Jay Jay's pov
Fly...fly...fly...fly...fly...fly...
Kuya's hand flyyyyyyyyyyyy.
What's wrong with me?
"Aries stop talking with your mom like that." Kuya yelled.
"So, now you are taking her side too, and she is not my mom if she was she would have just given jay for adoption too if just she had given her for adoption Jay wouldn't had to suffer that much."
Why he is still thinking about me? Shouldn't he think about himself.
"I used to think maybe she hated me," he went on, quieter now. "That's why she didn't care."
A pause.
I was wrong.
Another pause. He looked straight ahead, jaw clenched.
"She didn't care about any of us."
And just like that, he turned and marched upstairs.
"Aries," Mom called.
I didn't wait I walked upstairs immediately and stand in front of his door holding the door knob.
I took a deep breathe and entered his room.
He was standing there, he was looking normal but I know his heart was shattered.
And the reason was again me! He didn't talk about himself, he talked about me.
"What do you want?" he asked keeping his gaze on the bed.
"Aries, I'm sorry."
"There is nothing you should be sorry about, if someone it should be your mom who should feel guilty making your childhood painful," he said finally looking at me.
"Aries--"
Go to your room.
No.
He frowned, looking at me. "Jay--"
"You hurting. You've always defend me what about you? You said you forgive mama for whatever she did, but not for what she did to me. Think about your self too. You got hurt too, didn't you," I said looking straight at his eyes.
"Jay I failed too protect you, I was supposed to protect you but I couldn't," he continued voice breaking, "You got treated badly but I couldn't do anything."
"Aries you didn't failed, you protected me many times," I continued hugging him, "You got treated badly too, but there was no one to protect you no one who could defend you. But you you've always protected me."
"Aries."
"Aries."
"Stop saying Aries Aries again and again," he said pulling away from the hug.
"So what should I say? Kuya Ari?" I said teasingly.
"It's not Ari it's Aries," he said seeming irritated.
The fourtune teller Aries is back!!
"Ari," I said again to irritate him and jumped on the bed.
"Aries!"
"Ari!"
"Aries!"
"Ari!"
After sometime I heard a knock on the door. The door creaked open and Aries entered the room with a pillow.
"What are you doing here with a pillow," I asked narrowing my eyes.
"Sleeping," he said placing his pillow on the bed.
You have your own room.
"In which someone stupid and sick is sleeping and I don't want to sleep beside sick and irritating people," he said laying comfortably on my bed.
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I stood frozen in front of the notice board like a mummy from Egypt that just woke up from a 3000 year nap, heart doing cartwheels. for the Final exam result.
Egyptian mummy Jasper jean mariano.
Sounds good.
"Please please please be a good mark be a good mark," I whisper to the universe.
I finally open my eyes and look at the notice board. Why many people is standing in front of me can't they just see there result from 100 km away, ugh!
I finally escaped the poll no ocean of people and get to look at the board. My eyes scanned the board desperately. Where is my name!
Jasper jean mariano I found it finally, I follow my name's line anddd 89.98.
89.98! I got 89.98!!!
Hay naku! (Oh my god) Kuya see I got 83.98 by my own! kuya seeeeee.
But wait...why all of them are looking at me like I just said I'm the queen bee of Section A, Pucha!(Shit!) I screamed it I didn't tell it to myself.
Time to move... Jay, run!
And with that, I bolted toward the Section-E building.
By the time I reached I was gasping for air.
"JAY." Ci-n screamed the second she saw me.
"Why are you screaming like that." I said trying to collect oxygen.
"How much have you got?" he asked.
"Guess," I said with my face lighting up like a torch light thinking of my right result.
Did you fail?
"No!" I said hitting his arms.
So, how much do you get?
"89.98," I said a proud smile on my face hand on waist standing like a superman. I should have came with a superman dress.
"89.98!" all of them yelled in unison.
Ci-n jumped in air.
This half-lady!!
"Jay, did you cheated on exam?" Calix asked shaking my shoulder.
"You cheated on exam,gago!" I said slapping his hands away.
"You did a great job." david said from his desk.
"Thank you, dabid grandpa you're the best."
"Hmm" he yawned going back to his beauty sleep. He acts like an old man. Does he have back pain? Should I make sure by smacking his back?
"How much you get?" I asked that little bart.
"98.99," he said.
How this ulupong is very smart, does he take any special kind of genius medicine to do better in exam? I should raid his whole room one day, and if I found the medicine I will be topper without doing study too.
"You?" I asked looking at calix.
79.92.
Wow! I did better than him.
"What about you drew?" I said goind to my seat.
"62.89,"
"So, you will need to do better in post-final exam," I nodded slowly, folding my hands like a disappointed adult.
Is that how kuya angrelo feel ? Wait...am I a old man now ? No no no.
After I settle in my seat I noticed the intense gaze of the hari ng ulupong. Why he is looking like that? Do I have something on my face?
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I asked, narrowing my eyes.
"Cuz you're too much beautiful, and too much hot to handle," he said smoothly, biting his lips.
"Stop flirting," I hissed.
"Not going to happen:"
"ugh!"
"By the way you did great,"
I felt heat creapt on my face. David said the same thing so why I feel different this time.
"...Thanks."
I knew you were capable of great things.
"How?" I asked curious. Curiosity kills a foodloverrr.
"Because you're my wifey," he said smiling like a idiot man.
"Gago."
"2"
"What two."
"profanity," he said grinning eyes dropping to my lips.
"Don't do any thing now," I warned.
"Don't woorry I will claim them later," he whispered.
I turned in front to ignore his stupid profanity talk.
"Today I will buy food for you, special meal for my smart wifey with desserts."
"Really," I said turning back so fast I almost got whiplash.
He nodded.
"Dark Chocolate Mousse...Chocolate Truffles...and Chocolate Tart!!"
"As you wish, my queen."
I can already feel the desserts in my mouth. Umm, it will be so tasty. I don't want it, I need ittttt.
"What is going on here," I came out of my thoughts.
"Nothing!" I said turnig back in front.
I need to make sure this jerk doesn't get to touch about my babies.
"Yuri hasn't come for two days what happened to him?" Ci-n said to Eman.
Eman shook his head as no.
"He is sick," I said.
"Huh? How do you know? Did he texted you?" Ci-n asked and I could feel many eyes on me.
He stays at my house,
"From when?" Eman asked feeling surprised.
"Few days ago he, sir Alvin and ma'am Cindy started to live at our house cuz kuya's condo is small for them and they hadn't found a home," I explained.
"Hmm...but stay away from him," Ci-n said.
Why?
"Just stay away."
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Sir Angelo was taking class when suddenly a thing hit my mind like a boom.
When Yuri was attacked by thieves and they burned his house, I first saw sir Alvin's house and got to know that sir and ma'am was married.
I thought that he was not sir Alvin and even asked him if he was sir Alvin's double hanger.
Sir Alvin is like this ulupongs and ma'am Cindy is his wife so she is ulupong too which means she is part of section-e too.
But wait...no they have crush on and not just they their king have a crush on her too. I should lock him up otherwise he will elope with ma'am.
I don't want to die single!!
Will I even be able to survive without him?
poor sir Alvin he is very old so he will not find any girl.
So, ma'am Cindy is cut from the list.
I'm jealous of her, the king have a crush on her because she is beautiful.
"Jay," a voice called out to me.
"Huh?" I said and found out it was Ci-n who called me.
But why is everyone looking at me?
Even sir is looking at me.
"You starring at sir Alvin for 15 min," he said.
"Really?" I asked and he nodded.
"Ms. Mariano what were you thinking?" sir asked.
"Ugg...it was just when I went to your house I thought...you were your double hanger," I said, ashamed.
Everyone burst into laughter.
"It not double hanger Jay it's doppelganger," Keifer fixed me.
"I told you before you learned the wrong thing," I said because I can never be wrong.
"Oh that day, yeah I remember and as you suggested I didn't met my doppelganger. Cuz you said we will die if we do," sir Alvin said.
"So, I was correct. But Keifer said you just act differently in school?"
Everyone brutal into laughter again.
Did I say something worn?
"Which means the one teaching can be sir Alvin's doppelganger," Ci-n said pointing at sir meaning fully.
He does have logic.
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Everyone has gone to cafeteria only me and David was left.
I do not need to buy my food because today they will fly to me.
But what about David, he doesn't have a flying machine like me.
"David aren't you gonna buy your food?" I asked.
"...I am not felling good today, I told Ci-n to bring my food," he said putting his face on his hand.
Back pain of old man? As he is a grandfather.
Suddenly I remember something.
Yooo.
"What about your that one crush? Did you confess to her."
"No, I didn't confess to her."
"Why? You should confess to her. When are you going to confess to her."
"I'm not gonna confess to her. And I'm sure she will not like me having a crush on her," he said looking at me.
"Which girl will not like you?" I said confidently
He laughed a little, "She is different."
"Then she is a allein. Even if she is a allein, she is lucky that you've crush on her. But why don't you just confess her maybe you're wrong," I said.
"The flower was breathtaking, yet I let it be."
Then he looked straight at my eyes, "True beauty refuses possession...The closer you pull it, the faster it dies. And loving her meant letting her stay where she could still bloom... even if that place was never beside me."
Does he love a flower?
Or the girl's is named after any flower?
"What is the difference between love and obsession?" I asked
He stayed silent for a moment then spoke, "Love is when you care about someone but you don't lose yourself. You enjoy being with them, you respect their space, and you feel calm even if they're not around."
Then he stopped again "Obsession... that's different. That's when you need them to feel alive, when every little thing they do controls your mood, and you can't stop thinking about them.It devours you and everything around you, turning longing into panic, care into control, and wanting into a desperate need that never rests."
He took another pause, "Honestly, love is messy sometimes, sure but it's a mess you can survive and even grow from. Obsession? That's a mess that traps you in your own head, looping fear and need like a broken record."
Then what is mine and Keifer's one?
Love or obsession?
He smiled at softly me and spoke again like he read my mind,
"Your and Keifer's one is love...true love🤍."