Uncover The Truth

Chapter 2

Goodnight, friend

Successful? For me, personally, success only comes when you are contented on what you have got while living with it happily. No greediness, just you being fair and square. That's the only way to become a successful person.

And I want that kind of success for me.

"You said you'll work harder for your grades but you can't even bring your presentation with you?! What kind of hard work was that ha, Shiov?! You said it yourself, you could've done better than this! Ni hindi mo manlang nakumbinsi ang professor niyo na bigyan ka ng chance para makapag present tapos umalis ka ng hindi pa tapos ang first class? You're so unbelievable!" he's so mad, pero sanay na ako "Explain yourself or you are grounded for a week"

"I'll take the one week grounded" mas mabuti na 'yon para ma refresh ang isip ko.

I'm so stressed. Palagi nalang libro ang kaharap ko kaya tuloy hindi na kaaya aya ang itsura ko.

"What?!"

Hindi ko na tinapos ang pagkain ko dahil hindi rin naman ako mabubusog. Wala akong maayos na tulog at kain kapag nasa bahay. Kapag kakain, sermon ang nakahain. Kapag tutulog, maraming aralin ang naghihintay sa'kin. Ang payat ko na tuloy.

"Shiov! Bumalik ka dito hindi pa tayo tapos mag usap!" I heard my dad shouted before I locked the door of my room.

I felt my tears running down to my cheeks.

Being like this, a doll puppet of them, nakakapagod. Sometimes, it feels like I'm not their daughter. Feels like they are not my parents anymore. Hindi ko na sila makilala.

They have me. I studied hard for them. While me, I have books and pens. Poor things, I used them only to satisfy my parent's greediness.

I stared on the window with emptiness.I felt nothing yet silence is breaking my heart right now. There's no one who are willing to comfort me in my weak states, in my breakdowns, no one. I only have 4 friends... but they're probably busy right now.

I ended up scrolling up and down using my social media account. While reading some of my shared posts, biglang may nag notif na friend request na ikinagulat ko.

Ysamel Agostus Feuntalla sent you a friend request.

naliligaw yata 'to?

Akala niya yata ia-accept ko yung friend request niya? Manigas siya.

Pero kinain ko rin yung sinabi nung na click ko yung accept. What the hell is wrong with you, Yna?!

I saw his message popped up.I was stunned for a second.Ang bilis niya naman mag type?

Ysamel Agostus:

Hi miss Laliana! :)

As expected, you accepted me that fast. You can't resist my cuteness huh? haha

Wow. Taas ng confidence, hindi ko ma-reach.

Imbis na makipag-usap sa lalaki'ng walang ginawa'ng tama, nagbuklat nalang ako ng libro para hindi na mabigo pa sina mommy at daddy. I wanna meet their expectations. I wanna see them smiling brightly and the only way is me, studying hard.

Well, they're still my parents. I love them.

Ilang beses ko'ng narinig ang pag ring ng phone ko at sa pagkakataong ito, padabog ko'ng tinignan kung sino ang tao na nang-iistorbo sa'kin.

Ysamel huh? Holy shit. He's requesting a video call? Is he crazy?!

But me being myself, I declined it.