Kai's life was close to perfection but due to his inability to hear, the loss of communication became a hindrance to having a normal life. Despite having troubles, he tried his best to cope with his underlying situation. Carrying the disability for...
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Prologue
"I bet you're even sexier and hotter in person..."
I have been exchanging conversations with this lady I matched on Tinder for over an hour now. She's quite my type—the boldness, the bottle-type body, and the sexy thick lips. Even imagining it now, I bet I wouldn't take too long if we did it. But of course, I know who I'm dealing with and once they saw me in person, they might get disappointed.
But who gives a crap? Dating is hard and fuck people for making it too complicated.
My head instantly landed when someone opened the door. Bumungad naman ang nakatatandang kapatid kong babae and she's talking to me directly but I couldn't even understand what she's saying. I can understand a few from lip-reading but not when my sister talks.
"Deaf," I said, pointing my ear and shaking my head.
Millarca, who's five years older than me, grunted and rolled her eyes on me. Lumapit naman ito sa akin habang may tina-type sa kanyang cellphone. Iniharap naman niya sa akin ang notes ng kanyang phone kasama ang mga itinype niya.
Dad demanded us not to go anywhere. We'll have a guest coming at 8 PM.
"Okay? Do you understand?" She speaks, but all I could do was to read her lips articulating those words. Tinanguan ko na lang din naman siya at dali-dali rin siyang lumabas ng kwarto. She used to do sign language when we were younger but I guess she loses it when there's a lot of things going in her life. We still communicate though but it was still hard for me.
Bumalik naman ang atensyon ko sa kausap ko. She already sets a time for our meeting later. I groaned, turned off the phone and put it on the bedside table. It was my chance to take someone out and there's always something that stops me from having it. But I think I'll be able to meet this lady later at thirty past eight.
I looked at the wall clock and it said half an hour before eight. I decided to take a bath and groom myself because who knows how this night will end up, right? This might be the perfect girl for me.
I quickly took a bath then picked something formal just like what we usually do when someone visited our home. The Foyer always made themselves look elegant and presentable in front of others. People admire our family, our wealth, and what we have right now. Though people are always after the fortune and not with what's happening. I'm not fortunate. Pakiramdam ko, ibang-iba ako sa kanila. I feel like a failure of being one of the Foyers. Napaka-perpekto nila; akala mo walang maipipintas dahil nasa kanila na ang lahat pero kapag itatabi na nila ako sa kanila, I feel like a lost puppy. I'm treated like a Foyer but I feel like I don't belong.
I wore a white long sleeve underneath the fit-tailored, expensive navy-blue blazer from Saint-Laurent. I wore the same color for my slacks and with a pair of oxford, brogue leather lace-up shoes. I looked at the mirror and brushed my hair with a little wax on it. When I think I can already make their heads turn to me, this might do it. Before I left the room, I showered myself with a nice perfume from Givenchy.
