Howling Your Name

Chapter 1

I'm just absentmindedly staring at my laptop's screen directly to the folder of all drafts of my stories that never had a chance to have an ending. It's almost 10 stories already. I sarcastically chuckled in my mind. And I've been writing since I was 14 but all of them were stuck on the beginning and never have a chance to taste its ending.

How cruel am I to all stories I made, right?

Iniisip ko kung ako lang ba ang ganung klase na tao.

Napasilip ako sa bintana nang may marinig na tunog ng sasakyan mula sa ibaba. There was a street light beside our gate at hindi ako nahirapang hindi makita kung sino ang mga ito.

My eyes widened. Heartbeat started racing.

It's them.

Ang kalapit bahay namin na bihira lang pumunta dito dahil madalas ay nasa Manila. Two familiar people arise inside of a black van.

It's been a while since I saw them. I saw him. Even in the dark, you can see how tall he is, how he looks so good in his messy hair, how broad his shoulder is, his jaw that is like a knife, and how his features change already. It's still handsome as hell. He's just wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Meanwhile his twin is just wearing a sleepy partnered clothes, like before nagiinarte pa rin at pala-reklamo sa tuwing nagpupunta dito.

"Shut your mouth, Sethria. May natutulog pa," Suway ng ama nila na kasalukuyang isinasara ang pintuang likuran ng van matapos makuha ang iilang bagahe.

Are they staying here for good? Tanong ko lamang sa sarili ko habang tahimik na pinagmamasdan sila.

"Kase sabing magpapaiwan nalang ako e," The girl grunted.

Padabog nyang binuksan ang pinto na hindi na bago sa akin. I was actually waiting for someone but it didn't show up. Bakit tatlo lang sila? Where's the precious mom of them? I sighed deeply. I wonder where she is. I somehow missed my mom because my neighbor's mother used to talk a lot in the morning with my mom.

The familiar guy checked their van before he could finally enter their gate. I was still in my window, watching them, watching also the night sky if there's still a star at this hour but there's no avail. I found nothing but only darkness. I suddenly feel sleepy. I moved and when I'm about to close the curtain of my window I feel the force of someone is looking at me.

Panic suddenly hits me. My eyes got widened and I feel my cheeks turn red when our eyes crosses. He's looking at me, nakanuot ang noo, salubong ang kilay nito. I was in a final decision to wave and smile at him but he turns his way to their house's main door.

Cold parin.

Again, I sighed in defeat. Regrets coming into my head again. Anyway, his looks may change but his attitude will remain cold, forever.

Or baka hindi nya ako nakikilala? Maybe, there's a possibility dahil gabi. Baka malabo ang mata nya or ano.

I closed the curtain and turned off the little lampshade I have in my room. I lay down in my bed of mine next to my little cat who's sleeping peacefully.

Nagising ako sa malakas na tugtog na nagmumula palagay ko sa bagong dating naming kapit-bahay kinabukasan. It's a rap kpop song from unfamiliar boy group to me that I didn't like.

It's ruining my ears.

Masama ang loob ko na bumangon at tinupi ang kumot. Ganoon rin ang pusa ko na kasalukuyang naghihintay buksan ang pintuan. Thank goodness I wasn't that late for my online class later at 9:30. Meron pa akong isa't kalahating oras para makapag muni muni.

Pagkababa ko sa kwarto ay halos mabingi ako sa tugtog na naririnig ko. Mas rinig sya dito sa baba kumpara sa second floor. Gusto kong mag-reklamo, at kapag nagpatuloy once na nagstart ang klase namin magrereklamo talaga ako.