Eshajori | (QBMNG PREQUEL) 𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 🏳️‍🌈

Chapter 1

𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚢

(n.) finding something good
       without looking for it.

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"Goddammit, Dad! At least tell me the reason why you're doing this to me?!" I hissed. I can definitely feel something in my eyes now. I gasped for air, trying so hard to calm myself down. I am seething with anger. Halos mag blurred na nga ang vision ko dahil sa mga luha na pinipilit kong pigilan. I just used the back of my hand to wipe it away.

Don't you cry now. Crying is for the weak and I refused to be classified as one. I will not let myself be vulnerable in front of this man---especially not in front of this man, who likes to call himself as my father but didn't know how to act as one.

"Mind your manners, Abegaile. I will not tolerate disrespect in this household."

I snorted. Damn--I just can't. How dare he make a decision on behalf of me? He wasn't even around much. Anong karapatan niya na pangunahan ako? At an early age, I tried to be as independent as I can. I didn't have much of a choice. Mom left us because my Dad is a womanizing fool. I was stucked with a father who doesn't even care about me. It was always the company, the businesses, the profits that mattered. Never the daughter. Never the only child.

"You're exiling me to a school that I haven't even heard about. You didn't even asked for my opinion and now you want me to mind my manners? Are you fucking kidding me?!"

He raised his arm as I braced myself for a slap. It didn't happen. He likes to have a big talk about respect when clearly he doesn't have one for me. What a hypocrite. It's always about himself.

"You knew damn well that I don't give a shit about your sexuality." What? What the fuck does my sexuality have to do with him suddenly transferring me to a friggin public school? "Be it with a man or a woman or.. I don't know—both? I don't care. It's your fucking choice. But the minute you walk into a bar and starts acting like a raging lesbian, it's a different story. Someone clearly saw you, Abby!"

Napapikit ako as I massaged both my temples. Hindi ko pa din maintindihan. So, I kissed a girl and someone saw me, so what? What's the big deal? And for fuck's sake I wasn't even a lesbian. It's lgbtqia+ for a reason. People need to stop generalizing.

"Okay, someone saw me. Ano naman ngayon? That doesn't suffice the very fact that you had to transfer me all the way to another dimension just because someone saw me getting at it with another woman. Ang OA lang, Dad!" Damn right, it's another dimension. Hindi ko nga alam kung saan lupalop ang school na 'yon.

He heaved a sigh, looking as if he's only two breaths away from a mental breakdown. I'm not gonna lie, that certainly felt good inside. Maramdaman niya man lang, even just a little, what I am feeling right now.

He motioned at me, trying to dismiss the conversation. I didn't let him. Lalo lamang siya nainis. "Fine! That someone must have known Jefferson. I don't know. Nakarating sa kaniya eh. He wasn't happy about it."