"Have you seen the house?" Tanong niya sa binata at pumasok sa passenger seat nito.
"Yeah. I make sure everything is perfect before you'll gonna see it." Sagot nito.
Good.
Tahimik lang ang buong biyahe. This is surely the longest drive they'll ever had, and the first time na nagsama sila sa isang kotse. A cold driver and a cold passenger equates to cold car atmosphere.
"Do you want to hear some music?" Magnus breaking the silence.
Tinapunan niya ito ng tingin saglit bago bumalik ang malamig na titig sa kalsada.
"Do I look like I like music?"
"Yeah, right. That's why until now we still haven't decided what our wedding songs would be." He said nonchalantly.
"Kailangan ba talaga?" She almost grimaced remembering the songs tha Kisses made her hear.
Can't help falling in love? Beautiful in white? Perfect?
Too romantic, hindi babagay sa kanilang dalawa. Yes that's just a wedding song but are they going to pretend that they can relate to it?
"Would you rather march in silence, then?"
Halos irapan niya si Magnus sa pagiging pilosopo nito. But she prefer walking in silence, she rather choose to hear her own footsteps as she's approaching to her eternal trap, marriage.
But tradition is tradition. Para na rin sa bisita, at ng hindi nito maramdaman ang malamig na tension sa kanila ni Magnus.
"I'll look for one." Sabi niya at nilabas ang cellphone sa bag.
Tipid lang na tumango si Magnus. Diretso lang ang tingin nito sa kalsada.
"The suitable song, I think, is that relatable to us...how about Frozen songs?" She asked while looking at the result of her searching online.
"Are you talking about the Disney's Frozen?" Magnus asked in disbelief. Nakakunot ang noo nito at nasa mukha talaga nito ang hindi makapaniwala.
"What's that? I think I find one. Let it go? There's snowflakes on its thumbnail. Bagay sa theme natin." Sabi niya.
Ang isang braso ni Magnus ay isinandal sa bintana ng kotse nito habang ang daliri ay nilalaro sa labi nito. Na para bang may sinusupil na ngiti sa labi? What the hell is he smirking for?
"It's our wedding, wife. Not a fucking children's party." Magnus said with a ghost amused smirk.
Kinunutan niya ito ng noo. She played the music and listened to it. Okay naman...kaso habang tumatagal ay napagtanto niyang hindi bagay ang kanta at kantang pambata pa 'yon!
Naramdaman niya ang pag-init ng pisngi sa hiya. Umayos siya ng upo at tumikhim. Damn it. Wala pa silang isang oras na magkasama ay may ambag na siya sa kahihiyan!
Pinatay niya ang kanta. Bumalik ang pormal at lamig sa itsura niya saka naghanap ng iba na parang walang nangyari.
"I can't find a good song." Pagsuko niya.
"Do you know any song?" Tanong niya rito.
"Sun and Moon?" Sagot na patanong nito.
She look at him weirdly.
"I ask for a song not celestial bodies."
"Yes. And that's the title, wife." Magnus respond patiently.
Fuck. Ikatlong kahihiyan pa ay baka hindi na lang siya magsasalita. Magnus seems so patience on her ignorance tho. Ignorance. Damn her exaggeration. She's not an ignorant, okay? Malay ba niya sa mga bagong kanta.
Chapter 16
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