IS IT POSSIBLE TO FALL INLOVE WITH A MONSTER? (ON GOING)

BEGINNING: forbidden

Boredom was all over my body. I feel like, all I want to do is to lay and sleep for the whole freaking day.

I plunged on the floor in shock when I heard someone knocking. Really? I'm too skittish even though I'm bad ass and self-proclaimed b*tch.

"tell me who the hell are you?" I scornfully asked while heading to the door to open it. "Who are you?" I repeated but still, I received nothing but cold breezes of air that made me shrug my shoulders.

"Bahala ka r'yan." I hissed.

Nasa bahay kami nila lola ngayon para mag bakasyon. I love my grandparents, pero sa tuwing nandito kami ay pagkabagot lang ang nararamdaman ko dahil ang isang oras dito ay tila katumbas ng isang taon.

Nagpaalam na kami kina lola para umuwi. Sa wakas ay makakasama ko na ang boyfriend kong si Chase. I can't wait to see him after a whole damn week for pete's sake!

Nagising ako nang makaramdam ng sunod-sunod na kalabit. "Cindy, sweety. We're here." It's mom. I sighed before getting off the car. Dala ng pagkabagot ay hindi ko namalayang nakatulog pala ako.

Nagmamadali akong pumasok sa bahay at nagkulong sa kwarto ko. I grabbed my phone and bite my nails in foreboding as my heart throbs so damn fast. I haven't told chase that I would be on a week vacation. Walang signal doon kaya't isang linggo rin kaming walang komunikasyon. And now I'm constructing all the words I know for explanation.

Silence covered the four sides of my room as I dialed his number. "Hello, c-chase?" kinakabahan man ngunit mas nananaig ang pagmamahal ko sa kanya. Chase is kinda choleric, at kadalasang pinag-aawayan namin ang bagay na iyon.

"Oh, buhay ka pa pala?" He chuckled.

"Chase naman. I've been on a one week--"

"Cut the crap. Let's break up."

"Chase, let me explai--"

"Bye, my ex girlfriend." Last words he muttered after hanging up the call. Seriously? He didn't even let me explain as if he's hiding something.

Was he?

Probably, he is. He even blocked me on his social media accounts including my number. After that, I never heard anything from him.

Hindi ako maalam sa pagsasabi ng problema kay mama. Siya nalang ang kasama ko mula nang iwan kami ng aking ama. I'm sickly mad at him for leaving us hanging. Mabuti nalang at matiyaga si mama, bagay na naging dahilan para makarating kami sa kinatatayuan namin ngayon.

We had purchased three branches of fast-food resto and a mall. Hindi lang iyon, dahil pag-aari rin namin ang isang eskwelahan. Sadly, I just graduated in college so I won't be able to experience being a queen in that school.

Just kidding.

I was walking on the mall we owned when I saw a familiar man walking with someone. It's my Chase. I mean, he is once mine, we just broke up for cupid's sake!

I witnessed how they intertwined their hands and the way he laugh with her—it is further different from the way he used to show me before.

Kung ano-ano ang dinadampot ko para lang hindi nila ako mapansin. Pinipilit ko rin ang maging matatag sa kabila ng sakit na bumabalot sa puso ko.

Gabi na nang makauwi ako. Gaya ng nakasanayan ay nagkulong ako sa kwarto. I cried all night and was dehydrated. Kahit maghapon akong natulog, pakiramdam ko ay pagod na pagod ako. I felt emptiness even though I almost had everything. That just proved that money can't buy happiness. I can't buy him

I can't buy Chase.

Papunta sana ako sa banyo para maghilamos nang magtanong si mama. "You cried, did you?" Puna nito na mabilis kong inilingan.