I cut my forearm with the sharp blade of my knife. The cut started bleeding red blood, flowing down.
Yeah, that's it. I love the looks and smell of blood.
I just stared at it, admiring this magnificent blood.
"Yow bro, ready for school?"
My twin sister entered my room. Shit! I hid my cut behind me.
"Hmmm, you hiding something from me?"
"N-no? Talk about privacy. Knock first" I scratch my head
"You, know, I don't care if it is a porn mag or something. I mean, we are siblings right?"
She pouted, tapping both the tip of her pointing fingers.
"What are you talking about!? They don't sell those magazines here in the province!"
She noticed the knife and a drop of blood on my wooden table.
"Not this thing again Arthur!"
She stomped and grab my right arm.
"Let me take look!"
She started pulling, I resisted.
"I told you, it's nothing"
We started fighting over my arm, she finally managed to pull my arm.
"A long cut again, same size, same place as before. You are so precise. Good thing I have a bandage with me"
She took out a bandage out of her pocket and winked.
"Stop wasting your money at me. I think this is the one-hundred-third bandage you bought. Look, it's just a small cut, nothing to worry about" I shrugged
"C'mon, I am your sister. Of course I will help, and can you please stop cutting your arm. I don't know what's the problem with you"
She started wrapping the bandage around the wound. The blood instantly stained the bandage.
"I don't know why but are acting lika psychopath. You are scaring me"
What is she talking about!? I don't like being called a psychopath.
"Why? You poured your blood in a plastic container and put it in the freezer when we were in Baguio, you even tried to do something with it. Two, you played with your own blood when you got in a car accident in Baguio, you just shrug it off and started painting your own blood all over your body. Three, you really love watching destruction movies like monsters and robots fighting in a city where buildings are satisfyingly crumbled to the ground. Four, you even pointed your very own friend, Jasper with a knife. Good thing the two of you make up after"
"Wait, how long you know or found out some about this?"
"Nearly most"
She patted the dressed wound.
"Better, now get your things and let's go to school"
I frown and started packing my books and lunchbox in my bag.
I carried it and went to my table. The knife was gone, my blood was wiped off.
"Hey, my knife!" I shouted to Aya who was at the door
She waved the knife
"I have to confiscate this thing because you are going too far. C'mon now, keep moving so that we can go to school early"
Tche, motherfucker. She always take my fun but school is waiting.
I prepared myself and joined Aya downstairs.
"We are going now!" Aya shouted as we put on our shoes and went outside
We met other young students walking on their way to school. I saw two small elementary kids, a boy and a girl talking sweetly.
Hmmm, when I was young as long as I can remember, I usually don't talk much with girls because they are going to ship me with her like what?
Bro it's just a talk. Good thing these kids still doesn't know about marriages or loves.
The cool breeze of the wind made the leaves and plants in the surrounding sway.
It was cold, the sun is still rising up. We know it will be a scorching heat later on. This place is mixed with very cold and hot weather.
This is Valley Province, a small and lonely province. Has the lowest population than any other nearby provinces.
But it is beautiful, visitors and foreigners came here for the rich cultures and tourist attractions like the Valley Falls, the rice terraces and the one designed like stairways to heaven, the sea clouds, the mountains, and lots more.
"You sure you made your assignment?"
"Assignment? Didn't they stop giving those kind of works like we have when we were in elementary!"
"Projects?"
"Nothing in the meantime"
We walked throught the rough road, birds flying in the sky, nearby birds tweeting, chickens walking and clucking on the road, they cooed lowdly.
We passed by our childhood elementary school.
Kids playing garter, circular disc cardboard made thing with characters in TV shows and slamming it into one another's, texts, tag, hunting the rabbit, monkey in the middle.
They played joyfully, the thing that they are too young to know that later on, they can no longer play these games.
So much memories we have to abandon because of age.
"Miss your childhood?" Aya bumped her shoulder to mine
"Yeah, it was... Nostalgic and fun. I missed it"
"Me too. I missed the time where I list your name in the noisy list when probably we were grade 3"
A vein popped on my forehead.
"You were listing me in the noisy list even how quiet I am like a mute!" I shouted to her face
"I missed when I showed them a beautiful a d aesthetic picture of a bird and our classmates admired me like a star!" She continued happily
"I was the one who took that photo!"
"And I missed the time when destroyed someone's combo while he is playing sipa"
"You were talking about me! I was about to break everyone's high records who can keep it juggle it how many times infront if their faces and you just come in and destroyed it"
We arrive at our small highschool, students roaming around going in and out of the school gates.
Talking, laughing, some younger ones running, chasing each other.
We went straight to our classroom and entered inside.
I separated from Aya and went straight to my friends in a group.
I dropped my backpack on my seat.
"Yow amigos"
We dapped up each other.
The people I considered my world and who will protect me.
Kris noticed my bandaged arm.
"You cut yourself again? You are really different Arthur"
"I don't know, I just found it enjoying" I replied as I sat down "So, any news with the punks?"
We all looked across the room, Theodore and his group.
They are laughing and talking. They also gave us a a look.
"Those guys are such motherfucker. Why are they even born in this world" Kolley said
"Let them be, as long as they are not messing with us" Jasper replied
"They were assholes since we were a kid. I could say they are worst that Arthur" Fred continued
"Do not compare me to them"
"I heard yesterday they threw a rock at uncle Toni's dog. You know, brownie" Vick muttered
"Wow, like remember they destroyed the plants of aunt Daniela's plants? How really worse they can be than Arthur"
"I said stop comparing me to them. I am too far to be compared to those jackasses"
*Ring*
The bell rang loudly. They started walking down to their seats.
"You got the magz?" Jasper asked
I raised an eyebrow.
"The popular new mag that just released at Saturday?"
"Yeah, the white hot chick girl Fikaru from Russia"
We both gave each other weird sus smiles.
"Magz!"
Eh!? I looked behind me. It was Melody, Aya's close friend since elementary.
Shit! She heard our conversation!
She is giving us stares.
"I heard that online porn magz are getting popular for today, I even saw a tutorial how to do it online while I am scrolling. Don't tell me-"
"What are you even talking about" I wandered my eyes around, not making eye contact with her "Like we would even do that"
"I also heard a popular girl named Fikaru from Russia. A popular... Model. I am telling you to your sister" she said and walk away
"Hey, you- come back here"
I tried to grab her shirt, but she is already out of my reach walking away.
I looked back at Jasper, he is whistling like nothing happened.
You... Tsk, shit. What am I going to do.
I took glance at Theodore's group.
They are all smiling and looking at Fred.
Somethings... Wrong. Even a slightest and tiny suspicion at Theodore and his group is something you should not let go.
I am going to report this to the group later.