Sinclaire Academy: Untold Stories

Perfect Strangers (Strangers AU)

I'm obsessing over these two because I'm lame. And I'm a little rusty at writing now. Forgive me.

Don't take everything here too seriously though.

Special mention to Sheena Mae Calugay Lamsen. Belated Happy Birthday!
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Perfect Strangers

Kung hindi lang mabait na kapatid si Cain, iniwan nalang niya ang kambal niya sa bahay and did his own thing.

Pero mabait siya, kaya heto sila ngayon driving in the middle of an expressway at 3 fucking am para lang malibang si Carly.

They've been on the road since 12 am at kung saan-saan na din sila nakapunta, but Carly doesn't want to go home yet. Nawawala na nga ata sila. Basta nag da-drive lang siya with no destination in mind.

Naiintindihan naman ni Cain kung bakit, kaya nga siya pumayag ulit na magpa alila sa kapatid niya.

Matagal na din silang hindi magkasama sa bahay dahil naka tira na ito kasama ang boyfriend na si Mason while Cain lives alone in a penthouse like the cool bachelor he is.

When Carly came knocking on his door earlier, alam na niya agad kung ano ang dapat niyang gawin.

First, he needs to calm her down and make her talk about what happened.

Second, he needs to punch Mason.

Hindi naman siguro pupuntang umiiyak ang kambal niya kung walang ginawa ang gago nitong boyfriend.

Cain will gladly take her in because that's what good brothers do kahit na may possibility pang masira ang social life niya. He had an important social gathering tonight. Hindi niya dinaluhan because it all came down to a matter of priorities.

"Nakakainis kasi siya," Carly said for the nth time.

Cain sighed and kept his firm grip on the steering wheel. Hinayaan niyang ulitin nito ang lahat ng nangyari.

His twin sister always vents on him, kanino pa ba ito dapat magsabi ng problema kundi sa kanya lang?

Carly never had female friends because she was too "bitchy", sabi ng classmates nila noon. Itinuturing pa rin niyang himala kung paano ito nagka boyfriend.

Cain paid the last of his money for the toll fee na nadaanan nila. Tinignan niya ang paligid, hoping to find a stop kung saan pwede siyang kumuha ng pera at nagugutom na rin siya. For sure Carly is too.

"Alam mo, wag mo na munang isipin 'yan ngayon," he told his sister after a 24 hour convinience store caught his eye. "You're just fueling your anger by thinking about what happened. Kumalma ka muna and think about it after that."

Tumahimik si Carly at tumango. Cain stops the car at a deserted parking lot at sabay silang lumabas.

"Restroom lang ako" Carly inhales a deep breath, finally calming herself.

Tumango si Cain and went in the store. Ginawa niya ang dapat niyang gawin and bought snacks for the both of them because they're not going home any time soon.

Habang nagbabayad siya sa counter, narinig niya ang pag tunog ng bell galing sa pinto.

Pumasok ang isang babae at lalaki.

The girl immediately went to the aisle where the chocolates are and the guy lagged behind her like there's a dark cloud following above him dahil hindi mapinta ang mukha nito.

"I told you to tell her how you feel, ayan tuloy..." Cain heard the girl say.

"Ako yung ginagawa nilang masama kasi tingin nila pinapaasa ko siya," the guy grunted. "Hindi pa ba sapat yung pag layo ko? Hindi pa ba sapat yung hindi ko pag bigay ng atensyon sa kanya?"