《His first love.》1
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"Gagi?" Tinignan ko si Eliah na ka pa pasok lang ng aking silid at ngayon ay nag mumukhang nasa maze at iniiwasan ang mga damit na naka kalat sa lapag. "Anong trip mo? Ang kalat ng kwarto mo." Dumiretso siya sa sofa at tinignan ako. "Ginagawa mo?" Huminga ako ng malalim at tinignan siya.
"Nag iimpake. Lalayas na ako." Pabiro kong sabe at binatuhan niya ako ng damit.
"Huh? Tara samahan kita." Natawa ako pero siya ay napaka seryoso. "Ano nga?" Tumabi ako sakanya at humiga sa balikat niya. "A-are you tired?" I nod. "Mag pahinga ka muna." Umiling ako.
"Aalis kame sa 20 tapos balik ng 24 ng gabe. Si lola, diba. Isasama sana kita kaso sabi ni mama may lakad din kayo. At magkikita naman sa pasko. 'Wag mo'ko ma miss, ha!" Tumayo na ako pero hinila niya ulit.
"Alam kong pagod ka. Mag pahinga ka muna, dito, saaken."
Eliah Kevin Garcia. My friend since diaper days, my protector, my second kuya, my classmate, my bear, my partner, my pahinga, my everything... My first love.
Mabilis lang ang araw at ngayon ay nasa U.S na kame at nag aayos para sa dinner with the other relatives. 'Di naman stressful dahil naka cater. Ang stressful ay ang tanong ng bawat relatives. I grew up with a whole family. My parents provides me my needs and wants. They don't ask for high grades or to be 'that ideal young lady' They don't but my lola do. I'm her favorite granddaughter, it's nice pero nakaka sakal. Para na akong isang puppet, ang hirap. But i have no choice but to do it. That's why some of my relatives hates me. 'cause my lola compares me and my cousins. Wala nalang akong magawa.
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"Grace, anak. Paki kuha na yung bouquet para sa lola mo." Tumango ako at umakyat para kunin 'yon at sakto namang nag ring ang aking phone.
"Hey!" Agad na bungad saaken ni Eliah pagka sagot ko ng FaceTime.
"Hi! Good morning." Parang kagigising lang niya dahil nasa kama pa siya at magulo ang buhok.
"Good evening, dinner niyo na?" Tumango ako at umupo. "I miss you." I laugh at tinignan niya ako ng masama. "Ilang beses ko pinagisipan 'yan tapos tatawanan mo lang?! Bye na nga." Tumawa ulit ako pero natigil nang makita si lola sa pinto. Agad kong binaba ang tawag at tumayo.
"L-lola." She nod at lumapit saaken.
"Is that, hmm, Garcia?" Tumango ako. "Are you two in a relationship?" Kalmadong tanong niya pero nakaka takot.
"N-no po, Eliah and i are good frien-"
"Good. The Garcia are rich but i want you to marry someone who are more richer that can provide you for everything more than what i can give to you. Remember that, Grace." Tumango ako at tinignan si lola na lumabas ng kwarto ko pero nag salita ulit siya. "Tumataba ka, bawasan mo'yan." And i lost it. I looked at the mirror and saw my whole body. Huminga ako ng malalim at nagulat nang nasa call paren si Eliah.
"E-eliah! Bakit nanjan ka pa?" Tahimik lang siya. "I-i need to go-"
"You are enough, Cielo."
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AN ILLUSTRATED NOVEL • UPDATES TUESDAY AND FRIDAY In a time before living memory, the King Dragon of the Void watched the world and realized there was a crack. He realized that humanity was destroying the rock upon which they lived; they leaked life’s code into the churning chaos. At first the change was imperceptible: nanites overtook microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, amoebas. Insects became increasingly inorganic; birds and lizards followed soon after. Even humans were infected by their own advances, cell by cell, till there was not a person left on earth who wasn’t at least part synthetic, the product of a prior generation’s carelessness. The world’s population was ravaged by mechanical viruses with no vaccines; they were mercilessly overtaken by bacteria that knew no death. Soon, most of the planet was empty and only a handful remained who remembered the hedonist realm they came from; only a few were left who remembered what the world looked like when their buildings touched the sky. The King Dragon of the Void watched the rock turn. He watched humans cower as the Old World fell down around them; watched their great monuments crumble into dusty ruins; watched their codes become precious, ancient gem memories forged under the crushing pressure of so many fallen stones. The world has spun many times around the sun since chaos swallowed man whole. It is a simpler time than the one that died out, but the people now are not immune to the folly of the people before. There is old code everywhere: in the water, in the air, in the trees. The heart of man has been replaced by power cores, many of which are hard-coded with preternatural abilities—when they die, an esoteric mountain sect collects their cores and stores them in their hollow mountain home to preserve the sanctity and dignity of human death. They’ve learned to harness artifacts of the old world, gemstones full of codes their nanite infused bodies can parse as spells imbuing their users with great power; they inlay them into their bodies, into their skins, connected to their cores by copper conduit and gold tracers; they dress themselves in tattoos to advertise their prowess; they battle for relics in arenas, fight for them in the open world wherever they are found. The King Dragon of the Void watches the rock turn and wonders: when will this hunger finally make the rock stop spinning? WELCOME TO FANXING CITY … Twenty-five years ago, Fanxing City and the surrounding lands were commanded by the mad King Zao Beiguan. For many years, the King hoarded wealth, artifacts, food; he demanded tribute from a people already taxed to the edges of their existence and expected they be happy with their circumstances. Noncompliance was often punished harshly, bodies displayed proudly on Fanxing’s streets as a warning, from the city gates to the Zao palace’s golden doors. The youths of several prominent clans came together to overthrow the tyrant and made names for themselves as legendary heroes across the land: Tian, Ren, Feng, Gui, Ma, and Zhenxi. Even wanderers from the Luanshi sect descended from Yunji mountain to aid the rebellion. When the dust settled after three years, Tian Yunyong ascended the throne of Fanxing and swore to honour his slain father’s memory, and has maintained Fanxing’s peace with generosity and mercy where fear and cruelty once reigned.
8 72An Ancient's Leisure
I've reached the peak of cultivation. I'm over a million years old. But still... I still have no idea what I'm doing. I'm so old, but I haven't gotten any smarter. I fall for the same old tricks and I'm still just a kid under heaven. Throughout it all, I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. I guess I'll just relax... Hopefully someone comes to make trouble for me or life's going to get real boring.
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8 71Yandere! Popee x Reader
Kill yourself (I'm sorry)
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