𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲-𝐭𝐰𝐨

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I groggily reached out for my phone that's been ringing for the past I don't know, maybe 10 minutes?Who on Earth bothers me this early?Oh it's mom

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I groggily reached out for my phone that's been ringing for the past I don't know, maybe 10 minutes?Who on Earth bothers me this early?Oh it's mom.I wonder why though.

"Hi ma, kakagising ko lang bakit ka tuma—"
[T:Hi mom, I just woke up why are you cal—]

"VALERIE CRUZ TUMINGIN KA NA BA NG
BALITA!?"
[T:VALERIE CRUZ HAVE YOU CHECKED THE
NEWS!?]

I think my eardrums broke.Wait did she say news?What news?Is something wrong?Well judging from her ear-piercing voice, there is something wrong.

"Hindi ma, kakagising ko nga lang.Ano
ba yon?"
[No mom, I told you I just woke up.What
is it?]

"Ang dispatch may nilabas na mga picture mo!
May kasamang lalaki!Bumibili ng mga gamit
 sa bahay!Tapos bumibili pa kayo sa Gucci ha!"
[Dispatch released pictures of you!With a guy!
And your buying furnitures!Then you're also buying
Gucci eh!]

Shit.They're suspecting I'm dating again aren't they?

"Sabi ko na nga ba may boyfriend ka na eh!
Ka live-in mo ba yung lalaki!?He's one of the members
isn't he?My god Valerie!

[I knew you're dating someone already!Are two living in 
the same house together?!]

Jeez.Why do they have to put malice on everything we do?I mean seriously.We've been on the same group for what, 3 years!Why do they even bother making up stories?Because we're having a comeback?

"Mom!That's Chenle,magkasama kami kasi nga
pareho kaming may kailangan bilhin!Napaka
malisya naman nila!"
[ we're together because both of us needs to
buy something!They're so malicious!]

"Porket magkasama lang lumabas
mag-jowa na agad?!"
[We just went out together and we're
already dating!?]

"You know hija, there's nothing wrong ok?
Ang gusto lang namin ni Daddy mo is hindi
ganoon okay?Bata ka pa.I'm a Doctor
Valerie, isipin mo na lang iisipin ng tao dahil don."
[ What we're only saying is not like that okay?
You're still young.I'm a Doctor Valerie, just think
of what others would think of us because of that.]

I sighed.I didn't want any of this to happen.We literally just went to the mall together and people went to chaos and made up stories already.

"I know ma, bye"

I hunged up right after.What if they spoil my surprise?This is getting annoying.

I checked my phone, and just like what mom told me, Dispatch already made up a whole story about how we're 'secretly dating' and are 'living together'.One day I'll burn Dispatch to ashes for that.

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