He Fed Me Oranges (Querencia Series 2)

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Isla.

The past two weeks with our mother and her family, hindi ko masasabing maayos ang lahat dahil hindi ako okay. The twins are clearly enjoying our mother's company and that's fine with me.

The past weeks were also hell for me in terms of studies. I had my finals kahapon and tomorrow will be the second day. Approaching narin yung end of the school year and my whole summer will surely be spent with me working.

All the things I needed were provided by myself. Ni minsan hindi ako nanghingi sa kanila even though they keep on existing to reach out. There's a part of me that just badly wanted to not be attached to them.

"review me please. Ayos lang?" sitting on the floor of Mort's condo, I asked.

Nilapag niya ang dalang platito ng shine muscat sa harap ko at tumabi sakin ng upo sa hapag. So far, our relationship is doing well. We're currently in the stage of getting to know each other deeper than before.

He fixed my hair at sinubuan ako ng muscat. "what sub?"

"MIL"

He started reading my notes and questioning me. Kumakain ako ng muscat at kung minsan ay sinusubuan ko narin siya. It took about an hour until I was able to finish our review.

I'll be having 4 exams from different subjects tomorrow and lahat ng yun tapos nakong magreview. It's past six in the evening at dalawang araw akong on-leave sa trabaho dahil finals. Wala narin naman akong gagawin kayat nanood nalang muna ako ng palabas.

Mort was sketching something on his lap habang ako naman ay tutok sa pinapanood when he suddenly grabbed me gently by my arms and signaled me to get near him.

"Why? Anong gusto mo?" wala sa kanya ang tingin, na tanong ko.

"you're too nonchalant. Maglambing ka naman minsan" inis na saad nito kaya't napalingon ako sa kanya.

Nakakunot ang noo niya. I laughed at him at dinikit lalo ang katawan ko sa kanya. Sinandal ko ang ulo ko sa dibdib niya.

"dali mo namang mainis pare"

"Stop calling me that. I'm not your pare and I will never allow it" malakas akong tumawa at tinago ang mukha ko sa leeg niya. "You're annoying Enola"

Hindi ko siya kinibo at tumawa lamang. We were in that position until I finished the movie I'm watching. Hindi parin siya tumitigil sa pagsi-sketch niya kaya't pumunta muna ako sa kusina para magluto ng dinner.

I was busy marinating the pork pieces when a kiss suddenly landed at the back of my head. Bahagya akong napangiti at tumingin sa likod ko. Mort kissed me once again, at the forehead this time.

"clingy mo naman pare" nakangising saad ko. It's always him who gets annoyed and me who gets to annoy him. I'm one of his source of stress.

"stop calling me pare Enola" inis na sagot niya at hinila ang iilang hibla ng buhok ko. It's not really that hurting.

"Tanginaneto nananabunot" ngayon naman ay ako ang nagtunog inis.

"OA mo love" walang pakeng sagot niya at naglakad palayo sakin, papunta sa sala.

The relationship between us was more on annoying each other. The us before this label was actually never forgotten. We were just like before.

Mort helped me a lot in terms of support. Whenever I feel like the world decided to turn it's back on me, he's the one who will face me and smile at me. He was like the peace in the middle of the labyrinth.

The next day came and I took my finals. Yung unang dalawang subs was a bit easy naman tapos yung dalwang sub na major ay medyo okay lang rin. After ko sa skwelahan ay dumiritso ako sa school pub faculty.