Pabo Sarang (Stupid Love)

[2] - Inexplicable

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"Minnie, sabay tayong uuwi mamaya, ha? I'll call you." Sabi nitong si Luke.

Hinampas ko sya ng clearbook sa ulo.

"Yah! Para sa'n naman yon?!" Untag nya.

"PARA SA'YO! 'Di ba, sabi ko tawagin mo akong ate? Magkapatid tayo 'di ba, lamoyon? Siblings?!" Sigaw ko sa kanya.

He glared at me.

"Siblings? Whatever. And hey, you're just a year older than me." What's wrong with this kid?!

"Hoy Shin Won Ho, ate mo ako. You should call me ate. Papabalikin kita ng Korea, sige ka!" Banta ko sa kanya. Shin Won Ho is Luke's real-slash-Korean name.

"Eto talagang si ATE hindi mabiro. Tss." At inemphasize nya talaga yung Ate ha. Kids these days.

"Good. Go to your classroom na. Bye! Sarang sarang!" And I kissed him sa cheeks. Um-action pa ako ng heart sa ulo ko. Yung nagsa-saranghae. Whatever.

"Tss." Sabay talikod ni Luke habang umiiling at bumubulong. Sus, arte.

Ewan ko, hindi ko naman talaga yan kapatid pero I always insist that he is. Well, wala naman syang ibang kapatid (neither do I). We were together since I was what, 12? We're not really related but his family entrusted him to our family since his parents are really super mega kaduper (no exaggeration here) busy with their business worldwide (Yes, worldwide!). Yeah, Luke is rich. Freaking filthy rich. My Dad's the Boss. And Luke's Dad is the Boss' Boss.

Hinila na ako nina Ciara, Dee, Ice at Gubi sa designated na upuan namin bago pa dumating yung prof.

"Girl, sama ka sa bar mamaya? Di ka na sumasama sa'min ah. Tara! Sama mo si Luke!" Aya sa akin ni Ciara.

Tss. Pati ba naman si Luke? Alam ko namang crush nilang apat yun eh. Di ko naman sila masisisi, he's stunning just like that. He doesn't even boast about how rich he is.

"Trueberry! Wala ka nang time sa'min! And oo nga, Si Luke. Hihi." Singit ni Gubi.

Umiling ako.

"Nah. Sabay kaming uuwi ni Luke eh. And you know, I'm going somewhere else. Maybe next time. And hindi rin pwede si Luke, I don't allow him." I said.

"Ugh. Daya! Forever strict. And hey, by somewhere else, you meant SEOK JIN AH'S?" Usisa ni Ice.

"Yeah." Sagot ko.

"Hopelessly Devoted, huh? Love him that much?" Extra ni Dee.

Ano ba 'to? Interrogation?

"That damn much." I smiled. They sighed.

"Hindi ko na alam, girl. Ang daming boys na nagkakandarapa sa'yo. You are literally the girl in almost every guy's dream! You're the Girl-next-door! The IT girl. You can be anything! Of all people, bakit sya pa? Bakit yung tao pang hindi pwede yung natripan mong mahalin?"

I smiled at Dee.

"Kung alam ko lang, Dee. Kung alam ko lang yung sagot, I would answer you right away. Kaso hindi eh, hindi ko alam. At teka, bakit mo naman nasabing hindi pwede? Dahil artista sya? Dahil bestfriend ko sya? Nah. It's not about that. Love knows no boundaries." Sabi ko.

"I don't know. It's just too unfair for you. Kung sino pa yung tulad mo, sila pa yung nasasaktan." Naluluha nyang sabi.

Natawa ako.

"Hasn't anyone ever told you? Life isn't fair! It never was and it never will be. We just have to accept the freaking truth and go with the effin' flow." Litanya ko sa kanila.

Matched line over there, yeah.

They all hugged me.

"Dang, aren't you something?" At natawa na lang kaming lahat.

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After that night, where I confessed to Jin, nothing much had changed. 'Yun nga 'yon eh, sana meron.

"Minnie, may meeting daw ako mamaya." Jin informed me.

"Ikaw? Just you?" Tanong ko.

"Uhh.. Yeah. I'm just the representative. Can you please come with me? It's a clothing line eh. Not really sure 'bout this one." Sabi nya. Oh sure, matatanggihan ba naman kita?

"Yeah, sure! What time ba?"

"Maya-maya pa naman. I'll just get prepared. You, too." He smiled at me.

Nung papunta na kami sa hotel na pagmi-meetingan nila Jin, naalala kong may naiwan pala ako sa sasakyan niyang mga files. Nagpaalam ako para balikan yun sa sasakyan.

When I got what I wanted from the car, naglakad na ako pabalik. I was walking too mindlessly kaya may nakabungguan akong isang lalaking.. OH WAIT. I know him!

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A/N: Thank you for reading! :)

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