Note: Hi! The books are still being shipped so defer ko muna yung thank you surprise to a couple of those who got copies. Again, sobrang thank you for supporting me on this. Have you read it? =)
Anyway, starting on this!
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"Wish I may
Wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight"
I looked down from the cloud I was perched on and waited.
"Sana po ligawan ako ni Mark. Crush na crush ko po kasi siya."
I stared at the person making wish — a young girl, staring out her window. Her high school chemistry book opened in front of her at her study desk, but she wasn't reading. Her mobile phone, which was beside her book, showed the photo of the boy she had a crush on.
I rolled my eyes.
Sometimes, being one of the few deities who could read human minds was tiresome. We are no longer allowed by Bathala to act on everything we see / hear, so I'm uncertain why Bathala has not taken it away. But oh well.
I looked at the girl again and whispered, though not enough for it to get to her, "Hay bibi girl... magfocus ka muna sa studies mo. May quiz ka pa bukas. Dali. Aral."
Then, I heard another person make a wish.
"Sana po manalo ako sa lotto."
I turned to the male voice. He was a hard working, middle class employee who was living comfortably but not in luxury. I rolled my eyes again. "Tutuparin ko sana yang wish mo kaya lang sa planeta ka naman nagwiwish. Si Venus yan huy."
I listened to some other people making wishes. Every night, sometimes even during the day, it was much of the same things — wishing to be loved back, to have more money, to get an object they desperately want. Like I said, we are no longer allowed to interfere with the business of humans, so most of these wishes I listen to but there's not much I could do.
Most are just annoying to me anyway.
"You wish you had a better face?! Girl, di ba nanalo ka nga sa pageant?! Ano bugs. Kakalerkey ka."
Yes, I use the current language more than my siblings Apolaki and Mayari.
Yes, kapatid ko sila... yata. You see, medyo colorful ang lovelife ni Bathala kaya hindi kami sure. But, we treat each other like siblings so I call them that. When the time is right, we will know. Naks, may pa-secret secret din kaming mga diyos akala niyo ha.
Anyway, inis na inis ako dito sa babaeng ito. Ang ganda ganda na ng mukha gusto pa ng more. "Unang una, girl, may mga doctor naman diyan di ba? Plastic surgery kung gusto mo! Aabalahin mo pa ako—"
I heard someone guffaw behind me.
"Hay nako. Ikaw na naman?" I turned to stare at this newcomer.
"Good evening, Tala."
I rolled my eyes at him. I had known him from as long as I can remember. He would be the equivalent to a childhood friend for humans. "Good evening, Lakambakod. Bakit nanggugulo ka na naman?"
"Magpapahinga lang. At gusto kong mangamusta sa nag-iisang bitter goddess ng Kaluwalhatian."
I rolled my eyes again. "Hay nako. Pakialam mo ba kung bitter ako? Palibhasa ikaw yung diyos na walang karapatan maging bitter."
It was true. Anong karapatan niyang maging bitter when he's one of the most good looking beings in the universe? Ito pa, ito pa! How do you humans say it...
Ah.
Si Lakambakod Junior?
Made of gold.
Anong relevance? Wala naman. Gusto ko lang i-share.
