"I want to taste your sweet plasma."
Vampires? I never believed in such things until I found the most beautiful and ruthless of them all. Guess what? She's my professor, too!
It's been a week since the both of us started having this thing. We weren't dating or anything, we were just hanging out, maybe? Wala pa kaming lead kung saan kami magsisimulang maghanap ng impormasyon tungkol kina Leona at Calista, because clearly, they were lovers. Sana all na lang po, mga ate. Ay, may jowa pala ako kaso gago. So, yeah, naurrr.
"Do you think they look good together? I need to see a picture or something. The need to put a face on the name is demeaning."
"Who are we talking about exactly?"
"Calista and Leona. Who else?"
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"Oh." Natutulala siya tuwing binabanggit ko ang mga ito, but there also times na blangko ang ekspresyon niya. Hmm, maybe she's not just interested, and just like me, she just learned to embrace something because of her parents. "Yeah, I think so, maybe. But you must know that by that time, hindi talaga katanggap-tanggap ang ganoong relasyon kaya sila nagtatago."
"So, you know their story."
"A li'l bit. Mom told me every single story she knows about them."
"So, they're like the pioneer same-sex couples in the country?"
"We can never know. Gay relationships were born even before their time. I mean, come on, old paintings and myths says it all." Linggo ngayon, kaya inaya niya akong lumabas para magtanung-tanong. "Your professor Cordova says do not push too hard. Sabi pa nga niyang okay lang daw kahit na 'di mo na gawin 'to since ako na ang nagha-handle sa klase niyo." I shook off what she said. I wanna know everything.
"It's a little too late to talk me out of it."
"Tigas talaga ng ulo, kahit kelan."
Gusto ko kasi talagang malaman ang kwento ng dalawang 'yun. Leona and Calista's story fascinates me. And I also wanna know why nana Soc thinks I'm Calista. We don't have any pictures of her, but I'm pretty sure I do not look like her. That's just too much of a cliché. Well, that's what I think. What I want to believe, yeah, 'cause apparently, anything is possible at this moment. "Sa tingin mo, bakit feeling ng lola ni Mykee, ako yung friend niyang namatay? Yung si Cali?"
"She thought what?!" Nagulat ako sa reaksyon niya. Bakit para siyang nagulat? It's not a big deal, right? "I mean, why would she think that? That's impossible; you are not her."
Nagulat lang ako nang magsalita siya ng hindi ko maintindihan. "Are you speaking French?" Alek nodded. Napatigil siya nang ako'y tumikhim. "Yeah, I'm not her. My name is Natalia, not Cali," I remarked the obvious. "Eh, di maganda siya kung magkamukha kami or something?"
