Diane’s P.O.V. “Do you have a turtle-neck blouse, sissy?” Karen asked me all of a sudden. Siya pa ang sobrang busy na naghahanap sa nasabing damit sa duffel bag ko. We were both done with our shower when Karen went inside my room a while ago. Pareho na rin kaming nakabihis, so I wasn’t sure kung bakit pa siya nagtatanong. “Hmm… wala, best. Bakit?” Nagtatakang tanong ko kay Karen. We were both wearing a spaghetti-strap top tank that could show a little bit of our cleavage. As far as I knew, she doesn’t want to wear a turtle-neck blouse because she always wanted to flaunt her slender neck. She still had a white towel on her hair but after drying and combing it, I guessed she would be all set. “Because you have a hickey on that pretty neck of yours,” she frankly spoke. “Wait here, I’ll get mine

Diane’s P.O.V. “No, it’s not me. My real name starts with the letter C, so it should be C and not K!” Karen waved her hands to disagree, but her tone wasn’t complaining. Mukhang tanggap naman niya ang kasalukuyang nangyayari. “Should we sleep now? Maaga pa tayong gigising bukas!” “Sorry, Karen… the night is still young and please lang, ‘wag kang kj diyan! I didn’t know your real name, so K ang nilagay ko sa roulette. Had I known, C ang ilalagay ko. So, whether you liked it or not, you’re the K to whom Chef Sam will dedicate his pickup lines to,” Xielo rebutted to Karen before diverting her attention to Samuel. “Go, Chef! Make us all proud! Sana lang ay hindi kayo tuluyang mag-away mamaya,” natatawang sigaw ni Xielo, na may pa-fighting sign pa. “Hmm… hindi ako magaling sa pickup lin

Diane’s P.O.V. Hindi ko naiwasang masamid habang nanlalaki ang mga mata kong nakatingin sa roulettes. Medyo naubo pa nga ako, but Karen was fast enough to get a bottled water from the cooler and gave it to me. Liam attempted to stand up too, but I silently signaled him not to. Nagkamali lang pala ako ng tingin dahil ang akala ko kanina, letter S talaga ‘yong tumapat sa arrowhead. But what happened was definitely a surprising turn of fate. I sighed because it was indeed the letter L. And now, I had no other choice but to be sandwiched in between the Evangelista brothers again… because only Liam and Leandro’s names start with the letter L here. Grabe talaga kung maglaro ang tadhana sa akin! Mukhang mas madali pa nga yata kung magla-lap dance na lang ako kay Sharmaine. “Wala pa nga pero mukhang nag-iinit ka na riyan, Diane ha! Kung sin

Diane’s P.O.V.   Si Leandro naman ay duguan ang mukha at saka parang baliw pa na dumura ng dugo sa kanang bahagi nito. “You—you think, you know everything? Don’t act as a hero here, Samuel!”   Unti-unti naman itong itinayo nina Matt, Yexel, at Peter, habang si Kenneth ay hinarang ang katawan kay Samuel na akma pang babalikan si Leandro. Karen rushed and grabbed Samuel’s wrist para agarang ilayo ito. Sa laki ng pangangatawan nito ay kayang-kaya lang namang ihagis ni Samuel si Kenneth sa malayo.   Putok ang magkabilang gilid ng mga labi, namamaga ang mga pisngi, gulo-gulo ang buhok, at halos nakapikit na ang kaliwang mata ni Leandro. Sigurado akong bukas na bukas ay may black eye na rin ito. He also had a cut on his nose that might be caused by the huge gold-metallic ring on one of Samuel’s fingers.   Karen helped Samuel on assisting Liam and that was when I got the opportunity to stan

Diane’s P.O.V.   Waking up with heavy eyelids made me realize that I only slept in just a few hours. Then, memories from last night started to sink in which made me feel a little bit slumber. I just couldn’t help but lean my body against the door during the dawn. Alas-tres na rin yata ng madaling-araw ako nakatulog.   Para kasi akong mapa-paranoid kanina sa kaluskos na paulit-ulit kong naririnig sa labas ng kuwarto. Masyado lang siguro akong nag-iisip ng kung ano-ano at baka guni-guni ko lang pala ang lahat nang ‘yon.   However, something was telling me that it was real. It was like a conversation, and what I heard was a vague voice of a mad woman—having an argument with someone over her phone. Nasabi ko ‘yon dahil kung may kasama siya sa labas ng kuwarto, dalawang boses sana ang narinig ko.   Dismissing my thoughts about that ambiguous person, I looked by my side and seeing the stri