Chapter 2 (1/2)

Here’s chapter 2

This chapter is not beta’ed

Hio’s POV

Fckshi+t…

It’s so tiring It looks like I pulled a er 300 pesos Fck

Maybe, we should have really gone into a , it’s too far froo and see it sometime

Stretch…Stretch…

It’s already 5 pm Our shi+ft should end soon

We bought sorains and a stupid fish in a can (tn: it’s sardines) before heading home

While we’re walking, I slung my arm on Kape’s shoulder

“Don’t bro! It hurts!” He complained

“You shi+t You started working on heavy jobs way earlier thanme that you have a weak constitution?”

“You know Heyo–” My mood always turn sour whenever Kape speaks‘ef ill ever have a future”

So he can think things like that

Well I have also been thinking lately Like how are randpa nowadays And hoill be our life if they didn’t left e

I punched Kape’s hurting shoulder “You know Kape, don’t lose hope We’re still young We’ll just have to make sure that ill not marry and spread our seed yet We can’t even feed ourselves, yet you’ll add another mouth to feed—”

“—I know ‘dat bro’ ‘Dat’s why I bought a condom”

Pak!

I slap his head He’s different alright He should have bought a cigarette instead of a condom

“You deettin’ on my nerves now!”

I just gave hiot home”

We live here in the squatter’s area near the river This hovel that we live in, was precipitously built in the water ways There’s a comfort room and the whole river serves as the septic That’s why if ht down the river

The electricity is a jumper I just connected it on another jumper line That’s why if a fire broke out, it’s okay, we don’t have any appliances like a ref or a washi+ng machine to mind anyway

The water here, it was being taken from the well far from here But because Kape and I were the only asset of the baranggay when it co us; they’re the one who takes care of our water

So Maybe if we spit, soest it Yuck

As we step into our house, Kape immediately turned on our 14-inches Sonya TV as well as the DVD player that has a Su junk and repaired it

He put in the pirated porn CD

Fcker This jerk is really lustful So while watching it together But here that we are so tired and you’re still doing it? hell! That’s hell!

I just laid down because he’s the one who’ll cook anyway

“Bebe? Bebe!” so outside I peered at the

“Kape, Bakekang is outside!”

Bakekang is what I call Barbie Doll Seriously, that’s her name Even I did not believe it at first until I saw her birth certificate She’s the daughter of the baranggay chairirlfriend just so that we can have a free rent

Yes, you heard that right They’re the one n this den Cap is sure a an apartment business here It’s a profitable trickery eh

Bakekang looks fine actually, it’s just that her skin is repulsive It’s like a champorado that was embroidered with a peso coin Maybe when she was a kid,she likes swi in the filthy rivers here

“Don’t make a racket, what ‘ef she hears you!”woo Kape’s still putting on an act But she also calls her Bakekang behind her back

I opened the door

Bakekang is s full of isaw Cheap ah When she can hand a pork barbecue

I knoill happen I took Kape’s guitar and went out

I sat on the stairs, suck the cigarette before struuitar

I played the violin when I was still on theit that’s why I bothered hiht me

I sighedThere are really some talents that you can’t put to use without money

But I’ain It’s impossible

I didn’t even told anyone about h at me

I still remember Medea She’s really just the only woman who’s still on my mind even now What would she look like now since seven years passed? Can she still remember me?

If our family suffered, surely she’s already married to another rich man

Andnow Besides, I’ for her

I sucked the cigarette again and stared at the smoke I’ve blown

Aaaahh!

Aaaahh!

Oooh!

Bakekang sounds like she’s possessed by an evil spirit

I shook the door “HUY STOP IT ALREADY”

Aren’t they done yet? Fcker I’! Kape’s already full for sure

I accidentally caught sight of a small lady in a corner She looks like a life-size doll The name Barbie Doll suits her far more better

She’s staring at me

Our eyes

I was mystified but not to the point that it becoot about her

My life continues on without knohere it’s heading

WorkHome Laze around

Until one night after we came back home from the site, hat look’s like a paper that was placed under the door

Kape grabbed it and he almost thrown it away if I didn’t stop him

I read it