Watching Sunrises

Tuna Casserole

They then sat down to eat the casserole with much gusto. "Mmm, ang sarap, P. Ano recipe dito, dear?"

Pia shrugged her shoulders while chewing another bite of pasta. "Wala, sinalpak ko lang ung anuman ung nasa ref."

Loren looked back up and let out a laugh. "Nilagyan mo ito ng asin, no?"

"How did you know?"

Loren wolfed down the remaining pasta on her plate. "...for the first time, hindi matabang ang luto mo."

Pia opened her mouth to say something when she noticed some pasta in the corner of her mouth and grabbed a napkin. "Teka lang, dear, there's something on your face..."

"Ano yun?"

With the napkin in her hand, Pia wiped off the bits of tuna and cheese at the corner of Loren's mouth. "There we go."

Instead of mouthing a thank you, Loren pouted in feigned disappointment. "Ay, akala ko may kiss."

"Huh? Pinunasan ko lang ung dumi sa mukha mo, kiss agad?", Pia scoffed.

Loren then activated those puppy dog eyes - her one-way ticket to getting Pia to do whatever she wants her to do at the moment.

"You're really making it very hard for me to hate you," Pia said, shaking her head.

Loren smirked right at her. "I know."

After locking eyes for a brief second, Pia then reached over and gave Loren a tender but lingering kiss on the lips - one much longer than the ones they've shared prior to this.

Once they let go of each other, Pia found herself becoming bolder than she usually was. "Saan mo gusto? The girls are with their dad this week and Lucas is asleep."

A cheeky smile came out from Loren. "Wherever there's the least risk of anyone walking in."

It's Pia's turn to laugh. "The bedroom it is, my love."

Pia then led Loren upstairs to her bedroom and locked the door behind them.

Once the coast was clear, Pia gazed into Loren's eyes and licked her lips. "Tonight, you're all mine."

Loren returned the gaze, shook her head, and lowered her voice. "Don't even think I'll give in easily, my dear. The greater the effort, the sweeter the reward, right?"

Pia felt her knees giving in when Loren's voice dropped to that kind of tone. Her hands skimmed the curve of Loren's hips and marveled at how soft she is to the touch. "Stop making this difficult for once, Regina."

"The more you protest, the harder it gets," Loren said in a sing-song tone.

Pia gulped.

They're barely getting started, and yet Pia's entire being's already on fire. All she wanted was to rip Loren's clothes off and devour her, but no, that's not going to be easy.

Instead, Pia planted several kisses all over Loren's neck and collarbone, even lingering longer than usual in certain places. Soft, low moans escaped Loren's lips as Pia drew on her skin with her lips.

She didn't want to make marks on that smooth, flawless skin, but such a perfect canvas deserved a masterpiece. "I'm no artist, but I'd say this belongs in the National Museum."

Loren pealed into fits of laughter. "Sige magpalagay tayo ng bagong wing doon. The people there can move mountains, so this should be a piece of cake."

The two of them shared another laugh before kissing each other again, much more hungrily this time. The next thing they knew, their clothes come off and so did their inhibitions.

The rest of the night became a blur for both of them, except for the melodies of pent-up desire built over several months of yearning and distance building into a crescendo before winding down.

After what seemed like forever, they came down to their senses basking in the afterglow of the post-bedroom workout. Pia wanted to get up and maybe put some clothes on for bed, but she couldn't even move her legs. "Reg, love, can you get our clothes? Para akong nag-ultramarathon."

Loren shrugged. "Pareho lang tayo ng problema, dear."

Resigning to their fate of sleeping naked for the night, Pia laid back and wrapped both of them with a blanket. "Looks like ganito na lang tayo matutulog today."

"Well, summer naman, eh." Loren said, wrapping herself around Pia.

Pia brushed the sweat-slicked hair off of Loren's face. "Bruha ka, pero tama naman. Sige, matulog na tayo."

The two of them fell asleep not long after with the biggest smiles on their faces.