Jasper
"Sir, anak niyo? Ang cute niyo naman pong tingnan!" Kinikilig na sabi ng sales lady na halata namang nagpapacute saakin. Tch.
"Yeah. He's my dad. What's it to you?" Masungit na sabi ni Little B habang kumakain nung binili kong Pizza sakanya. Tumingin naman siya sa babae ng tumawa ito ng awkward.
"Ha-ha-ha.." Bumaling ang tingin niya saakin. "Ang cute po ng anak niyo. Sige po!" Hindi pa ako naka react ng nagmamadali na siyang umalis doon.
Lumingon ako kay Little B na nakatingin din saakin tapos maya maya bigla na lang kaming tumawa.
"I didn't know your that straight faced!"
"Well I'm used to it.." Nagkabit balikat siya. "Lagi na lang ganito ang eksena when I'm with my mommy but the difference is that mens are the one who's asking her that question. Nakakarindi na."
Napatango na lang ako sakanya.
"You know what? You can attract a lot of girls if you smile more often!"
"What?! No way! Smiling is a choice and i only choose to smile when I'm with my family, especially with my mommy." Napakunot noo ako. What made him act like this? May nangyari ba sa nakaraan niya?
Nakatitig lang ako sakanya hanggang sa mapunta yung tingin niya saakin at ngumiti, "Well your an exemption!" And with that words napangiti na ako ng tuluyan.
There's a part of me na nagsasabing kilala ko itong batang to and there's a part of me naman na nagsasabing sobrang lapit nito saakin kaya ganun na lang ang gaan ng loob ko sakanya.
I look at him the moment we stop at the bench at umupo doon. Tatapusin na daw muna niya ang kinakain niya bago bumili ng mga laruan niya. Kids.
Nakatingin lang ako sakanya. I don't know but those light blue eyes were very familiar. Para bang araw araw kong nakikita. The shape of those lips were very similar. Ganitong ganito din ang lips niya. I don't want to assume pero.. Possible kaya?
Napabuntong hininga na lang ako. There's no way!
Nakatingin lang ito sa pagkain habang parang may malalim na iniisip. Maya maya ay nagulat ako ng magsalita ito pero nakatingin parin sa pagkain niya.
"Is it possible that once this certain person looks like you, there's this big possibility that he's related to you?" Pagkatapos niyang sabihin yun ay saka lang siya lumingon saakin, wearing a questioning face.
"Well, sort off. Maybe yes and maybe no."
"Define sort off." Seryosong sabi nito.
"Sort off! Pwedeng related, pwedeng hindi. Of Course when your mother look like a goddess but your father looks like a monster, there's a possibility na magiging kamukha mo ang papa mo kapag hindi malakas ang genes ng mama mo. There's also a possibility that you'd look like your grandparents, Uncles, Auntie, it depends. And there are some people na hindi related but look almost the same. A couple of simple mathematical exercises will prove what geneticists have proven through DNA evidence sabi nga nila. that populations that have been in a given area for many, many generations are very closely related indeed, sharing many of the same ancestors. The only explanation is that a lot of allegedly unrelated people have to have shared a lot of ancestors! Isolated populations. And most of our populations were quite isolated until a couple or three generations ago.. marrying close cousins and keep doing it in every generation, whether or not they are aware of being related. This increasing tendency of an isolated population to unwittingly or wittingly marry relatives is aggravated by a genomically-proven high incidence of illegitimate births. So in short, it's because of the incest relationship between our ancestors a couple of generation ago." Mahabang paliwanag ko. Fvck! In my entire life! Ngayon lang nangyari to! This is the first time i explain that long to a kid.
