One Cold Night
Chapter 14: Favorite
Vera Alette's POV
I never wanted to get tangled in trouble, but these feelings are so confusing... I never expected it to pop out of nowhere, parang isang araw may na-realize nalang ako tapos bigla ko nang inisip araw-araw.
Victor walked me home at 8:30 p.m.
He reminded me that I should eat appropriately as if he were my father and watched me enter my apartment before he walked off...
I couldn't even stop sighing until I found myself walking towards my apartment unit while I brought my phone up to my ear after dialing kuya, after a few rings, he answered.
"Oh? Wala akong pera."
Napangiwi ako sa naging bungad ng kapatid ko sakin.
"Anong tingin mo sa akin? Utangera? let me remind you Peter Luhence Manzan, may utang ka pa sa aking fifty pesos tapos ako pa tatanungin mo ng ganyan?"
"Ikaw ha, hindi mo na ako kinukuya..." Tila nagtatampo pang sabi niya, I shook my head even if he couldn't see it. He used that Kuya card again.
"I just want to talk."
"Tungkol saan? May problema ka ba?" Ang kaninang palabirong tono ng boses niya ay nawala na at naging seryoso.
I chuckled as I inserted my key in the keyhole, pinihit ko ang doorknob saka pumasok sa loob. I turned the lights on before sitting on my chair below my study table.
"No, I don't have a problem... I am just bothered by something," I answered and let my head lean back on the chair.
"Ahuh? At ano 'yun?" Kuya's voice was filled with curiosity.
Hindi ako nakasagot kaagad sa tanong niya. I spread my hands and looked at my nails even if there was nothing to check on it.
"How did you find out that you already love ate Marie back then?" I asked all of a sudden.
Narinig ko naman ang mahinang halakhak ni kuya mula sa kabilang linya.
"It wasn't easy for me to determine if it was love or if I was just admiring her, admiring someone and loving someone are very different, natatakot ako noon kasi baka... Magaya ako kila mama... Hindi ko alam kung kailan ako nainlove sa ate mo, but one thing is for sure, I chose to do my best to get her, and that's the proof that I love her," He paused and chuckled.
"Living inside a household that never taught me how love properly works is a big problem, I always find myself questioning my feelings because they were too hazy, I never wanted to be aggressive with someone thinking that maybe it runs in the blood,
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AMOR SERIES 1: One Cold Night
RomanceCommitment, relationship, and marriage. These are the things that Vera Alette Manzan wanted to avoid as much as possible. It is a thing that she's not capable of doing; that's what she thinks. She thinks that she would fail her partner. She never d...
