Chasing Sunsets (BINI Series #4)

Chapter 7: Gift of God

I was startled when dad sat down beside me. He is wearing his usual teasing smile, alam kong balak niya na namang sirain ang moment ko. 

"How's my favorite daughter?" he asked. 

I shook my head. "Dad, ako lang po daughter mo. Unless my iba ka pang anak sa labas?" I asked. 

I head dad's loud laugh. "Ikaw talagang bata ka! Gagawa ka pa ng issue. Sige, I'll revise it. How's my favorite chaotic offspring?" 

"I'm doing fine, daddy. Stop watching Lucifer nga, nagagaya mo na 'yong offspring na term eh it doesn't sound good." I protested. He's rewatching Lucifer for how many times already at malapit ko nang sabihin kay kuya na huwag na bayaran ang Netflix account nila. 

"Don't tell your mom. Inaantay ko nga makatulog 'yon para makanuod ako, ang dami niyang side comments eh." he smirks. "Oh, the dragon's here." he whispered. 

"If mom's the Dragon, you must be Donkey." I whispered, teasing him. Referring to Shrek movie. Dad wasn't able to tease me back because mom's already standing in front of us. 

"Shee, you were absent the other day? Akala pa naman namin matatapos mo na punishment mo." Mom told me while signaling dad to be serious at this moment. Alam kasi ni mommy na hindi naman ako natatakot kay daddy dahil kadalasan ay dinodog show lang namin ang isa't-isa. 

"Mom, I was sick kaya. Look oh, I'm matamlay pa." I told her as I tried to do a sleepy eyes. I celebrated internally when I convinced mom about my alibi. 

"Alright, baby. Tell us if you need something, okay?" She said and kissed my forehead. They're both wearing office attires at mukhang may meeting pa sila. My dad is an Engineer and owns a firm while mommy is an Architect. The pressure's on me because my older brother is successful now too. But they never made me feel like they're pressuring me. Like my friends, they also knew about my gender preference and accepted me wholeheartedly. Open naman kaming magkakaibigan kapag gender ang usapan pero minsan natatahimik si Maloi. I'm waiting for her to open up pero hindi ko rin maasahan sarili ko sa advice. I'm a good listener with a little bit of teasing. 

Mikha's life is already set before she enters College, she'll handle their family business. Colet wanted to take different path by pursuing Architecture two years from now. Maloi doesn't have plans yet but I know she'll be successful too.