Something 'bout the way your hair falls in your face~
I love the shape you take when crawling towards the pillowcase~
You tell me where to go and~
Rylaindrein was lazily sitting on the sofa while strumming the guitar and singing the 'Your body is a wonderland' by John Mayer . It's not her favorite song but she's just viben' with it. She continue to sing and strum the guitar but when she didn't hit the desire note, she immediately stop.
Though I might leave to find it~
I'll never let your head hit the bed~
Without my hand behind it~
She annoyingly pick the cigarette from the table and light it up.
Yes, she's a smoker. So what? It's the way to make her feel relaxed.
She was just living in a small apartment without a room. Her kitchen, living room, bedroom was all in one place that's why you can see the table being so messy. Some of the cans of beers were on the table and some were on the floor. Plastic of junk foods was scattered on the floor. Her clothes were hanged beside the TV but those use clothes were on the arm of the sofa. Her baseball bat that she always carry when she's on her gig was beside the sofa where her guitar usually being put. There are different posters of different vocalist and bands that she look up to. Be it an international one or local.
You may think, it's uncomfortable to live like this. It is but she's not fond of cleanliness. She's lazy as hell to do chores where she's so busy making money to continue living.
Also, this apartment has a low rent. It's not even half of those comfy and classy apartments that only those rich people can afford.
She's not studying anymore instead she's working as a guitarist on the band, 'P.U.N.K.S.' on one of the high end clubs.
Her room was messy as so her life. Being abandoned by her parents because her family died during their trip to Tagaytay, one of the tourist attractions in the Philippines while she's just in her room that day and refused to go out and be with them. They weren't close so why bother to go out?
She don't interact with other people and was describe as a slow talker if she's not in the mood to talk. All her life, she was just strumming guitar and goes to school but when her family died, she stop going to school, sell their house and lot and wander around without clear destination carrying her guitar. And now, here she is, renting a low-class apartment.
"Ah! Fxck!"
She stop smoking when her stomach growl. She lazily stand up and open the cartoon of cup noodles and get the water heater. She then open the lid and pour the hot water. After sometime, she started eating like there's no tomorrow.
She had 2 cartoons of cup noodles on her room. It's good for one month. She is eating noodles in morning, noon and even dinner. She knows, it's bad for the health but she doesn't care!
'Why do we need to be cautious? Everybody will get to die someday and everything we do, will not matter in hell! Nothing will matter.' that's her motto in life. That's why she's doing things to earn money even if it comes from a fair or dirty way.
As she was eating, her phone ring. She was munching the noodles as she pick up the call. It was her bandmate. Karel, the girl bassist of the group.
"Oh?"
"Ryle, you better don't be late tonight's gig. Or else boss will really fire you. Or even us."
Her forehead creased and slurp the remaining remaining noodles with the seasonings and hissed at the caller. "You called me for that?"
"Yes. What else do you expect?"
She shrugged even though she knows it can't see her reaction. "Just-"
"He's not here."
She pretended to not know what Karel talking about.
"Who?" even though she knows who she's referring to. It's been a month but she's not getting over with him. She's so sick of herself.
"Duh! Of course, Yehua!"
Yehua was the main vocalist of the band.
"Ah!" she lousily answer and nodded. Yes, Yehua was the name who broke her but still she keeps wanting him. Yehua for her, seems like a forbidden fruit which when she tasted, she'll keep wanting it. There's this saying that what's forbidden is more tempting. And she has this habit to keep wanting the forbidden. She keeps wanting him.
"So what? I didn't ask for him, Karel." she stated emotionlessly and turn off the phone. She sighed and looked up to the ceiling.
"Yehua." she whispered silently as she continued to stare at the ceiling and reminisces their memories. And minutes later, she dozed off to sleep.
When she wakes up, it was already evening. When she saw the clock. It was already 8:30 in the evening and their gig will start on 9:00.
She's so f*ck up.
"Holy cow!" she immediately run towards the bathroom and take a 3 minute bath. She don't know if she really clean herself or she just wanted to know how to take a bath in a fast one. When she finishes, she run towards her hanged clothes and wear her black spaghetti blouse, black leggings and her black leather jacket. She even wear her black boots. She comb and blower her hair and didn't even put some makeup. She immediately pick her pack bag, her cellphone, her guitar and put it back to its vessel together with the baseball bat.
She then run outside and take the stairs. Even the hallway of the apartment was a mess. Papers were everywhere especially flyers.
There's no elevator in the apartment so she was running down on the stairs. She take a cab and let the driver drive to the club.
Her phone ring so she pick it up while trying to ease her breathing.
"Oh?"
"Where are you now Ryle?"
"What?" she asked and look at her wrist watch.
"I am not late yet." It's still 8:40.
"The other band will not perform tonight so, we need to perform on behalf of them."
"What?" that's when her emotions changed. She became really annoyed. So, she's late now? She tried so hard to catch up with the time and now?!
"Don't start when I am not there, Karel." she stated dead serious.
"But-"
"Or else, my guitar will crush on your head." she threatened and turn off the call. She then looked at the driver. "Make it faster please."
She was not in the mood anymore as she was crossing her arms and wait for her arrival. Looks like, she will find a new job again after being fired tonight. But then, of course, she's not Rylaindrein if she will not create a ruckus after firing her.
"Let's see." she stated and humm a song. Indicating that she's excited for the outcome of it.
When they arrive, she immediately pay and comes out of the cab. She then turn around only to see, the four boys who were leaning on the garbage bins smoking and seems like they're waiting for someone, on the left side, there was Karel who was circling her arms on the the leader's waist. She's obviously a flirt. And now, she knows it's a trap.
"She's disgusting!" she spitted her saliva on the road. She didn't know that Karel was on the side of the gangsters but she don't care. "As always, people are traitors!"
'Obviously, they're waiting for me. Tsk!' she uttered on her mind and slowly removed the guitar strap from her shoulder.
"She's here." Karel, stated and look at her direction. It was the first one to roll her eyes that made Rylaindrein scoffed.
The leader of the gangster look at her direction and an evil smirk appeared on his face when he look at Ryle. He's been waiting for her for about an hour and now, she finally show up.
"Well, well, well." he stated and walked towards her place. He only stop when they're centimeters apart. "Look, who's here? Do you still remember me?"
"Oh." Ryle nodded and after sometime, she showed her mocking smile. "Aren't you the one who I beat to pulp weeks ago?"
They were creating ruckus, saying they wanted the main vocalist to step down and they wanted to replace Yehua with their leader. She understand that they were drank that time but it's not right to harass the main vocalist or any person. Tsk!
His smirk faded as he heard the laugh of his co-gangsters.
"Don't laugh." I stated and look at them. "I also beat your three asses, remember?"
Their emotions immediately turn into a death glare. It's time for her to unzip the guitar vessel and get the bat. The leader was about to punch her but she immediately step back and dodge it.
'I'm gonna kick their asses tonight!' she uttered in her head and put her baseball bat on her shoulder. The four guys look at her in shock. Why? Because they didn't know that she's carrying a weapon while they carry none.
"Didn't your grandmother tell you? Bring a weapon in case of emergency!" she then attack each guy and hit them on their knees with the baseball bat that made them kneel on the floor.
But when she turn around, a fist landed on her face that made her a little dizzy and also spitted blood. She shakes her head to regain the right vision but all she saw was a blurry vision of someone.
Despite of that, she still manage to buy time and dodge his every attack until she regain her vision back and saw the leader trying to punch her.
She took that opportunity and met his fist with her bat that made the guy shout in excruciating pain. His fingers were broken. Ryle calmly kick him and went to the traitor.
"The first band perform right? And we didn't need to substitute them right?" she asked her who was trembling in fear. "You know what I hate the most Karel?"
Karel shakes her head feeling more frightened.
"Animals." she gave her an answer. "I hate animals, and you're one of those."
What Ryle said made Karel upset and angry.
"What about you? Aren't you an animal, Ryle?"
"That's why I hate myself too." Rylaindrein answered, and does not even feel embarass. "But as you know, I won't let things slide especially betrayals."
Rylaindrein raises her hand to slap her because she don't beat girls however it was froze in the air when, Loki, the leader of the gangs shouted.
"You're dead!" she heard Loki that made her turn around as look at him. Rylaindrein eyes widen as she saw him pointing a gun towards her. "Bring a weapon incase of emergency right? Then, this is what you call a weapon, b*tch! It's like a first class limousine towards hell!"
'Didn't I know, I'll die terribly.' she uttered on her head and she didn't even blink her eyes as Loki fire a gunshot towards her.
She saw how the bullet fly straightly and the next thing she know, she was lying on the ground, Karel was shouting and Loki is running away from the scene.
The place where she's lying down had so much blood and she was sleepy. She wanted to sleep.