She never believed in the idea of right person at a wrong time. But not until he will come and make her beg for Fate to make the time right for them.
"A love that fights, a love that waits."
This is a story that will not just show you what waiting f...
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"It's quite hilarious how the house and people where you grew up with made you feel unsafe, when it's supposed to be 'home' for you."
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I rolled the bus' window down, eager to feel the embrace of the wind. While light motion of the running bus made me enjoy the music echoing to my ears from the speakers of the bus while I am silently adoring the view outside the window.
Habang si Jaxen ay na sa tabi ko at tulog, panay naman ang pag-agos ng mga kaisipan sa isip ko. Thoughts that are deeply rooted from the uttermost of my mind and heart.
Life is a one kind of a messy drawing board. It's made of chaos, yet like a painting, it's still able to exhibit a peculiar kind of beauty. A beauty of chaos. However, in my case, I am the chaos per se, but different from it, I cannot find any beauty in me.
To compare my life from the verdant grasses creeping in the concrete road, I would say, those grasses are way beautiful than my life. Since those grasses were able to dominate from the world's innovation. Which is a win for them. While me? Nah. This world got me and made me a prisoner to its own.
Sabagay, kailan nga ba matatawag na maganda ang buhay ng isang miserableng babae? Simula pagkabata pa man ay hindi ko alam kung nabubuhay nga ba ako. Since I am merely existing for everyone's expectations. I am just a shadow tho.
A phone call took me out of my reverie.
"Hello 'nak? Na sa byahe ka na ba?" bungad na tanong ni mama. Ang boses ay puno ng lambing.
"Opo. Kasama ko po pala si Jaxen. Gusto n'ya raw pong pumasyal sa farm," sagot ko habang malayo ang tingin.
"Anong gusto ko? Ikaw kaya ang nag-yaya sa 'kin. Auntie, iniiscam po kayo ni Jedi," dumako ang nagugulat kong mga tingin kay Jaxen nang marinig ang sinabi n'ya at makita s'yang gising.
Tumawa lang naman si mama nang marinig ang sinabi n'ya. Umiling na lang ako kay Jaxen, dahilan para bigyan n'ya ako ng ekspresyong nagtatanong sa pamamagitan nang pagtaas nang dalawang kilay n'ya.
"Hala sige. Mag-iingat kayo. Tawagan mo na lang ako kapag na sa labas na kayo ng bahay at nang mabuksan ko ang geyt para sa inyo," mama uttered.
"Sige po," tipid kong sagot saka pinatay ang tawag.
"May dala kang biskwit? Pahingi, nakakagutom," wika ni Jaxen. I nodded at her and handed the bag of Otap to her.
"Dahan-dahan naman, Jas. May dalawang oras pa tayo sa byahe, 'wag mong ubusin," sita ko sa kan'ya nang walang preno s'yang sumubo nang sumubo.
"I-save na lang natin ang gutom para doon sa bahay n'yo. Tutal may handaan naman kaya ngayon, 'di ba?" she answered with her mouth filled with biscuits. I shook my head at her sight.
After she finished eating, she went back to sleep while I continued gazing outside and letting my thoughts flood my mind at the same time.
"Tumahimik ka, Jedi! Huwag kang palasagot," Papa's voice echoed in my mind.
