Fate

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"Paghahandaan ko yan", Kief whispered.

"Tita oh!", I said while pushing him away.

"Manong? Ano na naman iyan? Upo na kasi so we can eat na", Tita said.

Tita cooked roasted lemon chicken, one of my favorites in the Ravena household. I sat in between Dani and Tita Mozzy but Kiefer asked Dani to move over.

"Dan, diyan ako. Palit tayo", Kief said.

"No Dan, you stay there. Ikaw gusto ko katabi."

"Haha! Sorry Manong. Ako gusto katabi ni Ate Mika", Dani said.

"Sige na kasi. Bigyan kita new shoes."

"Sige na nga. Sorry ate, palit na kami ni Manong ah?"

I just rolled my eyes on Kiefer. He really has this tendency to bribe people just to get what he wants.

"I can manage. Stop putting the food on my plate", I told him.

"Pagbigyan mo na, namiss ka niyan eh. At least ngayon ikaw na talaga kausap niya. These past few days kasi, nag iimagine na lang iyan na kausap ka", Tita said.

"Oo nga ate. Para siyang baliw. I heard him nga kanina. Sabi niya Bebe q, I miss you. Bebe ko, I love you", Dani added.

"Tangeks, voice note kasi iyon", Kiefer said.

"True naman eh. You fell asleep nga last night with ate Mika's picture on your chest."

I looked at Kiefer and he felt so annoyed. He couldn't look at me this time.

"Tita, ang sarap ng luto mo. Namiss ko to."

"Buti pa iyong luto mo Ma, namiss niya", Kiefer said and looked at me.

"Dami mong alam", I told him and he just smiled. Pang asar.

We're done eating and I volunteered to wash the dishes.

"Tita, help na kita."

"No, it's okay Miks. Just enjoy your stay here. Ako na bahala dito."

"Stay? Tita uwi po ako ngayon."

"Huh? No sleep over ate?", Dani asked while Kiefer kept on giving Dani some signals to convince me to stay. Akala niya hindi ko makikita.

"Hindi pwede Dan eh."

"Why? Sunday naman tomorrow eh. And you don't have a game din naman. Please? Stay?", Dani pleaded.

"Eh kasi. Hindi talaga...."

"Miks, you stay na. It's late na. I won't allow Kiefer either to drive you home this late. And the more that I won't allow you to take the cab", Tita said.

Kiefer was all smiles. He knows that I can't say no this time.

"Okay po Tita", I said.

"Dan, I'll sleep in your room ah?"

"Of course. Wait ate, nakakahiya sayo, it's kinda messy. Ayusin ko lang ah", Dani said and left to fix her room while Kiefer just won't stop looking at me with that wide grin on his face.

"What are you smiling at?", I told him.

"Wala. Cute mo eh."

"Haay. Stop it", I said and went to Dani's room. But Kiefer followed me.

"Dan, hindi naman messy eh", I said upon entering Dani's room.

"Miks, malakas magsnore si Dani. Hindi ka makakatulog", Kiefer said while standing right in front of the door.