THE VILLAIN'S CURSE

vi. Date?

EUMI

I'm looking at my phone with a smile visible on my face. Kairo texting me back was rare and it makes me happy to the fact that he might act cold but he still wanted to accompany me today.

"Should I wear make up or what?" I asked myself.

"Wait, why am I thinking about that as if I wanted to impress him. I'm silly " I said out of a sudden.

This is not the first time hanging out with him but right now I felt like this is my first time. It was kinda weird but ecstatic.

I decided to wear a simple dress and bond my hair.

"Perfect!" I said with a smile.

Habang pababa na ako ng hagdan I saw papa in our sala maybe it's his day off too.

"Hi pa" Sabi ko na lamang at hinalikan siya sa pisngi.

"Mukhang may lakad ang dalaga ko." Sabi ni papa habang nirereview yung mga papers niya related about his work.

"Oo pa magkikita kami ni Kairo today."I said

O sige pakisabi nalang na pumunta punta naman siya dito matagal nadin kasi simula ng dumalaw siya dito sa bahay. And speaking of Kairo may napapansin kaba sa kanya lately?". He said that make me confused.

"Wala Naman po. Why is there something wrong?"

"Wala naman. O siya baka malate kapa sa date niyo" papa said with a giggles.

"Pa it's not a date. I only wanted to hang out with my childhood friend. Ikaw naman issue agad " I said in a defending tone.

Dad looked at me in the eyes and laugh.

I looked at him weirdly.

"Mmmm if you said so."

Bago pa siya magsalita ulit I already said goodbye and directly went outside.

The day was amazing. The sun's brightness was not too hot. It's feels amazing to be free from work for a while,medyo nakakapagod din pag work lang ng work minsan nakakalimutan muna din talaga ang sarili mo maybe it's the curse of growing up. You need to work to live and grow for all the yesterday's that were coming.

Naalala ko tuloy noong bata pa ako I wanted to be a lawyer, well maybe not what I really wanted though but my mom's chosen path for me but fate gives me a different direction.

Siguro tama na din na maging doctor ako,naging successful pa sa carrer at maraming natulungan.

I'm happy of what I am today.

But I can't refute that I felt guilty for not choosing what my mom wanted me to be. But my dad always said na maintindihan naman ni mama. Naalala ko tuloy si Kairo noong tinanong ko siya kung anong career ba ang magandang piliin.

It was raining that time ako at si Kairo nalang ang nasa waiting shed nun. I waited for our driver to fetched me and he as well. The rain already made our body wet pero wala lang yun sa amin.

Kairo was staring at the rain na para bang may maganda siyang nakikita dito na di nakikita ng iba.
It was like seeing the sky cry. The melancholy scene that he found interesting. It was my first time seeing him like that,staring at the sky and witnessing the fact that even the sky can felt pain.

With his usual demeanor I can say that he had been experiencing travail. I can't see it but I can sense it.

And at that moment I asked him.

"What do you want to be in the future Kairo?".

Even though the rain got too loud but my voice still loud enough for him to hear my question.