NIOA 3

3.

After a small talk with Tita Aly and Tita Celeste ay lumabas na kami ng Headmistress Office. I think I should call her Headmistress than Tita Celeste, she needs to be respected, after all, I'm just a student of this university.

Nakakapanibago, sobra! Para akong pumasok sa mundong wala man lang akong kaalam alam. Para akong sanggol na bagong panganak, yun bang kailangan kong aralin ulit lahat lahat para mabuhay.

Headmistress touch my shoulder. "Aleah, I want you to be familiarized to the whole university and I'm telling you this now cause I want you to be safe." what's with the word, safe? Bakit? May gusto bang pumatay sa akin dito? "Aleah, listen to me, listen to me very carefully. Hindi lahat ng makakasama mo dito sa university ay mababait at mas lalo ng hindi lahat ng makakasalamuha mo dito ay safe. Someone could be dangerous, and someone could be even far far more dangerous, and someone can even kill you. So please Aleah, please be very careful." now, that's getting very creepy, and fudge it's creeping the hell out of me. "Listen before you speak and think before you move, understand?" wala sa sariling napatango ako. Okaaaay? Listen before you speak? Think before you move? Gosh! That's deep!!

"Breath, my dear" natatawang sabi ni Tita Aly. Okay, that caught off my guard. Grabe, kanina pa pala ako hindi humihinga. Well, thanks Tita. "Your room number is 0367. May dalawa kang roommates and don't worry they are girls" I just smiled. "About your everyday clothes, mayroon na sa closet mo and everything you need is already there. Don't need to bring your luggage, and actually wala ka namang dalang luggage." my head is still on turmoil kaya wala akong nagawa kundi ang tumango.

I don't know how to familiarized this freaking big place. Lalo na ang mga tao dito. Ang Headmistress palang ang nakakasalamuha ko pero pakiramdam ko ay sasabog na ang utak ko.

After some minute ay umalis na si Tita Aly and Headmistress Adams escorted her outside. Samantalang pumunta naman na ako sa room ko which is on the 3rd floor. And freaking hell! Gusto kong magfreak out ng malaman kong may elevator ang university na 'to. What the hell is this place?

Ng makarating ako sa tapat ng Room 0367 ay tinapat ko ang card na binigay ni Headmistress Adams kanina. She said that this card can only use by me. Lahat ng estudyante dito ay may sari sariling personal card. Hindi lang sa aming room namin ito pwedeng gamitin. We can also use this card as an opener of our locker.

I can't help but to be amaze of what I saw. This room is big! It looks like a house more than a room. There's a sala set in the middle with a -I think 45 inches- led tv. Sa right side naman ay may dining set and nandoon din ang kitchen. Complete and gamit nito mula mga plates hanggang sa oven, mayroon! Then I saw a swirling stairs. I think bedroom ang nandoon.

"Hi!" nagulat ako ng may biglang bumati sa akin. May babaeng bumaba mula sa hagdan.

She's really beautiful and damn, she has a slim build! Ang ganda niya tapos maputi pa siya. Nagulat na lang ako ng may isa pang babaeng bumaba mula sa hagdan. This one is different. Kung girlish yung kanina, ngayon naman cute. Nakapig-tails ang kaniyang buhok and she's wearing a pair of pajamas at ang tatak nito ay rainbow unicorn. Bagay sa kaniya ang chubby cheeks niya. At hindi ko maitatangging napakaganda rin niya. She's a mix of a girlish and cute one.

Lumapit silang dalawa sa akin ang they smiled cheerfully. "Hi! Ikaw ba yung roommate namin?" nakangiting sabi nung cute. "If I'm not mistaken, this is room 0367, so ako nga yung ka-roommate niyo." walang emosyon kung sagot. I don't need to be friendly. Being familiar with this place doesn't mean that I should have friends.

"Geez! Your so cold!" nagulat na sabi nung girl na girlish. Wait! Nalilito na ako! I think I should know their names, after all, mag kaka-roommate kami. "Can you tell me your name first?" pigil ko sa kanila ng hihilahin na nila sana ako.

"Oo nga. Sorry, I forgot. I'm Friza Lesnar."

nakangiti niyang sabi at yung isa naman ang nagsalita, yung cute. "And I'm Leicel Clide." nakangiti niya ring sabi. I stared at them. "Aleah." simpleng sabi ko. "Wow! Ang ganda naman ng name mo!" Yeah, whatever.

Bigla nila akong hinila papunta sa taas. Three doors meet my sight. Isang asul, isang berde at itim naman yung isa. May nakasabit na name plate bawat pinto

Friza Lesnar. Pangalan sa asul na pinto.

Leicel Clide. Pangalan sa berde na pinto.

Aleah Davis. Ako. Pangalan ko ang nasa nameplate ng itim na pinto. Bigla akong kinalibutan. Nagtaasan lahat ng balahibo ko habang nakatitig sa nameplate na may pangalan ko. Bakit parang alam yata nilang darating ako? Bakit parang matagal ng nandiyan ang pangalan ko.

Kaya ba mukhang hindi nagulat ang dalawa kung kasama ng makita ako?

Talaga bang hinihintay nila ang pagdarating ko?

Nilingon ko silang dalawa pero nakangiti lang sila sa akin. "Tara, tignan natin ang room mo!" nakangiting sabi ni Friza.

I held the knob of my room and slowly opened it. Ewan ko pero kinakabahan ako sa pwede kung makita sa room na ito. It can be different of what I used to like or more creepier, it can be the same of what I wish it will be. 

Yellow. Orange. Red. Black.

That's the combination of my room. Fire? It does look cool.

"Wow!" sabay na sabi ni Friza at Leicel na inililibot ang tingin sa aking kwarto. It's a perfect and complete set room. May malaking kama, may sariling bathroom, wardrobe at may chandelier sa taas. I didn't expect something to be like this. Academy pa ba talaga ito? Seriously!

"Nagustuhan mo ba, Aleah?" agad kung hinila pasara yung pinto. I don't want others to see my room, my private place. They doesn't have to see.

I nod bago sila tinalikuran. Muli akong bumaba at umupo sa couch. Mukha namang sumunod sila sa akin. "You okay?" Friza asked. Tumango lang ulit ako. As far as I can, ayaw kung makipag usap sa kanina. I don't want to be close to anyone. Pabigat lang sila.

Ayaw ko ng may kahinaan ako. Ayaw ko ng may importanteng tao sa akin na dapat maging kahinaan ko. I want to treat everyone just like nothing. I can live on my own. I don't need them.

Maybe I need to be familiarize in this place first. Sabagay, unang araw ko palang naman dito.

By the way, I'm Aleah Lancaster Davis and I'm here in this damn place. Nexons Institute Of Arcanes.