CHAPTER 8

UGH! My head is really f-cking hurts like hell! What happened last night? All I remember is...I gasped, shocks! My car! Sh-t! I was about to get up when my head suddenly hurt again. Jakie, I'm still drinking. After what happened to my car, what's next? Ah. I went to that raw Filipino at a bar and drowned myself in alcohol. Then I don't remember anything.

I was about to get up from bed when I realized that I was in my own room. How did I end up here? With so many questions in my mind that I couldn't even answer, I stood up from bed while still holding my head because it hurt so much, it felt like there was construction inside it. Hangover kills me.

"Fuck!" I whispered to myself.

I was about to go out of the room to get some medicine for it, but suddenly the door opened and mommy was spat out, now smiling so wide that her mouth could be torn open. Is this a problem?

"Kyaaaaaah!! My princess~" She squealed. I winced at her attitude. Is this my mother?

"Princess, now tell me where did you meet Drexel?" She excitedly asked, surprising me. How did she know the name of that guy? She faced me with a very wide smile and seemed to be waiting for my answer.

"How did you meet him, Mom?" I asked, my eyebrows still raised, curiosity kills.

"Huh?!?...ah...eh...hehehe...he-he brought you here that's why." She stuttered.

I just narrowed my eyes at her, as if mom was hiding something from me. "Oh! Oh my. I just went to your room to say hello but from what I see now, you're okay" she added.

Whatever they're hiding, they'll admit it someday. I went into the bathroom and did what they were doing there. Then I got dressed, ate and left. Before that, Erpats even scolded me. TSK.

When I got to the university, I was still holding my head. The pain was really bad. Shhh...it was my car that I had to worry about. As I was approaching the classroom, someone called my name.

"Good morning, best." he greeted me happily. He looked at my frowning face. "What's up? Is it because of your car yesterday?" he asked.

"Not only that, my head also hurts," I complained to him.

"Why? What did you do last night?" I told him what happened except that I don't really remember it.

"Oh! Stupid!" He screamed as he was slapped in the face. What the!? Are you going to call me stupid? I looked at him with a bad look and the idiot just made a peace sign. "Aaay...bet..." he suddenly said, I looked in front of me where he was looking. My morning was not GOOD anymore when I saw this guy.

He smiled when he saw our behavior towards ME. He came closer to me and brought his face even closer. I backed away slightly.

"Goodmorning." He said with a wide smile. And the girls around us all squealed in excitement when he smiled like that. Eeeeww...I frowned at this. It made my headache worse. "Ooohh...I see...in your reaction, I think you don't remember anything about last night." he added.

I barely even faced him.

"What? What happened last night?" I asked him. And the idiot just smiled and we got along.

"Hey. Were you with him last night?" Em interjected. I ignored her and just stared at this raw guy. Waiting for an answer.

"Hmmm...okay..." he said while holding his chin as if thinking. Is this guy teasing me? What if I tweak him?

"What is it?" I asked again, irritated. He just stared at me for a few seconds. And then he smiled. I think this is really weird.

"Do you want to know what you did last night, Jakie?" I think this is Jayson's voice, the talkative one. I turned my gaze to him as if to keep looking. "Hahaha...you're funny when you're drunk Jakie" he said while laughing. Why, what did I do last night? I turned my gaze to Drexel again. Suddenly, a flashback occurred in my mind.

"Hey! Let's dance!" I invited him while pulling him along.

"What?"

"Yeah. Whatever! Let's go!" While he was still pulling.

"No." He answered.

"What?"

"I said No," was his final answer.

"You don't want to? That's how you are!" and I sat down on the floor like a child about to cry.

"F*ck!" Drexel said cheaply. I continued to squirm on the floor. "Hey, stand up!" he ordered me as I stood up.

"I don't want to," I insisted.

"Hahaha, you're funny, Jakie," I heard Jayson say. It turned out that he was already close to us.

"You really don't want to?" I threatened and stood up. He was just staring at me. So I stared back. What I didn't expect was that I suddenly grabbed him by his collar and kissed him. I was about to let go when he suddenly grabbed me by my waist and pulled my body closer to him.

Fuck!

I suddenly froze where I was standing and stared at what was now in front of me. Did I really do that? Weee? What I did was shameful, maybe my tribe would be ashamed of me. I just slapped myself on the forehead when I remembered what happened.

"And I think, you remember it." he really emphasized that it.

"Fuck!" I said cheaply.

"Hahaha...I never thought he could do that," Jayson whispered while holding Percy, who was next to him, shouldering the burden of the Philippines' problems.

"Why? What is that, bro?" Em asked.

"You don't need to know anymore, Em" he said as he left. And we entered our first class.

But I can't concentrate because what happened last night is still going through my mind. Physically, present but mentally, absent. That's why our Prof. even scolded me because I wasn't listening.

After my class ended today, I went home and Em was still on a date. So my peg is alone today, I was supposed to go with her. And that's where I'm going to take the shortcut. Remember that abandoned warehouse? No...I don't want to go in there and something unexpected might happen.

I was walking home and I was close to home when I felt someone following me. It's been a while since I've been following me. And the weird thing is that her clothes are all black, her pegs are all black. I'm not one to assume that I'm being followed, but there's no one passing by here except for me and a few cars. I was really pissed off with her so I confronted her.

Because his aura is strange.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked here but my back was still turned.

He stopped walking and didn't answer my question.

"I siad, who the hell are you!!!" I screamed at this and faced him. What I didn't expect was that he suddenly rushed at me and kicked me in the stomach so I slightly backed away. Sh-t. He was about to punch me in the face but I immediately grabbed his fist and twisted it backwards but he easily took it from me and used his other hand which was now holding a dagger. And the count's hand grazed my cheek. I held it and it was bleeding.

"You have to pay for this" I said angrily. And we continued to punch and dodge each other's punches, I punched him and we exchanged punches and kicks. Until we were out of breath, maybe just me. I couldn't blame him for being weak or anything.

"Not bad," she said. The voice was female.

"Who are you?" I asked calmly. He was wearing a mask with a black rose design on the right side of his cheek. And I could also see that his left arm had been scratched because I had snatched his dagger from him earlier.

"You will know me someday, Honey" he said again and suddenly a car parked next to him, he immediately got in and was about to drive away before they left, he threw a black rose with a black card with something written on it...

"I'll revive you now.

because I need something from you..."