Worship Me With Your Lips

Chapter Three: I Thought

Chapter Three: I Thought

"Ate Kar—"

"I know I'm late, I don't want to hear it."

"I was gonna say na ang ganda mo... today, ate."

I roll my eyes at Geneva and just walk pass her as I threw the tissues I used to wipe my neck and my face to the trash bin.

Ang init, ang init init at ang init din ng ulo ko.

I swear ang talent yata ng mga empleyado ko ngayong araw ay bwisitin ako, special talent nila, pakshet 'to, ang mahal din ni'tong dress ko pero amoy na amoy ko yong pawis ko dahil sa kanila.

"Bakit... pawisin ka 'te?"

"Dahil sa mga bagong empleyado na hinire ng magaling kong assistant, one of them left a freaking a document at the bathroom and almost got my meeting delayed. It's also a mess in one of the company's department, mga putangina nila..."

Huminga ako ng malalim sa harap ni Geneva dahil ayokong sumigaw sa loob ng shop, we are here to get measured for Geneva's wedding, we need dresses.

Cerine and Geneva finished with the wedding dress thing two days ago.

Today, we are getting measurements for the after-party of Geneva's wedding.

"Asan si Cerine?" tanong ko.

"Umalis, exercise raw."

Again?

Sabi niya muntik na siyang matalisod kakatakbo sa treadmill, she increased the pace e 'di yun sige, masakit sakit na raw yang hita at likod niya.

O baka naman tumatanda na siya, ugh, I don't know.

"Okay, I don't care. Tapos ka na ba?"

"Yes, I am. And you have to go to the room now, kanina ka pa hinihintay ni Hon."

I know he's mad but I don't give a fuck, the family waited for him for years, it's time for him to wait for us and for me, that idiot.

"Ate... please lang, 'wag kayong mag-away..."

"You're too young to tell me what to do, Aster. Go back to your fiancé."

At wala rin siyang karapatan na sawayin ako at si Noel na 'wag kaming magaway dahil magaaway pa rin kami, it's something that will always happen, it's inevitable.

I hate him because he's Noel Elijah D. Dixon, and he hates me because of my personality and my arrogance.

So gano'n, wala na 'kong magagawa kung ganito talaga kami.

But we don't hate each other to the point that we want each other gone—no, it's not like that.

Mahal pa rin na'min ang isa't-isa bilang magkapatid, but... we also hate each other.

"I see, tumaba y—"

Binato ko agad yong unan mula sa couch na kinauupuan ko sa mukha niya mismo.

"Wag mong subukan, gago." mura ko at inilagay yung Gucci bag ko sa lamesa.

"Sasabihin ko sana na tumaba yung aso mo."

"Patay na aso ko, nakaraang taon pa, kung ano-anong pinagsasabi mo... I know you were gonna say that I'm fat, fuck you, Elijah."

Hagalakpak siya sa tawa sa sinabi ko, he loves it, he loves the fact that I am pissed and I am annoyed, bwisit siya, bwisit talaga siya.