"What's your catch?!" Hebe woke up to the sound of an angry Clio. She kept banging outside her door at nagsisi-sigaw na buksan siya. Hebe was left with no choice but to welcome her guest. Bisita, Bwisita.
"What do you need?" Hebe was still on her dark blue night gown. She looked messy, her hair surrounded her face and weren't combed nicely, her eyes still half asleep yet Clio was too loud that she needed to keep up. She rubbed her eyes as Clio entered her room.
"Ano bang problema mo ha?!" Clio had the audacity to ask that. That time, Hebe was fully awake.
"Ikaw? Anong problema mo?" She asked back, with the same intensity. Or even more. They were on the same age. Sa totoo lang ay magkaibigan sila noong una niyang dating sa palasyo. At first, Clio thought she was there to serve them, she actually made her a friend, treated her as one until the time she knew Hebe was actually her father's woman.
"No! You! Ano bang meron ka? Why the hell is everyone crazy about you?" And there, the truth behind the hard working woman. She's jealous.
"What do you mean?"
"So mag-ma-maang maangan ka pa?" Clio tucked her hair on the back of her right ear using her fingers and formed a fist. Klarong gigil na gigil na sa kanyang kausap. "Don't act as if you don't know anything! God, Aphrodite! Hindi pa ba sapat sa'yo ang maging kabit ng tatay ko? Hinahayaan mo pang pag pyestahan ka ng mga kapatid ko?" And another truth, she's sensitive with rumours. Kaya nga naging assigned sa publication. Clio sat on one of Hebe's chairs, facing her coffee table.
"Ano ba talaga ang pakay mo?" Naiinis na tanong ni Hebe. She sat on her bed and looked at Clio.
"Choose Ares among the five" Tinignan niya rin si Hebe. She was just pokerface unlike Clio that looked at her with furiousness.
"No."
"I will say that once, Aphrodite. Sundin mo ko kung ayaw mong sabihin ko kay Seth ang totoo" And the greatest truth of all, she's a sucker for wealth and power. Matalino si Clio, mas matalino pa sa kapatid niya. She's the brains between them both and it was Hebe's worst decision to entrust her with her deepest secret. Nanlaki ang mga mata ni Hebe at napaiwas ng tingin.
"If you want to keep that dirty secret of yours, sundin mo ko. Make Ares your husband"
Clio stormed out the room, leaving Hebe flustered in her bedroom. Naka-upo lang siya sa kama niya at tulala, iniisip kung bakit niya nga ba sinabi iyon kay Clio. When they were still friends, they were so close to the point that they knew each other. Walang sekreto kahit bago lang nagkasama. Palaging magkasama. And, sa dami ba naman nilang napagusapan ay nasali talaga ang tungkol sa kanila ni Seth.
"Huy" Since she was so indulged with her thoughts, she didn't even realize that Silvan was leaning on her door frame. Her door was widely open and he was staring right at her. Napayakap siya sa kanyang dibdib.
"Get out!" As Silvan saw her reaction after seeing him, nanlaki ang mata nito at napatalikod, realizing that Hebe had nothing on except for a dark blue night gown.
BINABASA MO ANG
MTBMW: Wealth, Pride and Love
Fanfictiona story among half-brothers: Ares, Silvan, Seth, Apollo and Sol on their journey to being their father's chosen one. five men, one spot, one condition: to marry Hebe Aphrodite, the most beautiful and youngest; their father's favourite mistress
