"Mga beshy ko, may sasabihin ako sa inyo."

Another day at school, and everyone's here sa university to study. As usual, Winter and her friends are here walking around sa hallway. Kakagaling lang nila sa isang subject and now they have a break for an hour, so they decided to just eat sa isang kainan na lagi nilang pinupuntahan, Mang Roy's Siomai Rice.

While they were walking papunta sa nasabing kainan ay nagkakwentuhan sila tungkol sa ilang mga bagay, mostly about school. Pero ngayon, Ryujin seems like she wants to say something.

"Ano yun? Siguraduhin mong matino yan." Natawa ang barkada kay Chaewon.

"Ano eh, malapit na kasi birthday ni Yeji. I need your help." Agad naman naintriga ang magkakaibigan at mataimtim na nakinig sa sasabihin ng dalaga.

"I'll ask her to be my girlfriend on her birthday, and I want it to be extra special." Halos lumuwa ang mga mata ng mga kaibigan ni Ryujin at hindi makapaniwala sa narinig nila mula rito.

"LEGIT? HINDI TAYO NAGJOJOKE TIME HERE?" Nabatukan naman agad ni Giselle si Yuna dahil sa pagiging OA nito. Pero nonetheless, tumango si Ryujin at ngumiti. "Yes, seryoso ako rito. I've been thinking about it for quite sometime now. Tapos ayun, i decided to do it on her special day." Napangiti naman ang mga kaibigan ni Ryujin.

They're happy for the latter since, it's known na medyo malas sa pag-ibig si Ryujin, she had a lot of past relationships and all of them were failures, it's either niloko siya or it's infatuation only. Pero this time, they know that their friend is serious about this and it's leading on to something good.

Something pure.

"You have my support, Ryu. I know that your feelings for my cousin is real and pure. So, as much as I can, i want to help you. It's your happiness that matters." Na-touch naman si Ryujin sa pahayag ni Hyunjin at niyakap ang kaibigan at nagpasalamat rito.

"Thank you so much, Hyun. You have my word, i won't ever do something that could hurt Yeji." Tumango naman ang binata at tinapik ang balikat ng dalaga.

"So, what's the plan?"

...

Karina's pov

I sighed as i felt my eyelids slowly dropping and then suddenly magigising ako dahil sa lakas ng boses ng professor namin. Umayos na lang ako ng upo para hindi ako antukin lalo. Nakakainis naman kasi, hindi ako nakatulog nang maayos. Or let's say, hindi talaga ako naidlip man lang kagabi.

My parents went home last night. At first, okay sila nung dumating sila pero ramdam ko nang may something off with them kasi medyo tahimik sila at hindi nagpapansinan. Tapos, nung bandang mga 7PM, i was already lying on my bed kasi i finished my works early para sana makatulog ako nang maaga.

But, I didn't even get to take atleast a quick nap.

I heard them yelling at each other and things breaking. I even heard our coffee table breaking tapos yung mga sigawan nila. It was too much for me.

Mas lumalala na sila.

Noon naman kasi, magkakagalit lang sila pero hindi to the point na magkakasiraan na ng mga gamit and hindi sobrang tagal pero ngayon, I even hear them curse each other and if tama yung narinig ko kagabi, my Dad slapped my Mom so hard to the point na napasigaw si Mom sa sakit. After that, natahimik yung bahay kasi Dad left.

I didn't bother to go down kasi natatakot ako, i was literally shaking kagabi and i don't know how to digest everything na narinig ko. I just heard them yet, sobrang takot ko na. Paano pa kaya kapag masaksihan ko na yung nangyayari?

But you know what got my attention sa away nila kagabi? It was the words they were throwing each other.

"You ! I told you to just wait! Stop getting on to my nerves and shut the hell up!!" 

"How can i shut up when we're about to freaking lose our company!"

"Can't you see that I'm doing my best here? Kinausap ko na sila! Hinihintay ko na lang ang go signal nila, kaya please lang, patahimikin mo muna ako."

"Sigurado ka ba na hindi nila malalaman?"

"Kung hindi mo ititikom ang bibig mo, malilintikan ka sakin."

Yun ang mga narinig ko kagabi aside from their nonstop arguing and yelling. I was so confused kung ano ang pinag-uusapan nila pero, it definitely has something to do