Chapter 3
Zaffira's POV
I was shocked and opened my eyes when I feel the water flowing over my body. I'm still sitting here on the bathroom floor.
Huh?
Looks like I even slept here.
I remembered that I had a roommate here at home and we were going to do something so I quickly got up and went out of the bathroom to get dressed.
I put on the clothes I took earlier on the bed and walked to the door to get out.
It looks like I actually slept for a few hours before.
Mika is already arranging things, Sen is also ready to leave. Mika is just waiting for what she's doing.
Sen. saw me.
"Get down yet." Aba! Inirapan ako!
I think the report is over and I didn't even help.
Mika stopped fixing and turned to me because I was behind her and Sen was facing me. Mika just smiled at me broadly.
"It's okay with me Zaffira! Even if you didn't help as long as you don't take back what you said earlier." Mika promised the extent of the smile.
I just smiled awkwardly because it was embarrassing.
I didn't even get help even from a barber.
"Let's go" Sen said to Mika.
"We're leaving. It's late. I'll be packing for tomorrow!" Mika said.
And so they left. Now it's quiet again.
But I'm used to it.
I walked to the kitchen to get a drink. It's already 8 o'clock in the evening, it's good that Sen and Mika have been here for a long time.
I was close to the kitchen door when I looked at the exit door where Mika and Sen had come out earlier.
I raised an eyebrow.
Didn't they lock up?
Eh what did I hear earlier that clicked? But I'm sure. They locked the door because I was still watching them come out.
I shook. Maybe I'm just imagining it.
So instead of going to the kitchen I approached the door that was only three inches wide. I even felt the cold wind blowing before I closed it and locked it.
The maids are gone because they are already asleep at 8 o'clock. There are only three maids left here. If there used to be twenty helpers here, now there are only three left.
I went straight to the kitchen for a drink.
After I filled the glass with water, I was going to drink it but I dropped it and it broke, because I noticed a gold ring on my finger. This is not gold! Crown its design!
H-how there was a ring on my finger!
It's still quite heavy and obviously pure gold! I don't wear any jewelry! Especially a ring!
Even if my hand is shaking, I force you to remove it.
Shit!
Don't get fired!
Whatever I try to remove, I really don't want to! I dipped my hand in water to remove it in case it slipped and was removed, but why is it like this !?
I'm confused because I'm not really used to wearing a ring.
I ran to my room and left the broken glass in the kitchen. I quickly went into my room to look for baby oil in the drawers.
I was relieved to see something here. I took it and sat on the bed, I opened the baby oil then put my finger where the ring was placed.
When I was satisfied, I held it and turned it around. It became slippery and twisted around my finger so I was relieved. So when I deleted that I wanted to cry! I'm really desperate to get rid of that! But why not still!
Bwisit na singsing to!
I lost hope that I could get rid of it so I just wiped my hand and went to sleep. Maybe tomorrow I can get rid of it.
But how did that happen?
I lay down on the bed and maybe because of the tightness I felt before I fell asleep without rolling over on the bed to fall asleep.
But tomorrow came and the ring was still there, I just let it go and ignored it.
Mika has continued to live here. Every day he always told stories about his family and their province. He even encouraged me to go home with him tomorrow.
I did not refuse. I also want to see how people live in the province. How they scramble for their daily.
It's Friday and Mika plans to go home, so he said he wanted to take me with him. It was noisy here in the house when Mika came. Not like before. But before that I first visited their lawyer mommy before.
I don't know why I do this. I was absent from class for this. I'm already laughing at myself e. I am already making my will and testament for the treasures that I will leave behind just in case.
I swear I don't really know why I'm doing this. Just this morning I woke up and I remembered it.
Oh, at least we don't know when death will pick us up. Maybe I'm just too early for this. I'm only going to be 18 tomorrow! Mika doesn't know that but I have no plans to say more. For what?
Even the lawyer I was talking to laughed too. I'm too young for this. He even asked me if I had a fixed life to give away the riches left to me by my descendants.
I told him the people who would receive my assets. First of all is Mika. Half will go to her. To Sen is the one eight, the rest are for the maids who stayed. They will share that. They are the ones who have been loyal here at home.
With each passing hour I could not understand myself. Am I restless, and nervous? I do not know.
Now it's night again. Mika and I are already packing because we will wake up early tomorrow to catch the bus that is going to their province.
I just ignored that feeling.
Maybe it just makes me feel excited, so that's it.
"Zaf, are you done?" Mika entered the room.
She has her own room here, she was even overjoyed to see her room then.
"Yes" was my short answer to her.
"Aahhh! I'm so excited! I'll take you for a walk there! Lots of falls and clean rivers! I'm also sure a lot of you will be obsessed there, Zaf!" She lay down on my bed while saying those things.
I just smiled. I was not mistaken in my decision to give her the whole half of my money.
"Wake up!" Mika shouted.
We are now together here in the room so that he will wake me up when I can't wake myself up at three o'clock.
"Hmm ... Mika. We'll just use my car."
Because of! My bed is still pulling me up! I'm not used to waking up this early.
"It's not possible! It's better to commute! You might get a trip there when they find out you're rich!"
"Aish!" I forced myself to get up and went to the bathroom.
He, in turn, has gone out and will use the bathroom in his room.
I immersed myself in the bath tub and blinked for a moment.
Happy birthday Zaffira. Happy birthday myself, I didn't realize that my tears were already flowing. Now, I feel homesick.
I already felt orphaned by the parents who adopted me. I miss them. And this time I couldn't stop crying. I can't help but remember the smile and joy of my parents who adopted me every birthday.
I am now looking for the warm and tight hug that I have endured for several years without looking around, because no matter what I do, I will never be able to return to the past.
It was dark and the bus we were on was already full of passengers. I could see the lights out the window, but we weren't the only ones to travel too early. We are not the only ones here on the bus, because there are also many private vehicles that I know have their own destination.
"We're still a long way to go. But it's okay because we don't have to move the car anymore. It's right there with us." Mika said next to me. I'm here by the window.
He said he was worried that I might not be used to this and that I was upset, so he put me in the window. It's as if when I feel dizzy, I open the window to get some air and somehow my dizziness disappears. But until now I have never felt that way.
The drive took a few hours and she said several times that we were close. But where is near there?
It is now four o'clock in the afternoon.
It is now four o'clock. And even though I am entertaining myself outside the window because the wind is nice and the mountains I can see, I still don't lose the nervousness I feel.
I don't know what it's for.
Maybe it's because the road this bus is on is narrow. There are only a few of us here inside, because the others are already coming down.
I looked at the cloud and it's looked like it will rain today.
"Aww. We can't take that walk anymore. It looks like it's raining. It's ugly to take a walk when it's muddy." Mika promised because he also peeked out the window.
"We'll just take a walk when the weather clears. Maybe tomorrow is okay." I smiled at him because he looked broke in his appearance.
The weather is really with me.
I'm already 18, but I ignore that. I feel sad but I'm trying to avoid feeling like that this time.
It's overcast and I think it's going to rain anytime.
It's beautiful here in Mika's province. She even bragged to me about the clean sea near their house. Fishing is their main livelihood and it is not surprising because they are close to the sea.
Mika was lucky and she was blessed with talent and a scholar in a private school.
When we entered their house, she immediately took me to a room. Their house was small and a bit crowded. Even if I'm not used to it, that's okay with me.
The important thing is that they can be considered as a home with a whole family. The room where I am now is Mika's room, while Mika says she was there in a room where they stocked things that they don't use much.
He cleaned it earlier while we were still on the bus.
"Tomorrow morning Zaf we'll take a sea walk first!" Mika said.
"What are you, Mika. Let Zaf rest for a day first, he looks tired and not used to the long trip. It's embarrassing for him." Mika's mom said.
"Ah hahaha aunty it's okay with me. Actually I can rest tonight" Mika's father just smiled and so did aunty.
"Oh all right. Let's eat so you can rest."
Only now did I feel like there were people eating together. They are happy even though they live like this every day. I for a moment felt jealous.
But I immediately restrained myself from feeling that.
After we ate they even watched news. They have a TV but only get two channels.
I informed them that I was going to enter the room to rest. I just finished taking a shower. As I entered the room, I couldn't help but look out the window and observe the still gradual downpour.
The news says a storm is coming. I don't know if it's a super typhoon. But then the people here near the coast must have fled. I don't think the storm is that strong because there just don't seem to be any people here.
I lay down on the bed and did not realize that I had fallen asleep.
11:55 pm
I-I can't breathe!
The sweetness of my sleep made me restless and unable to breathe. When my spirit woke up, I could see nothing but water.
Various uses of water-carrying. H-I can't swim!
"Hmmp!"
I woke up unable to breathe because the whole house is flooded.
S-si Mika.
Where are they!
The flood was strong because other houses were swept away and this included Mika's house where I lived.
I tried to move my foot and waved my hand but whatever I did and I always sank. I was losing my breath so I couldn't help but open my mouth which I deeply regretted.
"Help -- aahkk!" A lot of water entered me and I also lost air in my body, my vision just darkened and I didn't know what happened next.