Raze's Point of View
We travel in silence to wherever these two take me.
I was in the back while Winzy was driving, with Zein next to me, just looking straight ahead.
I was confused.
"Where are we going?" I couldn't help but ask.
No one answered them. "Just shut up, Sexy Raze." I answered myself because they weren't really answering.
Are they on mute? What's happening to us isn't necessarily horror, is it? We're just trying to solve a problem.
Finish it? Did we start something that we didn't finish? Or if there was, it's been a while and we shouldn't be revisiting it. We can just leave it because it's been a long time.
"Zein, do you know that Bruno Mars song? The one called 'Versace on the floor'?" I asked.
I remained silent and waited for an answer, but the second time I still didn't get an answer.
"Yes. I know that, Sexy Raze. How arrogant! The lyrics are so touching!" I answered myself again before sniffling.
I folded my arms and turned my attention outside. The road was unfamiliar to me and I couldn't see much of the view because it was already night.
"Have you met Hanz?" I asked.
"Y-Yes."
I finally got an answer. I don't know what to ask next.
I miss these two. They are the ones who messed up my life at Hell University. They are the ones who ruined my character and woke me up from my slumber.
Winzy who always hides behind Samantha. They are almost never apart. Sam even calls her baby.
Hanz who is always there to save Sam. That man is so arrogant. He just silently watches from afar. Deep in thought. Sometimes he is scary.
Samantha... She's the girl who always smiles. Never hurt one of her friends if you don't want to get a shoe thrown at her. I remember what she did to someone who insulted her. She chained both legs and hand under the scorching sun. No one helped the man because they were afraid of him.
Samantha who always makes me smile. Samantha who will hit you with her shoe if you cry in front of her. Samantha who is angry with the weak. She has a sharp tongue that she doesn't notice when she's hurting.
Samantha, who almost became my father, was hit with a shoe out of annoyance. Samantha, who was feared. Samantha... Who I loved.
"You miss her?" I looked in the rearview mirror where Winzy and I met eyes.
I couldn't answer because I knew it was true.
"What if she's alive?"
I was stunned by what he said. What if he was alive? What if he didn't come back to me the night I released them to go back to my brother? What if he just followed me and stayed away and never came back inside?
Damn!
Sana... I wish... Samantha...
"Aren't you surprised?" he asked me next. "Why was there a commotion that night?" he added laughing.
"Shut the fuck up," Zein said coldly to him. He laughed. "Just drive." Zein's threatening voice silenced him.
"What do you mean?" I asked, confused.
He didn't answer and I was left with another question. Why did I join them?
If I hadn't gone with them, I might be asleep right now. But there's a part of me that's pushing me to follow. A big part of me that I don't have can only follow.
"Where is Ghost?" He asked me next.
"Winzy!" I shouted threateningly.
He laughed. "Okay. That's it. Where's Dark?" He changed his question.
I sat back down on the chair. I remembered what Samantha had called Dark. Ghost... She told me that the black cat was a ghost. She said it just pretended to be a cat and at night it became a ghost.
Damn... Samantha again.
"She left me. She's pregnant. She already has a family."
I snorted when he laughed. He was honking his horn with laughter. Zein just smiled and shook his head.
Wait... What's so funny?
Is it funny that he left me?
"Still Luxury Valdez here! Brother, aren't you going to change?" he asked laughing.
See? Even though Samantha is gone, she still continues to tease me. What if Samantha is still here? Will I walk out again like I usually do when I get annoyed with the two of them?
"Change?" I was the one who laughed at him again. "I won't change and if I did. I won't go back to the way I was.... Not anymore." I don't know where I got those answers.
He stopped laughing. Zein turned to me with raised eyebrows.
"You won't change, Raze. Please..."
"Huh?" I was really confused.
He shook his head and adjusted his seat again.
"Where are we going?" I asked. "Come on, girls. I'm not stupid enough to not notice what you're doing. Tell me... What the hell is going on?" My voice cracked.
I can take all the insults but what I hate most of all is being made fun of. I don't like being made to look stupid. I don't like secrets because I've never kept any secrets from them.
"We'll play, but this time, we'll finish it."
I was about to speak when I saw the entrance to a familiar place. Even though a lot has changed, I still feel this way.
Hell University...
He stopped the car and we got out together. I closed my eyes as I inhaled the fresh air again.
Inside it. It's funny that the place we almost died trying to get out of was the one we voluntarily returned to.
Nothing has changed yet. So many memories are coming back.
When our driver used to pick me up and drop me off at this university. When the entire university suddenly closed. When daddy introduced me to Ace.... It all happened here.
Damn! I miss this hell!
"What are we doing here?" I asked.
Winzy looked at her wrist watch. "We're just waiting for something," she replied.
I just nodded because even if I asked, I wouldn't get any answers from them and if I did, they would be vague.
After a while, three people arrived. I knew them all very well.
"Hanz..." He smiled at me. "Damn... Alas!" I smiled when I saw him. I missed the crazy guy. I looked at the other one with them. "A-Allison?" Now I was confused again.
"Is this a reunion?" I asked.
They did not speak.
"R-Raze..."
Allison was about to hug me when Zein stepped between us and slapped his sister.
I was stunned. Why did he do that?
"Shame on you, sister. Even if it's not sister Sam's... Please... Be ashamed of yourself."
"Zein!" Ace said firmly.
It laughed.
I don't understand anything.
"Ready?" Winzy asked us.
I don't understand anything. My chest is tightening and I'm gasping for air.
No idea comes to my mind.
But I have an inexplicable feeling...
I just want to run away...