Kasey's POV
We had so much fun today, and since lahat sila ay nasa kwarto nila nagpapahinga I decided to take a walk ,saka ang ganda pagmasdan ng sunset sa tabing dagat.
I was strolling at the night market nang makasalubong ko si Nice, it seems that he was strolling too and trying out some food.
And since we're not close I just pass by without saying hi nor hello.
"Hey, Kasey!"
"Huh? Me?" I've only said.
"sino pa ba ang Kasey dito?, Ikaw di ba?" tsk. Pilosopo
"pasensya naman po, Mr.Nice"
'Nice?, hindi bagay ang pangalan, kabaligtaran ng pangalan, dapat Naughty pangalan nito' bulong ko.
"What did you say?!"
"wala!" lakas ng pandinig.
"nasan yung iba?"
"nandun sa rest house nagpapahinga"
"ok" then he leave.
So, I continue to stroll and also to buy some pasalubong for lolo.
I was about to go home since was already past 9 pm and my phone was in low battery so I turned it off, when four suspicious guys approach me.
"miss, wala ka bang kasama?, kung gusto mo samahan ka na lang namin"
One of them said.
"N-no Thanks." nauutal kong sabi habang pinipilit kong lumayo sa kanila.
I'm scared, I don't know what to do, nangangatog na ang tuhod ko, di na ako makagalaw.
"mga pre, mukang natatakot na sya oh, miss wag kang matakot sa amin, mababait naman kami eh, hindi ba mga tol!" sabi ng isa, pagkatapos akong hawakan sa braso ng mahigpit.
Feeling ko pinagpapawisan na ako ng malamig.Nanginginig na din ang buo kong katawan.
"let go of me" mahina kong sabi habang pinipilit na kumawala sa hawak nya.
"ayaw ko nga!, tara miss sumama ka na samin, I'm sure mag e-enjoy ka"
Hinila ako nito papalapit sa kanya at saka hinappit ang aking bewang. Na kung titingnan sa malayo ay tila nakayakap na sya sa bewang ko. Naramdaman ko din tila inamoy pa nung isa ang aking balikat, naka pikit na kasi ako dahil sa takot.
Then pinipilit nila akong dalhin sa madilim at walang taong parte ng market I even smell alcohol on them, mga nakainom ang mga to, they stink!.
"I said let go of me!!!" I shouted at him as I try to let go from his grip.
"Aba!, mukang matapang tong babaeng to ah" sabi ng isa pa sa kanila.
"Miss sumunod ka na lang sa amin, okay!" sabi nung isa na nanlilisik ang mga mata.
Naiiyak na ako, di ko na alam ang gagawin ko, it seems like a deja vu to me.
"Oy, mga tol, uumiyak na oh, miss, wag kang umiyak hindi bagay sayo, maganda ka pa naman tapos iiyak ka lang, don't worry di naman kami masamang tao eh"
Di na ako umimik pa, di ko na alam ang gagawin ko, lahat ng nangyari sakin noon bigla na lang nagbalik sa isip ko. How I wish that my brother was here because I felt so hopeless right now.
Nice's POV
"Kasey pick up your phone!" Kei murmur to himself while calling Kasey's phone.
It's past 9 pm and she hasn't come back yet, nag enjoy ata mamasyal.
"Nice, you said you saw her this afternoon right?"
"yes, but, why are you so worried about her, she was old enough to take care of herself, senior high school student na sya"
"Because I can't let her out stay late at night outside, what if there's something bad happen to her, what will I do, what if she became traumatize again like what happened before, hey Nice tell me where did you last saw her?" he said while shaking me.
"Kuya Kei calm down, OK, what's with this traumatizing thing?, may kinalaman ba dito ang pagiging ilag nya sa lalaki, because she always freak out when we touch her."
"It seems, that I need to tell you the reason why she was like that, the truth is, she's not like that before, she was cheerful ad she didn't hate boys before not until that tragedy happened one and a half year ago when she became a model like me . . ."
He told me everything, and now I realized and I understood why she was like that, that's why I volunteered to find Kasey where I last saw her, her brother also came along with the boys while the girls remain at the rest house to watch over if ever Kasey came back while we were out. They didn't bother to ask why we were searching for her which is good because it was tiring to tell them the story.
I decided to search her where I saw her earlier but she was no where to be found when I saw a glimpse of a young woman di kalayuan sa kinatatayuan ko, it seems that she was in trouble. And when I went there to check, I found her crying, so without a second thought I helped her thinking that it might be Kasey.
Kasey's POV
I'm scared, I don't know what to do, I feel hopeless. But in the middle of thinking this none sense thoughts a familiar person came, he punched these guys but then these guys gave him a punch too, thus it turned into a fist fight , he was at disadvantage, they were four he was one and he can't fight all of them at once.
"Ano ba!, tutunganga ka na lang ba dyan, tumakbo ka na!" he shouted at me
"but, Nice!, I can't leave you here!, fighting all of these guys"
"You're so stubborn, aish! If you can't then we will. Let's go!"
He said as he grab my hand as we ran as fast as we could, as far as we can.
"Hindi na siguro nila tayo maa-abutan dito" hinihingal na sabi nya
"T-thank you"
"tsk. Bakit ba kasi di ka tumawag o nagtext man lang sa amin o sa kuya mo, alam mo bang alalang-alala sya sayo, para saan pa yang cellphone mo kung di mo naman ginagamit"
"sorry naman po, na lowbat po kasi ang phone ko at saka... At saka ---"
"hayaan mo na nga, by the way okay ka lang ba?"
"oo, okay lang ako, ikaw?, hala may sugat ka! Masakit ba?"
"Wag mo ng hawakan!, malamang masakit yan sugat kaya yan!"
"para nagtatanong lang naman" bulong ko sa sarili ko.
"tara na bumalik na tayo 10 na ng gabi oh"
Then nagsimula na kaming maglakad pabalik sa rest house ng bigla namang bumuhos ang ulan, kaya wala kaming nagawa kundi ang maghanap ng masisilungan, luckily meron naman kaming nahanap.
"Anak naman ng ano oh! tsk" naiinis na sabi ni Nice habang pinupunasan ang sarili.
"Sorry" bulong ko.
Kasalan ko naman kasi kung bakit kami nandito ngayon, kung hindi kasi ako nagtagal sa night market edi hindi nangyari to.
"wag ka sakin mag sorry, sa kuya mo ikaw mag sorry, wait lang ah, tawagan ko lang sya para magpasundo tayo, muka kasing wala ng masasakyan dito"
Then he called kuya to tell him what happened, pero mukang matatagalan pa sila sa pagsundo sa amin sobrang lakas kasi ng ulan at may kalayuan na ito sa rest house.
"bakit nandyan ka, halika ka dito nababasa ka na ng ulan oh"
"a-a-ano k-kasi--"
"ayaw mo, kasi may trauma ka"
"Huh?!" don't tell me, he knew the reason why I am afraid of boys.
"You're brother told me" nababasa nya ba ang nasa isip ko?
"he told you everything?"
"no, not at all, sabi nya kasi na kung gusto kong malaman ang buong storya sayo ko daw dapat itanong"
"oni-chan" bulong ko sa sarili
Pinag alala ko na naman sya, I know better than the other that he was so worried right now.
"I don't understand and I don't really knew the reason behind it, all I understand is that your brother must be worried about you, so next time be careful at kung maaari wag ka ng lumabas sa gabi para di na maulit."
"I know, sorry kasi napaaway ka ng dahil sa akin"
Maybe I should tell him the what happened before and the reason why I am like this when I'm around with guys.
"Oni-chan may told you this but, I will tell you the whole story, my whole story, if it's alright to you?"
"Okay lang naman sa akin, but before that, here wear my jacket basa ka ng ulan, pagpsensyahan mo na kung medyo amoy pawis yan"
"ok lang" then I wear his jacket.
"3 years ago when I was at my 3rd year in middle school, doctors diagnose na may cancer si mama at nasa stage 4 na ito, maliit na lang ang chance ni mama na gumaling pa, but we still believe that she will be cured so pina-chemotherapy pa rin namin sya, dinala din sya ni papa sa America para dun ipagamot, doctors tried their best, pero wala eh, she died just a week after my graduation and since then my father move to America to manage our business there, we knew that it was hard for him to stay in Japan kasi madami kaming masasayang memories doon, samantalang kami naman ni kuya nagpatuloy lang sa buhay,my first year in senior high was the same as I was in middle school, but on our 2nd term it all change when my brother ask me to be a model and I accept it, my classmates didn't knew that I was a model, dahil ibang iba ang itsura ko sa pictures sa magazines, they make me wear wigs and contact lenses para di ako masyadong makilala, nalaman lang nila ang tungkol sa pagiging model ko ng masangkot kami ni kuya sa isang issue,they all thought that we were a couple when a paparazzi got a picture of us together sa mall, kaya naman wala kaming choice kundi sabihin sa lahat na magkapatid kami"