SAI POV

"What's wrong with you?" Mae asked, giving me her irritated look.

"What do you mean?" I answered her trying to act innocent.

"Don't play along with me Sai." Her voice and face become serious. 'Oh Sai this is not good.'

I stop and face her with my blank look at all. I don't want to deny the fact that she know me well. But I don't want her to get me that easy this time. I really try so hard to act cool infront of her.

"Look here Mae. I don't know what you're talking about okay." I say in a calm voice as I sigh heavily.

"You can fool every one but not me Sai. You're my best friend, we are best friends, me, you, Alex, and Seed. We're family. You can tell anything to me, you know that."

This is really not good. I can't hide anything on her if she's going to be like this. First thing first for Mae is don't give any emotions infront of her or else she'll just going to caught you off guard.

"What exactly do you want to hear from me Mae?"

Why on earth is so hard to lie on her.

"What happen to you? Between you and Alex? Lately you're spacing out, you've become paranoid, you've become possessive to everyone. What's bathering you?" How can I tell you Mae? Kung sana ganun lang kadaling sabihin lahat pero hindi. Kung ayaw ni Alex na mag alala ka mas lalong ayoko Mae. Napailing nalang ako sa kanya. "Okay lang kung ayaw mong sabihin...." she smile at me then sigh heavely. "....just a peace of advice from me Sai. Don't dive deeper you'll just going to hurt yourself....." I feel like my body become numb on her words. Her words was like a knife that stub directly through my heart and shock all over me was understatement for now. ".....I don't want you to get hurt Sai. You're my best friend, both of you. Ayokong masira yun." Napatango nalang ako sa sinabi nya. Ano pa bang dapat kong sabihin kanya? And in the third time I sigh heavily.

I'm just being thankful na kaibigan ko sila. Especially Mae, alam nya kung kaylan sya dapat makialam at kung kaylan hindi. She's a thin observer kaya kung may binabalak ka wag kang pahahalata sa kanya kase kahit anong tago mo mahuhuli at mahuhuli ka nya. The only person she can't beat is Alex. Kung gano kagaling magtago si Alex ganun naman kagaling manghuli si Mae they're perfect match for every work we do but this time Alex don't want her to be involve. If only I can tell her the reason why.

Why is it that everything become harder than I thought. Akala ko ganun lang kasimpleng tapusin kung ano talagang rason kung bakit kami sumama sa kanila pauwing Pinas. Well aside on the fact na dapat lahat kami nakasunod kay Alex.

The last time na kasama namin si Mae sa isang mission muntik na syang matangay samin buti nalang at agad syang napansin ni Logan na nawawala.

Mae is one of the best assasin of the group. It's run on the blood sabi nga nila. Her parents was the top assasin of Ferreira Mafiah. Mae was only 3 years old when they got killed. Maybe you're wondering why I know about all of these. Alex told me everything. Kahit na mas matagal na nyang nakasama si Mae at Hanz kaysa sa amin sinabi parin nya kung anong buhay meron sila and that was 12 years ago.

Alex was only 8 years old back then. And me? I'm already 10 years old. That time Seed always bullied by his classmate and there was this one time na naki alam si Alex. Kung titignan mo sya noon sobrang payat at liit nya kaya di mo aakalaing mapapatumba nya ang apat na mas malaki pa sa kanya. Ang di pa namin inaasahan she's above on us. 8 years old lang sya nun but she's already on her last years of Grades school. Mula nun naging kaibigan na namin sya. Kasama si Drew.

Drew was my bestfriend. But that was before....... ng hindi pa dumadating si Alex at Mae sa buhay namin ng kambal ko. Si Drew ang palagi naming kasama ni Seed kahit na mas bata sya samin ng dalawang taon, yun nga lang may mga bagay talaga na di inaasahang magbago o magtatagal. Walang forever sabi nga nila.

"By the way Sai...." My mind get back to reality when Mae talked again. Akala ko ba umalis na sya? Gaano na ba ako katagal nakatayo dito? ".....next time if you don't want to get caught tell those two idiots to not post on thier IG account..." Okayyyyy... What the hell is she talking about? I looked at her confused 'cause I didn't get it. Really? Is anybody there can help me to bring back my own brain? ".....Logan and Brian?" ohhh shit. Shit. Shit. I swear to kill them when they arrived. F*ck I curse again at myself. What on the word to not do something stupid that they don't f*cking understand? I sneer at Mae when she smirked at me and raised her brow. She excuse her self at me then mouthed the word 'Got you!'. Ohh f*ck. I pinch the tip of my nose in frustration. 'Did she just trick me?' 'Stupid Sai'

I'm about to take my phone out of my pocket when someone pat my shoulder. "You lost big time....." Di ko na kaylangan pang tignan kung sino kase bosses palang kilala ko na. "...you just spill the beans infront of Mae without you realizing it...." I almost drop my phone on that. I gaze at him with my questioning looked. ".....Logan and Brian can't post on thier IG account 'cause I already hacked it. Alex told me to do so.... " As if on a cue by hearing the name of Alex. I darted my gaze on his back to search Alex. ".....comfort room." pst... Minsan di ko talaga alam kung bakit naging kaibigan ko tong si Hanz ehh. Hindi ko alam kung maiinis ba ako o hindi.

"Nagiging mind reader ka narin ata gaya ni Mae." Nasabi ko nalang sa kanya. Tsk.

"Actually no, you're just being too obvious dude." Sabi nya sakin habang nakangisi. Tsk. Seryoso Hanz? Napasimangot naman ako sa kanya. Napailing nalang sya sakin at iniwan ako. Di ko nalang din sya pinansin at hinanap ko na si Alex.

Asan ka na ba Alex? Hindi ko alam kung bakit at pano ako napunta dito kase dinala ako ng paa ko sa may gilid ng Villa kung saan may gazebo at di ko inaasahan ang nakita ko. Lumapit ako konte ng di nila namamalayan, gusto komg marinig kung anong pinag uusapan nila.

Oo sila. Si Alex at Zedrick.

Pero kahit anong pilit ko di ko marinig ang pinag uusapan nila. Basta ang alam ko sa mga oras na to gusto kong sugurin si Zed.

'Kaylan ba sya matatauhan?' 'Hanggang kaylan ba nya kayang tiisin si Alex?' Tsk. 'Bakit ba ginagawa nyang komplikado ang sitwasyon?' Hindi ba nya alam kung gano sya kahalaga kay Alex?'

Napatalon ako sa gulat ng nagvibrate ang phone ko. Napalingon ako ulit kay Alex bago lumayo konte para sagutin kung sino man ang tumatawag. I frown when I saw the caller ID. My mind is arguing if I should answer it or not so I just did the latter let the explanation be held next time, but when Im about to put back my phone on my pocket it vibrate again.

'Oh God! Can you spare me this time? Just give me a minute or two?' and on the third time my phone vibrate again witch made me frown again. 'Do I have a choice either?' 'Ofcourse you don't have Sai.' arggghhhh!!!! F*ck this brain off of mine. I sigh heavely as I flip my phone to answer the call.

"What took you long enough to answer my call?" F*ck. Why now? Please God. Not now. Not this f*cking time. I prayed silently on my mind. Really Sai? Oh f*ck. "Im sorry Sir. I didn't notice that you're calling me." I managed to composed a word without cracking my voice from nervousness.

"Drop the formality young man." Why so cold then? Tsk. He's always saying that qoute 'drop the formality' but I can't because Im afraid that I might burst out something stupid word at him thats the reason why Im always making our converstion like some business talking as ever as I can.

"Im afraid that I can't do that Sir. But Im trying....." I heard him sigh heavily so I pictured him on my mind with a wrinkled on his forehead while sighing. Or worse He made a serious face or gave me a death glare either. How I thankful that he's not in front of me.

"Okay. Okay. Just give me some details and you're ready to hung up. Because I didn't hear anything from you for two weeks now."

I can feel the sadness in his voice, how I wish I can make everything easy just to make him happy. I humm at him as I take a deep sighed. I take down all the details that happened to us this past two weeks every single detail of it.

Maybe not at all, okay. Because I can't tell the exact story about Alex going all the way to baguio right after we arrived at her house.

That's not my story to be told so. Well, I do tell him everything he want to hear from me. That's the only matter of it, since he didn't question me anything at all I need to excuse myself on the conversation and give him some random reason just to cut the line immediately.

The moment I dart my gaze on Alex after the call, my world crash in to a million pieces, my foot rooted on to the ground, my body get numb, everything around me become blur, it feels like my own soul escaped inside of me, I can't move but I have to. What the hell was happened back there? Shit. Shit. Shit. Alex going to pass out. I run fast just to reach Alex for falling on the ground, pero bago pa man ako nakalapit sa kanya may nauna na sa akin.

"Seffie!"

"Alex!"

We said in unison. What the.....? Did I hear it right? 'F*ck it Sai, this is not the time for you to zoned out.' sabi ng utak ko. I gently grab Alex on his arm and gave him a cold stared. "She's with me." I said in a cold tone as I carry Alex in a bridal style. He's looking at Alex with concern on his eyes and sadness? Longing? Wait, wait, wait. Tama batong nakikita ko o ako lang to? Pero bakit? "Who are you?" and without me noticing it I voice out loud the question na akala ko nasa utak ko lang.

His face become serious ng tinanong ko sya. How can he swift his facial expression with one another that easily? 'Talking about yourself Sai? Like duh?' My mind argued. Tsk.

Pero bago pa man sya nakasagot sa tanong ko Mae come rushing through to us which made me tighten my grip on Alex body.

"Ohhh my Goodd Alex! What happen to her?" Nag-aalalang tanong nya sakin pero na kay Alex ang attention nya. Knowing Mae she will be going to be worried as hell kapag may nangyaraing masama kay Alex.

"She passed out. And I think she's sick because her body is burning as hell." Pagpapaliwanag ko kay Mae habang naglalakad na patakbo para makarating agad sa parking lot. 'The f*ck Alex! Why did you over-used yourself.' Di nagtagal at nakarating kami agad sa parking lot kung saan magkakatabi ang mga sasakyan namin.

" Where's the key?" Mae asked with a worried voice.

"Ohh f*ck. It's on my pocket inside of my tuxedo."

Mae mannage to get the car key without any pressure. Tsk. If only we're not in this kind of situation right now I will going to compliment her with that move. Because Mae is really amazing shit sometimes.

"What's going on here?"

"What are you doing here Drew?"

"Im asking you Mae. What the f*ck is going on in here?!" I dart my gaze to Drew just to raised my brow on him? "Can someone explaine me what happen and..." his eyes widened when he saw Alex on the car and with the blink of an eye he shove me away from Alex. 'Oh f*ck that was fast.' I groaned when my back hit the ground. Seriously Sai you're zoning out again. "Oh my God. Alex! Hey baby! Come on wake up." Drew rant as he gently rub the face of Alex with the back of his hand. "Who did this to her?" I swear if look can killed I maybe shattered in pieces right now. Because Drew is giving me his murderous looked that make my body shiver even inside of me. Well... What do you expect? It runs in the blood. Tsk.

Sasagot na sana ako ng nagsalita si Mae. "Hey! Whats wrong with you?" pagalit na sabi ni Mae kay Drew habang tinutulungan nya akong makatayo. "Are you okay?" I just nod my head yes to answer her.

"I'm asking you Sai." Drew asked me again with his cold tone.

"The last time I know she's talking to Z and......"

"That bastard..." Drew cut my words. "...take her home Sai. Give me a call if needed I will talk to Z." and with that he make his way inside the party.

Nasabi ko na ba na nakakatakot si Drew pag magalit?

"What was that? He scared me to death....." Sabi ni Mae habang kinakalma ang sarili. "Did you see that Sai?" May halong takot na tanong nya sakin. "I saw Alex in his eyes. His eyes was screaming of death but why? I don't understand. Pareho sila ng mata ni Alex pag magalit nakakatakot." Halos pabulong na sabi ni Mae. I just shrug my shoulder and open the door of my car on the driver seat.

Alam ko na maraming tanong si Mae pero di ito ang oras para sagutin ko lahat ng kung anumang itatanong nya sakin.