ter

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What happened the last time we met sticks with me like a freaking

say anything or send any kind of message

g! Anong nan

kailanganin pang makipagkita kay Niko. Matapos ang nangyari las

ong kaibigan ang cellphone niya. He seems so busy cherishing every seco

ut I quickly dismissed the idea be

laking bag na ang bitbit ko ngayon dahil napagtanto ko na kakailanganin ko pala ng mas maraming

a nag-aantay na siya sa bus station kaya

k ng mga tao sa loob nito. While Niko seems to be searching if I

at me. He was like that for couple of seconds na hind

in ang lumalayo ng bus. Fortunately, ay nakaabot pa kami at nakasakay. We sat on the nearest vaca

ramdaman ko ang titig niya. I saw in my

untik na tayong maiwanan ng b

ed me with a

what I did the f

o maiwasan na maalala ang una naming pagkikita. Patakbo niya akong hinila at sumakay

iko pero wala na sa

as ang kabuuan ng Portville kaya normal sa mga bahay dito na nakatayo na sa bundok. But, this house is an e

e trees dance. I'm in one of the balconies here, admiring the v

mukhang hindi na niya naaalala ang nangyari no'ng nak

h, nakakalimutan niyang may kasama siya sa tuwing hawak niya ang camer

. Then he lifted his camera and took a picture of me. Agad akong napat

ndi ko pa nakikita. It was a stolen shot! Mal

nang tignan niya ang kinalabasan ng picture.

d cute here. Not as terribl

ngat ko ang tingin ko sa sinabi ni Niko per

self against him, staring at the photo he had taken

place when he sudd

aa

pinuwesto niya ko sa isa pang balkonahe k

y, then tilt your hair to this side," saad

o '

inangat ang camera na akmang kukuhaan na ako p

eklamo ko dahil direkta

got siya dahil umalis ako sa posisyon na sinabi niy

Promise ang gan

sa posisyon ko

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hat he may get some good photos here in the afternoon. Kaya nandito kami sa initan

ngumbinsi sa akin. Nakailang lakad na siya at lipat ng posisyon kaya sinusundan ko rin siya p

a matang tignan na nabibilad sa araw," sagot ko na mas naiin

ikit nalang ako sa sinabi ko. I shouldn't have said tha

ong ni Niko nang iwan ko n

nitan na ko. Ba

miled as he continu

n ang oras na pauwi na kami. Binaybay namin ang parehas na

nagtatanong, ngayon naman ay naka

about to start c

na nagpatawa sa kaniya. It may sound li

para malaman ko kung ano bang gusto ko. Nang may mailaban man lang ako kay Dad.

ang masusunod. Mula

'yong course na kukunin

aiisip talaga ako. Pero wala talaga. I wonder h

t. He wants me to take that course so I c

hough I'm sure Dad knew from the start that I have no interest in

What do you want?" Tanong n

rstands what's on my mi

kang k

dea what it's like to have a sibling. I'm no

g pala tayo.

sibling. I don't know. His person

? Does she also run

having an affair, and she killed herself bec

napahinto rin ako. Mukhang nagulat siya. Napahinga ak

hers because I don't want peop

r was having an affair, I wasn't sure what that meant. Al

n't understand a single word she said. She was sobbing and crying, and the only thing that is

Umiyak sana ako, nagwala, o ano man na magagawa ko para mapigilan siya. She was d

My mother let her guilt consume her. She didn't even consider me. She made a mistake, and

hed her for killing herself. Still, she's my

what I just said. Kaya humarap na ako muli sa

that she's pregnant," napalingon ako sa sinabi niya.

d to drink pills just to kill me inside her womb. Pero sadyang m

e or filming a video. But the fact that he smiled while talk

her tried to abort him. Dahil siguro kung ako 'yon, I

y bended his knees para pumantay sa taas ko. With

t think there is something in you

hindi ko inaasahan na babagsak. What he said was

kakahiya pero hindi ako makagalaw dahil sa biglaan

to hug them in order to bring comfort. But, de

telling me it was okay to cry, outweighed the comfort

ikolas. He was the purest and, in some ways

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