-Uno
"Ano?" Sabay na tanong nina tito at tita. At tulad nila, natigilan rin ako.
"H-Hindi ko pa po naipapalam sa kaniya na... magiging tatay na siya."
I don't know how it happened pero nakaupo na ako ngayon sa upuan, kaharap silang tatlo, habang kumakain. Maybe I unconsciously followed someone's order after their – kasi hindi ako kasali – talk kaya nandito ako ngayon without even knowing na umupo ako dito.
My mind was blown away nang dahil sa revelation na narinig ko. Hindi maiprocess ng utak ko iyong information at parang mago-overheat pa dahil sa tindi ng sinabi ni Aira. It's like she threw a bomb that's filled with laughing gas. I wanted to laugh while thinking that I'm going to be a father, not because of happiness – okay, somehow, because of happiness – but because I wanted to...
