HAPPY EASTER, guys!
Forgive me for the inactivity, the real world has been consuming most of my time lately.
I understand that you guys want to finish reading this story as much as I want to finish writing it but please note that I also have other life-related stuff to attend to (yeah, I do have responsibilities, too. (Kahit labag man sa loob ko, lol). I can't promise to post updates faster but I'll make it a point to put my heart into my writing so somehow, the rest of the story will be worthy of all the wait.
Thank you for understanding.
To those who have raised questions in the previous update, sa susunod na chapter pa po 'yung answers, please look forward to them!
Enjoy reading!
xo, Coco
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"You can't live your life for other people, you have your own happiness to think about."
TWENTY THREE
We all go a little crazy sometimes, normal lang 'yun eh, it's part of our humanity. And during those hibang moments, ayos lang na gumawa tayo ng mga bagay na pagsisisihan natin sa bandang huli – the kind of stuff that may end up ruining our lives for eternity ...said no one ever.
Holy frigging hell, I am totally freaking out right now. Aaaah, crap! Bakit ko ginawa 'yun?!
What I did today was way beyond crazy. It was plain stupid, and reckless. And I'm about to undo it now. Tinatawag ko na lahat ng mga santo ngayon dahil kailangang kailangan ko ng kanilang powerful na patnubay at gabay.
Well, kagabi kasi, 'nung matutulog na sana ako, my brain suddenly went berserk. Naghimagsik siya laban sa akin. Tch, rebellious little lump of neurons.
Me: Let me sleep! Pwede ba? Anong oras na oh.
Brain: LOL no, let's stay awake and remember every crappy decision you made in your life.
Me: Uhm, okay.
Ayun tuloy, nagtipun-tipon lahat ng horrors of my past saka sila nagdiwang inside my mind. Geezus, I don't even remember me getting any decent sleep last night.
I tried to shut them out pero wala eh, nabigo lang ako. Lalo na't dumagdag pa 'yung mga imahe ni Keith Kato at 'yung pesteng quote na sinend ni Milo – they kept poofing in my head until they have successfully kicked sleep out of my system.
I shouldn't have allowed them to affect me, I know, but they did. Heck, they did.
So there, the sleep-deprived me has done the unthinkable...
Lumipas ang school day in a blink of an eye at medyo kinakaladkad ko na ang sarili ko sa mga sandaling ito papuntang Student Council room. Ang bigat lang ng pakiramdam ko, badtrip. I feel so sick.
Kahit mukha akong sinalanta ng isang super typhoon at kahit bigat na bigat nako sa sarili ko, mabilis pa rin akong nakarating rin sa aking pinaroroonan. And well, something was suspiciously off. The curtains in the SC room were drawn at naka-patay 'yung mga ilaw but a rush of cold air from the inside caressed my face – naka-on 'yung AC.
When my eyes adjusted to the darkness and when the room was illuminated by the natural light mula sa rays of sunshine sa labas, bumungad sa akin ang anino ng dalawang kalalakihan.
Oh for chrissakes, what the heck are these two creeps doing in a dark, empty room?
I hit the light switch and what I wasn't able to make out in the shadows earlier, I can visibly see now. Naka-upo 'yung dalawa, side-by-side, sa couch at pareho silang may hawak na gitara. They both looked up to acknowledge my presence, kinindatan ako ni Milo and Key flashed me one of his very dangerous half-smiles. Crap.
