Author's Note: Pasensya na po sa mga nag-aabang nito kung ang tagal ng update. Paano po kasi inuna kong matapos ang iba. But rest assured na starting today, gagawan ko na ng paraan na ma-update ito regularly.
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How would you feel if you chance upon the person you respect and think highly of your entire life in bed with someone you knew to be a certified ladies' man? A, would you bolted? B, would you confront the person and make him/her realize his/her mistake? Or c, would you pretend nothing happened and just get on with your life?
I wished I could just choose option C and forget about everything. But that was my mom!
"Yuki-chan, matte! (Yuki-chan, wait!) I can explain this."
I did not halt a single step. I ran to the door and took the first cab that passed by our street. When the driver asked me where to go, I just stared at him blankly. I thought about Akiko. I need her! I have to talk to somebody or else, I'll go crazy. Without giving it a second thought, I asked to be brought to Akiko's place.
The lights were on, but Akiko was not answering the door. I had already pressed the buzzer twice. Is she asleep already? That can't be possible. We're both night persons and we don't sleep till two in the morning. It's just 10 o'clock.
Just when I was about to leave, Akiko rushed to the door. She looked flushed--- with her hair all over her cute, round face. She frowned when she saw me looking troubled.
"Yuki-chan! Nani ga atta no? (What's wrong?)" She asked and she cupped my face.
"Akiko-chan," I sobbed and hugged her.
"Sshh. Don't cry."
"She did it again! I thought she's different now that she's older, but she hasn't changed at all."
Then, I explained what i found out when I went home that night.
"Oh my God! That guy is still married! The last time I've heard, he was also having an affair with that beautiful bit player in his horror movie. What is your mom thinking?"
"I know!" I was about to supply Akiko with more details when all of a sudden an almost naked man came strutting in the living room. He was just wearing a towel wrapped around his waist. And he looked familiar.
Akiko blushed when she saw the incredulous look in my face.
"Hey there," the man greeted.
I just nodded lightly and looked at my friend again.
"This is not what you're thinking about," Akiko whispered. "We have a ---- deep connection and we thought ---, you know," Akiko whispered. She seemed at a loss for words.
I didn't say anything. I was just shocked to see a foreign-looking guy in Akiko's apartment. I never thought that her friend could be interested with a gaikokujin (foreigner).
"So that means, I couldn't stay her for the night?" I asked in almost a whisper.
Akiko scratched her head and nodded at me sheepishly.
"I'm sorry, Yuki-chan. But --- I could ask Maria or Riko-chan if they could take you in for the night. Let me just get my phone."
I grabbed her hand and told her not to bother them anymore.
"But you have nowhere to go!"
"I'll be all right. Don't worry about me," and I kissed my friend goodbye.
I walked to nowhere thinking about a lot of things. Her mom and her new fling. Akiko and that guy. How could people treat sex so casually?
I was about thinking to spend the night in a 24-hour internet café when I saw a bar. When i peeped inside, the man at the counter immediately invited me in. The other patrons, all looking like people my age, stared at me for just a brief moment before minding their own business. It seemed like everyone had no one to drink with. I also noticed that all tables were meant for a single person.
