Hindi ko naman siya minamaltrato. In fact, I was good to him... a little bit. Kasi naman, I was annoyed by how innocent he was when we were still toddlers. Palagi kaming binu-bully ng mga higher level, and because I was a girl, I could not do something to protect myself. When Japen was around, the bully even got worser than before. Palagi nilang kinukutya ang pagiging mahina ni Japen noon, and during those times, umiiyak si Japen. And that sticky thing? Uh, gross.
That was why I always pushed him to do his best, to be stronger. Palagi ko siyang hinahampas, sinusungitan, at sinasampal. I thought what I did was for the better, but I was wrong. Japen became scared of me. I even remembered that it took him three days before he stepped close to me and walked me home.
But now, I could not se
