Forbidden Love

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I turned off the alarm clock when I heard it rang. I realized it was too early to go to school dahil 8 pa naman ang pasok ko. So I went to the bathroom and took a shower. It took 45 minutes for me to be finished bathing dahil matagal naman talaga akong maligo. I blowdried my hair and curled it. Packed my things and went out of the room. Pababa pa lang ako ng hagdan ay mukha na agad ni Ivan ang bumungad sa paningin ko.

"Goodmorning, Madam!" Ivan greeted. I rolled my eyes as I sat down to eat.

"Gandang araw nagsusungit ka na naman?"

"What the hell do you care?"

"Sabi ko nga." Ani nya habang nilagyan ako ng gatas sa baso.

Ugh. Ganito kami everyday. My brother is so annoying that I might even punch him in face without even worrying what could happen. Sa lakas kong sumuntok ay baka maitakbo pa siya sa ospital.

"Bakit parang wala kang gana?"

"Ayoko pumasok ngayon."

"Bakit naman?"

"A waste of time. A big waste of time."

"Hindi naman. Bakit? Pano mo nasabi?"

"Why do you keep on asking?"

"Kasi hindi ko alam. Tanungin ko ba naman kung alam ko?"

"Bwisit." And he laughed.

Kaaga agang araw ay pambubwisit ng kapatid ko ang palaging bumubungad saakin.

"Oy."

"What?"

"Naiwan mo yung phone mo."

"Oh, kay. Thanks." And I went inside the car. Pagkaupong pagkaupo ko ay agad na tumabi siya saakin habang nakangisi.

"What the heck is that evil smile for?"

"Sinong Joshua?"

Fuck. I think I might be killed. I just rolled my eyes and turn my head outside the window.

"Ang sweet niyo ha."

"Can you not understand the word privacy?"

"No. There's no personal between you and Joshua. Unless.." And he smirked.

"Fuck. Stop it."

"Bakit ba kasi hindi mo aminin? Wala namang mawawala sayo."

"If only I knew that there isn't someone or something that might be extracted away from me, do you think I will continue to hide it even if it's hard to?"

"Pwede. Kung talagang gusto mo."

"What do you mean, 'gusto'?"

"Kung talagang mahal mo ang isang tao, you don't need to hide anything that happens between you two, kasi dapat pinaglalaban yan."

"Ipaglalaban mo pa ba ang isang bagay kung alam mong sa umpisa palang talo ka na?"

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