Napagdesisyunan naming bisitahin sila mom at dad agad pagsapit ng gabi.
I ruffle my hair, it's naturally like the loose curl type of hair, or maybe wavy? I'm not sure how to describe it, but it's far from my brother's straight hair.
Huminga ako ng malalim bago pumasok sa bahay ng aking mga magulang, kasama ko si Hermes na ngayo'y nasa gilid ko at mukhang busy sakanyang telepono.
Pagpasok ko sa pintuan ay agad sumalubong samin ang aming ina, she looked at us and arched her brow and her arms crossing.
"Sana sinabi mo ng maaga," she said right away after sticking her gaze to me I felt a cold breeze pass by enough to tense me up.
"Sorry mom, akala ko kasi it was irrelevant for me to share it, I just do it for fun, sa tuwing stress ako sa trabaho, I don't profit from it or whatsoever" I immediately explained, I wanted to punch myself because I sounded so defensive.
Tumabi naman kay mom si dad na parang tinatago ang ngiti sa labi.
"Calm down Eva," said dad. I know he's enjoying the current view, but he's just siding with mom right now dahil galit ito.
"Legion, sumasakit ang ulo ko sa dalawang anak mo na yan," she said, then caressed her forehead afterwards, I let out a small sigh.
I saw with my peripheral view Hermes putting down his phone before talking, he looks offended.
"Hala! Mom? Bakit ako kasali?", Hermes hysterically said, I rolled my eyes, he really likes to ruin these kind of moods, I'm right here panicking!
"Ano?," parang natigilan kaming dalawa ng kapatid ko nung ginamit ni mom ang mahinahon pero malamig niyang boses, it's so scary, kahit sa pagtanda namin, takot parin kami dito.
"Sabi ko nga mom eh, anak talaga kami ni dad," ani Hermes, umiling naman ako at nakita kong ganoon din ang ginawa ni dad na may ngiti sa labi pero nagpakawala naman ng buntong hininga 'di nagtagal.
"Talk to them, Legion," ani mom kay dad.
Again, dad let out a sigh again before looking at Hermes.
"ikaw naman Hermes, alam mo ba 'to?", tanong ni dad sa aking kapatid.
Sinilip ko siya sa gilid, he looked defeated before answering to our dad's question.
"Opo dad, tsaka, wala namang masama diba, mom?" tanong ni Hermes, still trying to defend me, he's always like this.
Mom sighed as well, as if she's defeated.
"Yes dear, wala naman, sana sinabi mo saamin ng maaga, hindi yung sasakit pa ang ulo namin dahil may lalaking nagngangalan na Win na kamukha mo, it's not really good for our reputation, don't you think, hijo?" mom's gaze shifted from looking at Hermes to me, parang naghihintay sa sagot ko, now using her soft voice.
"Yes mom, sorry," I apologized, slowly looking down.
"Come on Evangelina, bring our sons to the dining room," dad said, changing the topic dahil hudyat na ito ng pagtatapos ng pangangaral at pag-uusap tungkol sa problema.
Mom blew a loud breathe before smiling at us genuinely and gestured us to go inside the dining room.
"So, how's the firm? And you my dear, how's the airline?", tanong ni mom saming dalawa, pag-upo namin sa hapag, napangiti naman ako noong nagtanong si mom na tila ba hindi niya kami pinagalitan, tumingin ako sa tabi ko at nakita ng ngumiti din si Hermes, mom was always like this ever since, kahit anong sitwasyon, tatanungin parin kami ni mom tungkol sa araw namin o sa trabaho.
YOU ARE READING
3rd Thorn: Peculiar Meetings
Romantik[ON GOING still has typos/grammatical errors] Bolt Windel Asuncion, a successful lawyer, needs rest and relaxation in which he found in music and art, where he can simply be himself, in which he meets a person who was also wandering around but with...
