‘What a smile can hide’
XIA
“N-No.. you’re lying. King killed my Mom.” I pushed him back. Took the gun out from my back at tinutok ito sa kanya. “Oh~ were you fooled, Art?” Tanong ko at hinigpitan ang hawak sa baril ko na nakatutok sa kanya. Art just looked at me.
Trying to figure out my emotions. Digging deep into me.
“No, this is not you. The Xia I met when we were eleven. Alam ko. I know you were drugged. I know you were controlled. Hindi mo ginawa ‘yun, diba?” Napangisi ako. He still remembers it. I felt pathetic.
“Drugged? Controlled? Huh! Are you fooling yourself too, Art? Alam mo namang magaling na ako when I was ten. Kinuwento ko na sa ‘yo ‘yun diba?” My tears wanted to fall down just by thinking about the past. Those times when we were just kids, we were just laug
