Stations Of Life

22

"Jisung, anak, please?"

"Mom. I'm still young to get married."

I just got home from school and i'm gonna encounter both of my parents begging me to accept the offer of me getting married to someone i don't know? Hell of course, not!

I'm not dumb to accept that shit.

I placed my bag down on the sofa and went to my room to change my clothes. Wow, great! Even though i'm changing they're still bothering me. I didn't mind their nagging and ignored it.

Pero mukhang naiinis na sila kaya kakausapin ko sila. Ang bait ko talagang anak... Pero mga 5 minutes, pag-isipan ko muna 'yung sasabihin ko sa kanilang dalawa.

"Suddenly?" I answered them while taking my textbooks out of my bag to arrange them properly.

"Come on 'nak. Me and your mom already told you half of the details on why we decided to do that," I'm not convinced.

"Tsk! Why not you convince kuya? I'm sure that he'll accept it in no time," Pagrarason ko sa kanila.

"Jisung remember that you're already welcomed to legality so don't use the same excuse that you always use to say back then," Nananakot ba sila? Okay takot ako.

"I'll think of it."

Why the fuck did i said that? I should've declined it until they gave up. Ayun... 'Yun lang kasi ang paraan para makaalis na sila rito.

After they left, i went to my balcony and decided there. "Yes or no? No, yes, yes, no? No. I mean- uhh yes?" Litong-lito na ako! Ano'ng gagawin ko? Magtatawag ba ako ng ambulansya? Ang bilis kasi ng tibok ng puso ko.

"You know what. Screw it! It's not like something bad is gonna happen, right?"

To: Mom

Fine, i'll do it.

As of the moment that i'm sitting near at the table that my supposed to be fiancee is gonna be where at, i'm fidgeting a lot. I meant a lot.

What if she doesn't like me? What if she'll reject? Hmm, better. No, wait, it's not.

"Bakit ba ako pumayag dito?" Bulong ko sa sarili ko.

"Iho, maayos ka lang?" Tanong sa'kin ng nanay ni, Eunice ba 'yon?

"Opo," Sagot kong maikli.

For God's sake! Where is the girl? We've been waiting for about 25 minutes already. Well, i heard that she lives in Ayala so i understand, but at the same time i don't because it's literally near.

Nang makarating na siya, sinulyapan ko lang siya ng very slight para kilatisin ko muna ng kaunti. "Shit. Bakit siya?" Bulong ko ng mahina para walang makarinig.

I remember siya 'yung nakita ko sa tren dati. Siyempre alalang-alala ko features niya, medjo drinawing ko siya dati pero... Ang hirap kaya bahala siya sa buhay niya.

I just looked straight out of no where when i saw that she's walking toward the table. Mukhang nalilito siya. Same.

"Jisung why don't you tell her when and where is the wedding. I think you guys need to know each other as well, since you're gonna live in a same house, after your marriage."

Hindi ko alam kung ano'ng i-sasagot ko roon kaya ang sinabi ko na lang 'sure'. Short but sweet, joke. Wala na akong masabi.

I figured out that this girl is so talkative. Ang yaman-yaman niya tapos ang jologs niya magsalita, huh! Same. Bakit niya ako ginagaya?

"So... you met the girl? How was she?" Seungmin asked me while he was chatting with someone on the phone.

"Yeah, i met her. She was okay," Okay lang naman talaga siya. Medjo parang may sapi lang ng masamang elemento pero okay na rin. Enjoyable personality.