Title: Cemetery
Genre: Drama, Flash Fiction
Author: PenpenDeSarapen06/ Miss Maeliit
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"1, 2, 3...smile" And there it was. A big smile was drawn into my face.
My mom and my sister are the ones incharge in cooking. Habang kami nina Dad and kuya ay busy sa pagkalikot sa DSLR at pagkuha ng napakaraming pictures.
I watched them from afar. Hindi ko maiwasang mapangiti dahil kumpleto na ulet kaming magkapamilya. Then biglang namatay ang ilaw.
"Shawn! Pakikuha ng flashlight!" Rinig kong sigaw ni Mom. Using the flashlight on my cp, pumunta ako sa kwarto ko para kunin ang flashlight. I was shocked when I came back wala na sila. I looked for them everywhere at the house.
"Mom? Dad? Kuya? Ate? Where are you?" Pagtawag ko sa kanila.
Pumasok ulit ako sa bahay at nakita kong nakahandusay sa sala sina Dad at kuya. Pumunta ako sa kusina at nakita kong duguan sina Mom at Ate.
"No. No. No. No, don't die. Don't die. We'll celebrate the Christmas together. You promised that! No! No! No!" I said anxiously. I don't know what to do. Then everything went black.
I woke up from the nightmare that I am avoiding ever since. One year na ang nakakalipas ngunit sariwa pa rin sa akin ang nangyari. My mom, my Dad, kuya and ate died inside our burning house. That was 24th of December. Wala ako sa bahay dahil nasa work ako, and when I came back...the house was burning and the fire marshal reported to me that my family members have died dahil sa sunog.
Reminiscing makes me wanna cry so hard and loud, but I chose not to.
I went to the closet after taking a bath. Put on an all-black outfit. I looked at my phone's lockscreen. Today was 25th of December. Napatawa ako nang payak. Christmas is today, but ironically, I'll be spending my Christmas in the cemetery.
