HAJ & SETCH (COMPLETED)

IX

"So you like planting?" Haj asked.

Naa na mi diri ron sa lot nga owned by my parents. Walay dako nga house diri pero naay gamayng nipa house.

The purpose of this lot kay para daw sa akoa. Isa ra nig village sa among balay and my parents gave me this para sa akong mga plants.

Plantita can relate.

"Yes. I really love planting and that flower," tudlo nako sa buwak ganina nga naas balay, "I'll plant it here and plant more of it" ana ko then nag sugod nag bungkal ug lupa.

After seeing this flower mura kog nibalik pagka bata. The excitement, the happiness and the fulfillment I felt came back just like the moment I plant this 2 years ago.

"Di ka mag gloves, miss setch?"

Nihangad ko ni Haj nga nag tindog ras akong kilid.

"Di ko nimo tabangan? You're more helpful than those gloves." tubag nako.

He shrugged his shoulder. Nag abot akong kilay kay wala jud sya ning lihok para tabangan ko.

Pero na overwhelm pa kos bulak so gibalik nakos bulak ang akong atensyon. Akoa nalang nang pasagdaan si Haj ug wala syay plano mo tabang.

"Ihhh!"

Nilingi ko ni Haj pagka dungog sa iyang reaksyon. Nalukot akong agtang pagka kita nga halos malukot nang nawng ni Haj. Iyang atensyon kay naa sa lupa nga akong gi bungkal.

I looked at the soil and found a small worm. UwU cutie.

Gipunit nako ang uod ug gibutang sa akong palad. "Haj, look. I found a new friend." I extend my arm to him para makita niyag tarong ang uod.

Haj didn't move a muscle. Na estatwa ra sya and wala man lang niya gi tan'aw ang uod.

I knew it.

"He's afraid of you, little wormie." storya nakos uod. "Let me put you back na ha? Basin makuyapan ning pogi diri" hunghong nakos sa worm then gibalik na syas lupa.

I was laughing while nagpa dayun kog tanom sa bulak.

"Are you done?" tingog sa akong kauban.

Gi pat nako ang lupa. This is the most beautiful flower I planted here.

"Yup, just a lil bit of shaping. Char" nibarog ko ug namagpag sa akong sinina. I took out the bottle of water nga dala dala nako gikan pas balay. Ni inom kos tubig nya ang katunga kay akong gi bubu sa bag'o nakong tanom.

"What does it called?" Haj suddenly asked samtang gapamisbis kos buwak. Mamisbis nalang guro kos tanan bulak diri wa gihapon sya nitabang.

"Secret" I answered.

"This is my first time seeing this plant here in our place" ana sya.

I smile proudly. "Ofcourse, I both the seed sa europe"

"Wait what? You went there just buy the seed?"

I nodded. "Oum. I love planting so I bought hundreds of different seeds. But I only plant everytime something good and memorable happened." tubag nako ug gi libot ang akong panan aw.

"There," tudlo nako sa isa ka buwak. It's also stunning. As it should.

"That flower, I planted that a year ago. After my last ex and I broke up. That's one of the good thing happened to me. Isang panget ang natanggal ko sa aking buhay. char"

Haj chuckle. "A white rose? Really?"

I move both of my brows, up and down. "Yes. May gani white rose na, dili kadtong buwak sa patay"

He laughed. "You're weirdly creative."

I pout. "How about you? Don't you like planting?"

Nang lingo sya.

"Why?"

"I'm scared of worms." diretso niyang tubag

Wa ko nag pugong sa akong katawa.

Bahala na syag malain sya basta kay ako, mokatawa jud kog kusog.

Mangiyak ngiyak na kog kinatawa not knowing nga gibiyaan nako ni Haj.

Nanglingo nalang ko while nisunod niya. I can't believe that this man infront of me who stand 6ft tall has a helminthophobia.

I mean that's kinda cute.

Pffft Haj cutie..