Amethyst: Game Start

XII - Be My Partner

Zeus raised his brow and looked at me with disbelief before getting his gun back, “I didn’t know that she’ll actually use it.”

I pursed my lips while avoiding their eyes. I suddenly saw Austin plastering an annoying smirk on his lip.

“Wow. Improving ka na, sixteen words na ang nababanggit mo— But kidding aside, she’s fragile. She’s not a knight like us. How can you let her hold a fucking gun? Do—”

“Hunter,” Pagbabanta ni Austin. Nagtatakhang tumingin si Hunter sa kanya at tila hindi n’ya maintindihan kung bakit siya tinawag nito.

Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero nakaramdam na lamang ako nang biglaang pagkainis kay Hunter. Fragile mo mukha mo. Minsan ituturo ko sa kanya na hindi dapat nag-gegeneralize, hindi porke’t babae ako o kami ay hindi na namin kaya ang mga bagay na nagagawa nila.

Biglang umakbay sa akin si Austin at saka siya bumulong, “Chill. Namumula ang mukha mo.”

“Nasaan si Hallie?”

“Nililinis nina Maddie ‘yong mga sugat niya.”

Parang isang asong ulol na nakangiti si Austin sa tabi ko. Nakuha rin namin ang atensyon ng iba dahil natigil ang sagutan nina Hunter at Zeus.

“Scarlett na naughty, be my partner.” I curiously looked at him while the guys are glaring at him. He was shrugging off their glares and was smiling at me, “You see, there is a new event in DANIMA. They will also give a lot of points,”

Speaking of partner. I just reminded of the day when I found myself hanging upside-down. Amanda told Hunter about the same thing. Could it be that they are already partners?

“Bili na, partner na tayo. Isa pa, alam kong sasali ka sa Regulus—”

“Who told you that I would?” I innocently asked.

Pinanliitan ako ni Austin ng mga mata at saglit na lumakad paatras. Katulad ng sinabi ko kanina, hindi ako sasali sa kanila lalo na ngayon na naiinis ako kay Hunter.

“You don’t have any guild, or do you?” Austin asked.

I smirked at him, “I already joined one.”

“What…” Darren mumbled, “Why didn’t you tell us?”

“Well, did you tell me about your guild?”

“Seryoso ba? Ngayon lang namin nalaman na player ka tapos hindi ka pa namin magiging kagrupo?” Sunod-sunod na tanong ni Maddie habang papalapit s’ya. Kasunod naman n’ya si Thalia na nakasimangot sa akin.

“Hallie is sleeping,” Thalia told Austin. She suddenly drifted her attention to me, “Quit the guild.”

“As if.”

“Madalas talaga ang bobo mo.” Nagulat na lamang ako ng umimik si Logan at pinariringgan si Thalia. Hindi na rin ako nagtakha pa nang bigla na lamang silang nagrambulan sa gilid.

May isang rule tungkol sa guild na hindi maaaring mag-quit sa guild kaya dapat ay sigurado ka sa grupo kung saan ka sasali.

“So, what guild did you join just to turn down the top 1?” Clover mockingly asked. I tried my best to maintain my posture, so they wouldn’t actually know that I am just lying.

“It’s a secret.”

“Then, it only means that you’re lying. Just join us, Scarlett.”

“I’m sorry, Clover. But I’m already with Travis.” His jaw suddenly dropped while looking at me.

Tangina. Pasensya ka na ha, Travis.