Reality In Tagalog Novels & Stories

“Tita, please. Tara na. Bago pa tayo ipahiya nang tuluyan.” Ngunit para kay Riva, huli na ang lahat. Sa oras na iyon, habang hawak niya ang ina, napagtanto niya ang pinakamalupit na realidad… Hindi laging ang kalaban ay nasa labas. Minsan, ang pinakamalakas mong kahihiyan, galing sa sariling dugo.

Kung merun man lalaking magmamahal ng tulad kong bakla na totoo, hindi ko pakakawalaan yun, dahil bukod sa matapang siyang lumaban sa mapanghusgang lipunan at mamayang akala mo kasing linis ng holy water, naging matapang din siyang ipaglaban at ipagsigawan nararamdaman niya sa akin. But I know, straight guy, hinding-hindi gagawin yan. Sa panahon ngayon, hindi na ako naniniwala sa true love at ikaw lang ang mahal niya. Tsk! Pulbo, mas maniniwala pa ako sa sinabi ni Trillanes na bibigyan ng 10,000 bawat pamilya kesa sa mahal at ikaw lang sapat na mga katagang kaysarap pakinggan pero plastic naman walang laman.

Sapo ang dibdib na singit ko. “Exactly. Chase him. Ask him…Stake your claim. Sa Tagalog, lagyan mo ng label. Love's a bitch and our world is cruel. You're not some hoe na pwede niyang kaladkarin at landiin when it deem fit to him," dugtong pa nito bago humigop ng kape sa basong hawak. “Value is what separates a true woman to the rest. Don’t be blindsided by your attraction to him, Gen. If you don’t show him how and on what way you want to be handled or treated, sa kangkungan natin pupulutin ang puso mo.”

Hindi siya sanay makatagpo ng mga babaeng matatag at marunong lumaban. At wala nga siyang kamalay-malay na nahuhulog na pala siya sa isang bangin na ubod nang lalim... kungsaan imposible nang makaahon pa siya. Iyon ang bangin ng pag-ibig. And he just realized this when his most erotic fantasy had become real. Tutoo pala ang sinasabi ng iba tungkol sa mga bituin na kayang abutin!

Their legs began to shuffle but one of the campers stood still, his legs couldn't move and he had pissed on himself. "Everyone... Run! John screamed and immediately they began sprinted through the dark woods, some towards the direction of the camp, others overwhelmed by fear ran in other directions heading to unknown destinations. Summer was ahead of them all while Glenn and John were behind her. She wanted to die but certainly not in the hands of a beast she was yet to believe was real.

“Malay mo diba hindi pala kami ang maging ending ng isa’t-isa. Sa panahon ngayon, mahirap nang magsalita ng tapos. Everything can change for a second.” Tumahimik ulit sa loob ng sasakyan. Pinagmasdan ko na lamang ang payapang gabi sa labas ng bintana. Ibang-iba talaga ang buhay dito kumpara sa Manila. Bawat gabi, ang tahimik. Ang sarap sa pakiramdam. Mas masarap lang sa pakiramdam kung wala kang masyadong iniisip. “Daddy, are we going to stay here in Batangas for good?”

Well, there were a thousand passersby but no one looked like they owned that voice. But God, it felt so real. Like Stacie had just been in the coffee shop. Or was it just imagination? Arthur was perplexed. How long was he gonna run through doors chasing after any voice that sounded similar to Stacie's? “How much longer?!“ Arthur yelled in agony, going on his knees. He was weak. Tired. Broken.