Red Strings of Fate (Haunted Series 2)

Strings 17: Revelations

Sinundan niya ako habang umiikot ako sa puno para hanapin ang mumu. "That was me! Nakita kitang umiiyak dito kahapon and you ran when I talked to you."

I stopped and stared at him, shifting my head to the side. So hindi totoo ang mumu? "Anong pangalan mo?"

He held his hand out, "My nickname is TJ, what's yours?"

"Ano ang ibig sabihin ng nickname?" Hinawakan ko ang kamay niya and he shook mine eagerly.

He's still shaking my hand nang sinagot niya ako, "Nickname is your other name!"

Ahhh! Napatango ako ng mabilis, "Hope! Ang isa ko pa na name ay Hope and I'm six years old!"

That's how we became friends. He thought me how to climb trees and we'd eat the forbidden ice cream after —Forbidden kasi nagagalit palagi si ate Beauty pag nakita niyang hawak hawak ko 'yon.

"Bakit ba gustong gusto mo umakyat ng puno, hindi naman maganda dahil ang dami ng langgam." I shouted when I see him at the top of the tree. Ang daya ang bilis niyang makaakyat!

Narinig ko ang pag galaw ng puno ng mabilis siyang bumaba sa tabi ko. "Masaya kaya! You want to go up there? Kitang kita yung—Oh a caterpillar!"

I stared at the black worm he's pointing at, at mabilis kong hinawi ang kamay niyang hahawakan 'to. "Wag mo hawakan baka kagatin ka!"

"Safe 'to! It's a worm, it doesn't have a mouth, tingnan mo!" Kinuha niya ang uod and placed it on his palm. When he screamed, I shouted with him.

"Kinagat ka ba?!" He didn't answer but he was shouting that it was itchy. Nang makita ko ang namumula niyang kamay, I held his right arm that doesn't have it and we both ran back towards the school while crying. "I told you, dapat hindi mo yon hinawakan!"

We arrived at the waiting shed at naghahanap ako ng help nang bigla niya akong hinila sa ibang direksyon. "Mommy!"

Hinila niya ako para sumama sa kanya at sumulyap ang magandang babae sa'kin bago niya nilapitan si TJ. "Oh my boy, what happened?"

"Hinawakan niya po ang caterpillar!" Ako ang sumagot because TJ kept on scratching the red part on his arm.

"Oh no kuya wag mong ikamot, mas lalala 'yan. You don't want that diba?" She held his arm and I cried harder. Baka maputulan na si TJ ng hand!

"Sorry mom." Yumuko siya habang nag ssorry pero tinaas ng babae ang ulo niya.

"It's okay, baby. Let's ask the school nurse what to do with this noh?" Hinila na siya ng mommy niya pero lumingon si TJ sa'kin.

"Hope, sama kaaa." He looked at me with his teary eyes, so I held back mine and held his arms na hindi red.

Sumama ako sa kanila papunta sa clinic, while a big man followed us and guarded the door. Para siyang secret agent sa mga movies dahil sa suot niya. Naglagay sila ng gamot sa palad ni TJ pero nakatitig parin ako kay kuya na naka suit.

Coooool

Nang makalabas kami, hawak hawak ng babae ang kamay ni TJ and I followed them. "Let's go home na?" she asked.

Lumingon sa'kin si TJ, "Gusto mo ba sumama? We didn't get to play, mommy!"

"Hindi pwede TJ, baka susunduin siya ng parents niya." She frowned at him before sighing and bending her knees to talk to me. When I see her at this angle, nakikita ko ang kulay ng mata niya na pareho kay Tj. "Do you want to go with us?"