Chapter 95 - Flashlight

Flashlight

Jay-jay's POV

Few days passed and I couldn't sleep for many nights, reason, I still don't understand why. Jay-Jay, you don't think about anything as long as you couldn't sleep. Like now, I really want to sleep but I can't sleep. I don't think about anything else.

Really?

Yes! There it is!

The King of Snakes is annoying!

Crazy power and harvest power. I think I have it in my brain sometimes. I took my phone and watched the video again. Keifer's performance at the Festival. I just want to watch it and then I would play it again. If it's just a DVD, it's a scratch for me. I've been doing this for a few days now. Suddenly my phone rang and the battery low sign came out.

Dam it! Right now!

I was forced to stand up and take the charger of this PESTENG CELLPHONE. Is the phone really being lowbated now? When I plugged it in, the electricity suddenly went out and the AC also went out.

No electricity?!

"Why!" I said.

I was forced to pull out the charger. What else should I do? I'm sorry, I can't watch the video anymore. I still want to watch it.

Piss off!

But I don't lose hope. There is a new gadget now that they call Power Bank. I just don't have that. I only knew that there is one, at our home.

Aries!

I slowly opened the door. I can hear the voices of Aries and brother Angelo in the living room talking to the maids. I walked to Aries' room. The door was opened, I approached his study table first. I have to move quickly. He doesn't want people to know what he uses.

Knock mosquitoes when caught!

Because it was dark, I couldn't see much. The light I use is from the emergency light that is still outside Aries' room. I just searched until the light hit Aries' study table. I was stunned, because it was the end of me. I turned to the light behind me. It came from the flashlight on the phone that Aries was holding. Even though it's dark, I know he looks at me badly.

"Out!" He screamed.

"Wait a minute... Can I have you power bank." I requested him.

"I don't want to!" He answered quickly and suddenly pushed me out of his room.

I walked frustrated back to my room but stopped. Brother Angelo is rich, I know he has it. I ran to the living room where I heard his voice.

"Brother..." I called him. "... Can I have you powerbank."

"I left it at the office." He answered quickly.

Oh no!

"Oh.." I said and I was forced to go back to my room.

I just layed myself in bed. I still want to hear the secret song.

Annoying! Annoying!

I took the flashlight from the drawer of the bedside table. I opened it and turned it off again.

Open, off, open, off, open, off, open, off, open and off.

I did that over and over again until there was bad wind that entered my brain----Damn It! I suddenly thought of what Keifer and Yuri did to me.

"Does that mean they like me?" I whispered to myself.

Because it's impossible to kiss a person if someone doesn't like the person he's kissing. Not that; I'm assuming, but I'm really assuming. Yuri didn't confirm his feelings, and Keifer didn't say anything either. What if....

"What if they want me?!" I said in shock.

I know, I'm being rude because I'm talking to myself but I need to be clear. But, what if there is something? What happened to them and Ella in past. Ci-N once told me that the two had a fight in the room.

Keifer nearly paralyzed Yuri from anger. Their friendship was also destroyed. They only got back together when Ella moved to another Section but that caused a conflict between Aries and Keifer. I will assume that both of them like me. I like Yuri but not as much as I like Keifer.

Shit!

Story repeats!

What will happen to Yuri when he finds out that Keifer also likes me?

Poor him by chance!

But my feelings for Keifer are not that strong yet. Maybe that can change. But Keifer will be the one who will be hurt if Yuri is the one I want and he might be upset again. No matter who I choose, I will hurt them and get hurt too. What if there is nothing?

RIGHT!

If I choose none of them. No one will get hurt, Yuri won't be miserable anymore and Keifer won't be upset anymore. But I'm the poor one.

Stop the feeling

Right! Right! Right!

As long as it's early, as long as the feelings aren't strong, stop it Jay-Jay. After all, all of this is still assumed. But if I stop it here as soon as possible no one will get hurt. Even I won't be hurt too. That's what I'll do. Even though I'm not sure about the feelings of the two of them for me, I'll stay away from them.

"GET AWAY!!" I shouted as I raised my hand holding the flashlight.

Suddenly the light and AC turned on. Look at it! I think penelco or meralco is hoping. I plugged in my charger. I thought of getting some water first. I was thirsty for my thoughts and assumptions. I saw Brother is also in the kitchen drinking water.

"Were you talking to someone in your room?" He asked me.

"N-nothing... Why?"

"Because I heard you talking."

"There's nothing... I was just talking to myself." I answered him.

He suddenly looked at me as if wondering if I went crazy.

"..Oh! I'm not crazy!" I added.

I know that's what he's thinking. Brother is also overacting now. He let me drink water first before speaking.

"You need to visit a psychiatrist." He suddenly said that made me stop.

Right now?!

"La! Brother! I'm not crazy! I was just thinking about something----"

"Not about that!" He cut me off.

"...Remember the incident when you were 9 years old?"

I was stunned. Is that he started again? I thought they had moved on.

"I-I don't want to... I-I'm scared." I answered him.

"I know... But you need to face what is scaring you." He said and came to me. "...You have the courage to face the fight but you are afraid to face your past."

"Because...'

"Because? Are you afraid that what we are telling you might be true?" He asked me.

I nodded. I'm really scared. I am afraid to know if it is really true that they were hurting me in past. Those! who became Mama's husband. Then I suddenly remembered Tony Dela Cruz. The one who came to me before and introduced himself as Mama's husband.

Brother hugged me and stroked my hair. "We are here for you."

I hugged him too. Sometimes I think that brother Angelo is my own brother. Even though, I'm afraid of him, he still makes me feel important. Just don't pull my eyelash.

Because it hurts!

Brother let go of the hug so I did the same.

"Sleep. There's school tomorrow." He ordered me.

I smiled at him and nodded. "Goodnight Brother!"

"Goodnight too!" He answered me.

When I left the kitchen I saw Aries, he was looking at me but something seemed wrong with him. His eyes are sad. When he realized that I was staring at him, he immediately avoided it and continued on his way. I just shrugged my shoulders. Maybe he's thinking about something. Or he and Ella had a fight. Entering the room, I immediately looked at my phone. There is a text from Yuri.

📩

From: Yuri

Message: How are you?

Since the vacation, I've been texting him all the time. I replied and said hello to him. I know he is in Japan now. He said his parents sent him home. I was going to reply to him but I remembered what I said earlier.

Stay Away!

I just deleted the text. I looked at my other text messages for a moment when something new arrived. Unknown number.

📩

From: +639*********

Message: This is Percy. See you tomorrow after school. I will text you the place.

I almost dropped my cell phone in shock. One day I was still waiting for his call. I almost lost hope. My hand was still shaking when I answered his text.

📩

To Percy: +639***********

Message: I'm coming.

My heart started beating fast. I felt a mixture of excitement and fear. I asked him as many questions as I wanted to know. I also didn't escape me from the hope that he might be my older brother whom Mama had adopted by someone else. There are many things playing in my mind but that will be answered tomorrow.

I wanted morning to come now. I want our class to be over. I want to speed up time and I want to meet Percy. What if all my suspicions are correct?!