DATING A GOD 101 (COMPLETE!) #Wattys2021

CHAPTER XLV: ALWAYS AND NEVER

10:00 AM

"WHY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THEM?"
Tanong ni Eliel pagkaupo namin sa may library. Dahil nga PanaFest ngayon walang ibang estudyante roon maliban sa amin.

"You said no more secrets, Al."

I looked at him. I told him that nang aminin niya sa akin ang nangyari ten years ago. Now he was using my exact words to me.

"Your words, baby, not mine." Sumandal siya sa upuan niya. We were seated across each other and he was observing my every move.

"You're nervous." He noticed. "May ginawa ka na naman bang kalokohan?"

"Eliel—"

"Don't even try to lie. Alam mong hindi ka magaling magsinungaling."

"I know, I hate myself."

He smiled. Good, at least he wasn't that mad. Well, wait till he hears why I was looking for them, he would probably kill me!

Itinaas niya ang papel na bigay ni Carter.

ELISE OPHELIA QUIBBLE
MARK ZUCKERBERG
MATHEOS RICCARDI

"So?"

Hindi talaga siya titigil, unless I told him the truth.

"I—I've been doing...some stuff while you weren't here..."

"Hindi ko gusto ang pupuntahan ng usapang ito, Alta. What were you doing nung wala ako?" nag-iba na ang tono niya. He wasn't sweet anymore. Sa tingin ko talagang pagagalitan niya ko.

I told him na sumali ako sa P&F, and I told him too na nakikipagtulungan na ako kay Elise para mahanap ang tunay na killer ni Castiel.

"You did...what...?" he said as calmly as he could. Alam kong kung pwede lang kukutusan niya na ako sa mga narinig niya.

But he didn't.

"You...have you been inducted yet? For P&F?"

"Hindi pa." ang sabi sa akin ni Lee, induction would happen after the PanaFest.

"Then, turn it down. Get out of that club."

"Pero...hindi ba it will be considered rude if I do that? I might get suspended, Eliel. I'm an official pledge for P&F, hindi na ako pwedeng umalis."

Umiling siya. He was the SC President, he knew the rules at alam niyang hindi na ako pwedeng umatras.

"If this is about Ezrah...don't worry, I can handle him." I assured him, alam kong nag-aalala siya.

"Can you really?" he asked.

Ano bang ibig niyang sabihin?

"You've been particularly close...I don't like it."

"We're...hindi kami close no!" biglang tumaas ang boses ko, kasi naman siya eh, "hindi kami close," pag-uulit ko ng mas mahinahon, "He tried to kill me remember? I haven't forgotten about that."

"Exactly my point. He's dangerous. For all we know, he might have killed—"

I took the paper in his hand.

"Hindi siya." I said to him. Hindi ko maipaliwanag pero sigurado akong hindi si Ezrah ang killer. "Itong mga pangalan na 'to..." iniharap ko sa kanya ang listahan, "one of them is the possible killer. May nakita akong mga videos sa storage room ng P&F, they were really suspicious. I found this one na nagpapakitang nakuhanan ni Elise ang killer, we're looking for that person."