Mandy is a typical teenage girl who's on her last year as a High School student. Everything runs normally until alarming news bothered their whole class. It is said that they will be killed one by one according to the killer's plan who happened to b...
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Chapter 25 : Against the current
Mandy
"WHAT I learned from my 19 years of existence is to be kind to all those people surrounding you no matter how good or bad they are to you. I once lost my younger brother, the person I thought would protect me when he grew up. But then again, I lost the chance of being kind to him hanggang sa mawala na lang siya at iwan niya kaming lahat," kwento ko pa habang nakatitig pa rin sa tahimik na lawa.
Ovary, Liver, and Pancreas know my story. Those friends of mine were the most trustworthy person I ever know that's why I chose to tell them all I've been. Dahil na rin sa pagkawala ng kapatid ko, simula no'n, sinabi ko sa sarili ko na kailangan ko nang pahalagahan ang mga taong mapapalapit sa akin. I don't want to lose another important person that's why I tried all the possible ways just to bring back Pancreas.
"Now I figured out why you're just too overprotective with your friends," wika na lamang ni Cristoff na siyang nakatitig din sa gitna ng malawak na lawa.
I held Ovary's hand so tight just to make her feel that I don't want to lose her too. Sila na lang dalawa ni Liver ang mayroon ako ngayon at ayoko nang may mawala pa ni isa sa kanila.
"How about you? You've been so leader material lately. Parang noong nasa klase tayo, hindi ka naman ganiyan, ah?" usisa ko naman kay Cristoff dahilan upang bahagya siyang lumingon sa akin at tipid na ngumiti.
"I just don't want to disappoint anyone," tipid niyang sagot bago bumuntong-hininga at umayos ng upo.
Pakiramdam ko, marami pa akong hindi nalalaman tungkol sa kaniya. Sobrang hands-on niya nitong mga nakaraan at mula nang magkasama-sama kami'y siya na rin halos ang laging nangunguna sa amin. I admire him for his great leadership skills. Without Cristoff, maybe we lose our way somehow, and without him, guidance and directions of what should we do or where should we go would be really impossible. I think if we don't have anyone to lead us, surely, we'll mess this up.
"Why would someone give so much pressure to himself? I mean, is it ironic that people tell us to live freely or do what we want as long as it makes us happy but in the end, restrictions will come and here we are again trying to be perfect and pretending to be someone we're not?" I couldn't help but giggle as I noticed how I hit the bull's eye.
"Being the family's breadwinner was never easy. You have to deal with the reality or even swim against the current just provide what your family expects from you," sambit niya nang nakatungo.
Siguro gano'n lang talaga ang buhay. Sa sobrang kumplikado ng reyalidad, minsan, hindi natin namamalayan na ang mga bagay na ating nakagawian o ang mga daang pinili nating tahakin ay ang mga bagay at daan na hindi naman natin ginustong gawin at puntahan. Sa sobrang kumplikado ng mundo, maging ang mga simpleng bagay na alam mong makapagpapasaya sa 'yo, hindi mo na magawang piliin dahil mas pinipili mo ang mga bagay na makapagpapasaya sa iba, o hindi naman kaya'y makapagpapasaya sa marami.
