Let me tell you a story about this little boy. He seldom smiles at me nor at anybody else except when he’s around with his two older sisters and playmates. He will not go near anybody but his father and mother. He will not allow you to touch him, or cuddle him, or give him a kiss. He is as untamed as the animals in the wild. But if you really want to hear him talk (he talks cute and he sounded like an adult despite his young age) or you wanted him to go near you and let you hug and kiss him, there is one secret.

The secret is nothing new. Food. He seems to have an appetite. He likes to eat. If you had experienced sometime in your life when food was scarce, then maybe you will understand why he can forget that he does not like to be cuddled, hugged and kissed in exchange for food.

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During recess, little Melanie noticed that her teacher looked worried and restless while she talked to the other teachers in the faculty room. In the school ground, there seemed a commotion, too. Mothers who wait for their kids were busy buzzing and seemed restless, too.

After recess, the students, including Melanie went back to their room. Their teacher announced that they will be sent home earlier than the usual time. She also told the class that they have to tell them always when they wanted to pee. They are not supposed to leave the room unattended.

Since it was still early, little Melanie’s mother came late although not really late. She was always on time. It was the school’s decision to let the children go home ten minutes earlier that made her mother late. Melanie was left inside the clinic with the nurse while she waits.

When her mother came, she asked what the teacher had told her. “Honey, the teacher said that they caught a rapist inside the comfort room,” her mother answered nervously. Because of fear and the unusual expression in her mother’s face, Melanie did not even bother to ask what a rapist is.

On their way home, little Melanie could not erase the thought of a hairy monster, big, dark, with sharp teeth and claws. This was the rapist, she thought. She never bothered to ask her mother from then on in fear of the rapist. She never also bothered to go to the comfort room because of this monster in her mind. She peed in her seat always, everyday, until the school ends.

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They were about to be wed the following year. Mona and Cris had been together almost like husband and wife though they still live separately. He goes home to his parents’ house and she goes home to hers.

Mona’s family was greatly in favor of Cris. They liked him very much. That is why there were no questions when they go out. Everybody in her family was looking forward to the day that they will get married.

The day came when they decided to get married. Everybody got excited. Cris’ parents went all the way preparing, and so Mona’s family, too. But a month after the announcement, Mona noticed something different. Cris had become silent. His visit became infrequent. He became evasive to some questions. He suddenly became a stranger.

Mona sensed that something was wrong so he called him up one day and asked him to go to her house because they need to talk. Cris sounded hesitant but probably felt he had no reason not to come. When he arrived at Mona’s house, Mona noticed that he cannot even look at her in the eyes. Mona initiated to cut the tension that was unconsciously building by asking him what the problem was. Her world seemed to fall apart when she heard, “Mona, Maya is pregnant.”

Maya was Cris’ officemate. Mona remembered he had once mentioned that a girl named Maya in the office seems to flirt with him. Mona remembered she thought that time that Cris was only making her jealous and answered, “Give her what she needs.” She had never expected that she will earn what she had nonchalantly uttered. She had never expected that Cris would betray her. She felt stupid to have trusted so much, to have loved this man who is not worth every single thing she did for him.

She went to the venue where she will meet with Cris and Maya. She was not sure why she decided to go. Cris told her before this meeting that she was the one he loves and what happened between him and Maya was an accident. He told her that if she’d tell him to choose her, he will do so. They were already at the restaurant when she arrived. She ordered water because she felt speechless and weak. She told them not to worry anymore because she can handle the situation, “It is important that the baby will have both her parents when she comes out of this world.” She was lying. She felt suffocated and life was beginning to drift.

Jerick, Mona’s friend, came after she sent him a message to rescue her from the situation. When he came, Mona abruptly stood up and said goodbye to Cris and Maya who had become speechless all throughout that short meeting. Mona almost fell when Jerick helped her to stand. Everything in life became a blur.

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One day, someone knocked at the door of  a disabled (half-body paralyzed).  It was a burly man who handed the disabled a letter that says:

To whom it may concern:

 

This is to appeal from your benevolence.  The Christian Youth Organization, **** Chapter will have a fund-raising project for their annual Summer Basketball Fest which will be held on the first month of the second quarter of this year.

 

In this regard, we would like to solicit any amount which you would lovingly share.  This will greatly help these teens develop love, camaraderie and unity. 

 

Signed,

 

Chairman

Christian Youth Organization 

Enraged, the disabled returned the letter and said, “Look, I am less than capable of earning money but I just don’t ask money.  I work to be useful!”

The burly man went away without a word.

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They call each other cupcake. Such an endearing gesture one may assume. But let me tell you one funny story.

Mark and Luisa fondly calls each other ‘cupcake’. Their friends have known the two as a sweet couple always seemingly in love everyday and every moment with each other. They usually see them hold hands or kiss. It was a lovely sight. They are inseparable.

One day, Luisa went to the mall with her cousin. They were looking for a wardrobe when suddenly, she heard somebody called someone ‘cupcake’. She and her cousin turned suddenly and saw a couple very sweet to each other almost like the sweetness of Mark and Luisa.

In an instant, Luisa noticed something familiar. The man wore the same band she gave her ‘cupcake’.

Luisa: Cupcake?

(Mark turns; turned very pale at once.)

Mark: Cu-cupcake?

Woman who was with mark: Cupcake?

I know you can tell how this ended.

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