The Loyal Servant

Chapter 10: Laguna part 2

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, events and incidents in this story are either the product of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

“ You kinda sound like an old lady who’s gonna read a children's book, you know?” Fernand said .

The cold breeze suddenly touched his skin as Mr.Calixtro raised his eyebrows and looks straight at him, “Am I?” he asked. Fernand’s eyes widened in shock, he immediately waved his hand and shook his head, “just kidding,” he said, and sat beside Mr.Calixtro silently. He clicked his tongue and whispered, “I shouldn’t have said that” . Fernand looked around to ease the awkwardness that he felt. His eyes landed on a branch beside his feet. His eyes slanted as his lips formed a smile, he bent his back and reached for the branch. He started to wave the branch in the air like a crazy wizard. “Jiggly jiggly puff.” he said in a lower voice and chuckled. But his laughter immediately turned to coughing when he remembered Mr.Calixtro, who was sitting beside him.

“Tss. he said he'd tell me something,” Fernand whispered while straightening his back.

“She’s in Cebu,” Mr.Calixtro suddenly said.

Fernand’s head turned to Mr.Calixtro with his jaw dropped in shock. He was not shocked by the news about his sister, rather his eyes widened due to Mr.Calixto's sexy and husky voice. “Is your voice normally like that?” he asked without thinking.

Mr.Calixtro faced him and asked, “Something wrong? Fernand forced a small smile and shrugged his head. He lifted his left arm and scratched his neck in embarrassment. Mr.Calixtro seemed to understand Fernand’s action, he nodded and repeated his words, “Lisa, she’s in Cebu.”

Of course, Fernand already knows that, yet he still needs to act surprised. He scratched his head and said, “ Oh?, really?” then turned his head to Mr.Calixtro. And smiled. “I wonder why she is there, haha,”he said. Even a cat can notice how forced his words are. However, he continued to talk that way, unconsciously trying not to look suspicious.

Mr.Calixto's forehead scrunched, “are you not interested?” he asked. Fernand instantly looked away as he realised that he sounded blunt. “I am!!” he said and forced a laugh. He looked dumb but he didn’t care, he was aware of those things. How could he possibly ask more. Kier had already informed him about his sister, even her location. If he asks more, he’ll soon sound suspicious.

Mr.Calixtro, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows in confusion, “You seem uninterested to your sister.” Fernand looked back at him and asked, “Really?”. Their eyes met as the breeze once again touched their skins. It’s like both of them are looking for something in each other’s eyes, the deeper they look, the deeper the night goes. Mr.Calixtro realised the scene and blinked his eyes. “Nevermind,” He said and looked away, “I just want to inform you, so that you’ll stop crying.”

“When did I cry??!!” Fernadn shouted with his two eyes widened in shock. He grips his fisst while pouting his lips. When did I cry?. He asked himself multiple times. He tries to remember each day but his mind is blank. “Seriously? When?” He persisted. His eyes became slanted as he heard the chuckling sound from Mr.Calixtro. He looked at him with anger yet all his feelings gone as soon as he seen Mr.Calixtro’s bright smile. His heart skips a beat, his face turns red and he feels shy all of the sudden. “The hell” he whispered,

Mr.Calixtro overheard his words, his forehead creased. He thought that Fernand might forget that day and cursed due to his lost memories. He feels somehow hurt since it’s his first time letting someone in his room., “You cried when your sister left you a letter, remember?” he casually said and looked away. Fernand was amazed on how Mr.Calixtro can manage to remember that day, he never experienced being such an important person for someone, except from his sister who always remembers small things about him. But this makes him feel like someone is caring for him. He unconsciously smiled at Mr.Calixtro. His daydreaming stopped as he heard a loud noise from his phone. He took it out from his pocket and was shocked to see Kier’s name on it.

“Who was it?” Mr.Calixtro asked. He turned his head and looked at Fernand’s phone, trying to see who was calling Fernand. Fernand notices Mr.Calixtro Intention and immediately covers his phone screen and stands up. “M-Miko?,” he said. His heartbeat races in fear of being exposed, he put his phone on his back and clicked things around his phone.

Mr.Calixtro seems to notice Fernand’s unusual behaviour and can’t help but to become curious, he stood up as well and tried to tease Fernand. “Miko?” he asked and stood up beside Fernand. He moved closer and closer until their faces were an inch away from each other. “Who is Miko?” he asked. His deep voice crawled up to Fernand’s ear making its knee weak. .

Fernand accidentally held onto Mr.Calixtro as he felt numbness on his knee and it bent. His morena skin turned reddish when he felt the warm hand around his waist. Their eyes meet each other, it's not their first first time having their face this close yet Fernand feels something in his stomach that he never felt before. Are these butterflies? He thought. He eventually shook his head as he found it cliche.

“You’re quite heavy, you know?” Mr.calixtro giggled. Fernand gulped and immediately stood up straight, getting his arms off Mr.Calixtro’s shoulder. “Of course, I’m a man.” he said without thinking. He looked away and released a sigh. His eyes widened as he realised what he just said, he mumbled, “what the heck, where did it come from?”. His ears suddenly felt hot as a kettle.

Mr.calixtro can’t help but to laugh as he saw Fernand’s ear turn red, he brushed his hair with his right hand and scratched his nape, “you look silly,” he teased him. Fernand looked at him with his eyes slanted in irritation.Mr.CAlixtro looked at him back and said, ”what? Wanna kiss me?” Fernands froze and his red ears became more reddish as he felt his heart skipping another beat. But this time it’s not because of fear. Mr.Calixtro bowed his head when he realised the words came from his mouth. He gulped his saliva and sat again in his seat. While Fernand looked away.

The two went silent as the cold wind blew. They felt no awkwardness but they felt something was between them. A ringtone suddenly made their surroundings noisy. They both look at their phone, only Mr.Calixtro has the call. He excused himself to Fernand and walked away from him.

Mr.Calixtro answered the call, “Have you found them?”he asked over the phone. The man on-line answered, “yes sir.”. Mr.Calixtro's lips flashed a grin, “good, wait for me there.” he hung up the phone and went his way back to Fernand. “Let’s go,” he said and grabbed Fernand’s hand. “Where?” Fernand asked. But Mr.Calixtro didn't answer him, instead he walked faster. Fernand left with no choice but to let Mr.Calixtro dragged him into the woods.

The sun was still scorching hot yet the wind made their walk more comfortable. Although Fernand had lots of questions in his head, he zip his mouth. They stop at a place where an abandoned house is located at the centre of the woods. Its roof and walls are still intact yet its windows are broken and dirts are all over the house exterior. Mr.Calixtro let out Fernand’s hand and said, “stay here,” He entered the house and within a couple of minutes he came back with a pistol in his hands. Fernand was stunned in his feet, he was not shocked about the pistol but the fact that Mr.Calixtro is holding it in his right hand. He swallows multiple times, thinking that Mr.Calixttro might have an idea that he is working with the Samapaguita. Fernand felt cold sweats running down from his head, he kept his eyes in the pistol trying to figure out what Mr.Calixtro will do next. His hands are shaken but he stops it by hiding it from his back. His movements make Mr.Calixtro look at him with a furrowed forehead. “You okay?” Mr.Calixtro asked. He moved forward to Fernand, reaching his shoulder. “Hey,” He said and shook Fernand’s shoulder.

Fernand snapped in reality, he forced a smile and looked at Mr.Calixtro. “Huh?” He asked.

“Are you okay?” Mr.Calixtro asked once again.

Fernand nodded as an answer and gulped again. Mr.Calixtro presume that Fernand might be startled because of the pistol he was holding, so he slowly hid it in his back and smiled, “Let’s go” he said and held Fernand”s wrist. Although Fernand is a muscular man, Mr.Calixtro still believes that he somehow fears to see a pistol held by someone near him. He leads Fernand inside the house and two men come up to greet them, “sir.” The guy in black polo greeted them. Mr.Calixtro nodded his head and continued to walk, Fernand nervousness started to grow as they walked past the living room and entered a door at the end of the kitchen room. He had lots of thinking that maybe when he entered the room numerous guns would be pointing at him. He took a deep breath before they entered the door.

Fernand released a sight as soon as he realised that he was overthinking things. He looked around the room. It does look like a wide storage room that can fit 10 people in it. As he kept looking around he found three men and a teen sitting on the floor with their hands and feet tied in a rope. Their mouths are also shut with duct tape attached on their Lips.

“Sir,” a man with blonde hair walked closer to them. “We are still looking for the careless gang.” he said and handed a folder to Mr.Calixtro. Mr.Calixtro then opened the folder and read it silently. He was so focused that he forgot to let go of Fernand's wrist. “Uhm.. Fernand notifies Mr.Calixtro.

“Yes?” Mr.Calixtro asked without looking at Fernand.

“Can you let go of my wrist?” Fernand asked.

Even Though Fernand’s words are clear and concise, Mr.calixtro continued to hold his wrist like nothing happened. Afraid of being an annoyance, Fernand kept his silence and let Mr.Calixtro hold his wrist. He wandered his eyes around the room to ease his boredom. His eyes landed on one of the men tight in rope. He looks closer to him and with his shock, the man is quite familiar. Their eyes met and as soon as the man recognized him, a sound of raging shouts burst into the room. The man starts to hum louder and he tries to untie himself but he ends up falling into the ground. It doesn’t stop him from screaming, he moves his head upward and locks his eyes to Fernand, who is currently looking shocked. Mr.Calixtro swiftly pushed Fernand to his back and pointed his pistol at the man. “Get back, “ he said to Fernand. He moved closer to the man and saw that it was glaring at Fernand. He looked back at Fernand but his face was covered in shock, Mr.Calixtro sat down and decided to remove the man’s tape in his mouth. He's ready to interrogate the man when it tries to avoid his face by swinging it countlessly. Since Mr.Calixtro is not very patient, he grabs the man’s chin and forcefully turns it in his side and peels the tape harshly.

As soon as the man felt the ache around his mouth he started to shout, “ IT’S YOU!!!!” and glared at Fernand. The man continued to shout his words repeatedly, when he got tired he inhaled and started to crawl towards Fernand, but he stopped when a hand grip his leg. He looked at the man holding his leg. It’s Mr. Calixtro. He lost his words as he met Mr.Calixtro’s eyes, he shivered in fear and his leg suddenly felt numb. “Where are you going?” Mr.Calixtro asked the man. The man smiled at him while his body was still shivering, “I-I know him s-sir.” he said, and pointed his lips to Fernand.

Fernand instantly thought of an excuse. He waited for Mr.Calixtro to turn his head. When Mr.Calixtro looked at him straight to his eyes, he asked, “Do you know him?”. Fernand immediately answered, “Yes.” Mr.Calixtro was stunned for a moment and stood up from his seat. He walked slowly towards Fernand and asked him “do you?”. Fernand gulped and confirmed his answer, “yes.”.

“I saw him once at the cafe h-he asked me for a coffee,” Fernand continued. That was the lamest Excuse he ever made, yet he still hoped that Mr.Calixtro would bite at it. He was surprised that Mr.Calixtro turned his back and shrugged. “I trust you,” Mr.Calixtro mumbled and walked towards the man. Mr.Calixtro then grabbed the man on the ground and choked him, even though the man was crying for help, no one dared to speak or touch him. “Nandie…” the man said before he lost his breath.

It turns out that the man was the guy from Kier’s office, the guy who is having s*x with Kier when he asked about his sister. He just realized that he was one of the men of Kier who entered the Phoenix Hive to spy on its leader. Fernand walks closely to Mr.Calixtro who is still holding the man’s neck, “hey?” he said. Mr.Calixtro turned his head to Fernand and ordered him, “turn around.” The voice is so powerful that Fernand didn’t dare to neglect his orders. When he turned his back around, he suddenly heard the trigger being pulled multiple times. He wasn’t able to count since it was continuously shot and whenever the pistol lost its magazine, he heard a man giving Mr.Calixtro more bullets.

He suddenly felt a warm embrace on his back, “Let’s go “ Mr.Calixtro said and dragged him out of the room. After they left a raging bullet was heard, he was shocked as Mr.Calixtro turned to him and put his hands in his ears. He felt something in his stomach once agai, but this time he was sure that it was those so-called butterflies. “Let’s get to the living room.” Mr.Calixtro said and removed his hand from Fernand’s ears.

They went to the living room and sat on an almost broken sofa. It's a good thing that they both fit on the small sofa. “I was surprised to see you never flinch,” Mr.Calixtro said while looking nowhere. Fernand shrugged his shoulders. Those killings and stuff are normal for him as he works with Kier. countless people died in front of him and it's not new to him to hear multiple bullets shot into one body. “You might be surprised, that’s why you're not talking.” Mr.Calixtro presumed.

“Why are we here?” Fernand asks to avert Mr.Calixtro’s attention. He was sure that there was a reason Why he was brought here. Mr.Calixtro seems like he was waiting for him to question this. He laid his back to the sofa and crossed his arms. “ I told you earlier, I need you to do something for me.”

Fernand raised his eyebrow and looked at him confused. “what?”

Mr.Calixtro grins and taps Fernand’s shoulder. “Remember when I told you that your sister was not an ordinary maid?” He asked. Fernand nodded. “Well she is.”

Mr.CAlixtro started to tell the reason Why Lisa was in Cebu. He told him that Lisa’s life was endangered since she stole something from their enemy. He even told Fernand that since then his sister was trained to protect him and his group. “She is very Loyal, but dumb girl.” Mr.Calixtro said and chuckled. Of course Fernand still felt unreal that his sister was not only a fighter but also one of the greatest and loyal servants of her boss. “I know that your friend- Miko was part of Sampaguita.”

Fernand looked at Mr.Calixtro and pretended he didn’t know it, “huh?” he said. Mr.Calixtro explained those things, though Fernand was well known on that topic he still let Mr.Calixtro talk for him to lessen suspects. “ In Manila, there’s always two major groups of Mafia, the one is Sampaguita…” Mr.Calixtro paused and sat straight. “And the Phoenix Hive, which is mine.”

Mr.Calixtro told him that Sampaguita was that enemy who's searching for her sister and those are the group that wants to kill him. “Of course I’m too powerful for them to eradicate me from this world.” Mr.Calixtro proudly said. Fernand grinned and rolled his eyes. What a narcissist. He thought.

Fernand was about to stand up but the sofa suddenly broke in the middle, they both fell to the ground. They both screeched in pain as they felt aches in their butts. “What the hell?” Mr.Calixtro complained. Fernand forced a smile and apologised, he tried to stand up again when a heavy hand pulled him down, he fell right on Mr.Calixtro’s top. He was too stunned to speak nor complain. He gulped down his saliva as their eyes met each other.

Fernand lost in his words when a warm smooth lips suddenly touched him. His eyes widened in shock yet he had no strength to push Mr.Calixtro away from him. Not long after he found himself enjoying the scene, their tongue intertwined like a vine that crawls. Fernand suddenly moaned as he felt a warm hand exploring his back. Mr.Calixtro can’t help but to bite Fernand’s lips. “Ouch. “ FErnand complain. “Sorry,” Mr.Calixtro said.

Fernand suddenly realise what they are doing. When Mr.Calixtro tries to kiss him again he stopped him. Mr.Calixtro look at him with disappointment, but he didnt care, he was about to stand up when a door of the storage room opens. And reveals the man in polo earlier. He looked at them and immediately turn back to the room.

“What the hell.” Fernand mumbled.