"What's your plan?" I sit beside beside him and pat his shoulder.
"I don't know." He was staring blankly at the glamorous midnight sky. "Oh, maybe freedom." There was a pinch of pain that touches his good-looking feature.
I took a deep breath and said, "Life is too short to do the things you never wanted to do. They said that, the key to your success is to do what you love and love what you do. But if you keep on doing the things that never makes you happy, you're lifetime will never be worthwhile, I guess."
"I wish I could just wake up with amnesia," he murmured and looked at me.
I gave him a dulcet smile. "Then you'll never recall meeting me."
"Binabawi ko na." I heard his booming laugh and I couldn't help laughing, too.
Laughing, smiling and acting like everything was perfectly fine is his forte. He's Fauro, and that makes him special.
"What's your plan this weekened?" I decided to divert the topic.
"Hmm, wala naman." He looked at me and raised a brow. "Ikaw ba?"
"Gusto mo bang sumama sa amin?"
"Saan ba?"
"Uuwi kami ni Aèm sa San Francisco mamayang madaling araw. I was wondering if you would like to come?"
"Sure," he answered, smiling.
"Hoy!" Halos mapaigtad ako nang biglang kumalampag ang pinto at iluwa no'n si Aèm na kanina pa nakikipagharutan—este nakikipagtawanan kay Ken.
"Hanu ba?" may accent na tanong ko.
"Isang game raw, 2 vs 2!"
"Call of duty?" taas kilay na tanong ko at tumango naman siya. "Oh, sinong magka-team?"
"Siyempre, ako at si Fau, ikaw at si Ken." Akala ko makikipag-team up siya kay Ken. Wow, ha, ginulat niya ako. "Natatalo mo kasi si Fau at ako naman, hindi natatalo ni Ken. So, para fair, 'di ba?"
"Ano, Fau? Game ka?" tanong ko sa kanya. Binigyan niya naman ako ng tipid na ngiti saka tumayo at pinagpagan ang kaniyang pantalon.
Pumasok kami sa bahay at natanaw si Ken sa sala na abala sa pag-i-scroll sa kaniyang telepono. Umupo ako sa tabi ni Aèm at hinugot ang cellphone mula sa aking bulsa.
Mama
Kumusta?
Ace
Okay lang po, Ma.
Mama
Hanggang kailan ba kayo r'yan?
Ace
Hanggang katapusan, Ma.
Nga pala, uuwi po kami bukas. Isasama ko rin po si Fau,.
Mama
Oh siya sige, ipagluluto ko kayo bukas.
Ace
Salamat, Ma.
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Teen FictionAce La Synfonic is a girl with a dulcet smile, so kind, so pure. With her white lies, she stands alone. She was a nuisance, a hard-headed brat and aspiring writer who was deeply infatuated with a future lawyer. Pen versus a scale, love beyond lies...
