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My eyes immediately landed to Death when I walked inside the hideout. He was standing while leaning on the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. It was obvious that he was waiting for someone, for me, dahil ang pwesto nya ay makikita kaagad kung sino ang paparating.

His mismatched eyes found mine. He sighed na para bang nakahinga sya nang maluwag. Kinalas nya ang pagkakahalukipkip ng mga braso nya at tumayo ng deretso. I stared at him first, memorizing the look of relief in his eyes before I sighed and walked towards him.

Hindi pa ako nakakalapit ay nakadipa na agad ang mga braso nya para sa akin. I couldn't help but to smile as I wrapped my arms around his waist while he enveloped me in a hug. His warmth spreads throughout my body until it reached my heart.

I inhaled his scent. The kind of scent I will never get tired to smell. It was manly that makes me feel so secure whenever I can smell it as he wraps his arms around me like this.

It hasn't been twenty fours hours yet, but I already missed him.

Merda! Parang ayoko pa ngang bumitaw sa kanya!

"Are you okay?" he asked. Hindi nya rin naman ako binibitiwan kaya hindi ako lumayo sa kanya.

I nodded and tighten my hug on him. "Hm."

He sighed. Hinigpitan nya din ang pagkakayakap sa akin and I just smiled as I couldn't help it. It's obvious that he got worried about me. Habang ginagawa nya ang sariling misyon ay nag-aalala sya para sa akin. I know 'cause I felt that way too. Hindi ako makapag-concentrate kanina dahil nag-aalala rin ako para sa kanya.

I kept on thinking, as Fourth and I carries his father on our shoulders, unconcious and full of blood. Iniisip ko na paano kung ganoon rin ang nangyari sa grupo nila? What if someone attacked them as well? There's no way to communicate with them as we left all our phones at ang earpiece lamang ang komunikasyon namin. But L was the only one who got access to all of the groups.

Kaninang nakita ko sya habang papasok ako sa hideout, I felt relieve as well. I am so glad that nothing bad happened to him. No scratches at all.

I am so thankful that I was given another chance to be with him again. Every minute for us is dangerous. Hindi namin alam kung kailan susugod ang mga kalaban, or if we can really win this game. Kaya ngayong binigyan pa ako ng isa pang pagkakataon para makama si Death, I will surely treasure every moment with him. And give him everything he deserves.

"Death..."

Bahagya akong lumayo sa kanya para makita ang mukha nya. I looked up to him as he is taller than me. His mismatched eyes looked down at me.

"I have something to tell you." I said. "Can we talk later?"

Later, dahil alam kong hangga't hindi pa nakakabalik sina Eresh at Plutus ay hindi kami makakampanteng lahat. We are all worried about them, especially to Eresh dahil dalawang buhay ang katumbas nya.

"Alright." sagot ni Death na titig na titig sa akin. I stared back at him, trying to read what's on his mind.

Fourth said na kung nahalata ni Eresh, Death might've as well. Especially that he's the father.

Merda! I also read some articles saying na kung minsan pa nga ay ang mga lalaki ang unang nakakaalam kung buntis na ang asawa or partner nila even before the girl could knew about it. So I think I really should tell Death about it as soon as possible.

"Any news about Eresh?" dinig kong tanong ni Fourth. Napahiwalay ako kay Death at lumingon na sa mga kasama ko.

Fourth took a seat. He looked so serious as he waited for L to answer his question. Alam kong sobra na syang nag-aalala sa bawat minutong lumilipas na hindi nya kasama si Eresh. I know, kasi ganoon din naman ng naramdaman ko kay Death.

Itinuro ni L ang laptop nyang nakaharap sa banda namin at nakatalikod sa kanya.

"That one blinking red dot is from Plutus." L explained. "They're on their way here."

Tumitig kami doon at nakita ang sinasabi nya. There's a map and a blinking red dot on the screen. But there's a problem. Mukhang hindi iyon nahalata ni L dahil nakatalikod ang laptop sa kanya. Alter beside him frowned as she stares at her own laptop.

"It's not moving." isinatinig nya ang problemang napansin din namin.

"What?" L asked. He frowned as well.

"Plutus' tracker. It's not moving."

Itinuro pa ni Alter and screen ng laptop nya but L took his laptop kaya nawala ang tingin namin doon. His frown deepened na mas lalong nagpakaba kay Fourth. He heaved a deep sigh to calm himself.

And as I looked at him, I realized that most of men tend to hide their emotions. Minsan lang sila umiyak kahit sobra na silang nasasaktan. For them, it will make them look less of a man.

But I disagree. They are human. And it's a human instinct to cry if they're hurt or if they feel too much hapiness. Walang masama sa pag-iyak. Hindi iyon nakakabawas sa pagkalalaki. It will not make them look weak.

It is normal to cry. We're human. We feel hurt. What not normal is to not cry, to not shed any tears.

Maybe, Fourth is like that as he belonged to the royal family. They're role models. He needs to look strong in the eyes of the public. Para hindi nila maisip na mahina ang mga taong namumuno sa bansa nila.

I somehow felt sorry for him.

But we're different. We're not his people. We are the EL Ordre. Hinding-hindi namin iisipin na mahina sya.

"Fuck." I heard L cursed. "Plutus! Can you hear me?"

"He can't answer you." I said. "Diba nga nasira daw ang earpiece nya sabi ni Eresh."

L looked at me. "Yeah, but he can still hear me." He pressed a finger on his earpiece. "Plutus! Damn you, if you can hear me, if you're on the way back here, can you call us using a fucking payphone so we could know if you're okay?"

I sighed and pressed a finger on my earpiece as well.

"Fourth is worried, Plutus."

"Sabihin mo hindi na din matae si Fourth dito."

I looked at Archer helplessly because of his statement. Merda! We are on a serious situation pero bigla magsasalita sya ng ganoon!

Bakit ba naging kamukha nya pa si Dean Winschester? Sinisira nya lang ang image ni Dean sa utak ko!

It's a good thing that they have a different eye color. He has a hazel brown eyes while Jensen Ackles has green eyes. At least masasabi kong hindi talaga sya si Dean!

"Shut up, fucker." saway ni Aius sa kanya.

"Plutus, call us! I'll give you five minutes and after that, we're gonna go to your location I am seeing here in my tracker." L said.

"No need."

Napatingin kaming lahat sa may pintuan nang may magsalita. It was Plutus and beside him is Eresh. They both looked so fine kaya nakahinga kami nang maluwag.

L looked at his laptop then back to Plutus. He frowned.

"Your tracker shows that you're on a different location." takang-taka na sabi ni L.

Natawa ako. I mean, L always has this bored look on his face at ang makita syang ganito ay kakaiba sa paningin ko.

"Ah. The earpiece has a tracker, right? I threw it away as it's already broken." Plutus said like it's a normal thing.

Merda! We almost panicked in here! Magpapadala na nga sana si L ng search and rescue for them in five minutes pero parang wala lang kay Plutus ang lahat!

"It's not broken yet. Nakikita ko pa ang location nyo qito unlike kay Eresh na nawala na din nang masira ang earpiece nya." inis na sabi ni L. Alter held his hand to calm him down.

"How would I know it's not broken yet and you could still track me with that?" Plutus asked. Naglabas pa sya ng vape nya and he puffed a smoke that's why the air was filled with Vanilla scent.

Inis na hinawi ni Eresh ang vapor na pumunta sa banda nya. She glared at Plutus who smirked at her and he looked like he's enjoying the attention that the Mad Queen is giving him. Eresh rolled her eyes at him.

"I told you." she said. "He is a stupid asshole."

Plutus chuckled and puffed on his vape again. "And this stupid asshole just saved you. I can accept a simple kiss as a thanks."

"Fuck you." Eresh spat at him and Plutus chuckled again.

He was about to say something when Fourth stood up and walked towards them. He snaked an arm around Eresh's waist and looked at Plutus.

"Thank you for protecting my Queen." he said.

Plutus stared at Fourth. Nawala ang ngisi sa mga labi nya na kanina lang ay nandoon habnag kausap nya si Eresh. He's now looking seriously at Fourth.

"You are aware that I'll do everything just to protect her, right?"

Fourth smirked at him menacingly. That menacing smirk that he always gives us whenever he's planning for something.

"Of course. But you don't need to do that. I can protect my Queen."

Plutus chuckled. "Sure, you can. But I think I have to remind you that it was me who protected her this time."

Tahimik lang kaming nakikinig sa mga pasaring ng dalawa. The tension between them is so obvious that it's getting scary. Natatakot akong baka bigla na lang magsuntukan ang dalawa.

But seems like Eresh didn't.

She laughed. She laughed so hard and it sounded so evil. Naalala ko tuloy noong mga panahong sya pa ang Queen ng Red Faction. She still has that aura around her. At feeling ko ay hindi na iyon mawawala.

"Oh, please." she said as she wiped the tears at the corner of her eyes. "Is this some kind of comedy skit that you practiced? Nakakatawa kasi."

Fourth looked at her. Ilang sandali syang tumitig bago ngumiti at tumawa. Plutus laughed with him and I was so confused with what's happening. Lalo na noong tinapik ni Fourth sa balikat si Plutus.

"Thanks again, I'd like to show you my gratitude some other time."

Plutus smirked at him. "Alright. Looking forward to that."

I frowned. What was just happened?

Natawa si Death nang makita ang reaksyon ko. I looked at him, trying to ask about it with just a look in my eyes. He just shook his head and held me on the small of my back.

"It's a boys thing." he simply said.