6: Are you trying to get me killed?

ZAB

There's that feeling again.

The feeling of being stared at while you sleep. Fuck. Red hair must be here again but what the hell? Why does it feel like two pairs of eyes were staring at me?

Does red hair have another set of eyes?

Damn creepy.

I flicked my eyelids open and saw two men staring at me.

Two men in black, minus the scary black cloaks. Salamat naman at hindi nila iyon suot. That cloak is so scary! Kinusot ko ang mga mata ko at tinakpan ang mukha ng unan.

I still want to sleep! These weirdos are not letting me do so!

"Dearil, she doesn't look like a progenitor at all. I guess it's only a rumor," said the voice other than red hair's.

Tinanggal ko ang unan at tiningnan ito. Okay, red haired Dearil is so fucking hot. This new guy is... hot but Dearil is hotter. But I'm sure they are not here for a threesome fuck so fuck them. I'm going to sleep.

"Shit, man. Did she just stare at us and didn't freak out at all?" black hair asked.

"Yes. And she thinks we teleport, we can be invisible and we walk through walls. She wants to learn them," red hair answered.

Huh. Sige, pag-usapan n'yo akong dalawa na para bang wala ako rito. Black hair laughed at red hair's replies. Was it funny?! Those were really so fucking cool! Like X-Men!

"Also, she thinks we're emo."

Black hair laughed again. Masayahing emo. "Damn. That's so cute of her!"

"No, that's stupid."

I silently scoffed under the pillow. Stupid? Fuck you, red hair.

"She also said something about the umbrella. What's Kingsman by the way?"

Black hair laughed again. What the fuck? This man is crazy! Ilang Enervon ba ang kanyang nalaklak? "Man, you should watch human films. I'm sure you will have fun."

"So it's a film?"

Black hair replied. "A very cool film series."

At least black hair finds Kingsman as cool. Good, good.

"Dearil man, you are so lucky! Just look at this woman! Freaking smokinnn'!"

Red hair answered. "She doesn't smoke."

Tinanggal ko ang unan sa mukha ko at nakisali na sa usapan nilang dalawa. "Hey, red hair. It means hot, not literally smoke. Syempre, hindi ako naninigarilyo. That shit is disgusting! It makes your teeth ugly."

When I asked freedom, I tried smoking once and never again. It's not good plus I hate the smell of it on my hand.

Pero hey, black hair knew so much about human things. "Black hair, are you human?"

Black hair pointed at himself. "Black hair, is that me?"

I snorted. Oh, silly. "Color blind ka ba? Hindi mo ba nakikita ang kulay ng buhok ninyong dalawa?"

Lumapit siya sa akin at naglahad ng palad. "My name's Ajal. I'm Dearil's friend."

"We're not friends," protesta ni red hair. "I don't have any friends so don't claim yourself as one, Ajal."

Ajal laughed and leaned to my ears. "He's mean since he was kid that's why he has no friends."

Natawa ako at nag-atubiling tanggapin ang palad niya. "Dearil says he's a grim reaper. You're friends kaya malamang grim reaper ka rin."

I heard Dearil growl on the side. "We're really not friends."

Hindi ko siya pinansin at hinarap pa rin si Ajal. "I'm supposed to be dead if I touch your hand?"

Ajal laughed. "No, that' not true."

"But grim reapers are like that."

"Not us."

Tiningnan ko siyang mabuti na tila ba pinag-iisipan kung nagsasabi siya ng totoo o hindi. Sabagay, I touched Dearil and I'm still alive. Sa pagkakataong ito ay tinanggap ko na ang palad ni Ajal. "Hi, Ajal. I'm Zab."

"Zab, nice name. Zabrina?" tanong niya.

Umiling ako at napasimangot. "Elizabeth Alexis. Not so nice to hear, right?"

Matamis na ngumiti si Ajal. "Elizabeth, that's nice. Like a queen."

Of course, it is. That's why I don't like it. Queens are prim and proper and I am not. "Zab, just call me Zab. Otherwise, I will kill you."

I heard Dearil scoff on the side again. Wala akong pakialam sa kanya. I'm focused on Ajal.

"Zab, you cannot kill me."

"Yea, no? Red hair said that, too."

"We are death. It's not possible to kill us," sabi niya sa akin.

"Even if I stab you to death?" paninigurado ko.

A grin split on his face. "You can stab us, but not to death."

"Or bludgeoned with an ax?"

"No, sweetie."

"Or buried alive?"

He shook his head. Aw. So there's no way to get rid of these creatures?

Ajal's eyes flickered over me. "Zab, hindi ka ba natatakot sa amin ni Dearil?" He pointed to red hair who was leaning on the wall. "We're grim reapers."

"So?" tanong ko. "Grim reapers in human form, not as skeletons with a scythe. Although you retained the black cloaks."

Ajal turned towards Dearil. "The fuck. Human really pictured out us a skeletons with a scythe."

"Wait. So you're really not capable of changing into skeleton forms with a scary scythe?" I asked.

Ajal turned his head to me, shaking it for no. "Of course. Though we carry something similar to a scythe. The Kingsman umbrella, remember?"

Tumango-tango lamang ako. Kaya pala ganoon ang payong na dala ni red hair at hindi 'yong foldable na less hassle sana. Dearil walked towards my dresser and pulled the chair to sit. Nakatingin siya sa aming dalawa ni Ajal.

"Pero Zab, we're grim reapers. That alone should be enough to shake you scared," Ajal said, trying to implant in my mind that grim reapers are scary.

They are hot, so not scary.

"Ajal, alam kong hindi lamang tao ang nakatira sa mundo okay?" Umayos ako ng upo sa kama at sumandal sa headboard. "You are reapers, yes, but you look like a normal human save for your beautiful eyes that humans can only achieve if wearing expensive contact lenses. Few years ago, I saw a man with nine tails and that's what really freaked me out."

Ajal covered his mouth. "What? You saw a nine-tailed fox?!"

"Is that how it's called? I thought it's human cosplaying Naruto."

Ajal laughed and Dearil looked confused.

"It's a demon, Zab," sabi ni Ajal.

"I also have seen a woman with fangs and red eyes," dagdag ko.

"You are really something, Zab. That was a vampire!" Ajal exclaimed.

I pouted. "I thought it was drug overdosed Avril Lavigne."

Natatawang napatingin si Ajal kay Dearil at tinuro ako. "Damn, Dearil, man! She's so funny!"

"Teka nga. Inaaliw mo lamang ako sa chika. Hey, Dearil, I told you to leave my house tapos nagdala ka pa talaga ng kasama?!" This is crazy! Wala na akong privacy kung ganito.

Tumayo si Dearil at lumapit siya sa amin. "Ajal will leave."

Ajal only?

"He only came to see you to check if you're that progenitor rumor kaya mo kami nakikita," sagot niya sa akin at hinila si Ajal sa collar ng suot na damit. "Go back to your work, Ajal."

"Ajal only?" tanong ko. "Go back to work too, Dearil."

"After I figured out how you can see me. Since that was a mistake, you still shouldn't have seen me," sagot niya at muling itinulak si Ajal. "Go away."

Wait. Am I letting another hot man leave my room without doing anything? Wala naman sigurong STD ang mga grim reaper 'di ba?

"Hey Ajal?"

They both looked at me. Silly red hair. I called for Ajal, not him.

"Yes, Zab?"

"Wanna have sex?" I asked.

A low growl echoed in the room. Not sure whose growl it was basta tiyak kong hindi iyon sa akin. Ajal looked excited but when he looked at Dearil whose back was facing me, his grin vanished.

"So is it a yes or yes?" tanong ko.

He swallowed few times at nagpalipat-lipat ang tingin sa aming dalawa ni Dearil.

Then he groaned. "Damn, Zab. Are you trying to get me killed? That was tempting but no."

"Killed? I thought you cannot be killed?"

He blinked. "Not by you, at least," sagot niya. Pagkatapos ay napatingin siya kay Dearil sabay simangot.

Wait. Don't tell me they'll be dead if they have sex?

I snapped my fingers. "So mamamatay kayo kapag nakipag-sex kayo?"

Ajal shrugged off a laugh. "No, of course not. My hobby is fucking, Zab."

It made me confused. "Then why decline? I thought you think I'm smokin'!"

He nodded. "Sure you do, sweetie, but I don't want to be killed. I really don't want to." He looked at Dearil again who pushed him towards the wall. "Bye, Zab."

Then he disappeared.

What the fuck.

Now there's only me and red hair in the room.