LIVING with the GANGSTERS [ONHOLD]

Side Story D: X's and O's

[A/N: Sorry for the late UD! And special thanks to Jimin and Xiumin's "Call You Bae" for making this side story possible. Watch MM above~]

SIDE STORY D: X's AND O's

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"When our heart says O but we want to say X, and when our heart says O but we want to answer X--- we hesitate like this because we don't know our own hearts. At times like this, whatever slips of your mouth without thinking is what you really think."
-She was Pretty (Korean Drama)

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YASSER'S POV

Kailan nga ba?

Kailan nga ba nagsimula ang lahat?

[FLASHBACK]

"And they lived happily ever after, the end."harabeoji said as he finally ended the fairytale that he was reading me. I only scoffed in my bed which my harabeoji likely noticed.

"Oh, Shin, apo ko, bakit? Hindi mo ba nagustuhan ang kwento ng harabeoji sayo?"puno ng pagtatakang tanong nito.

Agad naman akong umiling, "Aniyo, harabeoji! Pero po kasi----"naiilang akong ituloy yung sasabihin ko.

Nakangiting tinapik ni harabeoji ang ulo ko, "Haha! Wag ka nang mahiya, apo. Ano ba iyon?"

I let out a deep sigh before answering my harabeoji's question, "It's not like I don't like the story, harabeoji, it's just that----I don't believe in love."I reluctantly admitted.

People tell me that my mind is too advanced for a seven year old and I don't really care about that. Yung ibang mga batang ka-edad ko, abala sa paglalaro ng kung anu-anong video games habang mas gugustuhin ko pang kasama ang mga libro ko kaysa makipaglaro sa kanila. They are too busy minding about what new game is out on the market while I am busy minding about logarithms, formulas and scientific notations.

And the reason I don't believe in love? Because it simply does not exist. I read in books that love is just created by an anatomically reaction by the mind---specifically, the hypothalamus---from an outside force that triggers such and not what these ridiculous fairytales are telling innocent children about. So, why would I believe in it? Even science porves that the word does not exist. Hah!

"At bakit naman, apo?"mahinahong tanong sakin ni harabeoji.

I shrugged my shoulders, "It doesn't exist, harabeoji. I read in books that it is just a reaction created by the mind and not what those fairytales are talking about. Isa pa po, isn't those fairytales categorized as fiction? As in not real? Kaya, hindi din po totoo ang ikinukwento niyan."

"Oh, well then, how about your eomma and appa?"

"Eomma and appa are----I don't know? Different?"hindi siguradong tanong ko.

I suddenly thought about my eomma and appa and how they treat each other---how eomma blushes everytime she hears appa tells her those three words and how appa rushes from his office when he learns that eomma is sick. Is that what they call as "love"?

"Haha! Ang paboritong apo kong ito talaga..."

"Harabeoji, ako lang po ang nag-iisa niyong apo."

"Aba! Kaya nga ikaw ang paborito ko! Haha!"natatawang sagot nito. Inayos na ko sa pagtulog ni harabeoji saka ito nakangiting bumaling sakin, "Apo, alam kong matalino ka pero bata ka pa din. Love? Isa iyong bagay na mararanasan mo sa tamang panahon at edad."