original stories mainly of a dark nature
mga kuwentong masarap pagsaluhan sa dilim.
This is a collection of one shot short stories written in Filipino.
Ano man ang inyong piliing basahin, sana ay matagpuan ninyo ang kilabot na inyong hinahanap
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"Do you love me?" madalas nyang tanong. "Would you die for me?"
Yan ang paulit-ulit nyang sinasabi tuwing kami lang ang magkasama.
"Yes." yan naman ang lagi kong sagot.
Bata pa lang magkapit bahay na kami. Magkaibigan ang mga nanay namin at magkasunod kaming pinanganak, kaya nga parang kambal kaming lumaki, magkadikit at 'di naghihiwalay.
Alam ko ang lahat ng mga sikreto nya, at alam din nya ang akin. Wala nang mas nakakakilala sa kanya kung 'di ako. Walang makakapagmahal sa kanya ng tulad ng pagmamahal ko.
Pero hindi kami.
"Lito, kung talagang mahal mo ko, makipag break ka nga sa girlfriend mo." pilit nya.
"Bakit?" tanong ko.
"I don't like her. She's such a goody two shoes and she makes me look bad." she said.
"Okay." I reply. Three months na kaming nag d-date ni Rhea, but it's okay. If it's for her.
"Good." she sits on my lap and kisses me, teasing me with her tongue. I kiss her back and she pulls back. "Later I have a date with Dave." she says with that lopsided grin I love. "I want you to wait for me near the park so we can go home together."
"Hay, naku, Ana, ano nanaman bang paalam mo?" tanong ko sa kanya.
"That we're watching a movie together." sagot nya, sabay tayo at punta sa kanyang dresser. "You know naman na mom wouldn't let me date ever since 'that' incident."
'That' incident was the time her mom caught her having sex in their bathroom four days ago. It was a different guy then, her choir mate in church, I think. Today, it's a guy she met in class. Nagulat nga ako eh, pumapasok pa pala sya sa klase?
"Saan naman ang punta nyo?" tanong kong muli.
"Where else?" she started dressing in front of me, putting her expensive undies on. "We'd probably get a grab to eat first..." she pulls out two dresses and shows them to me. "Choose?"
"The Yellow one." I pointed at the sleeveless sundress with chiffon lining.
"Well? Hindi ka ba mag-aayos sa date natin?"
About an hour later, nasa mall na kami. I watch as this Dave places a hand around her waist and pulls her away. Ako naman, eto, nakatayo sa sulok, hanggang tingin lang as usual. Tatambay sa arcade, sa kainan, sa bookstore at maghihintay ng text nya. Ang buhay ng isang dakilang kaibigan.
Hindi naman sya dati ganyan. It started in highschool. She was everyone's dream girl. My sweet innocent Ana. Pero may mga taong kaligayahan ang sirain ang lahat ng maganda sa mundo.
She was 16, we went to school together, nang uwian, I, as the class president was asked to stay behind for some meeting. So it was my fault. I was to blame when a group of men in a black SUV pulled up beside her as she was on her way home.
We almost couldn't recognize her when we found her two days later in a hospital in Pasig. And it was all my fault.
After that, she was never the same, and although she never said it out loud, I knew that she loathed me for what happened three years ago... that she will never forgive me.
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Basahin ang buong kuwento sa Librong Itim Vol. 8
'Librong Itim 8' is available in Precious Pages stores (physical and online) as well as in Lazada and Shopee and other major bookstores nationwide.
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