Growing up dominating the household, Diamond Alvaro finds no solution rather than get away to reduce the pressure she's having around her mother, leaving her sister all behind.
If only she was as mighty and smart as everyone paints her to be, she wo...
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Trigger warning: Harrasment, self- defense
"You look like a sleepless Jabba the Hutt." Dane walked past me, holding a cup of chai while his right hand was massaging his right temple. It's like he doesn't remember anything he said just a couple of hours ago.
"Says someone who woke up this morning and decided he wants to look like the Hidebehind.."
I rolled my eyes and then head to the kitchen so I can prepare an iced coffee for myself since it was still pretty early to go to work. I don't get enough sleep after hearing from Dane so he doesn't have the right to tell me that I look bad, it's his fault after all.
"You're a bad liar," he said.
"I'm telling the truth."
He gave himself a slight glance at the mirror as I examined him. His fluffy brunette hair was a mess and his sweater has a red stain below the Adidas logo. If I can see it correctly, he jumped right onto his bed right after our conversation.
Totally out of character.
Inalis ko ang tingin sa kanya at naupo na lang saka kumuha ng metal straw para mainom ko na ang ginawa kong iced coffee. Alas dies ang call time namin ngayon sa station kung kaya't marami pa kaming oras at balak kong ubusin iyon sa pagbabasa.
Ilang buwan ko nang binabasa ang iisang libro pero hanggang ngayon ay hindi ko pa naaabot ang kalahati nito. Sa totoo lang, tila hindi ko na kilala ang sarili ko pagkatapos kong pumasok sa med school. Tumigil ako sa pagbabasa, wala na rin akong oras para sumama kina Kai Shen sa club o kahit makipagkwentuhan man lang sa kanila—ni hindi ko nga napuntahan si River habang ipinapanganak niya si Koen eh.
Parang nawalan na ako ng oras sa lahat dahil sobrang abala ako sa pag-aaral. Pakiramdam ko sobra-sobra na iyong pagkukulang ko kina River kaya tuwing may pagkakataon ngayon, talagang bumabawi na ako kahit na pagod na pagod ako. Kahit na sinasabi nila palagi sa'kin na naiintindihan nila ako.
Dane on the other hand, lose his twenties for me, too. He didn't get to experience dating or having to get to know someone because he's engaged with me and even though I told him a hundred times that I don't mind him meeting someone, he insisted that he's not interested in it and that it's just a headache.
I kind of feel bad about it, though.
I slammed the book shut after a few minutes of trying to figure out what's happening but I just can't get myself to understand any of it. It's like I'm just spacing out.
"Reading slump sucks real hard, huh?" he said, sitting on the chair across me.
"You can say that again. It's like I forgot how to enjoy reading or how it's even done and I don't know but it feels like a choir now..." I exhaled deeply before putting my palm on my cheeks.
