OUR SWEET VIOLENCE [TOXIC SERIES #1]

CHAPTER 25

''What did you do to her?''tanong ng dalaga, nasa private plane na sila ngayon, sitting and trying to get comfortable in the plane, since it's 2am, sa umaga makakabalik na sila sa kanilang mga bahay. 

''she sucked.'' ani ni Nicholas sa isang tabi, naupo na sa siya sa tabi ni Karl, habang si George at Clay naman ay magkatabi. naupo na si Alyxcs sa kanyang dating upuan, pero ang naiba, wala si Olivia sa tabi niya.

''you don't have to know.''Alyxcs answered Khiona's question. naupo nalang siya kung saan naupo si Olivia, syempre magkatabi na ang dalawa.

''i got a lot of shit to catch up to pag nakauwi na ako.''Alyxcs sighed, bago pa makaupo ang binata, ay may humawak sa braso nito. 

he turned around to see Clay, bigla niyang hinila papunta sakanya si Alyxcs at mahigpit na niyakap ito. ''dude, sorry.''Clay said. 

agad naman ding yumakap pabalik ang binata sakanya, kahit punong puno na ng pasa ang kanilang braso at mukha na galing sa isa't isa, there they are, apologizing.

pero bakit sa ibang magkakaibigan, hindi magawa to?

''it's okay na, sorry din.'' ani ni Alyxcs.

they all went to their own seats, sinarado na ang ilaw para makatulog na sila. pero napapaisip parin si Khiona, will there be more between them and Alyxcs. habang natutulog ang binata sa isang tabi, Khiona has been thinking about her life.

dapat pala nag inom nalang siya ng marami para tulog na siya ngayon at hindi nagiisip ng kung ano-ano. when she gets home, ano na siya? she's an unemployed woman, living under her parents roof, with no money in her card.

she's divorced and surprisingly, sad? this is not what she planned. 

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Khiona's thinking about her life choices, nakauwi na ito sa kanyang bahay, if others are resting right now in their home after the vacation, siya naman, she still couldn't sleep. nakahiga na siya lahat lahat, closed her eyes, and its 9am, she still has no sleep. 

''Khiona, do you wanna eat breakfast?''biglang pumasok ang ina nito sa kwarto, nagulat ito nang nakahiga lang ang anak at nakatunganga, it's so unlike her to do that.

''may problema ba?''tanong ng ina nito. ''bakit ka nakatulala, you should be doing something.''dagdag pa ng ina nito, napakamot ng ulo ang dalaga at pilit na ngumiti.

''hindi talaga ako makatulog, hindi ko alam kung bakit.''ani nito. 

''i'll ask yaya to bring you some sleeping tea, o kaya maghintay ka nalang ng mamayang gabi para umaga ka na uli magising.'' ani ng ina nito. 

''i'll just wait later night, i'll still try taking a nap nalang.''sagot ni Khiona. 

before her mother could leave, napatigil ito at napatingin sa anak siya, she was a bit worried for her, pero hindi naman niya masabi. ''ano bang mga ginawa niyo sa bakasyon niyo?'' tanong nito.

she went inside her room and sat down on the chair near her desk, ready to listen to her daughter's story.

''well, as usual, swimming and inom lang naman ang nangyari..'' ani ni Khiona. ''tapos may cute na japanese guy pa na naglibre sakin ng drink.'' she chuckled, napangiti naman ang nanay nito.

''see! told you, James is not the only guy! you'll find more!'' ani ng ina nito.

''yes, it was fun.'' she giggled. ''well, ma.'' she called.

''hm?''

''do you remember, Alyxcs? nung highschool???'' tanong nito, medyo napalaki ang mata ng ina nito at ngumiti, nodding at her daughter's question. kilala ng ina niya ang crush nitong babaeng to, since she has been very close with her mother, and her mother likes to give advices to her, kaya ganito kinalabasan ng kanyang anak na si Khiona.