I'm bitten
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"Where's Daisy?" Tanong ni Noah sa mga kasamahang babae ng lumabas ang mga ito mula sa tinutuluyang kwarto na hindi kasama si Daisy.
"She was about to take bath. She doesn't want to take bath with us." Paliwanag ni Yuki na buhat buhat si Zebby na ngayon ay preskong presko na din at bagong ligo.
"Nagpaiwan si Myrna. I think they're gonna talk some important matters." Diretso ang tingin ni Deiji sa mga mata ni Noah habang sinasabi ito.
Wala kang mababasang emosyon sa mga mata nito. Hindi mo malalaman kung galit ba ito, malungkot, o masaya. And it cause Noah to keep silent.
Nagpatuloy silang lahat sa living room kung nasaan ang lahat ng lalaki. There's two big room available in the VIP room they were in. At maliban sa mga pagkaing dala nila ay may stock na pagkain din ang bawat VIP room.
"I'm just wondering. Why the hell is his mouth being cover?" Tanong ni Ricci sa kanila. Pertaining to Michael who was staying with them in just one room.
"He got a big scar on his mouth."
"I was bitten."
Magkasabay na sagot ni Glenn at Michael. Gulat ang lahat na napatingin kay Michael lalo na ang kambal niyang si Michelle. Glenn doesn't want others to know about Michael's situation. Hindi pa nila kilala ang kabilang grupo at ang takbo ng mga utak ng mga ito.
Ngunit ayaw itago at ikaila ni Michael ang kanyang kalagayan. He wants everyone to be aware so they have the chance to avoid him. He doesn't want to hurt anyone.
Mabilis na lumapit si Gavin kay Michael at humugot ng kutsilyo mula sa kanyang bewang at itinutok kay Michael.
"Michael!" Michelle couldn't help but to shout in fear for what is happening to his twin brother.
Naging mabilis din ang kilos ni Deiji na siyang number 1 na pumoprotekta sa kaibigan.
Tumalon si Deiji sa ibabaw ng mga upuan papunta kay Gavin saka nito sinipa ang kamay na may hawak na kutsilyo at sinalo ito ng walang kahirap hirap saka ibinalik ang tutok sa leeg ni Gavin.
Everyone's shocked by what they just witnessed in front of their faces. They didn't notice Anita's knife was also pointing to Deiji's neck but what's more shocking is Deiji has her own knife pointing at Anita's stomach.
Deiji's grin at Anita and signals her to look down in her belly just to find out Deiji's knife was pointing in hers.
"Is this what they called 'Killing two birds with one stone'?" Pang-aasar pa ni Deiji kay Anita at Gavin.
"Kuya!" Sigaw ng nakababatang kapatid ni Gavin na si Gabby dahil sa pag-aalala.
"Okay, Guys. Chill. Put down all your knives!" Sigaw ni Ruphert.
"Deiji, calm down. Put down your knife." Pagpapakalma naman ni Noah sa dalaga.
"Now!" Glenn shouted and that made everyone quiet.
Gavin signal to Anita that it's fine and just put the knife down. Dahan dahan namang ibinaba ni Anita ang hawak kaya naman ay ibinaba na rin ni Deiji ang kanya.
Deiji put back her own knife in her pocket and gave back Gavin's knife.
"Not bad to someone I just saved a while ago." Gavin teases Deiji as he gets his knife back to his pocket.
"Just because you saved me a while ago. It means I can't stab you in the back." Pinantaasan pa ni Deiji ng kilay si Gavin saka inilapit ang mukha nito sa binata. She wants Gavin to take her seriously.
"Hindi niyo alam ang risk na ginagawa niyo." Pagpapaalala ni Gavin sa kanila.
"Shut up! Whatever happened to all of you is just the same as us!" Sigaw ni Michelle sa galit sa kabilang grupo.
"Wag kayo mag marunong na parang kayo lang ang nagdurusa ngayon." Pananaray naman ni Bianca sa kanila.
"He's going to turn. He's going to be the same as those people!" Galit na balik ni Ruphert kanila Bianca at Michelle saka turo sa labas. Pertaining to zombies.
"We lost our friends. We didn't even know what was happening to our family right now." Pagpapatuloy ni Ruphert.
Lahat ay tahimik after what Ruphert spill out. Nagkakapaan kung ano ang sasabihin. Kung ano ang isasagot. Kung ano ang tamang salitang dapat gamitin to avoid misunderstanding and another complications.
"Just what Michelle says. Lahat 'yan naranasan namin." Lakas loob na pagsasalita ni Yuki.
"We actually lost a lot of friends in front of our eyes. And we don't want to lose another one." Yuki looks at Michael and smiles at him.
"That's why we're trying our best to be with him no matter what happens. And just like all of you, we have family waiting for us." Kalamadong pagpapaliwanag ni Yuki sa kabilang grupo upang maunawaan sila.
"Kaya sana naman wag kayong umarteng kayo lang ang biktima." Bianca rolled her eyes.
"Bianca!" Suway naman ni Glenn sa dalaga.
Tahimik pa din ang kabilang grupo. Realizing that they became selfish because of what happens to them.
"But if you still insist. You can all just leave." Malamig na suggestion ni Deiji sa kanila na ikinagulat nilang lahat.
"Deiji, stop it." Pagsuway naman ni Noah kay Deiji at hinawakan pa ito sa pulsuan. Ngunit binawi lang iyon ni Deiji.
"At bakit naman kami ang aalis? Kayo dapat, kasi kayo ang may dalang malas."
Hindi pagpapatalong bira ni Ruphert sa kanya.
Hinawakan naman ni Correlio at Steven ang kaibigang si Ruphert. Sa isip pa nila ay walang pinapalagpas ang masungit nilang kaibigan, pati babae ay pinapatulan.
"Excuse me? Sino nagbukas ng kwarto?" Pamimilosopo ni Bianca. To the rescue kay Deiji dahil hindi niya kaya ang kaanghangang salita ni Ruphert.
Magsasalita pa sana si Ruphert ngunit pinigilan na siya ni Gavin.
"Sorry. Hindi lang namin napigilan ang sarili namin. But, we're not okay staying with him in the same room. It's not just right. I hope you all understand us." Mahabang paliwanag ni Ricci. Ang bestfriend ni Gavin at boyfriend ni Gabby.
"It's fine. Michael will stay with us." Walang pagdadalawang isip na bigkas ni Deiji.
"Ate Deiji?" Takhang tawag ni Michael dito dahil sa palagay niya ay nahihibang na ito para isama sa kanilang puro babae.
"What? You used to stay in our dorm room." Pagpapaka inosente ni Deiji. She knows what Michael is talking about.
"That's not what I mean–" Hindi na natuloy pa ni Michael ang sasabihin ng bigla siyang akbayan ni Deiji at pwersahang hilahin papunta sa kwartong pansamantalang tinutuluyan ng mga babae.
"Ahm… Deiji!" Tawag ni Gavin sa dalaga na medyo nakakalayo na kaya naman lahat ay napahinto at nakapokus sa kanilang dalawa.
Huminto si Deiji sa paglalakad at paghila kay Michael dahil sa biglaang tawag sa kanya ni Gavin.
"Ahm… I-I'm sorry." Nahihiyang sambit ng binata sa kanya.
"Yeah, right! Whatever!" Tanging sagot ni Deiji sa kanya saka nagpatuloy muling hilahin si Michael at naglakad.
"Uyy! Si Gavin humingi ng sorry!" Pang aasar ng mga kaibigang lalaki kay Gavin.
"Mga sira ulo." Anita rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.
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