Twin Hearts

Chapter 5

KATHRYN'S POV:

I WAS WALKING along the side walk in the campus. Papunta na ko sa first class ko for the day pero naiisip ko pa rin yung nangyari kagabi.

Kahit super pagod na pagod ako from the volunteer work at the org and ang sakit ng buong katawan ko, I could not rest. Pag akyat ko sa kwarto, nahiga lang ako sa bed habang nakatulala. I was thinking about what I just learned.

"Na-meet ko si Enrique kanina..."

I was really surprised when my sister told me that. First of all, she wasn't really fond of telling me things about herself - sa aming dalawa, ako ang talkative, sya ang listener. All the more when about guys. Gets? I wonder why she opened up the topic to me. Fine, baka naman nasabi nya lang kasi I gave her idea about him. Pero alarming pa rin kasi.. Alam ko namang wala syang crush, kahit pa nagpapa-cute sa kanya si Quen. Could it be that she liked Enrique more?

And when she said na kinausap sya ni Enrique, mas na-bother ako. Hello? Ako ang laging kasama ng lalaking yun, but he barely talk with me if not about work. Tapos yung kapatid ko na kakikilala lang nya, nagkwentuhan na agad sila? Not just that, tinanong pa kung nagde-date sina Kath and Quen.

Is he interested with her?

I slowed down and shut my eyes.

Good Lord, nooo. Why Kath? Why my twin sister?

Nai-stress talaga ako thinking about that. It cannot happen. I like Enrique so much. OA na kung OA, pero hindi pwedeng maging sila. Hindi talaga.

I wanna cry!

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KATH'S POV:

"HI baby love!"

I looked up and saw Quen standing beside my table. Nasa coffee shop ako habang naghihintay ng next class ko.

"Hey." Hindi na tumaas ang kilay ko. Hindi ko na din sya in-snob. Maybe, I got used to him already. Or mas tama yatang 'na-immune' na yata ako sa kanya.

"May I join you?"

Pero naupo na sya bago pa ko sumagot.

"Uhm, yes?"

He just grinned. "Ang sipag mo talaga. Whenever I see you, you're always studying, kahit saan."

I just continued browsing through my notes. "That's what we're supposed to do, right?"

"Oo. But not everyone does."

"Like you." Hindi pa rin ako nagtaas ng tingin.

"Yeah, like me... Kaya nga I really admire you for being so dilligent."

I just forced a smile. In my mind, I was thinking "hindi talaga susuko ang isang 'to noh?"

"Did you ever get tired?"

I raised my eyebrows and looked at him. "Of studying?"

"Yeah."

"Nope."

"Why?"

"Why would I?"

"I mean, hindi mo ba naisip na gumawa ng ibang bagay, like go out with friends, go out-of-town, have fun...?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Kasi I know that there's a time and season for everything. And right now, it's my season to study and finish college," matter-of-factly na sagot ko.