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Sorry for the very late update. I've been very busy with the editing and school stuff so...

Posted: January 27, 2021

Lame UD, for weeb only char.

LONG UPDATE! THIS STORY DOES NOT FOCUS ON ROMANCE! LONGEST CHAPTER I'VE WRITTEN SO FAR. I INCLUDED SOME IRRELEVANT THINGS IN HERE JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO. 13k words yey!

If you noticed some inconsistencies from the previous chapter, I'm sorry for that. I'm still editing. I don't want to unpublish it so...yeah bear with me.

Let's unleash Reign's kulit side, shall we?

And of course, meet Reign's family! Mauumay kayo!

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I groggily yawned as I rubbed the sleep in my eyes. After a few minutes of staring and thinking of nothing. I am now slightly awake and beginning to get back on my senses. To become fully awake, I grabbed my phone on the bedside table. This is my usual routine. First, grabbed my phone and checked my social media and emails. Second, repeat the first over and over until there's a notif to charge my phone.

Cheers to the productivity we rarely have.

8:36 am

Yin:
Good morning! Sana hindi de-lata ulam mo.😁

It was sent to me hours ago by Blake. I was not surprised when I saw the time on my phone. It's already 3 pm and mind you, this is not the first time I woke up this late. My day starts in the afternoon. I'm dead by morning and I am alive at night. Blake and my family knew this schedule of mine, so they didn't bother waking me up.

Sabagay sa weekends at walang pasok lang naman ako ganito kaya hinahayaan na lang nila ako.

I am a night owl at weekends.

As soon as I typed my reply while smiling, I immediately put my phone on the table beside my bed. I just greeted Blake good afternoon, and instantly he replied back, reminding me to be careful to the event I will be attending. I was confused for a few seconds until I finally realized the date today. It's Troy's birthday! At oo nga pala, kasama ko si Reiss na nakakatawang kaibigan pala ni Troy.

Indeed, a small world in a very big world.

I don't want to overthink, but I think something's gonna happen later. Surprisingly, I am not nervous and scared at all. Just need to see how the situation goes.

I stretched my arms and moved my head side-by-side, after that, I stood up to go down taking my phone with me. I just noticed that am hungry and I needed to get ready now. Reiss is gonna fetch me by 6, I think? I forgot but I think it's that hour. Hindi naman gaanong malayo ang babyahihin pero dahil sa bagal kong kumilos ay kailangan ko na talagang gumayak. No pressure pa rin, ayos lang din naman siguro kung ma-late.

I am in the middle of the staircase when I heard the news. It's about rape. Nakakakulo ng dugo. Instead of going into the kitchen, I headed to the sala.

"Hindi ko po sinasadya. Nadala lang ng alak, sorry," the suspect said covering his face with a towel as if he's too embarrassed, aba dapat lang. Though he said the word 'sorry' I won't take that as an apology, it's not for me anyway.

And nadala lang? Hah! Suspects with their lame reasoning.

What's with people nowadays? Can't they just use their hands? Bakit ang gagago? Ligaya now, regret later? Hindi sinasadya? Sus kagaguhan.

Hindi pa nakatulong na narinig ko ang mga pinagsasabi ng pamilya ko.

"Bakit kasi nagsasasama? Nakipag-inuman at puro lalaki ang kasama. Hindi na kataka-taka," I frowned because of what my father said, while my mom has no reaction at all!

          

What he said doesn't sit right with me, here we are with the victim-blaming again. I'm also bothered with the way my mother reacted as if what she heard was not a big deal.

My parents are usually the type of parents that my peers could label as cool. I mean they are cool most of the time, but I guess it can't really be helped at times to clash with the oldies and their beliefs.

Elders think that youth nowadays are fucked up, but they don't realize that some of their beliefs are trashy too because they lived up too much from the past with all the strict Maria Clara policy and such, not that it's wrong to uphold their beliefs but some of their beliefs can go now. Can I just say that the 20th century is more open with different matters and much more diverse? Some elders are just so...

Argh. Well, yeah millennials are nasty too...

Ay ewan.

"That doesn't mean the victim deserves what happened," I butted in to let them know about my presence. My whole family is there and I'm surprised. It's rare to see my brother, Sage in the living room in the afternoon. But it's the weekend so...

"I didn't say she deserves it. Nobody deserves that my point here is that she should be careful. Girls should be careful, friends or not there are times that you need to be guarded around males especially when there's alcohol involved," my dad said seriously. "And good afternoon for you, anak," I rolled my eyes, well he has a point can't argue with that it's just that nakakainis pa rin.

I stood in front of my fam with my arms crossed. Me standing in front while talking about this matter. I don't know, I can't really explain. It feels weird but suddenly I feel empowered, it feels like something's urging me to voice out my opinion.

"And boys should be educated as well. Same to you dad, good afternoon," I greeted back, so I wouldn't come off as rude even though my approach earlier was a bit shady.

"You heard your sister, Sage?" now the attention's on my brother, who's looking at dad and me with a bored expression. He's seated on the floor in front of the glass table that has a lot of papers, while dad and mom are on the couch. I am the only one standing.

"Yes, but it comes and goes on my ears," Sage shrugged as if we're talking nonsense. I thought he didn't really care but I was wrong. I noticed his body language, he's staring at me and when our eyes met he's gonna look away. That made me think that he wanted to say something, but he's hesitating.

Pashyboy, gago naman.

"Spill," I urged him with my left brows arched, when he didn't, I widened my eyes to pressure him. I'm glad it worked. I renewed my arms position and just let it loose on my sides, waiting for what he's going to say.

"Hard to say something regarding this topic because we have different stands and you girls are hard to debate with," he cringed when he mentioned girls, so I snickered at him.

"I don't have a plan to have a debate with you. I just wanna know your side because you're a guy."

"Even if we did have a debate you can't win against me," he said and smiled at me smugly. I gave him a die-asshole look.

"We're out of the topic now, and what do you mean by I can't win against you?" I asked.

"According to Bill Murray, "It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person. I'm stupid I won," he muttered that while looking at the messy things placed on the table.

"Huh? I can't see the connection," I think I get what he means but I want a clarification.

"Exactly, it's stupidity that's why I won, " he retorted making me bit my lip in annoyance. I turned to my parents, but they're just calmly watching their kids bickering. I gestured at my mom, but she just shrugged. They don't want to get involved!

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