My Only Sunshine

chapter 15 : Memories Best Left Forgotten

TRIGGER WARNING : There's a hint of violence under Katipunans' POV. I doubt my description of the violence there is too graphic to even trigger anyone, but I'm not taking any chances.

Happy reading!

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"Ew, EU, that tea's been at the back of the fridge since like, what, the beginning of time?" NATO cringed as he saw her take out a mug of some questionable substance from the back of the fridge.

EU simply rolled her eyes at him. "Oh stop overreacting, drama king. I'll have you know that I brewed this tea yesterday." She then proceeded to put it in the microwave.

"Then why does it look like ink?"

"It's black tea, you uncultured swine. SEA gave me a pack of it as a gift." EU replied as she punched in the timer for two minutes.

Just then, SEA happened to walk into the staff lounge, where he saw what EU was doing to her cup of tea and scoffed. "I thought a proper lady like you couldn't bare the thought of sipping re-heated tea."

EU just shrugged and smirked, replying, "Some tea just tastes better re-heated..."

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//Katipunans' POV

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"Lo siento, I hope I didn't interrupt anything..."

My eyes widened as I stiffened and I slowly turned around. A low growl escaped my lips. "What are you doing here, Español"? That last word came out with such spite in my tone, yet he only chuckled.

"Now, now, Pio-"

"It's Katipunan to you, puta-"

"- And it's royal Spanish Empire to you, peasant." He interrupted with a sneer. "And I'm here for the same reason as you. It's Parent-Child bonding day, is it not? I'm merely a parent looking forward to spending some quality time with my family. Now is that so wrong?" He gave me a playful pout, then laughed.

My hands curled into fists, and I stood up, but Perla tried to get me to sit back down, even whispering to me, "Pakiusap, mahal, 'wag dito." She begged me. "'Di ngayon ang oras o panahon para mag kagulohan. Maraming tao sa paligid natin, at nanonood yung mga bata."
("Please, love. Not here.")
("Now's not the time or place to start a conflict. There's many people around us, and the kids are watching.")

My hands may have still been curled into fists, but I managed to keep them at my side, because Perla's right. "Whatever. Just keep yourself and your family away from mine." I told him.

His smirk turned into an angry frown as he stepped closer to me, looking down on me with our bodies almost touching. But I didn't flinch and returned the expression.

"Are you- a mere peasant, telling me- a royal, what to do?"

I had a stare-down with him for a few seconds, before telling him with a smirk and scoffed, "Someone has to."