Mhorfell Academy and the Night Stealer (A Spin-Off) [Book 3]

Chapter 10: The Other Memory

Chapter Ten: The Other Memory

THE MOMENT I came to, it was already the height of the afternoon. While all the farmers are already reaping what they sowed on their lands and the chatty vendors are working their magic to allure their customers' purses, here I am, still in bed lying on my stomach. I could hardly open my eyes as intense sunlight seeped through the cheap blinders of the room. However, what didn't go unnoticed by my senses was that when my hand reached for the place next to mine looking for a certain someone, it was cold and void.

Agad akong napamulat at napabalikwas mula sa pagkakahiga. Kahit na ba batid ko ang ibig sabihin, wala akong nagawa kundi kapain muli ang espasyo hanggang sa rumehistro sa kokote ko na wala na siya. Naglaho na siya. Parang bula. Parang isang panaginip na kinagisingan ko na. O totoo nga ba siya?

I immediately reached for my head, pondering whether what transpired last night was nothing but a spell a lousy alcohol had conjured. "Fuck... Am I losing it? Seriously? For a single can of beer?" I whispered as I shut my eyes close. "Come on, Sean. Pull yourself together. Try to remember everything." As if it's not yet enough I am also trying to recall the memories before I got here.

'Hindi ba't nasabi mong boring ang ganitong katahimikan?'

I groaned at the echoing argument in my mind. "Fine, it wasn't the alcohol," I admitted. "Then was it true?" Instinctively, I looked at my own self wondering if I was real. It was ridiculous but waking up with only the memory of kissing someone and not finding that someone was haunting my very bones.

Bagama't dala-dala pa rin ng bawat paghinga ang hiya at kilabot ng mga natatandaang nangyari kagabi, namumutawi rin ang kaba na guniguni ko lang ang lahat. I might be acting exaggeratingly over getting laid with a stranger but alas... this small bubble of peace of mine does not eliminate the undeniable truth of who I am outside it.

"Ugh, ang lagkit..." Abang napatigil ako sa pagrereklamo nang mapagnilayan kong wala na kong huhubarin pa para makaramdam ng kaunting lamig. Me being enveloped with only a thin white blanket is enough to hint that last night may have really existed, after all.

"Of course... malagkit," I grimaced. "I didn't get to clean up..."

Binaling ko ang mapanuri kong tingin sa kabuuan ng maliit kong silid. Sa liit nito'y hindi matatanggi ng mga piraso ng kasuotan sa sahig ang inakala kong panaginip. "Yep, no doubts, we really did it."

But where is she? Ito ang bumagabag sa 'kin higit pa sa kahit na ano. Is it because I have to interrogate her? Is it because I felt bewitched and deceived? I don't know. What I know is that I have to see her again and seek the truth that I should've prioritized instead of getting into her pants.

The more I put what happened into words, the more I drown in shame. Jesus Christ.

Sa isip-isip na maaaring nasa loob pa siya ng pamamahay ko ay binalak kong tawagin siya. Subalit, napatid ako ng katotohanang ni pangalan ng babaeng hinayaan kong umakyat sa kama ko, hindi ko alam. "Is this really a one-night stand?" Nagulo ko na lang ang buhok ko lalo sa pagkabalisa. "She didn't just do a cum and run to me, did she?"