• if everything seems too good to be real, it must be fiction.
"Tayo nalang ulit," - Na Jaemin
started: May 31, 2018
ended: -
Epistolary + Narration
NOT EDITED
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"Alam mo ba hyung?" Tanong ko kay Lucas hyung Na nasa may likod ko habang nag-lalakad. Hawak-hawak nya ang bulaklak na binili namin kanina.
"Hindi, hindi ko pa alam Sung." Pilosopong sagot nya sakin. Ano pa nga bang inaasahan ko? Si Lucas hyung nga pala tong kausap ko.
"Hay...lumaki kami ni kambal sa lola namin. Lagi kasing wala sila mama at papa simula pag-kabata. They were never there to witness us grow up. Yung unang pag-lakad namin, salita, unang pasok sa iskwela, unang kaibigan...si lola lahat ang nakakita at nakasubaybay sa pag-laki namin. Pero hindi kami nagalit or kung ano man sa mga magulang namin. Infact, mas lalo namin silang minahal. Kinaya nila na malayo saamin para masigurado lang ang maganda naming kinabukasan. The were the real MVPs in our eyes. Our heroes. But of course, we were more attached to our grandma. Sya yung kasama namin sa lahat eh," mahabang kong sabi.
Naalala ko lahat nang memories namin nila Lola at kambal.
Bata palang kami nang pumanaw si lolo. Si Lola ay yung nanay ni Mama. Hindi namin nakilala ang lola namin sa side ni papa. Typical Na mayaman at hindi-ganun kamayan na lovestory ang istorya nila. Tutol raw ang mga magulang ni papa sa relasyon nila mama. Cliché, right? But according to my parents, true love was true love. Pinaglaban nila ang isat-isa; even if meant that they would disown him—which they did. But he found happiness in her.
Hindi man sya kinilala pang anak nila, he had his own family to keep and love. He struggled—along with mama—to strive and reach the top. And now he can proudly say na hindi nya lang napantayan ang masaganang buhay nang pamilya nya noon, nalagpasan nya pa.
But do you wanna know the crazy part? He was engaged to Hina's mom. Yes, that Hina. Destiny's funny, huh? Who would've thought that history would actually repeat itself?
None of us, that's for sure.
Business partners and parents ni dad at parents ni Hina. Both parties decided that it would be best kung ikakasal nila ang anak nila, but neither wanted that to happen. Hindi ko Lang alam kung bakit pinipilit pa nila si Hina Na-iarrange marriage kung alam na nila kung gaano kahirap ito, lalo na pag-hindi mo mahal yung taong ipapakasal sayo.
Yun nga, balik tayo kay Lola. Pagkamatay ni lolo ay sakto namang pagalis nila Mama at Papa papuntang ibang bansa.
To say that lola was devastated is an understatement.
Kawawang-kawawa sya to the point the hiniling nya nalang Na sumunod Na kay lolo. But my parents being the nice people they were, stayed by her side. Even if it wasn't all the time. Pero when some things had to be prioritized, minabuti nilang iwan nalang kami ni kambal sakanya. And that's how she started raising us.
There were times when she would scold us, get mad at us for our wrong doings, but we never took it wrongly. Tinangap namin ang mga pag-kakamali. We grew as better people. And it was all because of her.
