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Today, 9:15 PM

Tres:
Are you comfortable with my cousins? Gusto mo kuhanin kita dyan?

Faustine:
wag na HAHAHAHA ang dami nilang kwento. okay lang ako dito :))

Tres:
You should be with me :(

Faustine:
🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Tres:
I'll just go get a drink. Pagbalik ko, sa akin ka naman.

Faustine:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

bawal malandi dito

Tres:

🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️



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this is going to be faustine's pov
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Nagpaalam saglit sa mga pinsan ni Tres para hugasan ang kaya kong natapunan ng wine. They insisted to assist me pero tumanggi ako dahil ang ganda na ng takbo ng usapan, atsaka malapit lang naman ang powder room.

Ang problema nga lang ay may tao pa sa powder room. Kung mag-aantay ako, matatagalan lang. Wala akong choice kundi ang pumunta na lamang sa kitchen nila. Konting hugas lang naman 'to tapos ayos na.

My feet faltered when I heard voices - one owned by Tres. Nagdalawang isip ako kung tutuloy ba ako o maghahanap na lang ng ibang hugasan.

But then I heard my name.

"Girlfriend mo 'yong Faustine, Tres?" tanong ng isang lalaki na kasama niya na tingin ko isa sa mga pinsan niya.

"No," awtomatikong sagot ni Tres na nagpangiwi sa'kin.

Bilis ah.

"Fubu?"

"Hindi nga."

Natawa ang lalaki. "Ano kung gano'n? Imposibleng dalhin mo dito kung hindi malapit sa'yo. Pinakilala mo pa kila Tita."

Umiling si Tres at nagsalin ng wine sa glass niya bago sumandal sa countertop. "What's the big deal?"

"Ewan ko sa'yo. Ikaw nagpakilala eh. Bakit? Any plans to make her your girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?" Tres scoffed, as if the thought made him cringe. "You know I don't do shit like that. Busy ako ngayon at mas magiging busy 'pag nasa law school na ako."

"Eh ano mo nga siya? Ang gulo mo. You're acting like a possessive lover earlier! Kung bakuran mo kala mo sa'yo."

Hindi agad nakasagot si Tres. Animo'y nanigas siya sa kinatatayuan niya dahil sa sinabi ng pinsan. Actually, that makes the two of us. Kahit ako nanigas din sa pwesto ko.

What is he going to say? Ano nga ba ako sa'yo, Treisus?

"Faustine and I..." he began with a sensible uncertainty when he finally get his shit together, "are just... acquainted with each other."

I felt as if my ears had stopped working. A terrible pain cramped through my midsection - I took a step back, suddenly struggling for air. It took a moment for me to hear the rest of what Tres was saying.

"Yeah," he coughed. "We're just acquaintances who love to fucking play around."

Mabilis akong naglakad paalis doon. I already heard what I didn't wanna hear. Malakas ang kabog ng dibdib ko at medyo nanginginig ang mga tuhod pero nang namataan ko ang mga pinsan ni Tres na mukhang nag-aantay sa'kin, pinilit kong kalmahin ang sarili.

Just a couple of hours, Faus, then after this you're done with him. I repeated in my head like a mantra.

Acquainted with each other, huh?

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end of faustine's pov
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