Here it is! Rock on!
Prologue
The trial was adjourned, and I have high hopes that dad will win the case. My eyes are still on the tv, although the trial was already over.
"Hey, why are you smiling at the guy talking inside the tv?" someone asked from beside me.
"Pati ba naman artista, pinagseselosan mo?" I joked, looking at his eyes filled with intensity like no other.
"I'm not jealous," sambit niya't nag-iwas ng tingin. "It's just... pangit lang yung lalaki sa tv..."
"Sus, palusotero ka rin naman pala," wika ko't sinundot ang kaniyang giliran kaya tila nagulat siya't muntik nang mapatayo.
"What?" he asked, evidently confounded. "Ano'ng sinasabi mong palusotero?"
"Someone who makes excuses that are quite obvious. Basta yung magaling maghanap ng butas para ipalusot," sagot ko.
Natatawa akong nakatingin sa kaniyang mukhang tila yung mga kilay niya'y mga espadang malapit nang magkasanggaan.
"Whatever," sagot niya lamang at umalis sa harapan ko.
Umilaw bigla ang aking selpon na nakapatong lamang sa mesa malapit sa sopa. Pinatay ko na yung tv, at tiningnan ko sino yung tumatawag.
It's dad.
Nang pupulutin ko na sana'y may biglang kumuha nito nang mabilisan.
It's Invel.
What the actual fuck?
Before I was able to say the right words, he answered the call.
"Huwag kang magsasalita!" bulong kong may diin. "Kung hindi, hihiwalayan talaga kita."
I remembered how dad teased me once for having a boy crush. Hindi ko gustong mauulit 'yon. Sigurado akong tutuksuhin ako n'on kapag malaman niyang may boyfriend na ako. Saka hindi lang simpleng crush kagaya noon, boyfriend na talaga!
"Dad?"
He even called him dad! Wala akong nagawa kung 'di ay magtimpi sa gilid. Ang tanging magagawa ko lang ngayon ay tumahimik, at baka kung magsalita ako'y tutuksuhin ako ni papa kung sino ang kasama ko.
Curse you, Invel!
"Who's this?"
Naka-loud speaker pa, putang-ina!
"This is your son-in-law," seryosong sambit ni Invel kay papa, habang ako nama'y walang nagawa't bumalik sa sopa't kinakagat-kagat yung unan.
BINABASA MO ANG
If You Were Him (UNEDITED)
Romance[Completed] Fayre Pretzelle Fabian had a forgotten past. Invel James Miller is dreaming to become a lawyer one day. Fortunately, due to fate's decision, they've encountered each other. If that person wasn't him, who could it be? But if he really wa...
