"Gabrieeeelle! Alas siete na nakabulagta ka pa rin dyan! Sabi mo may klase ka ngayong alas otso trenta?! Ano na?! Dalawang oras ka pa naman gumamit ng banyo!"
I frustratedly remove the comforter that's wrapping around me.
"You don't have to shout Yaya Ems!" I groaned.
"Kita mo 'tong bata na 'to. Kung hindi ako sumigaw siguradong tulo laway ka pa hanggang ngay---"
"Ew! That's so gross 'Ya! Stop saying such thing please!" I complained as I get up from my bed.
"Bilisan mo na 'yang paggalaw galaw diyan! Pasalamat ka hindi ako pwedeng pumasok nang basta diyan sa kwarto mo. Kung hindi eh baka kanina pa kita kinutusan. Maligo ka na ha!" Yaya said before she leave.
Napatungo nalang ako nang maisip ko yung sinabi niya.
Right.
Mom and Dad strictly prohibited anyone about entering my room without proper permission.
Kahit sila hindi basta-bastang pumapasok dito. They say, they just wanted me to have my personal privacy. Which is a bit... I dunno.
Maybe, unusual?
But Yaya Ems said that my parents just love spoiling me.
Sometimes I think about how most of the parents enter their child's room occasionally just to check if they're already asleep or not.
It's just... a sweet thing I guess.
"GABRIEEEELLE! NAKALIGO KA NA BA??!"
Agad akong napatayo sa sigaw ni Yaya.
Gosh. I can hear her clearly kahit nasa baba siya.
What kind of throat does she have?
Tss.
"NAGBIBIHIS NA PO!" I shouted back.
Tho hindi pa nga ako nakakapasok sa bathroom para maligo.
I walked towards the bathroom but I paused when I realized about how she called me with my name. THIS AGAIN.
Lumapit ako sa pinto ng kwarto ko at binuksan 'yon.
"Yaya Ems?! Could you please pronounce my name correctly at least once?! It's not Gabriel like 'Gab-ryel'! It's G-A-V-R-I-E-L-L-E! As in, 'GEYV-RI-YEL'! Okay?!" I shouted on the top of my lungs.
I shut the door before I finally entered my bathroom.
"Argh! Everytime!" I frowned, still thinking about how the hell my yaya, who's with me since childhood, never learnt to normally pronounce my name correctly.
*sighs*
Whatever.
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"Ms. Gavrielle Dominguez."
Saktong napatigil ako sa pintuan ng classroom ko sa first subject nang bigla akong tinawag ng prof. Kaya nakatingin lahat sakin ngayon.
"No valid reason for being late. Sorry ma'am." I said without feeling any tension. I'm just too used to this, I guess.
I know she'll ask about my reason.
And because I don't want to explain anything, I just said none. It's the truth anyways.
"Not too sincere, Ms. Dominguez." She said with a dead serious gaze while raising her eyeglasses a bit.
Kaya takot sakanya ang mga students eh.
Tsk.
