"Tarius! Ano ba! Stop it,you punk!"

"No, you stop it!"

Naiiritang dinampot ni Gemini and huling unan niya na nasa kama saka iyon ibinato sa binata ngunit katulad ng una, bumalik ito sa kanya at tumama sa balikat niya.

Perks of being a ghost. Hindi man lang matamaan pero nakokontrol ang bagay. So unfair! One day, makakaganti din ako sa'yong Galto ka.

"Napakawalangya mo talaga!" Gemini exclaimed.

After Gemini's outburst, the endless bickering started. Both of them keep throwing words and things to each other. Luckily, Tarrius is a ghost so he can't experience Gemini's brutality. Unlucky for Gemini that she is a human.

"Argh! You're so annoying, you brute!" Gemini said, she frustratedly brushed her hair using her fingers then pulled it out of annoyance.

"Wow," Tarrius exclaimed, "Ako pa talaga ang brute, ha?" He scoffed then folded his hands on his chest.

Hindi na lamang siya pinansin ni Gemini. Tumayo ang dalaga at naglakad papasok sa loob ng banyo.

That bastard. Nakakaasar talaga ang mukha niya! Bakit ba kasi bumalik pa ako dito? Amd how dare he stalk me!

Gemini's irritatingly slammed the bathroom's door then locked it. Sumandal siya sa pinto at hinilot ang sintido niya.

Bakit nga ba ako nagagalit?

Napaisip siya sa sarili niyang tanong. Maya-maya pa ay bigla na lamang siyang pinamulahan ng mukha.

Fuck! Kung palagi niya akong pinapanood, it means...holy cow! That punk!

Gemini's having a mixed emotion right now, she gritted her teeth in annoyance, anger, irritation, and frustration.

She marched towards the tiolet bowl. She's about to take off her hospital gown when a ghost suddenly popped, he barged in, again, without knocking.

Tarrius' eyes widened. He froze at his spot. His lips parted, he couldn't utter any words.

"Seriously?!" Gemini said in disbelief, "Ang manyak mo talaga! Gago!" She grabbed the toilet paper then throw at Tarrius who's still frozen and dumbfounded at his place.

Marahas na napabuga ang dalaga ng hininga nang makitang tumagos na naman ang kanyang ibinato sa binata.

Why did I even forgot that he's a ghost? Why?! This is so unfair!

"Saggitarius Xecandro! Lumabas ka!" Buong lakas na sigaw ng dalaga. Her voice echoed in the four corners of the bathroom.

When Tarrius heard Gemini's roaring voice, he suddenly jumped out of shock and instantly run out of the bathroom without saying nothing.

Gemini let out a sigh.

God, this is stressing me out. Ang manyak talaga ng gago, bigla-biglang pumapasok. Kung pinapanood niya ako noon e'di nakikita niya rin akong nagbibihis? Manyak. Hayop ka talaga, Tarrius.

WHEN Gemini stepped out of the bathroom she saw Tarrius sitting at the edge of her bed. Nakayuko ang ulo nito at nilalaro ang kanyang mga daliri.

Ano na namang drama nito?

"Hoy," pagtawag niya sa pansin ng binata. Kaagad namang nag-angat ng ulo si Tarrius at nagtama ang kanilang mata. His gray eyes was filled with worry and longing.

Kaagad na tumayo ang binata at tumakbo sa pwesto niya. Nakaambang yayakap na siya sa dalaga nang bigla siyang muling tumagos dito.

'Shit, I forgot about that,' Tarrius said at his self.

Both of them felt dissapointed and went silent for a couple of minutes. Hindi sila umalis sa pwesto nila, nanatili lamang sila doom habang parehong nakatungo. Both of them felt sadness and extreme dissapointment.

"I want to be...a normal human again," Tarrius spoke out of nowhere, trying to break the cold silence.

"You're a normal human, Tarrius. You don't have any disabilities..." Gemini answered with a soft and low voice.

"Yes," he whispered, a tear escaped from his soft gray eyes, "But I'm not...like you. I...I want to feel you. I want to hold you. I want to...but I can't. Why is that?" He said with full of sadness.

"I honestly not that religious but...I believe that God has its own reason," Gemini said with a low tone. Mangiyak-ngiyak na din ang dalaga ngunit pinigilan niya lamang.

Don't cry, Gemini!

"Oh, enought with this drama!" Ani ng dalaga at pilit pinapasigla ang boses. Hinarap niya si Tarrius, nagulat man ay hindi niya pinahalata. Hindi niya naramdaman na nakaharap na pala ito sa kanya at namumula ang maganda nitong mga mata, "Hindi bagay sa'yo ang mag-drama," she fake a laugh.

Ang kaninang naiiyak na binata ay napabusanggot sa sinabi ng dalaga. "You brat!" He exclaimed. This time, Gemini laughed genuinely.

"Mukha ka nang batang gusgusin," tumatawang saad ng dalaga.

Tarrius grimaced at Gemini, "Ah gano'n? Hiyang-hiya naman ako sa'yo. Ang pangit mo kasi, eh."

Now, its Tarrius' turn to laugh when he saw Gemini stopped laughing, her face suddenly turned irritated.

"How dare you?! Don't you know that I am the Queen in our Campus?! I'm the most gorgeous, beautiful and prettiest goddess in people's eyes!" She shouted.

"Yes," mabilis na sagot ng binata, "But not in my eyes," pagpapatuloy niya sabay takbo palabas ng kwarto ng dalaga

Gemini exaggeratedly gasp before chasing the jerk ghost. She even forgot her body pain and bruised. All she want right now is to chase Tarrius and gave him a slap and a punch but too bad she can't.

"Tarrius! Stop running you jerk!" She hissed.

Tarrius laughed, "No! Baka mapatay mo 'ko!"

"Bobo, patay ka na talaga!" Iritadong sagot ni Gemini.

"Alam ko, ang ibig kong sabihin ay baka i-double dead mo 'ko," Tarrius commented then burst out laughing. Lumingon saglit ni Tarrius ang dalaga at inilabas nito ang dila niya bilang pang-asar.

"You bastard!"

"Gemini?"

Napahinto ang dalaga sa pagtakbo nang may makita siyang dalawang pamilyar na bulto ng tao. It was Cawie and Shanaz

Oh shit.

"What...What are you doing? I-I mean a-anong hinahabol at sinisigawan mo d'yan?" Cawie asked, clueless.

Gemini felt a lump on her throat. She gulped and licked her lower lip. She tried to open her mouth to speak and defend herself but no there's words coming out.

Gemini started sweating bullets and her hands are shaking. Gemini felt her cheels heating up and her palms started to sweat colds.

"Are you perhaps..." Shanaz paused for a bit, hesitant to continue, "...crazy?" She suddenly blurted out.

"What?!" Gulat na tanong ni Gemini. Inaasahan niya nang iyon ang itatanong nila sa kanya ngunit hindi niya mapigilang magbigay ng reaksyon, sino ba namang matinong tao ang tumatakbo mag-isa na tila may hinahabol? Walang iba kun'di siya.

"Are you dumb?! I was clearly chasing a fucking ghost na palagi akong pinepeste!" Gemini suddenly said. Kahit siya ay nagulat pa sa sinabi. Napatakip siya ng bibig habang nanlalaki ang mata.

"G-Ghost? Someone's here?" Tila na-excite na ani ng dalawa sabay tili.

"H-Hindi...mali! Mali kayo ng narinig!" Pagtanggi pa nito.

"Omg! I knew it, Cawie! May ghost talaga dito!" Tuwang saad ni Shanaz.

"H-Huh?" Gemini said, disoriented about what Shanaz just said.

Binigyan siya ng tingin ni Shanaz saka ngumiti ng malawak. "Gan'to kasi 'yun. Noong unang dalaw namin sa'yo dito noon, may nararamdaman kaming kakaiba ni Cawie pero ipinagsawalang bahala na lamang namin. Then, I think, a week or two later, I heard Mom speaking to someone near your room but no one's answering her so I thought that it might be a ghost but once again, I ignored it. Tapos sa school noon, I felt like someone's watching us, even sa comfort room, tayong tatlo lang ang tao doon kaya nagduda na ako."

"And noong last time na dumalaw kami, both of us, Cawie felt strange. Like, the cold wind...err...inakbayan kami, basta just like that. Tapos nagtaasan ang balahibo namin. Kaya hindi na kami magugulat kung sasabihin mong may multo dito dahil masyado ka namang halata." Mahabang salaysay ni Shanaz.

Nalaglag ang panga ni Gemini sa mga narinig at natulala na lamang sa kawalan.

All this time...they knew?