Ria: Arah! I
found him.
Arah: Who?
: Mr. Golden String
: Name?
: Kaido
: Kaido? Full name
: Kaido Rosales.
: Who's that?
: The waiter at
Shean's Cafe.
:Oh, by the way, where's
those emoji? I miss them.
Since you see that Kaido
you forgot to have those
emoji of yours.
: Eh? You miss
them?
: Ahm. Yeah I
miss them.
: Forgot those emoji
Kaido don't want a
childish girl. So I
remove those emoji
to my system.
What happened to my cousin? Who's that Kaido Rosales? This is not my cousin. What gotten to her to change?
"What happened Arah?" It's Sana who ask. My childhood friend. My best friend.
"Nothing it's just my cousin. You knew her right?" I said to her. She idolized my cousin too much.
"Yes! Of course I know her. She's too famous in your school right?"
"Yes she is. Her childishness might vanish just because of someone." Sadly but that's true.
"Diba may pasok ka ngayon? Why your here?" She diverted our topic. I can detect her nervousness right now.
"Since when you spoke tagalog?" I ask
"Since I was young of course and if you didn't taught me how to write read and spoke English. Well, I wouldn't be english-era like this." She said. "And please speak tagalog sometimes or just this day okay?" She said again.
"I'll try" I said
"Ulit. Ano 'yon?" She really want me to speak tagalog.
"Sige susubukan ko? Am I right with that?"
"Okay na 'yon hehe." She's really weird just like Ria.
"Maghinlay ka yang here. I think I'm wrong with that. Basta stay here and wait for me." Maghinlay? I think it's mag? What? Maghintay? Oh yes that one.
"Sige hinTAYin kita kasi dito LANG naman ako eh. Remember this is my house." I will get it next time.
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"Are you Kaido Rosales?" I ask him. Well, he's in front of me.
"Oo ako nga. Sino ka?"
"Do you know someone named Sandoria or Ria?" I ask him again
"Meron nga. Na andon sya sa loob. Ha-ha malamang nag-aantay sakin. Bakit anong kailangan mo sa kanya?" What I need is to have her back. The real one.
"No I don't need anything to her. But I have one favor." I said to him. Even I don't have a detector I can sense his nervousness. Who wouldn't? I just use the cold voice of Ms. Detector.
"Ano 'yon? Pero bago mo sabihin kung ano 'yon. Eh, anong pangalan mo?" He ask my name. The nerve. He ask my fucking name. Who is he to ask me my name?
"Does my name matter? Why you need it?" I ask
"Oo bakit hindi? Tsaka wag mo nga akong kausapin na para bang ikaw ang batas. Anong pangalan mo?" The way he say that is like a freaking gangster.
"Zah. Okay that's enough. My favor is leave Ria alone." I said it there's no turning back.
"Para saan? Para mapatay mo sya pag mag-isa na sya? Mamamatay tao ka. Sinong nag bayad sayo para patayin sya." Paranoid. Tsk! He have a big imagination.
"You're freaking paranoid. Do you think I can kill?" I said much colder voice that original of it.
"Mapanlinlang ang labas na kaanyoan ng tao. Pwede at kaya mo syang patayin." I'm at my range. Fuck this guy in front of me. I want to fucking kill him.
"You. You want to fucking die. I can't fucking kill her. She's my cousin and you fucking change her. I just want to have her back. The cousin I know since we're child." My tears are trying to fall down but I can't give him a privilege to see me crying.
"Iiyak mo lang 'yan. Hindi ko naman alam na pinsan mo pala yun eh. Iiyak mo sabi yan eh. Wag mong pigilan." He said while trembling. If he didn't want to fucking die then he can leave Ria alone.
"Don't go boss around me. Your just nothing." I said then walk out.
Is my decision right? Or it could be the reason of something I can't define. If this selfishness, then I'm selfish to wanting my cousin back. I know it's rare to have a golden string but if he is for her then destiny would do something for them. She must know that because she's the one who acting the part of Cupid. I'm just accessory for that play.
In the end I cry in front of Sana. She's the one who always see me crying if I have problem. Even Ria didn't see me crying. Because she might think I'm weak so I can't give her privilege too.
"Okay ka na ba?"
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"Kailangan mo pa bang umiyak?"
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"Sige lang kaya mo 'yan. I know your hurt because of what you do."
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"Ahm. Hindi ka pa tapos? Ilang oras ka na ring umiiyak."
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"Sige na Arah tutulog na ako. Tulog ka na lang din pag na pagod ka ng umiyak. Kaya mo yan ikaw pa."
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"Oh, Hindi ka pa tapos? I just woke up then your still here and crying. Wait ka lang babalik ako."
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"I'm here. I assumed that she's still crying and I'm right again."
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"You look like koreana na, Arah."
Even I can hear Sana, I still can't reply to what her saying. I'm just crying in this corner. I want to finish this at once.
"Wala ka ng pag-asa dear friend."
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"Tawagin ko na kaya si Ria? Pero wala naman akong cellphone."
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"You know what. If you didn't found me at that forest I don't have clothes, house and name right now. I'm so thankful that you found me but I want to ask why you named me Sana Ornedo?" She's really curious about that thing? In this situation?
"I-i n-named y-you... ehem... I named you after me. I'm Sazanaarah Naleyda Ornedo."
"I thought your name is Arah Ornedo and you mean I'm legally adopted by Ornedo family?"
"Yes and now let me continue this to have some peace. I really and badly want to sleep right now."
"You're weak in this kind of situation. Your weakness are the people around you not something can kill." That was the last I heard from her then black out.
