He’s gone (Tagalog)

S E V E N ( prank )

Sky

“Let me help-“ sabi ni Luis at Jetro nang sabay-sabay.

“Uhm, si Luis nalang,” said Amber.

“Luis already helped us, he needs to rest. Si Aj nalang muna,” aniko.

At biglang tumayo ang dalawa.

“No, I’m not tired yet. May kukunin din ako sa baba kaya ako na,” ani Luis.

“Ako nalang ang kukuha. Ano ba ang ipapakuha mo?” tanong ko at napakamot siya ng ulo.

May oras naman kami ni Luis bukas para magbonding pero ngayon, si Jetro muna.

“Alam mo Sky, buti pa dito nalang muna si Aj. Si Luis nalang,” ano ba tong si Amber. Kanina, inis na inis siya kay Luis pero ngayon, gusto niya nang tumulong si Luis samen.

“Nevermind, ako na nga lang,” lumabas na ako at lumabas din ang dalawa.

Anong nangyari sa kanilang dalawa? Para silang nakikipag-competition sa isa’t isa.

“Okay since nandito na kayo, kayo nalang dalawa ang sasama saken,” popcorn lang naman ang kukunin ko sumama pa tong mga to.

Nag-uunahan pa silang makababa.

What happened to cold Jetro? Parang hindi na siya cold. Do they know each other? Are they fighting? Or they’re just playing around.

“Bahala kayo diyan baka mahulog kayo sa hagdan,” hindi nila ako pinansin at nagpatuloy.

Dali dali akong pumunta sa elevator namin para maunahan ko sila. Sa sobrang busy nila, hindi nila ako napansin. Tumawa ako nang mahina dahil naunahan ko sila.

Hay salamat ako lang mag-isa. Hinanap ko yung niluto kong popcorn kanina pero hindi ko na makita. Sabi saken ni kuya may pupuntahan lang daw sina mom baka dinala ni mom mahilig din yun sa chocolate popcorn eh. Everyone in my family loves chocolate popcorns so much, ako lang ata ang hindi mahilig sa mga ganun.

Nagsimula na akong magluto ng popcorn. I wonder where are they? Parang biglang tumahimik ang paligid. I checked the living room and everything na nasa ground floor, walang tao. Pati maids, drivers asan kaya sila? Pupunta sana ako sa itaas kaso baka masusunong yung niluto ko.

Pagkatapos kong magluto, hinintay ko muna sila Luis at Jetro bago pumunta sa taas pero after 10 minutes wala padin sila. Baka bumalik na sila.

I heard a footsteps so I hid.

“Kuya wala din dito si Sky,” boses ni Amber yun.

Hmmm, I am thinking of pranking them. Nice idea Sky! Let‘s see what will they do if I get lost.

“s**t,” Luis and Jetro both said and looked at each other.

Seriously, what is wrong with them?

“Let’s go outside and find her, dad will be mad at us,” kuya Sol said and they all rushed to their cars.

“Amber stay here, wait for Sky and let us know when she comes back,” Amber nodded and she’s shaking.

I forced myself not to laugh. They all look so terrified as if I don’t always do this. Well, actually, palagi ko silang tinatakasan pag nasa school kami pero never akong tumakas sa bahay.

“And also, don’t tell tita that she’s missing,” Luis came back to say this to Amber.

“Psst Amber!”

“Holy kitty cat! Sky? Are you real? Are you a ghost? A doppelganger? Where’s my cousin? Ilabas mo siya,” she grabbed our rosary and pointed at me.

I laughed so hard.

“Gaga ako to, I’m real and I’m not a ghost ano ka ba,” sinapak niya ako.

“Kanina ka pa namin tinatawag tapos nandiyan ka lang pala? Tingnan mo sila oh alalang-alala sila sayo at pumunta pa talaga sa labas para hanapin ka. Akala ko nakidnap ka na ng mga tauhan ni Aj,” hanggang ngayon may pagdududa parin siya kay Jetro?

“Chill, prank lang to,”aniko.

“I’ll call kuya. Nagsasayang lang sila ng oras tapos nandito ka lang pala,” kinuha niya yung phone niya kaso tinigilan ko siya. “What? What’s wrong?”

“Don’t tell them yet, let’s wait for them to come back,” I remember, Jetro is also there looking for me. Paano kung papagalitan siya ng parents niya dahil gabi na siyang umuwi? It’s already 8 in the evening. I think I should call them.

“Nevermind, call them that I’m here,” I added.

“Kuya nandito lang pala si Sky, nagtago lang pala para maprank tayo,” sinapak ko siya. “Aray.”

“Amber naman why did you told him that I pranked y’all?”

“Aight we’ll go back na. Si Sky talaga, napakachildish,” ani kuya Sol at kinuha ko ang phone mula sa kaniya.

“Ehem, excuse me kuya naka loud speaker si Amber and hindi ako childish period!” I heard them laugh.

Parang wala sina Luis at Jetro.

“By the way, where’s Luis and Aj?” I asked.

“Nasa sasakyan ni Aj,” kuya Syl replied.

After minutes of waiting, nandito na sila.

“Don’t do that again Sky,” Luis said.

I laughed and clapped my hands. I don’t care if my laugh is loud and weird.

“Sayang hindi ko na videohan yung mga mukha niyo kanina. Si Amber parang iiyak na, sina kuya parang galit na galit, si Luis naman parang nawawalan ng aso at si Aj... Wala, walang emosyon. Grabe ka naman Aj kapag ba may nawawalang cute wala kang reaksyon?” they all laughed except Luis.

He didn’t say anything.

“Okay let’s all go back upstairs. Sky, where’s my chocolate popcorn?” I gave kuya Sol his popcorn kasi kay kuya Syl napunta yung popcorn kanina.

“Ikaw talaga Sky, you just wasted our time especially your cool visitor,” ani kuya Syl.

Ay oo nga pala. Pinauna ko sila sa taas para makausap ko si Jetro.

“Uhm sorry kanina... Bored kasi ako kaya naisipan kong iprank kayo, ang funny ko right? And oh, it’s already eight o’clock your parents might get mad at you. Hindi ka pa ba uuwi?” I asked.

And his face went mad and serious. I didn’t even do anything why did he went from emotionless to mad?

“Don’t do that again. You made me worried,” sabi niya at nagulat ako.