1. Blade`s Resignation

"Blade’s Resignation"

Earlier Blade was depressed and deep in thought...

"Hum.... Hum...." he muttered.

Drake looked at him annoyed.

"Hoy, Blade! Stop muttering there! You’re already annoying! Abuwisit ak pa!" Drake’s disgusted comment.

"Can you, shut up there. I'm thinking of my new career!" Blade replied annoyed.

He even smirked at Drake.

"Hoy, what did you think and you suddenly planned to resign? What did you eat?" Hunter commented.

"That's right. You don't have to resign. You look like a monkey that suddenly comes to mind."

"Just shut up! Anak na lase!" he was against the two.

After that, he took the test papers on the table and he just checked it... He suddenly decided to resign after what he saw. When what happened to Jeremy. He thought that maybe the day would come when the children would be ruined because of him. He could not forgive himself when coincidentally. He stopped thinking when he read what was written on the test-paper he was checking. What was written was...

"Dear Sir Blade,

I’m sorry if I say this but I’m gonna take the chance, please pass me the test even if it's just a pity... Because I was not reviewed because I took part time to pay for the exam. I will just clean in your classroom every day. I know you are kind.

I hope you understand me."

Blade laughed at what he read and he even giggled. He was shaken and his tears were a bit sideways... He was touched by the letter.

"Oh what is that?" Drake asked.

"Read it." he handed the paper here.

Hunter also approached curiously and read. They also laughed.

"Uy, Blade! Give this one a chance. Since, you're leaving, aren't you?" Drake asked.

Blade was stunned and laughed.

"Animal! Hopefully, but look! No name! Abuwisit ak pa!"

The two looked at the test-paper. They also laughed, there was no name. He continued what he was doing and he saw another strange test-paper... He laughed louder.

"What are you laughing at there?" Hunter commented.

"Look at it! The test is True or False, but it answered Right or Wrong! Sadly, this paper has no name again! Anak na lase!" he laughed.

Hunter and Drake smiled.

"You know, if you resign... You will never see that again." Drake retorted.

Blade was stunned. The two clearly show that they are against his decision.

"Seriously speaking... I didn't just make a decision. I thought of this because I just don't want the time to come when something bad happens to my students because of me." he said seriously.

They all fell silent... He continued what he was doing and the two did not carve him again.

The next day, Blade continues to think about his new career. He was in the dining room and depressed at the table. Drake sat across from him.

"I already know the new career for you!" Drake said suddenly.

He looked at it, then he lost his thought.

"What?"

"Since, you're handsome... It's good to dance ... Just be a gigolo! I'm sure a lot of matrons will stumble upon you. The tip is still certain! Hehehe!"

"Animal! Stop it! I will not sell myself. If you have nothing sensible to suggest, just shut up! Anak na lase!" He retorted.

Hunter is in the kitchen preparing their snack.

"Can I just be an actor? An action-star!" he suddenly spoke.

"Duh, you don't know how to act very well. Didn't you say, you don't line that thing?" Drake commented.

He nodded here.

"You're right there. One more thing, I'm too handsome to be expose."

"Abuwisit ak pa! You’re so windy!"

He ignored Drake's overreaction.

"What if I just drive a tricycle or a taxi?!"

"All right, go ahead and make the Oil Companies even richer." against Drake.

"Anak na lase! You're right!" he agrees with it.

He thought again. Hunter arrived with their snack. Hot pandesal with cheese blend with matching ice tea.

"What, has Blade ever thought a new career?" Hunter asked Drake.

"Not yet."

Blade looked at the two. He took a pandesal and bit.

"I am just the President of the Philippines! When I... I will impose the death penalty on those corrupt people! It is not lethal injection that will kill them but hunger. They will die little by little and they will feel the pain before they die! Ha ha ha ha!"

"If you have money to campaign for and distribute, you will!" Hunter retorted.

"Animal, I didn't have it then."

Drake stopped talking because he just turned his attention to food. Hunter ate as well.

"I'm just going to be a Chef!"

Drake shook his head. He drank ice tea first before speaking.

"Excuse me, Blade... Yes, you are good at cooking and you have a fight with Hunter. That's all..." he hung up what he was going to say because he bit into the pandesal he was holding.

"So just what?" Blade asked.

Drake chewed on what he was eating and swallowed before speaking again.

"If you become Chef, the people will be miserable. All the ingredients will be depleted because of what you taste."

"I agree." Hunter's second.

He looked annoyed at the two before drinking. They are right. Then, he suddenly thought...

"I already know the career that will suit me!" he suddenly retorted.

"What?!" curious question of the two.

"I'm just going to be a priest!"

Suddenly the two spewed out what was in their mouths and looked up at Blade. The latter frowned at the two. The evil of their reaction.

"Oh, bakit, aken, apay, why again?!" his disgusted language with them.

(Why-bakit in tagalog, apay in Ilocano, aken in Pangasinan)

"You’re crazy, Blade! Whatever career you choose, just not that! Its very wrong for you!" Strong oppose of Hunter.

"I second the motion!"

"Why? It's the best career I've ever thought of. That's for sure. You're too big to react, abuwisit ak pa!"

"The question is, are you sober? When you become a priest, people will surely lose faith because of you. So please, not that one!" Hunter's strong language.

His snout lengthened and he frowned. He could think of nothing.

"What's so good, huh? I can't think of anything. Haaay, anak na lase!"

Hunter shrugged at him, then Drake looked at him as he was about to take the pandesal. It sighed as it stared at him.

"Just mine, Blade... Where are you happy, suportaan taka." Drake said meaningfully...

(Suportaan taka-I’ll support you)

He was stunned by what he said. Where he was happy... Those words hit him! He silently took pandesal and he also took his glass with ice tea. He went to his room and turned on the laptop... He was planning to make a resignation letter. He was dazzled and stunned when he saw the wallpaper that appeared on him.

'He and the whole BLB High School... That was the picture when he won Best in Talent at the Sports Festival.' He could see everyone's happy face there. His eyes focused on his own face that was happy and smiling broadly. Then, he suddenly remembered what Drake had said...'Wherever you are happy, suportaan taka.' His words hit him even harder.

After that, he looked at the other pictures in his album. The Outing at Antong Falls, Field Trip, School Festival, Sports Festival, Ai’s picture, Ai’s farewell party, and whatnot... He was shocked when he saw the picture of him and Rane. It was taken when they both took a selfie. That picture was new. They are both signed peace. They had been together a lot, he remembered everything. He was depressed and thought deeply. Will he leave in her life at the same time as his resignation? He also remembers Karen and Conrad. Those two also got very close to him. He did not like how he suddenly felt because of what he was thinking.

He opens MS Word. He stared at the screen for a long time... He could not type the keys because he did not want to move his hands. He forced himself but even his brain, did not want to get along. Blank... He shook his head and sighed. He has closed MS Word. He looked at the pictures in the album again. He also closed it. He stared at the wallpaper again. After that he just shut down the laptop. He left his room and went downstairs.

"Oh, are you full? There are many more pandesals here." Asked by Hunter.

"Thank you, I'm full. I'll just go out so I can think hard. Later, I will make a resignation letter." the sadness was obvious in Blade's voice.

Meanwhile, Rane was stunned by the proper knock. She turned pale when she heard what Blade said... He said he will make a resignation letter later. It will leave, but why? Why don't they know?! Why didn't it say that? What is the reason?! She came here to give the cookies that Conrad made for Blade. And she did not expect what she would know. Her tears rolled down her cheeks, she left immediately and went home... Everyone needs to know this!

"Oh, why didn't you give Conrad’s cookies to Sir Blade? He will be upset at you." Karen commented.

She cried looking at it. She could not speak. She felt, she was having a hard time breathing... What she heard earlier was clear. Blade will resign. It will leave them. And she felt so bad because of that.

"What happened? Do you feel bad?" Karen asked in astonishment.

She bent down and took a deep breath. She looked at its face again.

"K-Karen, listen to what I have to say... Sir Blade is going to resign!"

Karen was stunned and surprise.

"Is that t-true?" she asked in astonishment.

"Yes, I heard it from him himself. He plans to write a resignation letter later. We need to text everyone. We need to stop him!" she said.

"W-Why is he going to resign?!" Karen asked tearfully.

"I don't know his reason and justification... But the important thing is that, we should stop him. You, do you want him to resign? Do you want him to leave?"

Karen looked at her boldly.

"Of course not!"

"In that case, we need to message everyone and we should developed a plan. He should not submit the resignation letter to Madam Jollibee's office."

They have already texted everyone and only later, they will meet. They will develop a plan... They will stop Blade in any way.

Meanwhile, Blade continues to walk. His mind is still blank ... Why is this happening? He does not want his body to do what he wants to do. He looked around. He saw two children on the side of the road with what was written on their respective papers. None of his own he approached them. Green and Red, these are Conrad's classmates so he knows them. The two are brothers.

"Uy, what are you doing there?" he asked.

The children looked up and looked at his face.

"I'm doing an assignment. It's dark inside our house so we work here. We don't have electricity." Green replied.

This is the younger one.

"Is that so?" he said.

He sat down next to them... A few moments later, he could not restrain himself. He helped them do the assignment and even taught them.