JAY’S POV:
When I reached home, I heard a soft voice.
“Jay Jay”
Aunt Gemma.
She came to me and hugged me tightly.
I hugged her back.
Not completely, just politely.
I don’t want to show her my cold attitude, but I don’t want to go completely soft to her.
She’s kind.
So, I just be a little soft with her, enough to not be called as disrespectful.
She broke the hug, I stepped back.
“Come let’s eat” She asked, pulling me lightly towards the dining table, with her hands around my back.
She made sit on a chair, and she sat across me.
“Here, I made Ginisang Ampalaya, Tinola, and Pinakbet.” She said, serving me.
“Eat as much as you want. Don’t be shy. Feel like it’s your home”
I froze at the last word.
Home.
The word I felt once.
The word which once made me feel safe, protected.
The word I felt by a person once.
But now it doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Aunt Gemma thinks home is just a simple word. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
But she doesn’t know what that word means to me.
How I felt it.
How it made me feel then.
She doesn’t know that home is not just a word, but a feeling of safety.
A feeling of being protected.
A feeling of being cared.
She doesn’t understand that I can no longer feel like home anymore.
I took a deep breath.
And said, “Sure”.
It is a lie.
I lie I can never feel anymore.
She asked, “How is you day? How was your class? Did you like it”
Woah, she was asking one after the other.
She must be worried.
” My day was good, Aunt.
My classmates are good.
I like it here.” I answered.
“Okay. I’m happy to hear that. I was worried when I came to know that you were placed in section e. I heard that they’re troublemakers”
“Yeah. They are a bit rowdy…but I can handle”
She nodded and said, “I’m very grateful to hear that. If you need any help, we’re always there.”
I just nodded.
After a while, she spoke again,
“Sure, tita”
“Can you please talk with Aries. He’s not coming home, no matter how much I ask. I don’t know why he’s acting like this” She said.
Sadness easily visible on her face.
“Can you please talk to him once” She pleaded.
I couldn’t say no.
She did so much to me, I should at least do this.
“Sure, Tita” I said, smiling politely.
She smiled and nodded.
And the rest of the dinner went silent.
I can’t stops myself from thinking about Aries.
Yeah, I care about him.
But I don’t know why he is acting like this.
Like he doesn’t even like my existence.
I don’t know why but he is hating me.
I can smell that.
I tried to know by hook and crook, but it didn’t work.
Even he doesn’t tell.
I should talk to him.
Not ro know the reason for his behavior, but to ask him to come home.
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