“Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wooooooo, wake uuuuup!”
I was here right now inside Tyrone’s room. It was six o’clock in the morning, I had already been ready, though Tyrone? He was still sleeping! He even slept like a dead! I knew this would happen so I had recorded my voice on the phone and from here onwards, this would be my way of waking him up. I already talked with Aunt Ry and Uncle Justin, and guess what? They were fine with me doing anything I liked to Tyrone. They trusted me so much. That was why I felt guilty because I think, Aunt Ry hated even just the word ‘revenge’.
“What is that,” He said while his other eye was closed. In fairness, he looked better this way. I didn’t know if it was because of his unruly hair or just the sunlight hitting his fair face?
“What what is this? This will be your alarm clock from now on,” I said while showing him my phone.
“It’s still too early, eh!” Tyrone covered his eyes using one arm.
“Hoy, Mr. Tyrone James Hao Dela Cruz! First of all, you should follow what I want. Second, you’re not allowed to complain. Third, from now on, you need to train your body to wake up early since being an early bird is the first step to your success. Clear?”
He nodded and slept again.
I sighed and went near to his one ear, “TYRONE JAMES HAO DELA CRUZ, F*CK YOU! WAKE UP ALREADY!!!” Then I took away his blanket.
Tyrone sat, his face near mine. How irritating! “WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?!”
“WHY ARE YOU ANGRY?!” One of my eyebrows raised while my hands were on my waist.
“BECAUSE WHAT I HATE THE MOST, IS SOMEONE SHOUTING AT ME. EVEN MY MOM DOESN’T SHOUT AT ME. HOW ABOUT YO—,"
“TRYONE JAMES HAO DELA CRUZ! WHAT COMMOTION IS THIS?!” Aunt Ry shouted.
Hahaha! Was not shouting at you? What a shame! Auntie was already mad that she used his whole name. LOL!
“Why is this dyke even in my room?!” He was really mad!
“How many times do I have to tell you? Don’t call her dyke. FYI, Tyrone James, you requested this to her, then you would be dramatic about this. What if Zeah give up on you? It was good that Zeah’s nice to—,"
“Fine, I’ll take a bath now,” He removed the blanket over his body and immediately went in the restroom.
Aunt Ry and I both sighed.
“Sorry, my dear, ha?” She said.
“It’s nothing, Auntie. I’m used to Tyrone.” I only smiled. I didn’t know, I was just really close to Aunt Ry. She was my second mom. I just didn’t know if I was her third child.
“I’m really sorry. Alright, I’ll go now, Tyrese’s crying already. Inday went out to load her phone, eh.” Tyrese Jannelle Dela Cruz, three years old, the second child of Aunt Ry and Uncle Justin. Auntie told me that after Tyrone, she pursued medicine that her second child had been born a bit later. Haha!
“It’s fine, Auntie.” I smiled and closed the door.
When Tyrone got out of the restroom, he was extremely surprised! I was sitting on his large beanbag.
“Why are you still here?!” He shouted.
I crossed my arms, “So what? We will go to school together.”
“Get out first, I’ll change!” He was only wearing a towel. It was nothing for me to see men’s body since my dad was always naked of shirt in the house. Only a shirt okay, t-shirt!
“You’re really gay. Fine, I’ll wait for you downstairs.” I told him and went down. Even though I already ate in my house, I again ate at Tyrone’s. Why not, Auntie offered eh. It was bad to deny blessings! And it was only cereals, okay!
After we hopped in the car, I suddenly remembered something.
“Mom, who is she?” Asked Tyrone.
“Her name is Alzeah, but call her Zeah. She will come with us from now on, since your schools are near each other. She’s cute, ‘no?”
Tyrone shook his head, “She looks like a boy.”
I didn’t cry. Instead, I bit him! I attended ICA while he attended Xavier. I was not Chinese but, I didn’t know why mom made me attend that school. A long time ago, we had a play and they made me St. Joseph. My classmates laughed at me because they said I was fat. Tyrone had learned about it then he said, it was fine since I looked like a boy. It was good that now, my hair was longer.
We used LRT then again, Tyrone left me. And again, I didn’t care. After arriving at the school, Tyrone was still extremely sleepy. I left him and went inside the room since for sure, he also didn’t want to be with me. When he also came in, sleeping was the first thing he did. Wow. Why was I even surprised, eh, he’s already been like that ever since?