingon ako sa direksiyon kung kanino nanggaling ang tanong na iyon.

It was Nessi. A smirk can be seen painted over her face. She's literally enjoying the tension that was growing around the detention room, every passing seconds feel like an eternity to me, if only I have a way out of this I already did try to escape this chaos.

I better not be engulfed with their intimidation.

"Well, hi guys. I'm Kent Harada. I think we don't need a formal introduction since most of you knows me already, right?" Isa-isa kong tiningnan sina Cris, Kyle, at Ray. "It's only Nessi who have no idea who I am."

Nessi slowly nodded. "You strike me with an intimidating vibes. Looks like I've read your body language wrong," aniya.

"Why bother read my body language? I'm an open book," I smiled. "For now, I'm just your group's new double agent from unit 16 of Dormisteryo, who will help you all with your own cause of finding Casey."

"Enough with the introduction," Cris interrupted.

Napansin kong medyo naging awkward ang sitwasyon sa loob ng detention room. With the rain falling hard outside, para kaming nasa pelikula na maya-maya lang ay may isang mawawala sa aming lima.

"Wait, hindi pa tapos si Kent," ang sabi ni Nessi.

"What other things do you need to know about him?" Cris asked.