My Lover is the Son of a Mafia Leader

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Anthony Sergio. I knew him all my life.  

I left my hometown at the age of 7 after my parents died in an accident. I didn't speak for 2 years. I remember that Uncle Bern had problems in sending me to school for every time he takes me outside I start to cry. 

Uncle Bern started hiring tutors but before my tutor arrives I'll hide in the basement and they would search all over the house. 

I was 9 when he came home with a boy. A few years older than me. I used to think that I saw him somewhere but that was impossible because I never left the house and I quite don't remember my life back then.

His eyes remind me of someone I used to know or maybe gumagawa lang ako ng excuse para sa sarili ko para masabing I had someone other than my family and uncle. 

I remember how skinny Anthony was. Uncle Bern will always remind be to be nice to him for that skinny kid had a tough life. Pero kahit ganoon madali niyang makuha ang loob ng mga tao nasa paligid niya. Maybe it was because of his dimples. 

Noong una akala ko bisita lang si Anthony pero days, weeks, months and a year passed by pero nandoon pa rin siya sa bahay. He goes to school while I stay at home and still refuse to meet any of my tutors. 

I'm 10. Anthony was 15. At hindi pa rin ako makapagsalita. I feel useless. 

And then one night, I left my bedroom door open. It was around 11.30 pm and every one are already asleep. I saw a figure standing in my doorway.

 I can't see what the figure looks like kaya natakot ako, mas natakot ako nang gumalaw ito nag nagsimulang maglakad. I want to shout but I can't find my voice. 

I heard a click and then the lights are on. I found out that it was only Anthony. Hindi ko alam kung anong kailangan niya at kung anong ginagawa niya dito sa kwarto ko. 

"Skyla" 

Sa dalawang taong magkasama kami sa iisang bahay, ito ang unang beses na nilapitan niya ako at tinawag sa pangalan ko.I opened my mouth but close it again. He smiled at naupo sa tabi ko. 

"Do you believe in aliens?" Hindi ko alam kung ano ang ibig niyang sabihin. He must have seen it on face kaya nagsimula siyang mag-explain. 

Kinuwento niya sa akin na nasa veranda siya ng makakita siya ng ilaw na malikot sa kalangitan and he concluded that it was a spaceship. Pinanood din namin ang favorite movie nyang E.T. And if our Uncle finds out that we are watching a movie at this hour, I know he'd throw a fit. 

Nang matapos ang movie Anthony told me that he will talk to me again in the morning. Kaya ng makalabas siya ng kwarto ko ay pinilit kong makatulog agad para gumising ng maaga. 

The next morning, I was disappointed. Anthony left for school kaya naghintay ako sa labas ng bahay hanggang sa makauwi sya. 

And when he arrived home ay kinuwentuhan niya ako tungkol sa araw nya. Kung anong nangyari sa school at mga aralin na tinalakay nila. 

Hindi ko inaasahang magiging malapit kami sa isa't isa ni Anthony. Nagsusulat ako sa white board, that's how I communicate to him. He also encouraged me to meet my tutors and I did. 

And then we debated if aliens are real. While he thinks that they are real, I'll tell him that those creatures only exist in movies. 

"Maniniwala lang ako na hindi sila totoo kung kahit kailan man ay hindi ko maririnig ang boses mo."