Querencia (Midnight #1)

Chapter 21

A/N: i repeat po, my characters are not perfect, they are flawed, i hope you'll understand their choices, matututo naman po sila so hehe 'yun lang thank youu po !

Twenty-one
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"Merry Christmas!"

Ang bating sumalubong sa akin pagkaapak ko pa lang sa labas ng aking kwarto.

Bumaling ako sa aking cellphone upang tingnan kung ano'ng oras na—it's already 12 in the midnight. Saktong 12 A.M., December 25.

Wala pa mang bagong taon ngunit ang ingay na nagmumula sa labas ay binalot ng pagpapaputok. I think the barangay where we in provided a fireworks—it wasn't really necessary to do that pero mukhang nakasanayan na nilang gawin ito kahit pasko lang at hindi pa bagong taon.

"Merry Christmas din po!" I greeted my siblings.

Halos buong araw lamang ako natulog kaya hindi ko masyadong alam ang mga ganap. My body clock was already fucked up when Christmas break came. Gusto ko man ibalik ang dati kong body clock pero I think my body got used to the sleeping schedule I have right now. Hindi ko rin kaagad maiba ang body clock ko dahil nga mga k-drama na kinaadikan ko ngayon.

I was really a fan of k-actors and actresses. But it will suddenly stop when school year was starting—bukod sa napaka-raming school works, mas dumoble ang pressure ko ngayon dahil naging nasa higher section ako. The expectations that my parents expect from me are insane. . . hindi na yata kinakaya ng mga angels ko.

Hays.

I roamed my eyes around our dining area. The dining area was a very typical Filipino dining table—there were a lot of foods like: spaghetti, ham with pineapple glaze, barbeque, roasted chicken, bibingka, quezo de bola, lumpia, and of course macaroni salad! Ang saya-saya ng lamesa namin, punong-puno ng pagkain.

Whilst, on the left corner there's a Christmas Tree, it is decorated with sparkly lights around the trunks together with tinsel. The Christmas Tree we have also has candles around its body—an extra light to the tree, it was also filled with ornaments, with a star on the top of it, and gifts beneath the tree.

"Dapat kanina ka pa nandito para hindi saktong pasko ka bababa!" Reklamo ni Kuya Hunter sa gilid ni Ate Hera.

We are all wearing the same shirt color—dahil green lang ang kuya na may available kaming apat ay ayun na lang ang napagdesisyonan naming susuotin ngayong gabi. I'm just wearing my light green top from Uniqlo and white trousers, same with Ate Hera. My two brothers are wearing the same color of shorts and top, para tuloy silang kambal tingnan.

Kuya Hunter and Harlow were wearing Santa hats, while me and Ate Hera were wearing a reindeer headband.

We look so cute!

Just so sad to think that we haven't even tried a Christmas like this with our parents. Bukod kasi sa mas magiging magulo at hindi magiging masaya ang pasko namin kapag nandito sila. Our moves are limited because the mood might just be ruined because of them.

So, ever Christmas, we always make sure na kami lang ang nag-ce-celebrate. Although, alam ko namang na-mi-miss na rin ng mga kapatid ko, katulad ko, ang magkaroon ng salu-salo kasama ang mga magulang namin. Apart from overworking themselves, they never invited us to eat and have a Noche Buena together.