That Nerd has a Secret (PUBLISHED UNDER PSICOM)

Chapter 50: Before the Fight

"Kagwapuhan ko."

I sighed.

Bumabalik na naman ang mayabang na ugali nya. Well, ganito ko sya nakilala eh.

"Paxton." I said in a warning tone.

Napatigil naman sya and let out a deep sigh, "Yung drawing na gumagalaw na pinapahanap mo sa 'kin. Tss." sagot nya.

Drawing na gumagalaw?

"Anong drawing na gumagalaw? It's animated you stupid. Try to watch it. Maganda sya."

"Kahit ano pa 'yan ikaw pa rin ang maganda." he whispered pero rinig ko naman.

Pero kunwari di ko narinig, "Anong sabi mo?" I asked.

"Wala. Sabi ko ang pangit mo." he blurted out at unang binuksan ang kwarto ko at nahiga sa aking kama. Parang sya yung may-ari.

The room's huge. Mas malaki pa 'to sa condo na tinutuluyan namin noon. Para na ngang bahay with everything's in here. Meron akong maliit na mesa dito at doon ko pinatong ang usb at box ng cake na dala nya. I just can't stop staring with the usb though.

"Shea." tawag nya na ikinatigil ko.

Everytime that he'll mention my name, bigla nalang bumibilis ang tibok ng puso ko.

"You seem a lot more talkative than usual. You're not acting too cold anymore at palagi ka na ring nakangiti. Ang dami nang nagbago sa 'yo." sabi nya habang nakahiga parin at nakatingin sa kisame.

"Is that a bad thing?" tanong ko.

"Of course not. I like you better that way." he said.

Napatigil ako sa ginagawa ko. I felt pain when me and Kiyan are near yet my heart is pounding fast. Ganon rin kay Paxton. Kiyan's an exception. And I don't know about my familiar.

"Paxton"

"Hmm?"

Nilagay ko ang isang slice ng cake sa plato at umupo sa couch malapit sa kama. May mini-kitchen kasi rito.

"That first year who topped the entrance exam, do you feel something weird about her?"

Napatigil naman sya at nanatiling nakatingin sa kisame.

"Yeah."

"She's dead right?" tanong ko.

Tahimik lang sya at hindi ako sinagot.

"You know what, she might be Alysia Larzen. The previous Mistress and your first love."

"Pano mo naman nasabi 'yan?" kalmado nyang tanong. So he isn't affected at all.

"That body is already dead. It's a body of a human being who was thrown in hell with another soul inside it."

Bigla syang bumangon, "So you are saying that it's the soul of Alysia inside a human's body."

Tumango ako.

"Stop talking nonsense, Shea." sagot nya at muling nahiga.

"Paxton, you know who you're talking to. Underworld and Hell is under my control. So I can tell everything."

Huminga sya ng malalim at parang malalim ang iniisip. "There's no way Alysia's soul can escape the Pyrell."

"She just did."

"You're imagining things."

Tumahimik kami ng ilang minuto. Ni walang nagsalita sa amin. Probably dahil di nya matanggap na totoo ang sinabi ko. That time when he told me their story of Alysia, I can tell it that he's sad. And that he still loves his Mistress.