MH University: Brain vs. Brawn (MH series #1)

Chapter 31: Freshmen Aid Mission

Alexander's POV

"You met who?!" Malakas kong sigaw nang ikwento sa'min ni Tobi ang nangyare sakan'ya sa may parking lot ng mall nung isang araw.

Nandito kami ngayon sa hallway naglalakad papunta sa room namin and alam ko ring pinagtitinginan na kami ng iba pang mga students (not that it never happens) but right now I really couldn't care less about what they think or about the loud whispers coming from them. What Tobi said shocked the hell out of me.

"The neuropath." Sagot naman niya habang nakatingin lang sa daan.

"'Di mo man lang kami naisipang tawagan? That bitch could've seriously hurt you!" Bwelta ko ulit habang seryosong nakatingin sakan'ya.

Alam kong malakas na uri ng meta-human si Tobi pero kung ako nga nagawang saktan nun, pa'no nalang siya?

"Alexander's right Tobi. You should've called any of us. God knows what those three could've done to you. Specially since andon nga 'yong neuropath." Dagdag naman ni kuya Mike taking my side. He has this stern look on his face.

Tobi merely let out a sigh.

"Look, I'm fine. Kaya nga nandito ako ngayon eh. And like I said, someone helped me."

"Psh sino naman aber?" Tanong ko habang nakataas ang isa kong kilay.

"'Yung Gabriella." Tipid niyang sagot and I felt my brows furrow in confusion at what he said.

"Ha?" - ako

"Si Gabriella?" - Kuya Mike

"'Yung emo?" - Trev

Sabay-sabay naming tanong. All of us look unbelieving.

"Yep."

Ramdam kong mas lalo lang kumunot ang aking noo dun.

"Ba't ka naman nun tutulungan?!" For some reason nakaramdam ako ng inis. Although slight lang naman. Pero it's still there.

"Aba malay ko. Basta she came before one of them could attack me." Kaswal na sabi ni Tobi sabay kibit-balikat.

Napatingin lang ako sakan'ya. Ramdam ko parin sa'king mukha ang pagtatanong.

Seriously, why was she there? Why did she help Tobi? Akala ko ba ayaw niya sa grupo kong 'to! Bakit niya pa tinulungan si Tobi?!

Again, the slight irritation revealed itself. 'Di ko alam ba't nakakaramdam ako ng kaunting inis ng dahil dun.

"What did she do?" Trev asked. He looks as if he's actually anticipating for Tobi's answer.

Ewan ko ba pero may kaunting bahagi saakin na gusto rin malaman kung ano bang ginawa nun.

Suddenly may naalala ako. Before Tobi could answer agad kong ni-voice out ang tanong na agad na pumasok sa utak ko.

"Minasahe ba niya ulo mo?" I asked out of nowhere.

Tiningnan naman ako n'ong tatlo na tila ba tinubuan ako ng isa pang ulo. They all had this confused look on their faces as if I chanted an entire Russian phrase coherently word per word.

Tinaasan ko lang naman sila ng isang kilay.

"What?!" Inis na bulyaw ni Tobi.

"Kung minasahe niya kako ang ulo mo." Kaswal ko lang naman na sagot.

Mukhang mas naguluhan pa ata siya/sila dun.

"Why the hell would she even do that?" Kunot noo niyang sabi and the two only gave me a slightly annoyed look as if agreeing with him.