Running away through destiny (Montelleano Series #1)

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Kuya Hiro started to open up. "You know hahahaha, ang cringe mga shawty." He said at napahilamos na lang sa kaniyang mukha but he continued what he was about to say. "I grew up in a fine family, cozy room and filled with gadgets that I want. My parents provides everything I need, dahil nga ako ang bunso and my Eldest sister is with her own family. But you know? The amount of responsibilities and expectation you need to serve for your parents is unbearable lalo na kapag nahihirapan ka nang bigyan sila ng satisfaction. Everything sucks when you are getting started to realize how adult life works, but of course tuloy lang ang laban." He said and just laugh na para bang hindi mabigat ang buhay.

Kuya Miguel started as soon as kuya Hiro ended. "Being an eldest son and having a 3 siblings is hard, you need to double your effort and work hard for everything. Breadwinners that's what they called to a person who works out everything for her family, I'm just a boy who wants to experience like how other children does but they won't let me because I need to work for a very young age. We need to eat at least three times a day while we weren't able to gain such amount of money that we have now. All thanks to Tin's Dad, dahil sa kaniya my I was able to feed my parents and support my sister's education." Kuya Miguel said and I was touched because he remembered how Dad gave his one company sa pamilya nya and I don't even remember that dahil nga bata pa ako noon.

Khiera started and I was shocked dahil nga andyan ang kapatid nya. "I agreed with Hiro and Miguel, satisfying my parents with a high grades is such a nuisance for me ngayong College, my sister might not know this but I hope you won't be mad about this, I love you so much" she said and held her sister's hand "being the Eldest daughter is really hard, working hard for your sister to sustain her studies and sacrificing my dream to support hers, it's not that big deal when it comes to others but for me I sometimes breakdown as I cannot decide on my own. Been with my books since I was a child, didn't experience how good to be a kid once in my life. Stuck in my room to study vocabularies in a young age. Trying to fill up their satisfaction from my studies but I know everything they do is for my future, but I think it's too much for me to handle. But all in all I am fine, as long as Elle is fine then I am good" she said and look Elle directly into her eyes. Elle just wiped her tears and hugged her.

"Pass muna ako ngayon hahahaha." Elle said so we agreed, She needs time to process everything.

Brent started at napagulat naman ako dahil hindi sya sanay sa ganito. "I was eight when Dad and Mom divorced but they manage to get back when I was twelve and Tin know's everything about that, I am not new in this circles of friend but I just want to be open to you guys. I may not have that problems like you but I know we all have different stories. Life is really hard, the moment you become an adult problems will never stop. Having a hard time to deal with my parents dahil nga sa mga naiwang problema ng kuya ko, plus having a cheater Father that always made my Brother depressed, I don't want to resent him but everything he do is too much to bear. My mom suffered a lot and I don't want to see her like that. That's it I guess hahahahaha." He said at walang bahid ng  lungkot sa kaniyang mga mata ang pinapakita nya sa amin. But I know he suffered a lot.
I am very proud dahil naging open na din sya sa amin, I know na hihiya pa sya but he will be comfortable soon.

All eyes on me and I heaved a big sigh dahil medyo mahaba haba ito. "So you guys know me, everything in my life dahil kayo ang aking takbuhan, all I want to share is how I feel right now. All I feel is pain, uuwi ka na walang may sasalubong na yakap, walang mag tatanong if how your school went or how good is your day. No one will take care of you when you get sick. At the age of 14 I live alone, no Mom to talk about your life and no Dad to brag about your future. Everything is a mess after they leave me, relatives who cared for you just because you have a big amount of inheritance titled under your name. Millions of money won't heal everything, all that I can feel is how lonely my life is. All I want is to runaway with this pain and threats that I have." I said at matapang akong tumingin sa kanila.

I just raise our canned soda and say.

"Would you guys runaway with me?"

They all raise their canned soda and I smiled genuinely.

"No trolls left behind!" Sigaw ni kuya Hiro na ikinatawa namin.

"Let's go runners" Khiera said and we happily chug the whole can of soda.

We all laugh, we sometimes fight, shared the same thoughts and unwind together. But pare pareho din kaming may hinaharap sa buhay. Life is not all about fun but we also need to experience the bitterness from within in order for us to grow and to become a better person. Hindi din mawawala yung idea na sumuko at manghina. It's all part of our lives we all just need a better companion or a perfect friends for us, who will help us and not invalidate our feelings

Everything is fun, all of us wants to runaway but I know, we all need to face reality.