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“You look lovely,” bungad ni Kalix nang lumabas ako mula sa kwarto, at nakita ko siya na hawak ang laptop niya, pero sa akin nakatingin, kumunot ang noo ko, “Oh, I’m just finalizing some papers, baby. Pero tapos na ko,” sabi niya at isinara ang laptop.

“I’m just wearing my uniform, Kalix. Nothing lovely about this,” sagot ko at dumiretso sa kusina, nakita ko na may pagkain na sa table, kaya gumawa na lang ako nang kape.

Past six-thirty na nang umaga, and I can’t still believe that I need to go to school. I am a third-year-college student.

I did not really study actually, because I have to support my ‘family’, at basically, pinag aral ulit ako ni Kalix.

“Don’t you want to just fasten your education to get your degree? You can just get an exam or assessment for that, right?” umirap lang ako sa kaniya.

Nung isang araw pa niya sinasabi yon sakin, but the idea of going to school excites me. I mean, he’s right, I wasn’t able to finish my schooling because of the responsibilities I had to ca