Ang Multo sa Manhole 2 - Under revision

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Pasensya na sa paghihintay. nasira ang broadband e. nagrerent na lang. may note ako sa hulihan.

Sugar’s POV

“Pakibilisan! Ang kupad-kupad!”

“Pasensya na po ma’am.” Sabi ng super ugly na cashier, looking all hurried wrapping the things I shopped. I don’t know why Karimadon friggin hired a hideous, not to mention, stupid girl like…what’s the name on her nameplate? Criselle?  Pfft. Even her name sounds stupid!

“Ma’am ito na po. Thank you! Come again!” sabi nya sabay abot nito sakin. I stared at her first bago ko grinab ang mga paper bags then said,

“Of course I will. Anong tingin mo sakin, bihira lang nagsho-shop!? And when I do come back, I hope we don’t see each other again! Nakaka-stress ka!” pagkasabi ko nun, I turned around and walked out the stall, complete with a finger snap and a hair whip.

I’m buying yet another dress for the Acquiantance Party kahit na kabibili ko lang two days ago. Nung sinuot ko kasi sa room parang din a bagay sakin. And I felt like, while I was wearing it, dressed in rags. Nakakadiri. Palibhasa, minadali ko lang kasi nun all for the purpose of being realistic enough to convince Willer to date me on the said party.

To be honest, I am not the kind of girl who will after a guy may it be rich or even richer. Sila ang nagkakandarapa sa akin, ang naghahabol, ang naglalaway. But Willer is such a stubborn guy. My charm doesn’t easily work with him unless I’ll do a little effort. Kung ibang lalaki pa yan, papasalamatan pa nila ako for talking to them. Pero itong si Willer…he, he’s just taking me for granted. How absurd right? The Sugar Labrador is taken for granted.

And I know why.

It’s that faggot named Eiji.

To me, Willer…with a gay like him…parang…I, I could not understand!? W-why? Akala ko nga nung una, he’s only doing it para makasamsam ng datong sa baklang yun. It took me a lot of blinking to see, may tama nga sya sa baklang yun. It’s just…crazy. It’s like a sick joke. What, with a beautiful girl like me would not be enough to settle with a gay like Eiji? Nakakainis lang. Other girls who have an inkling desire with the guy also could not fathom why he’s into gay, thus leaving them (well, including me!) with a pit in our stomaches. And I know one in particular.

And you know what’s worse? Buknoy would have to get that fag’s permission first, if I’m right, sa lahat ng mga bagay. Like this one! He’s so pissing. Akala mo kung sinong anghel pero may sungay din naman pala! Looking back on the incident at the pool, I almost could not say a thing when he dared to say things I never imagined him say. He’s annoying. Kung tutuusin kayang-kaya ko syang tirisin. Believe me, if there were no people at that time but us, matagal ko na yung ginawa. He’s the first person who talked back to me. No, no not talk back…talk upfront. Sa liit nyang yan, nakuha nya akong pagtaasan ng boses at mangatwiran.

See, I knew at hand these things would happen eventually – the consequence of signing up in a public university. I enrolled at that school just for fun. Hearing other students call your name with admiration was one reason why I like it there despite the cheap facilities the university could ever afford; yung marinig mong pinag-uusapan ka nila and how they wish they were pretty like me, napapangiti na lang ako, thinking, “succumb to your delusions morons! You can never be close to this face!” Sa school na yun, I got my every dose of esteem booster. I was having fun, believe me…until the gay’s path and mine intersect.

Nafe-feel kong hindi sya poor. He came from a rich family. And I’m not dumb not to know he’s enrolled here because of the guy; the guy who without shame called himself as “Eiji’s boyfriend”. Ano kaya ginawa ng baklang yun kay Buknoy? No, for real, I wanna know. It bothers me. It bothers me to the point na I feel belittled. He’s the smudge that blurs my shine. Pero pagbaliktarin man ang mundo, that won’t make the fact change that he’s still a gay. Gay.Gay.Gay.