My contract with Jollibee as one of their crew is over, so here I am hanging out in the apartment and I've been catching up on sleep for a few days because when I was still working at a Jollibee, I was too tired and lacked of sleep because the branch was open 24 hours and I got a night shift schedule, my duty is from 7 pm to 7 am.
It's been a few weeks since my Jollibee contract ended and apart from just sleeping, I've also been busy with my preparations for enrolling in TESDA.
I am also looking for a TESDA in our area that offers Cosmetology, because not all TESDAs have courses available.
And once I'm enrolled, I'll know my schedule so I can apply again even for a small job so my savings don't run out. It's hard if I just rely on the money I've saved and then only act and find a way to earn for a living when it runs out, that's hard so I shouldn't be complacent especially since I have no one else to rely on in life but myself.
Last week, I got mom and dad, in Muntinlupa, because they were both on a hill near my aunt, who sheltered me when I was a child. They are too far away from me and I couldn't even visit them since I left my aunt, so my mom and dad were the first ones I gathered so that I could cremate them both and be with them where I live.
They may be creepy in other people's eyes but I put them in my room, I put them right on the side table of my bed. I only used one urn for them to make sure that even if mom and dad are ashes, they will still be together. Don't even askwd how much I spent to have them cremated because even though the price hurt my pocket, I was also happy and they are with me no matter where I move now.
It's just sad because I never dreamed of mom and dad. I just miss them even more. Oh, I'm not crying, maybe you are?
"Good morning mom, good morning dad!"
I greeted them warmly and I immediately got out of bed. I stretched before leaving the room.
While brushing my teeth, I looked at the calendar that was right next to the TV and sighed as I realized it was Friday. The day is really fast, it's like the sun is in too much of a hurry and then the next day when you wake up it's Christmas again and the year has changed again. Maybe because I'm already at the age of becoming an adult, so time and days go by fast for me.
Why am I asking myself that I can't answer either.
I'm not crazy, right?
The whole morning, I just cleaned my household and after that I took a shower. I also researched TESDA that has Cosmetology offered because until now I have not seen any courses like that at the nearby TESDA Institute. If I really can't find anything, I might just give up on Cosmetology and choose another course in case but I haven't really chosen a 2nd option.
Time passed by, I'm cooking a simple dinner today, hotdogs and eggs and I also fried the leftover rice from lunch earlier. My dinner was for breakfast, wasn't it hahaha, it was also delicious even though it wasn't actual food for a dinner that I cooked.
While cooking I heard a three knocked on my unit's door. I turned off the stove first before heading to the door because my hotdog dish might burn, hotdogs are just easy to cook but If i burn them I might get a minus points in house wife material.
"Who is that?"
I'm used to asking who is knocking before I open the door because it's scary and maybe the person on the other side of my door is planning something bad.
It's scary for me because what if the person on the other side of my door is a robber and wants to rob me?
But surely robbers don't rob on poor people, right?
"Diane."
I immediately opened it when I heard Diane. I also noticed that her voice sounded sad and when I saw her, I didn't get the wrong idea that this person is sad right now.
What happened to her, this person is happy and hyper that it's worrying when she's sad.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
I pulled her into the house and even though I had just closed our door, I immediately hugged her because I know that when someone is sad, a simple hug can relieve the sadness they feel.
Back then, that's what Diane used to do to me, she would just hug me without saying anything else and she was able to relieve my sadness.
"What should I do, Gill?"
He also hugged me and I could feel the dampness of my clothes, a sign that she was crying.
It hurts me to see my best friend look so hurt because of something I don't even know.
"You can tell me everything later when you're ready, just cry about it first."
And as I said, she just cried and cried, and it took a minute before she calmed down and let go of my embrace. I made her sit in the living room first and returned to the kitchen to finish the hotdog I was cooking. I just added the dish because I'm sure this girl hasn't eaten yet.
While cooking, I was wondering what the problem was. The last time she cried to me was because she caught her ex whore cheating on her, she was still in her 4th year college. It's been a long time since the last time she cried and that made me wonder what was the reason this time.
"Diane! Let's eat first, you'll look even uglier if you don't eat after crying."
She just laughed a little at what I said and she still have a courage to roll her eyes at me.
"Even if I don't eat for a week, I'm still beautiful."
"Alright, alright. I just hope all, beautiful."
We ate in silence until the end and she helped me cleanw the dishes, I just let her do what she wanted to do to wash the dishes so she could avoid thinking about her problem.
"Are you okay there?"
I asked her while I was in the bathroom and looked at her in the kitchen.
"Ew! Finish what you're doing in the bathroom, stop peeking your head out the door. My God! My precious eyes!"
I just smiled at her long line. She is now able to joke, which means she is feeling better.
"I'm so sexy! Stop pretending that you don't want to see my sexy body."
"Ew! Just please!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Hey don't be green hahaha I just peeked my head out at the bathroom door. She hit my butt softly before I could get out of the bathroom completely and she was about to enter it. She really likes to spank the ass or even touch the chest, it's very crazy, isn't it?
While Diane was still in the bathroom, I tidied up the room and brought out an extra blanket and pillow. I really have extra things because just like now there were times before when Diane would suddenly stay here so it's better to be ready. She also has her own cabinet here, there are her clothes and other things, her type of cabinet she have here is bigger than mine.
"Gill, I don't want to go home."
I was just waiting for Diane to start a conversation, I didn't want to ask her what really happened.
"Why?"
"It's because grandpa always fought with my brother, you know that I love my brother very much, right and I don't want him to receive hurtful words from grandpa."
I just nodded at her. I really intend to listen to her, because I'm not good at giving advices and she knows that too, she also told me before that even if I just listen to her, it's still okay.
"It hurts me to see my brother hurt. I don't want to be at home anymore."
"At least if I'm not at home, I won't be able to see and hear what grandpa says to brother."
Her older brother is the same age as us because he is her twin, her older brother just came out a second before her.
"Grandpa only started being like that to my brother when he proposed to his girlfriend."
And do you know my deepest secret?
My first love is her older brother.
Ashton Dane Hayashi-Salvador.