T-Shirt Girl (COMPLETED)

TSG 26 - Glowing

"I asked her why she's running away. Said she was born to live this way. I'll never let a bad man take you away, take you away. So I'll never gonna stop 'til the clock stops tickin'. Never gonna quit 'til my legs stop kickin'. I will follow you and we'll both go missin' (yeah). No I'm never givin' up 'til my heart stops beatin'. Never lettin' go 'til my lungs stop breathing. I will follow you and we'll both go missin' (yeah)." –Glowing, The Script

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Nag-aalala si Toby tungkol sa sinabi ni Jae. Alam naman niya ang sitwasyon ng pamilya nito. Hindi lang niya maintindihan kung bakit sa lahat ng pwedeng pakialaman ng mga magulang nito, they chose to mind the two of them.

Kilala nya si Jae. Matigas ang ulo nito. She doesn't take orders from anybody. Not from him. Not from her parents. She will do things if she wants to and won't if she doesn't. Pero paano na lamang kung pwersahin ito?

Sa totoo lang, he meant it when he suggested that they elope together. It might seem foolish of him to think so. He has a family to take care of. But he also wants to take care of Jae. Ayaw niyang isipin na baka ilayo ito sa kanya ng mga magulang nito. He can't see himself going through a day without her.

When he came back from work, agad siyang pumunta sa bahay nito pagkabihis niya. Sakto namang pang-tatlong tao ang nilutong hapunan ni Manang.

Pagkakain nila ay nagpaalam itong uuwi sa bahay ng anak nito. The two of them were left inside the house.

"Ikaw na ang maghugas ng pinggan ha?" sabi nito sabay halik sa pisngi niya. Siya ang nag-impis ng pinagkainan. She didn't even help. Napabuntong-hininga siya. No, if they were to elope together, baka hindi na siya makaalis ng bahay dahil sa mga labahin at linisin.

He put the dishes on the sink and pulled her by the arm.

"Ikaw na."

"Hala, ayoko! Manunuod ako ng movie!" reklamo nito.

Sinamaan niya ito ng tingin. "Jae."

She grunted. "Ikaw na lang. Bukas na lang ako."

"Tapos bukas ako na naman ang paghuhugasin mo ng pinggan." He went behind her and pushed her gently to the sink. He gave her the sponge. "Dali na."

"Baka makabasag ako ng pinggan."

"Ayos lang. Mayaman ka naman e. Marami kang pambili ng pinggan."

Wala na itong nagawa kundi magsimulang maghugas ng pinggan. Tinulungan naman niya ito para hindi ito tuluyang mainis sa kanya. If there's one thing that Jae's very allergic to, it's doing chores.

Dahil double effort, nahati ang length ng oras ng paghuhugas ng pinggan. They finished washing everything including the dirty pan in less than fifteen minutes. Kaso dahil clumsy si Jae, nakabasag ito ng isang pinggan at nag-damsak sa sahig. Kinailangan pa tuloy niyang magpunas.

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Pagkatapos nilang maglinis, nagmarathon naman sila ng horror movies. Nakatatlong movies yata sila bago ito antukin. All the while, nakatago ito sa likuran niya. Kung hindi naman, nakatakip ang tenga nito at nakapikit ang mga mata.

"May naintindihan ka pa ba sa pinanuod mo?" natatawa niyang tanong.

"Oo naman!"

Pinisil niya ang pisngi nito. "Hm, sige. Uuwi na 'ko."

"Hoy teka!" Kumapit ito sa braso niya. "Dito ka muna hanggang makatulog ako."

"Bakit? Natatakot ka?"

She nodded.

"Pag tulog na 'ko, saka ka na lang umuwi."

"Adik ka ba? Nunuod-nuod ka, matatakutin ka naman pala."