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XII

Chapter Twelve

Mint Drewford, Jimin's asshole of a cousin. He was not a very close friend of mine but I could at least safely say that he was a childhood friend, aside from he was my ex-boyfriend.

Hindi man kami madalas magkita pero dahil sa buwanang wedding celebration nina Tita Janna at Tito Nigel ay hindi talaga maiiwasang makasalamuha ko siya. Ever since time immemorial, hindi nawawala ang pamilya namin at ang Drewfords sa selebrasyong ito. Well, kahit naman nawala na si Mommy ay hindi naputol ang nakagisnang iyon. Hindi man nakakapunta si Daddy at Ate Milan ay palagi kong sinisiguradong hindi ako mawawala.

It really became just a normal usual thing for me.

The relationship we had with the Parks and Drewfords was a treasure my mother left me so I wouldn't want to get passed a single moment with their happy events. Plus, I couldn't afford to fail Jimin. Ang monthly wedding celebration ng mga magulang niya ang isa sa pinakamahalagang okasyon sa buhay niya.

It might be just a simple dinner but it meant a lot for us. Lalo na sa tuwing naaalala ko kung gaano kasaya ang tatlong pamilya noong nabubuhay pa si Mommy. But then, masaya pa rin naman hanggang ngayon, only if Mint hadn't stained a part of me.

The celebration last month had gone as smooth and as perfect as it used to be for me 'cause he wasn't there. Masaya iyon kasi hindi ko siya nakita and that I didn't have to deal with his demonic face. I just really wanted to punch his face, to be honest.

Kung hindi lang talaga sila magkahawig ni Jimin.

"Hey, east, hindi mo pa ginagalaw ang pagkain mo."

From staring across me at where Mint sat, silently eating his food and seemed to be very unaffected of my obvious disgust of his presence, I slowly turned to my right side. Sinalubong ako ng malalambot na titig ni Jimin gamit ang pares ng malalambot na singkit niyang mga mata.

There was no doubt that his small eyes were always my comfort edge. Kumbaga titingin lang ako sa mga mata niya ay lulunurin na ng mga ito ang kung anumang hindi magandang nararamdaman ko.

He sweetly smiled at me, his full crimson plump lips stretching upward, showing me his perfect whites. Nagbaba siya ng tingin sa plato ko bago dinampot ang kutsara ko. I silently watched as he spooned a little amount of yellow rice from my plate and slowly dragged the spoon near my mouth.

"Say ah," he softly told me.

Natatawang binuksan ko ang bibig ko para tanggapin ang pagkaing isinusubo niya sa akin. Hindi naman sa wala akong ganang kumain, hindi ko lang talagang masikmurang kumain na kaharap si Mint. Just, I just couldn't understand why he seemed so unaffected about all this.

Pero si Jimin, katabi ko si Jimin. Iyon lang naman talaga ang kailangan ko e. That I could sit in a table full of Mint for as long as there was one Jimin beside me, making things all perfect for me.

"Oh you're so cute!" Naagaw ng matinis at tila hindi mapakaling tili ni Tita Janna ang atensyon namin. She gracefully sat just beside Tito Nigel who was on the other edge of the table and we lined up with them, Jaye, Jimin and I respectively. Si Tito Von naman ang nasa kabilang kabisera at katabi si Tita Sammie, sa hilera nila ay sina Mint at Mira.

Mira and Mint were identical twins. And no, I didn't hold grudges against Mira just because she was Mint's twin sister. We were actually close friends, pareho namin siyang childhood friend ni Ate Milan. May mga times kasi na nag-o-overnight siya rito para lang makasama kami since na labas ng syudad sila nakatira.

"Tell me, kids, what's the status between the two of you already?" Tita Janna giddily asked us while slowly raising a glass with red wine to her lips.