BENJAMIN'S POV
Thunder rumbling. Heavy rain that cause the window to make a loud thud whenever the rain's water splashes to it. I hate rain– or I might say, I hate the memory beyond the word rain. It simply reminds me how awful my past is.
"Ben. Why're you still awake?" Maia asked from behind, she interrupted my broken thoughts with her question. "You can't sleep, don't you?" She added as I kept my mouth shut, didn't even bother to look at her.
"This rain gives me anxiety. You know how much I hated rains, right, sister?" I saw her worried face. She doesn't change, she just grew up and she reminds me of our mother. With her blue oceanic eyes, brown curly hair– shoulder length, fair skin and curvy yet sturdy physique, tough-enough-looking.
She crossed her arms and sat at the edge of my bed, "Yes, I know. I know you better than you know your self, Ben." It sounded like she's mocking me. Well I couldn't blame her nor complain. She's older than me, for like.. 2 minutes, I guess. And yes, your thoughts were right, we're twins.
Maia is my twin sister. Sometimes I'm asking myself, what did I do right on my previous life to give me such a blessing in disguise on this present life. Blessing in disguise, I refer to Maia. She's indeed a blessing to me. And I wanted to protect her at any cost. Ever since our parents are nowhere to be found, I promised to myself that I will never lose her. Maia is the the only family I have— well that was before. Because now, I got a new family. WE both got a new family. A big family, if you may ask. But we promised that we'll never forget where we came from.
"Yeah, I know, I know. You don't have to say that always when we're talking. You're being redundant, you know that?", I said to her, yielding. I sat on the other edge of the bed, looking at her and I can sense that she got something to spill. "What is it? Tell me now before I snooze out."
She just give me a sigh as an answered. Wow. That's a big revelation. "I'm just.. uhhh, I'm just tired. With all of this stuff. I'm so sick to move like a walking mannequin, Ben. You're pretty lucky, you know. I'd rather go to school and drown myself to study all night long instead of walking on our hallway with three books above my head that I'll have to make sure not to let it fall." And now that's the big revelation. I didn't know that Maia actually ranting this kind of stuff to me. I mean, I thought she's enjoying it. Maybe I wasn't focusing that much on my surrounding— not even on my self. Because there's this thing that keeps on bothering my individuality. Maia is right.. I don't even know myself.
"There's nothing we can do about that. You know that, Ma. And besides, you seems to enjoying it. Maybe you're just physically tired and all you need right now is to rest. It's time for you to call it a night." I told her and crawled near her, sitting beside her. "We can do this. Let's make Mother and Father proud." I held her hand and slightly squeeze it, wanting to make her feel that I'm sincere on what I've said.
Maia nodded as a respond and gave me a squeeze back on my hand. Finally I saw my sister's smile. "Thank you, Ben." She maybe look like a hard-nut-shell but she's way too fragile than those glasses or mirrors. The word 'handle with care' is definitely made for her, only for her.
"You're very much welcome, young lady." I answered, earning a soft chuckle from her while shaking her head and finally get up.
"Young lady, hu? You sounded like Butler Baronn right now, Ben. But anyway, matutulog na ako, my baby brother." She said while caressing my cheeks. I groaned as soon as I heard the word 'baby' which resulted a burst laughter from her.
"I hope you have a worst nightmare, baby sister." I mocked at her and finally yield as I laugh as well.
I felt alone once again as soon as Maia shut the door. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ko pa napapanaginipan yung masasamang nangyari saamin bago pa kami napunta kung nasaan man kami ngayon. I can still feel their presence. The way they treated us like an animal. Kung gaano kasakit ang bawat pagpasok ng malalaking karayom sa balat na mistulang bumabaon sa kaibuturan ng pagkatao namin. I closed my eyes and tried not to think of our tragic past too much. Makalipas nga ang ilang sandali, naisipan kong matulog na at alam kong panibagong pagsubok ulit ang kakaharapin ko bukas.
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𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥' 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮, 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮'. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨— 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴— 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯. "𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘢.. 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘢.. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮."
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