Till the fifth day of October (Incomplete)

Nineteen: Orange

Binuksan ko ang bintana at dumampi sa balat ko ang kulay kahel na sinag ng araw. Matagal na rin nong huli ko itong binuksan. O binuksan ko na ba ito kahit kelan?

Pinagmasdan ko ang paligid sa labas ng bintana ko.

Why are there flowers everywhere?

Who planted those?

I raised my left eyebrow. Who would've got the guts to plant those?

I doubted that my parents agreed on having those. Well, it doesn't really matter since wala naman silang oras para makita ang mga iyon

Ilang mga minuto ko rin itong pinagmasdan at minsan ay ginagamit ang palad para panangga sa sikat ng araw kapag tumatama sa mata ko

Napansin ko naman ang isang babae na naglalakad habang may dala-dalang sprinkler at mga gardening tools. So she's the one behind those.

A gardener? No, it can't be. As far as I know, my parents are are never fond of plants, not to mention gardening.

She must've took the chance to plant some flowers since my parents rarely come to the backyard. Actually, it's never. Even I- never set foot in there

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here were varieties of flowers all neatly placed around the plot
Different colors,
Patterns,
Pots,

I must admit that the landscaping is quite spectacular

Hindi na masama

Inilipat ko ang upuan malapit sa bintana saka pinagpatulog pagmasdan kung paano mapalitan ng dilim ang liwanag.

Bigla naman tumunog ang phone ko at nag flash ang message ni October

/Talk to me, Please/

Kumunot ang noo ko at hinigpitan ang pagkakahawak sa cellphone.

Now what? Magpaparandam siya?

"Fxck you, October"

mahina kong sambit. Hindi ko namalayan na tumulo na ang mga luha ko

I was about to open his message when I heard a knock on the door, followed by words coming from a girl

"Miss Agape, Nakahanda na po ang hapunan"

Inilapag ko cellphone saka naglakad papuntang pintuan. Huminto muna ako para punasan ang mga luha at pakalmahin ang sarili saka lumabas. Tumambad saakin ang babae kanina sa garden, nakangiti ng matamis.

"kanina ka pa po hinihintay ng mga magulang mo, excited po ata na makausap ka" I stared at her.

Do you really think I'll buy that? "Tara na po"

Bumaba na kami at naroon nga ang mga magulang ko na kumakain.

Doesn't even bother to glance at my direction

Waiting for me eh? Umupo na ako saka naglagay ng salad sa plato

"Have you been studying well, Agape?"It was my father, I nodded.

We aren't even looking at each other. And then there was silence

I quickly finishes off my food then head back to my room and took shower

Naalimpungatan ako sa walang tigil na pag vibrate ng phone ko. So I grabbed it and opened it.

It's 3:47 am, i silenced my phone and was about to get back to sleep again but a name flashed on the screen of my phone, it's October's name. I swiped and lay it on my ear