CHAPTER 1

I moved the strands of hair on my face before standing up with a bang. I opened the door and Kristoff appeared with a sweet smile.

"Hey Kristoff, stop there! Where are you going? You're only 10 years old! Study there! You don't even know PEMDAS!" I yelled at Kristoff in annoyance.

"Oops, I just woke you up. I'm asking for the bag because I'm going to school," my brother said cutely.

I sighed and took my wallet. I took forty pesos and handed it to Kristoff. My restless brother is still snorting.

"Only forty? Add ten pesos!" he whined.

"Why, you just want to treat your crush Venice!" I teased Kristoff.

"Tse, you're ugly! You're so stingy that’s why you still don't have a boyfriend!" Kristoff shouted and ran away from me.

That kid really has no shame. Kristoff Yoseff Johannes is my brother and he is only ten years old but has so many girls already! I don't know about my brother, but he's a chickboy who hasn't even been circumcised yet.

I went down to the kitchen to have breakfast. I saw dad leaving to take Kristoff to school. The fool even flayed me before riding on dad's tricycle.

"What's up Adahlia? It's already noon, you child! You really don't take care of the morning! Why didn't you even cook breakfast, if I didn't wake up early we wouldn't have any food!" mother said.

"Mom, you don't do anything during the day. If you're not watching movies, you're there with Aling Karen and playing Tongits Go. I'm so tired from work," I complained.

"Well, you're answering bacl now! I can make some money at Tongits Go! Eat that and pay our bill! I'm stressed out by you siblings!" mother shouted and sat across from me. She massaged her temples.

In our family, all of us are restless except for dad. We are at home but always shouting. Especially mom, oh they always complain about the witch Bruhilda! When they lose in Tongits, they curse die bitch motherfucker.

"Where are you stressed?" I asked and took a bite of a hotdog.

"Your brother Kristoff. I don't know about that boy! He said my hair was too rough like sandpaper! Then he criticized our electricity for being so expensive! They say that the electricity supplier has been fooling us for a long time. That's right, and the teacher also reported to me that he has a girlfriend already. What do you kids have!" mother complained and left the house. She pretended to walk out with her bffs.

I just shook my head and ate. It's still an hour early before I go to work. Kristoff wakes me up early because he says I won't buy anything for him if I don't work. He said that if I didn't work, he wouldn't have anything to feed her future wife and wouldn't be able to graduate. What a child, he’s only ten years old!

I finished eating so I went upstairs. I got a towel and undergarments before going downstairs and showering in the bathroom. After I showered, I went up to my room again to put on my uniform.

I am a bank teller at BDA, Banco de Aura, and I work Monday to Saturday. It's especially tiring when there are annoying customers asking for my name. They say I look like Devon Aoki, but the brunette version.

After I took care of everything, I left the house and locked it. I walked out of our corner. I saw my father at the tricycle parking lot so I asked if I could join along. I have a passenger with me because it's a waste of time. I'll just go along with it instead of waiting.

Father is a tricycle driver while mother is a former waitress in Japan. Their dedication helped me graduate my Accountancy course so I am proud of my parents even though our lives are difficult. Of course, I am also proud of myself because even though life was difficult and full of trials, I reached my dream and finished. I also have a decent job.

I was just stupid while riding the tricycle. I saw a couple on the steps of Mercury Drug eating fried rice and kwek-kwek. I want that kind of love too. When can I have the man of my dreams?