Spoiler Paradox (High school series 1)

Chapter 20

"Could I be him?"

"Ahh!" I screamed as I stretched my right hand in front of me, wanting to touch and console him but I can't. I covered my mouth when the next scene appeared. Exaggerating as it seems but I heard my heart break.

The girl is currently explaining to him that she likes somebody else and she can't give back the love he gave to her. Someone owns it now, and it's not him, that had been with her side since they were in childhood. I've watched and read the same plot twist like this before but I always ended up falling again. Not for the leading man... but then for the second lead.

Why? Why do they always make the second lead man seems as perfect as anyone but never choose? Why do they keep making these kinds of dramas where the leading man who is a walking red flag wins the girl's heart? Is it not fair? If the storyline is like that, they should've made the second lead less attractive! They could've changed his attitudes and character for us to move on and just accept that the leading man wins.

Gusto ko magwala! Nanikip ang dibdib ko habang pinagmamasdan ang mukha ng second leading man kung saan naka-focus sa kaniya ang camera ngayon. Trying to capture all his emotions, parang ramdam ko rin lahat ng sakit niya mula rito.

Itabi n'yo, ako na!

"Hoy!"

I flinched at the shout of the voice I heard. It was from my sister who is making her way now in the kitchen. Her exhaustion is pretty obvious from the look of her face, actually her whole appearance and soul.

Tumingin ako sa wall clock, it's almost ten in the evening. I faced her again. I can't blame her, her work time is really called death. Her schedule is changing from month to month, there's no permanent. Sometimes it's night shift and sometimes morning, kaya sa tingin ko ay naguguluhan na ang katawan niya. Magiging komportable ng isang buwan ang sleep schedule tapos magugulo na naman.

"Ginagawa mo?" Mataray na tanong niya.

"Napanuod mo na ba 'to?" I asked her and pointed the flat screen tv.

She peeks a little to look and shook her head afterward. I release an upset sigh, this one's a good drama. Not to mention its clichè plot twist, but it's good!

"Bakit? Na-fall ka na naman sa second lead?" Tanong niya matapos ilagay sa counter ang basong ininuman nito.

I didn't answer her instead I release another sigh, this one sounds like I'm depressed. I like second lead–no, I love them. Kung hindi sila pipiliin, then ako ang pipili sa kanila. They deserve so much love, I can give it to them. I'm willing to do so.

"Nagsasawa na 'ko sa mukha mo," rinig kong reklamo niya habang may kinukuha ito sa ref.

I arch one eyebrow at her, "hindi ka na talaga makapaghintay na hindi tayo magkita sa bahay na 'to, ano?" I blurted out.

This whole damn expensive apartment of ours seems like one person lives in it before I took a vacation leave from my job. Wala ako sa umaga, si ate wala sa gabi. Kaya sa mga panahong 'yon ay bihira talaga kaming magkita. Hindi rin tugma ang day-offs namin. Siya sa thurday at friday noon, ako naman ang weekends.

Dalawang taon simula nung kami nalang ang naiwan dito ay nanirahan na si mama sa batangas. At dalawang taon na rin simula nung mabayaran namin ng buo itong apartment na napakamahal. Hati kami ni ate sa expenses ngayon, siya sa water bills, ako sa mga pagkain at groceries, at hati kami sa electric bills. It's fair for me since malaki na rin ang kita ko.

"Oo," she said, no sign of hesitation. "Hindi mo manlang ba susundan ang Sargiao vacation mo nung nakaraang linggo?" Aniya tila nanghihinayang sa mga oras na nasayang ko rito sa bahay.