L I L I T H •• POV••
We tour the school campus, buildings. Halls and a beautiful waiting shed near the pond and its good spot for relaxing and it can help you find the inner peace you seek. I'll go there if I have a spare time. We meet up some bad ass. They're blocking the path. Some playing chess and others are playing cards and domino. May mga lalake at babae na gothic ang style and they slayed with that navy blue uniform. Marami ang piercing nila at dark matte lipstick naman ang labi ng babae.
"Hey princess" A man hop up from his seat.
Aera scoffed with him and wipe her back hands on her coat. For he just approached her and kiss her hands. Tatlo lang kame na babae ang nagpapasyal sa napakalawak na school its like a castle at marami ring di namin napapasukan na halls. Gaya sakin baguhan din sila kaya tatlo kaming abnoy pa sa school.
"Neji at your service. Class IV ASPS- stands for. Anti- sleeping paralysis student" he bowed gently like gentlemen
"Oh" aera seems a bit stunned "I'm Aera Class ace 1 from building--"
"We know princess. Sana all top class ng school" said he with a husked on his voice " And what Class ace doing in our dominion?"
he started again this time, cutting himself off briefly as his eyes drifted to me for the first time during this conversation. " And look here a class A. Its a first time to see one this close. Look everyone a class A in our territory" I became anxious as he took a step closer to me.
"Neji shut that crap!!" The girl shouted; we narrowed our eyes on a girl seating while eating some snack. "A class A? Whatta nice bait. Y'all a cute little Class A is here" Others leaned on me gasping and other from inside the building rushing outside. I'm not trying to get everyone's attention and I hate being watch. Its annoying. I simply covered my face with my hair.
"Don't do that. I hate crowds" bulong ko sa kanya
"Sorry guys nothing special" she said and they get back to their classes "No wonder they put up in building gardenia. I heard about em but not this close and she looks good aint she. You look tasty for catara's lower partisan. And you look familiar too"
"Familiar? What do you mean?" I said. Curious and waited for her responce but she cut our conversation.
"Just messing with yah"-Tiningnan niya kame mula ulo hanggang paa at sabay subo ng snack "Don't mind neji ganyan talaga siya mag greet lalo na sa mga top class na gaya nyo. He looks at you like some celebrities." she said and this neji boy just turn red
"Hetra shuss don't make it obvious"
"Well we heard it clearly" said zero. We were surprise as he just pop out of nowhere and joined our conversation, He sighed and pinch hetra on her cheeks "Pili kalang sa kanila teg bente isa isa, itong class A ay free"
Ay gagi binenta pa kame. Ako daw free. Parang ginawa niya akong cheap snack.
"Why idolize us neji? Lahat ata ng student dito are incredible in there own roles. Even class V are include to be one. Don't tell me mababa rin ang tingin nyo sa kanila kagaya kay shanji" pangunguna ni aera at nagtago si shanji sa likuran niya
"Bullies are stupid type of people" zero said. His serious and pat shanji. His like an older brother to her
"Nope. That sounds to be class II "
Napapikit ako sa lakas ng hangin na dumaan at tumigil ito bigla at nakita namin ang isang tao na sakay ang skateboard at nakagrey na uniform ito at pinagtignan namin siyang lahat. He just swipe all the ladies atention. We were stunned to speak. Ang ganda ng entrance niya at gwapo niya rin kung tutuusin. Dinala niya ang skateboard niya at may dala rin siyang record book. "His a class VIII" dinig naming sabi ni hetra at napalingon kami sa kanya
"Class VIII? Never heard of em and I'm not interested" said zero
"Oh? Kala ko ako lang. We have enough time come on lets find out. By the way nice to meet you all" The girl stop eating her snack and gave it to neji. She watch the hour glass at sinama niya kame sa harap ng keeper ng school. Nagkatinginan kaming tatlo sa kanya at wala namang pake si neji na kanina pang kumakain.
"This keeper has the key to all student who have every record files of every single living person in the world. I'm curious to well.. now its the time to seek the answer..." aniya na parang magkukwento ng kababalaghan "Pareho naman tayong curious diba"
"Bat parang atat na atat ka hetra" bigla siyang tumabi sakin at binulungan ako na kinangisi ko sa sinabi niya. Crush pala niya yung lalake kanina. Kaya pala atat na ata ang gaga malaman
"What are we doing here?" Tanong nila
and she shushed them and knock on the door. At the exact three knocked, the door just widely open and there seating a woman with high class. She's looking at us while holding a feather pen and lots of papers piled up on her desk.
"Come in student. Don't be shy. What is you want?" pumasok kaming lahat at nagpaiwan sa labas si zero. Medyo kabado ako dahil anong ginagawa namin dito
"Ma'am Vianna pwede po ba naming gamitin ang record room ng CLASS VIII.."
"On what purposed" Hetra flinched and poked at her. The keeper is deadly serious " You ain't class VIII. And you've been ten minutes late on your class. Why is that? You want me to call Mr. Vladimer to put y'all in detention?"
"Amhp. No no ma'am actually. Its for research..? Were just curious and we want to learn parang ganon heheh.." Di pa niyang siguradong sagot "Sorry po kung nakaabala kami ma'am babalik na po kami sa room--"
"Talaga naman hetra bukol tayo niyan. Balik nalang tayo sa room natin" bulong ni neji pero siniko lang nito ang sikmura niya
"Kaya nga sorry guys. Bawi nalang ako next life para makilala si crush"
"Curious little freshmen" may biglang nagsalita na lalake na kinabaling namin ng tingin na pumasok at may dalang susi at inabot sa keeper. His that boy we saw with a skateboard. Damn his so handsome.
Siniko ko si hetra at namumula siya na nakatago sa likuran ni shanji. "Magsalita ka hetra. Come on"
"Sorry duwag ako"
"Your late in your class. Your about to be punish. Freshmen are highly stubborn in this generation. Dati kame magsitakbuhan para lang di malate ngayon may nag skip class pa tsk tsk tsk. You got guts"
"Oh no" bulong ko sa ere. Nag usap si ng keeper at lumingon samin ang lalake
"Patay tayo sa teacher natin" bulungan ng iba kong kasamahan na nakatingin kay hetra pero natawa lang ito samin.
Mukha siyang takasera ng class. She look fine while us in panic. How can she be this calm?
"Okay fresh men this is Zeithel noir senior of VIII he'll be the one to guide you, as of you've been late in class and since i'm in a good mood for today. Lucky student. so lucky" She hissed and crumple a paper ".... Ako nalang bahala sige you may go now shoo shoo"
"Thank you Ma'am Vianna" lumabas na kame at nakita namin si zero na nakasandal sa wall na naghihintay sakin.
"Hetra senior pala yung crush mo" bulong ko at mas kinilig siya.
Bumaba din kame pagkatapos at narinig namin ang boses ni ma'am sa campus at nakita kong mga uwak ang nagsasalita na para bang megaphone at napasinghap kami ng bigkasin pa ang mga pangalan namin para iexcuse sa class namin.
"Its a good thing ma'am keeper excuse you to your class. Di niya gawain yan baka tinopak na naman siya" sabi nung senior. "Mr. Vlad was about to put you all in detention for skipping class its a part of discipline and good morality are very important in this school. You know that a responsible spirithel is well respected and given honor. Kase ang masunod at magalang na spirithel ay isang napakamaganda impact sa human living"
"Ang mga tulad nyo kuya nag aaral paba ng college?"
Napalingon naman silang lahat sakin at tumingin ako sa likuran ko na baka may tinitingnan sila pero wala. Ako ang tinitingnan nila. Maybe may nasabi akong mali? Natawa lang yung senior samin
"Were aint living though, ang mga fresh men na tulad nyo ay twice lang mag aaral after that magiging senior na kayo"
Wow that was fast graduate na agad "So kapag senior na kami magtatarabaho na kami ganon?"
"Of course ganito tayo nilikha ng upang mailigtas ang mga living againts treat of catara's lower class partisan. Siguro nakita nyo na sila or wala pa"
"We did actually and they're hideous to look at" said aera with disgust on it "pero di ko pa nakita si catara only her beast"
"So kung ganon di ko na kailangan magpaliwanag pa. Mostly lahat ng student in clark have there roles to keep living and death in balance. Syempre alam naman nating di naiiwasan ng living ang kamatayan. Maaari silang mamatay ket kaunting kapabayaan lang. Kaya wag kayo magtaka na bat kayo inilikha o napiling spirithel at sphinx ng living. Pero rare talaga ang mga class A gaya mo" turo niya sakin. Rare sana all
His word hits me. "RARE? So kung ganon lahat kayo mostly spirits at... teka just make it clear for me please"
"Okay just a sec"
"Sure. Because i'm so done as everyone calling me class A than my name"
We have entered a building at may mga student duon na nagbow sa senior nila at may kanya kanyang ginagawa. Umakyat kami ng stairs. "Alam mo class A. Tulad namin we have been doing a good deed before we died. Pero minsan lang ang napipili dahil kaunti nalang ang taong may mabuting puso. For example isa kang bata na binubully.. meron kase diba nagpapakamatay or naghihigante di yan maiwasan kase ang puso ng living ay fragile, to soft and easy to bleed and they turn themselves as bad spirits, a partisan of Catara. Meron kase kapag nagkukumbaba parin at nanalalig sa araw ng kanilang pagtalikod sa mundo ay magiging spirithel . Kaya lahat ng spirithel at sphinx na nandito ay tinipon tipon sa school. Ikaw kase your between life and death kaya rare ka kung tawagin kaya ka tinawag na class A. Actually ang tulad mong buhay pa ay di pwedeng nandidito dahil maaari kang matulad na naming spirits. Pero di e naaamoy ko pa sayo ang buhay na nilalang. Why is that..?"
"Actually we made a deal with thairi after I almost got hit a truck and save a child. Whose actually a ghost and thairi wants to kill me but as a deal. I'm in between life and death and became a class A spirithel by accident"
"Kaya pala sabay kayong pumunta ng apartment nung gabing iyon" sabay snapped finger ni zero "Wonder what kora's reaction to see you both"
I nerviously laugh and grimaced "She's actually burning in anger and didnt welcome me nung una naming pagkikita. She's so jealous and about to eat me alive"
"Sounds like it, she's always complaining in an inconsequential argument. She's so obssess with him"
Ugh. Why is she even jealous of me. She's so stupid madapak. May mga nakikita kaming student na may dalang notebook at papasok ng isang room at ang dalawa rito ay nagbow sa senior nila at inabot ang dalawang record book. Record pala yun. "Pano yan freshmen may gagawin pa ako. Ay oo nga pala I forgot to introduce myself. I'm roware senior of class VIII. A suicide keeper. Tsaka nandyan lahat ang record. And don't forget to give the key back to the keeper okay. See yah "
Napanganga lang ako sa sinabi niya. He left us after that at napabaling kami ng room na may nakasulat na living record. Pumasok kami at napalukso ako ng may kumalabit sa paa ko at isang maliit na tsanak!!
"Tsanak!" Sigaw ko dito at naluluya ako ng makita kong napakarami nilang nakatingin sakin. "AAHHHHHHHH"
Pagkasigaw ko ay sumigaw rin sila at nagsitakbuhan sa sulok at umiyak silang lahat.
Lumapit ako at natakot silang lahat sakin at nanginginig pa ang iba. May kinuha ako isa sa kanila at umiiyak siya. And to find out they're just gnomes at cute pala sila may green siyang mata "I'm sorry to scare you"
"Its okay"
Medyo natameme ako kase boses ng matandang lalake ang boses niya. Cute sana kaso yung boses. Binaba ko siya at umalis na sila sa sulok ang iba nama'y bumalik sa kanilang pwesto kanina.
"What are you doing here living"
"You knew?"
"Of course we smell you at ket sa itsura mo palang masasabi na namin. Your a type spirit in between life and death as we called Class A. A rare type of spirithel" aniya at tumango ang iba. I was stunned to hear it from them.
"Amhp little record keeper pwede ba naming gamitin ang record book. Ibabalik lang namin pagkatapos. If pwede"- sabi ni hetra doing her puppy eyes on them and they nodded their heads.