Scarper House

Scarper House 4: Carnival

⚠️TW: Mentions of Sexual Abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide

Scarper House 4: Carnival

That night was just a typical night.

I was still at the university—in the student council's office to be exact, completing some of the documents that we need for the upcoming event we were preparing for Valentine's Day.

"Ate Tracy, nandito na ang boyfriend mong maingay."

My fingers automatically stopped typing on my laptop when Krista, our 3rd year representative, said that. I turned to the couch where she was casually sitting on while drinking canned soda, also frowning now that we can hear her cousin's loud voice from outside the office.

"Why do you build me up?! Buttercup beybeh! Just to let me down~"

Yes, that's Saint singing at the hallway, probably getting everyone's attention. Kalalabas lang ng iba pang student council officers mula sa office na kinaroroonan namin at sigurado akong nakasalubong niya sila.

"I need you!"

"I need you!"

Napaangat ang mga kilay ko nang marinig na may nag-second voice din mula sa labas. Lalo namang sumama ang timpla ng mukha ni Krista.

"At ang boyfriend niyang kasing-ingay niya rin," she said, and just in time the door opened.

I smiled when I saw Saint's smiling face. Five years together and his presence still calms me.

Everybody said that the feelings developed during high school should be left at high school. But we're already graduating college now and still going strong. Five years, and nothing has changed.

Dumiretso siya sa 'kin, inaabot ang dalawang sobre. "Babe, sabi ng guard para sa 'yo raw 'tong mga 'to."

"Sa council naka-address?"

He shook his head. "Sa 'yo—" And because he was shaking his head, he caught a glimpse of his cousin who's still on the couch. "Nandito ka?!"

I sighed and went back on my swivel chair, knowing very well how things would turn out—they'll just bicker. They're cousins but they have never been in the same room without almost killing each other.

Krista didn't disappoint and said, "aparisyon lang 'to."

Wala pa ulit nagsasalita sa kanila nang pumasok na rin sa student council office si Chad, best friend ni Saint, na malamang ay napakuwento pa muna sa labas.

"Pres!" sigaw niya pagtungtong na pagtungtong niya sa office. Sa lahat ng malapit sa 'kin dito sa Nicolas University, siya lang ang tumatawag sa 'kin ng gano'n. Okay na rin dahil bago ako naging presidente ng Student Council, Boss ng Santo ang tawag niya sa 'kin—which was also after I told him to stop calling me Lord ng Santo.

"Bakit may mga sulat ka na walang nakalagay kung kanino galing? Kakabahan na ba 'tong Santo natin—" Tulad ni Saint, nawala rin kaagad ang ngiti ni Chad nang mapansin ang nasa couch. "Oh, nandito ka rin?!"

Krista rolled her eyes upon getting the same question from her cousin's best friend. "Trumopa naman kayo sa may utak para balance."

"Tangina talaga nitong pinsan mo, Santo."