Golden Age: Semideus Specials

abducted under daylight...

Dio's POV

"Good morning Fira, Santorini, Greece!" Narinig kong sigaw ni Thea mula sa labas.

"Thea! Thea!" Biglang tumili si Art. "Nabulag na ata ako!"

"Gusto mo bang sapakin kita, Art? Porke't puti lahat ng nakikita mo, bulag na agad? Di ba pwedeng nasa pinakamagandang Fira, Santorini, Greece ka lang?!" Nilakasan ni Thea ang pagbitaw ng mga katagang Fira, Santorini, at Greece.

"Eh?!" Pangalawang beses nang tumili si Art. "Ang ganda pala pag umaga, no?!"

I groaned and clung onto the pillow under my head.

"Tumahimik nga kayo!" sigaw naman ni Chase mula sa itaas ng kwarto namin ni Kara. "Ang aga-aga!"

"Ambobo mo, Chase!"

"Mas gago ka! Ang ingay-ingay mo!"

"Everyone shut the fuck up!"

Great, I thought. Mukhang mapapalayas kami sa lugar na'to nang wala sa oras.

We just arrived here last night. Mabuti nalang talaga at nag-early dinner kami dahil pagkarating namin, nagsibagsakan na kami sa sari-sarili naming mga higaan.

We rented three two-story buildings that stood along Fira's stone pathway. Each building had two suites, one on the first floor and one on the second floor. We had a vacant room, of course, an extra suite, sapagka't hindi namin inasahan na maaga palang uuwi sina Kaye at Matilda.

Fira is the capital of Santorini. The place is full of tourists and abundant with life, even at night, which is why we chose to stay here.

It's also located on top of a cliff, which means we're going to get a view of the sky above and around us, no matter where we are in Fira.

"Dio..."

Kumunot ang aking noo pagkatapos maramdaman ang isang kamay na humawak sa aking mukha.

"I know you're awake," she whispered.

Iminulat ang aking mga mata. "Who wouldn't? Ang ingay ng mga kasama natin."

"Hmm." She smiled, and closed her eyes. "I love hearing their voices in the morning. It makes me remember our days in the Academy," she said, her thumb lightly encircling the side of my cheek. "When we still used to live together."

Hinawakan ko ang kamay niya. "Yeah," I remembered. "When we used to almost die everyday..."

"Good morning, Cesia!" Muli na naman naming narinig ang matinis na boses ni Art. "Nakakain ka na ng breakfast?" 

"Hindi pa?" aniya. "Eh di same tayo! Wahahaha!"

Pumikit ako at napangiti. "They're even louder than the last time I remembered."

"Hoy may nakita akong cafe du'n!" sigaw ni Thea. "Du'n sa dulo!"

"We should get up," ani Kara at naunang bumangon. "If we don't want to miss breakfast."

I rolled on my back and stared at the ceiling.

"Kara," sambit ko. "No one's going to take this away from us, right?" Nilingon ko siya. "I still couldn't believe we were able to make it this far... after everything that's happened."

Araw-araw nalang, sa tuwing nagigising ako, iniisip ko pa ring panaginip lang lahat ng 'to... na hindi totoo ang buhay ko ngayon, at gawa-gawa lang ni Chaos ang realidad na'to para linlangin ako, para paasahin ako.