Mixtape: Broken Promises (Mixtape Series #1)

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

You know what’s my favorite day of the week? Of course, Saturday! Why? Kasi I have the time in the world to focus on writing stories and post it on my page!

Ang tagal ko na rin hindi nakapagsulat. Medyo busy kasi sa school and what happened this week made me forget about my passion.

Pagkagising ko sa umaga ay kaagad akong naligo. When I’m done, I changed my clothes and sat in front of my laptop.

Magsusulat pa lang sana ako when someone knocked on my door. “Sino ‘yan?”

“Anak? Si mommy mo ito. Can I come in?” Bigla akong napatayo. This is her first time seeing my room after years they’ve been gone.

I checked my room to see if there are any things that are not in place or any trashes scattered in my room pero wala naman kaya pinagbuksan ko na si Mom.

She smiled when she saw me. Bahagya akong ngumiti. I am really not confident and comfortable showing her my room or with her inside of it pero there’s something telling me na I should let my mom come in. And I did.

She was in awe when she saw how tidy and neat my room was. The books were in a proper place and were arranged series by series.

I also have another table where my art materials were or where I draw and paint. Katabi nito ay ang higaan at mga laruan ng aking alagang pusa na si Caity.

“It’s been so long since I last saw your room. I remember when you were still a little girl, you had a small bed and it was full of stuffies since you can’t sleep without them.”

Hindi ko na iyon masyadong maalala but I do remember that Mom used to sing me to sleep. My mother has a calming and soothing voice that both me and Ate Aya loved to hear. Hinding nakakasawang pakinggan.

My mother faced me, with tears welling in her eyes. Her hand reached my cheek and caressed it gently.

“Ang laki mo na nga, anak.”

Like a raindrop falling from the sky, a sign that it will rain, my mother’s tears dropped on the floor as she cried for the missed years of my growing up.

Hindi ko alam kung paano ko siya i-cocomfort pero, may isang bagay akong alam na kahit hindi mo man sabihin ay sapat na ito upang pakalmahin ang isang tao na nangangailangan nito.

I hugged my mother. I admit na up until this day, masama pa rin ang loob ko sa kanila ni Daddy pero nakikita ko ang kagustuhan nilang bumawi sa amin ni Ate. They really hold onto their promise this time around.

Alam kong medyo matatagalan pa sila, o ako, pero alam kong dadating ang araw na mapapatawad ko rin sila.

Mom left the room after that. Gusto niya lang sana akong anyayahin na kumain sa labas kasama si Dad but she saw that I am doing something kaya sabi niya sa susunod nalang.

I felt I don’t know, a bit guilty? Kung kaya sinabi ko sa kaniya na bukas nalang para kasama si Ate. She was pleased about it and she will tell this to Daddy.

I sighed. Umaga palang pero feel ko ang dami nang nangyari. Umupo muli ako sa upuan and tinurn on ang laptop ko. Binuksan ko ang MWord saka nagsimula nang magsulat.

Hindi ko namamalayan na higit dalawang oras na akong nakaupo at tutok sa pagtatype sa aking laptop. Kung hindi pa pumasok si Ate ay hindi ko malalaman na alas diyes na pala.

“Ganyan ba ka-importante ang ginagawa mo sa laptop at nakalimutan mo nang kumain ng umagahan?” Naka-pameywang na tanong sa akin ni Ate.

I made a peace sign. Inukutan lamang ako ng mga mata ni Ate bago ako binigyan ng paborito kong homemade cookies niya.

I smiled and hugged my sister. “Salamat, Ate. You’re the best.”

Hindi siya sumagot at ngumiti lang sa akin bago lumabas ng kwarto ko. I went back on writing my story. Plan ko ay one-shot lang muna ang isusulat ko tapos i-popost sa writing account ko sa Facebook.

When I’m done writing the whole story, I didn’t post it right away. Nag-proofread muna ako para ma-check if meron ba akong any grammatical errors or typos.

So far so good, there are only few errors kaya kaagaran ko siyang in-edit and when I’m satisfied, pinost ko kaagad ito sa writing account ko.

Ang daming nagreact agad at nagcomment.

OMG!! Another amazing story from ate Cosmic

Halaaaaa na-miss kita ate 😭🧡

FANTASY STORY ULIT LET’S GOOO !!

TANGINANYO AKIN SI KIYOSHI

ano bayan hindi naman ako first 😠

Ang galing mo tlaga khit kailan ate Cosmic

Welcome back, ate Cosmic !! na miss ka talaga namin 🤍

so happy youre back, Cosmic ! and our wait is really worth kasi look !! another epic story,, luvet

It warmed my heart. Matagal rin akong nawala at hindi masyadong nag-uupdate at natatakot ako na baka may magalit or ano…

But reading all of this right now really brought a sense of happiness in me. My readers waited for me despite of my absence for almost a month and now I’m back, they are still supporting me.

A notification on my phone caught my attention. Nang chineck ko ito ay si Ezi kaagad ang bumungad.

Eziah: loe friend, labas tayo. bored ako rito sa bahay.

I rolled my eyes after seeing his message. I typed a message before hitting the send button.

Cinthia: I don’t want to. Tinatamad ako.

Wala pang sampung segundo ay nagreply kaagad ito. Bored nga siguro dahil ang bilis sumagot.

Eziah: sige na 🥺 hindi ka ba naaawa sakin?

I laughed. What’s with his emoji? Hindi siya cute tignan. Mukha siyang timang.

Cinthia: Stop it, Ezi. Hindi bagay sayo and no, hindi ako naaawa sayo.

Eziah: wow ezi 🥰 change ko nga hehe

And I laughed so hard when Eziah changed his name or nickname.

Eziah Lane Laurel changed his nickname to ezi bff ni cin 🤪

Eziah: sheesh 😎 tapos alam mo may naisip ako

Huh? Ano na naman ang naiisip na kalokohan nito?

Eziah: if meron tayong shipname ( hypothetically speaking ok? wala akong gusto sayo yuck bff tayo ) ang shipname naten ay… ezcin ( parang asin )

Cinthia: GAGO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😭😭😭

And for the third time, I laughed again.

Eziah really never failed to make me laugh this so hard. Ever since we became friends, kung anong kalokohan na ang ginagawa ni Eziah. His jokes are also corny!

Tapos may realizations ako habang nakakausap si Eziah. Walang masama na makipagkaibigan ulit.

Yes, at first I was scared especially of what happened years ago. Pero kasi… ramdam ko na ang genuine ni Eziah. Isa pa, hindi naman siya yung kaibigan ko nung bata pa ako.

I shouldn’t compare my friends that I have right now to the friends I have once in the past. Kasi magkaiba ang noon sa kasalukuyan.

I may have connections with them once, pero hindi ko na nanaisin na makausap silang muli. I am now contented of what I have right now and I will make sure that this friendship will last long.