My Love, Darkness

Chapter 16

"Damn it, Titus!" The man sounded like his struggling. "f**k, you are one hell hard to fight, b***h!"

Titus slowly opened his eyes. Feeling a little weak and nauseous.

He looked around, and his eyes darted to Kellan. Kellan looks at him and his face shown grimness while fighting Lamia using his own scythe.

"Wake up, you Motherfucker!"

Lamia pushed Kellan. He swung his scythe around his body then he throws it at Lamia.

Lamia shrieked in pain when Kellan's scythe pierced Lamia's shoulder. "Argh!"

Titus slowly tried to get up. Nahihilo pa rin siya at nanghihina ngunit pinilit niyang makatayo at kumapit sa pinakamalapit na lamesa sa kaniya.

The place was shaking because of Lamia's loud scream. "You grim reapers will pay for this! Die!" Lamia shouted with a deep, scary, demon voice.

Nanatiling nakatayo si Titus. Pinapanood si Kellan na kalaban si Lamia. Kellan summoned his scythe to go back on his hand, and it made Lamia scream in pain when Kellan's scythe pulled back from her skin.

Mabilis na kumilos si Kellan matapos hawakan ang pag-aari nitong karit. Agad itong nag-teleport sa tabi niya at hinawakan siya bago muling nag-teleport.

Nabuwal si Titus sa kaniyang kinatatayuan. Nanghihina pa rin siya at nahihilo.

"Damn, Titus! Do you want to die?! Bakit mo kinalaban si Lamia? Why would you fight her? She's a demon. A demon made by the Gods! Are you out of your mind?!" Kellan said exaggerating, for him.

Titus chuckled weakly. "You gay, Kellan. Confirmed." Then Titus stopped when he saw flashes of memory. Him, being romantic on a woman set in the last year of the American Civil War. Natulala siyang naaalala ang mga pangyayaring pumasok sa isipan niya. Ang bawat eksena at maiinit na titig ng babaeng kasama niya.

"You okay, bud? Does Lamia's power still affecting you?"

Naguguluhan siyang tumingin kay Kellan. "It was Lamia's power?"

Kellan nodded. "Yeah, she made you daydream. Why?" Kellan asked, confused about Titus' reaction.

Titus felt weird. What he dreamed of felt like it was real.

Kellan looked at him. He looked so serious that made Titus shook his head. "Fine." He sighed. "What are you even doing in that place, anyway?"

Kellan stood up. Pinagpagan niya ang duming dumikit sa damit nito kapagkuwan ay mataman itong tumingin sa kaniya habang nakapamulsa. "Only one reason. To spy on you."

Natahimik si Titus at seryosong tumingin kay Kellan. Well. He should have known. Wala naman kasi talagang masyadong lumalapit sa kaniya na kapwa-grim reaper niya kundi si Kellan lang. Ito lang ang may lakas ng loob na kumausap sa kaniya at tiisin ang trato niya dito.

Titus doesn't get along with everybody that good. Hindi matiis ng mga kapwa niya grim reaper ang binibigay niyang awra tuwing nakakatabi siya ng mga ito.

Titus stood up and face Kellan with a grim face, just like what he always does with everyone.

"Come on, Titus. You know that will not work on me this time."

"Oh, yeah? What did you tell the Chief about my routines?" he said, feeling his strength coming back.

"Wala."

"I doubt that. Anong wala?"

"Totoo ang sinasabi ko, wala pa kong sinasabi. Hindi pa ko bumabalik at nakakapag-report."

"Really?" Titus asked with thick sarcasm.

"Titus, I'm curious," Kellan said.

"About what?"

"About that girl you've been visiting," Kellan said that made Titus more serious than he is.

If ever Kellan intends to exploit his secret, he will kill him. Whatever Kellan's planning to do, Titus is sure will kill Kellan. Hindi siya papayag na may mangyari sa kaniya. Kahit na magsuspetsa pa sa kaniya ang mga nasa dibisyon kapag pinatay niya si Kellan. Susubukan being palabasin na pinatay si Kellan ni Lamia. But doing that, they will still doubt him.

"You don't need to kill me or anything, Titus. I'm siding with you."

What Kellan said made Titus laugh sarcastically. "Oh, really? You're siding with me?"

Kellan nods to answer Titus. "Yes. I can even help you find a way how to fight off Lamia so you can save that mortal's soul."

"Then what? What is it to you? Why do you want to help me do something out of our purpose in this world, Kellan?" Titus asked.

He's really not sure of trusting Kellan. He barely knows about him. He doesn't know what kind of character Kellan has. But one thing that is sure, grim reapers aren't supposed to be with mortals. Hindi siya lumalapit kay Phoebe at nakikipag-usap dito but still, labag sa kanila ang maging protective sa mga mortal.

It was not a part of their job to save those mortals.

"I wanted to ask you the same question, Titus," Kellan said in a wondering tone. "Man, why would you visit that girl every night? What are you doing in that mansion?"

"You know I could kill you right now, Kellan. I'm not talking s**t, I will kill you if I have to," Titus said in a warning tone.

"Just like what I said, Titus. You don't have to do that. I'm not your enemy. I'm willing to help. Do you want my aid or not?"

"f**k you, Kellan? Is that your way of fooling me?"

Kellan sighed. "Damn." Umiling-iling si Kellan at muling tumingin kay Titus. "I'm not fooling around, Titus. And if I'm really messing up with you, you can just kill me. I'm betting my life here, dumb motherfucker."

"And I'm not kidding when I said that I will kill you. One wrong move, you're dead," Titus said in a threatening tone.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. But if ever, my aid helped you a lot..." Kellan had his devilish grin that made Titus' brows creased.

"What? You will report me to the Chief? Go ahead. I'm not stopping you," Titus said as he summoned his scythe to appear on his hand and swung it up to his back. Ready for Kellan's next move.

"Really? After saving you out there, you still want to kill me?"

Titus just smirked and summoned his scythe to disappear on his hand.

"Remember, one wrong move and I will kill you."

KELLAN teleported them in front of a dark, painted graffiti door. Humarap ito sa kaniya kapagkuwan ay napahimas sa batok nito.

"Whatever you are going to see in here is one of my... Behind this door is... Ahm..." Kellan clears his throat. "Well, one of my secrets."

Titus' face frowned. Mariin siyang nakatingin kay Kellan na ngayon naman ay hindi rin makatingin nang diretso sa kaniya.

"Are you f*****g kidding me, Kellan?"

"I'm not. It's been years since my curiosity about mortals started. And this is the place where I've become open-minded about them." Kellan stated.

"Are you serious?" Titus acted. Looking at the place where they at. "This messy place?"