Tears in the Street
By Luca
Date: June 25, 2022
Ch. 1Encountered


As she sat in the corner of an alley, she could feel the smoke entering her lungs. Hold the marijuana wrapped in rolled paper. The eyes are red, as if catching the breath due to the speed of the heartbeat. She was already feeling the effect, he wanted to eat. But how can she eat if she doesn't have money? All of her application forms are not accepted due to her appearance.

It's hard to live on the road, sleep on the sidewalk while the body is cold. It’s hard to beg in every car’s tinted window and it looks like arrogant people will drive you out in front of their sight. But it’s harder to hide. It’s hard to hide in the American formal ones you’ll be pulled into the sleek white limousine.

"HEY!! Get out of here! GET OUT!! You fucking beggar!" he just stared at me and left. He may not be able to control himself.

She went to the men tong-its next to a cafeteria.

"Excuse me! Get the fuck out! I'll sit there!!" a douche stepped aside from his chair and took his place. Jay, one of the addicts, shuffled the cards again while smoking a cigarette.

"You don’t look good." He just looked at her badly so he avoided her and started doing what he was supposed to do.

"You bet." She took out fifty pesos from his pocket and put it on the table. Most of them dropped coins, so he was just shaken by what he saw.

"Tsk."

12:47 pm, in another world.

"Eyy! You biatch! What is that!?"
"Yo, Martin! Are you gay?!"
"Fuck you, too!” he aggressively punches his chest, but then he smiled— “Maybe?” A wide one, “Can I be?"

Using the guitar without a case, Shin touched it and together they sang "Gay Martin ~ Gay Martin ~ Gay Martin HEY!!"

"YOU FUCKING TWAT!" they laughed, signaling to be excited to make fun of their friend. But the troupe's guitarist's attention was drawn to a woman with her elbow resting on the table, her leg raised and another elbow on her knee raised as she eagerly ate at the cafeteria table.

"I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Well, me-I fall in love with you every single day
And I just want to tell you I am
So honey now—" his strum stopped as soon as he saw the evil look of the woman who stopped chewing that a lot of rice was still swollen on her right cheek.

"Hey, dude. That’s enough."

"It's like we're going to be killed, fucker! That's enough Shin!"

"Come on guys, let's just go."

They tapped him, but Shin came closer while holding the guitar and smiling at the woman who still looks bad to this day.

"Hi miss!" he waves, but the stunned woman ignored him and just ate again. The guitarist was still not satisfied and stood beside him while stroking the guitar he was holding.
"What does this fucking retard wants?" Miku asked politely, the great KJ in the troupe.

"What's your name Miss? You are so fine." No response.

"Wow! Is that a delicious dish? Chicken skin? I haven't tried that yet!" No response.

"Oh son, don't insist on talking to that girl."

"Oh! Joy! You're the owner of this?! Oh, my god! You’re a big time now! Aren't you the one in the dishwasher? Joy?" He even danced a cultural dance while smiling like a dog in front of his troops, at the woman who was eating, and at the saleswoman so that the troops who were just looking at him laughed softly. The woman just ate, making herself undisturbed.

"You're crazy you're really young!" at the same time he was hit by the spoon he was holding which the man avoided.

"Hahahah!! Life is beautiful when you’re this young, eh! You're beautiful plus the name equals Aling Joy Gorgeous! Oh ha! You know I don't know how to flatter someone!" Still smiling at this fight.

"You're such a stupid kid! You're still flattering to this day!"

"Miss? Hiiiii!!"

"Oh Shin! You might be strangled—-" the woman's gaze shifted to the saleswoman so she stopped talking and just laughed awkwardly. But... "If I were you Shin, I would have left that with us!" Shin's two eyebrows rose at the sound. The troops were also shocked.

"Why? Where do you live miss?"

"On the road! On the sidewalk! Anywhere as long as there's a floor!" destroyed by Joy. The maiden stood up, turned up on the water jug, and drank annoyingly.

"But there’s cups…" Still, he received no response. She seems annoying by now.

“You’ve been to that already
May I introduce myself?
Your picture is elegant
Not to be erased
Sa sa sa— wait! I am not done yet with my song!" She just put the rest of this dish on it and walked away from them. Obviously irritated.

"It's delicious! Guys! Buy it! Let's eat! My treat!"

"Yun oh!"

"I hope you don't say that anymore."

"I’m really hungry! Thank you, Shin!"

"You're not saying, anything?"

"It’s embarrassing!"

"Are you still embarrassed by that situation? You look so disappointed? Are you still embarrassed?!" laugh at the teasing. Aling Joy also laughed at what she sees now. They all seemed to be having fun.
Aling Joy provided five plates that included a bowl-shaped mountain of rice, a dish of chicken skin and plates with vinegar and chili sauce. Eats with his whole appetite. There is no left of grain of rice even if it is cooked in a pot.

"By the way, Aling Joy, where is Mang Bartolome?" Berto asked Aling Joy, targeting her husband again. Robert, the Berto of the troop.

“He’s already working on the construction site."

"Ah! There's a construction site near our school! Is he there?" Berto asked as he pointed to the road he could see.

"I think I saw him there the last time we went to that street." James reiterated, also known as the Dagul of the group.

"Didn't you tell us right away, Dagul? Damn, I hope we did not ask her!" Shin mentioned. Aling Joy's eyes widened, not in shock but in intrigue "Hey hey! What are you talking about?" his full conclusion.

"Hahahahah!! That's not Aling Joy!" Miku just looked at Shin while chewing.



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