The Wattys 2021 Shortlisted
She put her right cheek at the back of her hand resting flat on the table. She looked at me with a soft stare. "And you are my favorite tattoo." Then she whispered, "Here in my heart."
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Morgan, a tattoo artist with Black and Gray style, so as how he sees his life, death. Blaine, coming with a yellow ink that will lighten him up, as how she sees life, living.
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Suicidal ideation. Self-harm. Unmotivated. Morgan, a tattoo artist who lives with self death wishes every day, but in reality, he's just yearning for some hope. Fate is sweet sometimes that he will get the chance to meet Blaine, a college student and a dog walker who left a note on his portfolio saying 'Stay Alive'. A sunshine that will radiate through Morgan's life of grey.
Be with them as they open their emotions, speak out their struggles, coping with their everyday fluffy conversation, and exchange of tragic fate.
Language: Taglish
Photo by Anna Shvets from Pexels
[An Epistolary]
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"Why do you always kiss me when you're drunk?"
I rolled my eyes. Maka-always to kala mo ang daming beses ko na siyang hinalikan, eh dalawang beses pa nga lang.
Mariin ang titig niya sakin ng wala siyang nakuhang sagot. I stared back.
Matagal bago niya binawi ang titig at bumaba ang tingin sa mga labi ko. I bit my lowerlip while rolling my eyes.
I was about to push him away from me when I saw him closed his eyes firmly for a second and then I heard him cursed under his breath as he move his face closer to me.
Pareho kaming hinihingal ng bumitaw sa halik.
Hindi ko siya masaway sa pagbaon ng mukha niya sa leeg ko at pagyakap sakin ng mahigpit dahil busy ako sa paghabol ng hininga.
I could feel his hot breath on the skin of my neck.
Muntik ko siyang maitulak ng maramdaman ang isang patak ng halik sa leeg ko.
"Hiro." Galit dapat ang boses ko pero dahil sa nangyaring halikan ay naging marahan at malambing ang naging tono non.
"Damn baby you're making me crazy." He whispered.
Binabaliw mo rin ako Hiro.
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Date Started: 03/12/23
Date Finished: 07/29/23