Rule #1: Rule of Fate

Prologue

This is the first installment of the Rule Series.

This book will contain mature scenes and language which may not be suitable for some readers, so I advise to read it on your own risk.

NOTE: I'm currently editing this so expect to see some grammatical errors and inaccuracies when it comes to the real field. I will try to improve it to the best that I can :)

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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In a world full of billions of people, it is indeed impossible to find the one destined for you in an instant.

Destiny.

I don't believe in Destiny.

It is just a bullshit reason for people who are too coward to do something. Kase, kung mahal mo 'yung tao, bakit mo hahayaan mawala sayo? Bakit mo hahayaan na mapunta siya sa iba without putting up a fight?

They believe that you should leave your fate in destiny. That it's okay to let it be dahil dadating din naman ang taong nakalaan para sayo.

Pero, paano kung di na dumating? Hahayaan mo nalang ba?

It doesn't always apply though.

Ganon na ganon ang dahilan kung bakit hiwalay na ang Papa at Mama ko. They both believed that they are destined for each other and that I am their bridge to be together kahit na may mahal si Mama na iba during that time. It was never a marriage of love. It is an illusion created by the two of them just because I came. Kaya naman ngayon, hiwalay na sila.

Papa believed my Mama is the one destined for him dahil nabuhay ako. Iniwan niya lahat, para sa kanya. Maybe he did love her, but she, unfortunately, didn't. Mahirap ipilit ang dalawang tao nagkasama lang dahil sa responsibilidad. It's unfair to them. Unfair lalo sa akin, na anak nila.

Kaya pag ako nagboyfriend, I'll make sure that I love him so much before I say yes! That way, I could know kung nakikita ko ba siya as the one I'll be with hanggang pagtanda. I will never marry more than once. Especially, if may anak na ako.

"Lia," Mama called.

We aren't rich. Papa works abroad, so we don't really have a problem with my custody. Seventeen din ako, turning eighteen na rin in a few months.

I quickly went to her and smiled. Bibigyan niya na kase niya ako ng allowance. Nagkasundo sila ni Papa that he would cover all our expenses for the apartment and my school expenses. Si Mama naman sa bills.

"Wag mo sayangin yan, ha? College ka na, dapat marunong ka na mag tipid." paalala niya sa akin. She gave me a 500 peso bill for allowance. Ganon, araw-araw.

I chuckled. Alam na alam kase nila kung gaano ako kalakas gumastos. Growing up with rich classmates, medyo na-adapt ko na rin practices nila. Ang iba, matipid naman. Pero ang iba, grabe lang din talaga gumastos.

"Opo. I know." I said and grabbed my bag.

First day in college today. I didn't get the course I wanted. Business nalang kase ang pwede kaya 'yun na ang kinuha ko. I really wanted to pursue Medicine. Gusto ko talaga magdoctor noon pa, pero kung hindi kaya nila Mama, ako nalang siguro gagawa ng paraan.

It's been a year since I learned how to commute. I remember I had summer classes in the middle of Grade 11 and Grade 12 because of an advanced classes in school. Ang lakas ko pa gumastos non! I would pay 500 a day sa paguwi at papuntang school, di pa kasama pagkain ko dun! I didn't even know I can just take a jeepney and just pay 15 pesos. Sayang pera.