"Bakit ba? 'Wag ka nang mag-sorry. A-Ayos lang—tutal, wala naman...tayong koneksyon. Kaso... B-Bakit?"
"I'm —"
"B-Bakit kasi mahal kita? B-Bakit ikaw pa? Sa' yo pa na... Na h-hindi ko naman maabot?" mahina kong tanong. Nagulat rin ako sa sinabi ko. Pero wala na. Nasabi ko na.
"Did you..."
"W...wala. B-Bitawan mo na ako, m-mag be-bake—"
"Did you say... You love me? You love..." I looked at him. I saw the disbelief expression. Naka-awang ang mga labi niya. Nanlalaki rin ang mga mata.
"Bakit kasi ganyan ang mukha mo? Ang guwapo?" ngumiti ako ng maliit. Pero nasasaktan ako. Sana hindi ko na sinabi, kasi ayoko nang umasa.
"Iyong galaw mo... Iyong ngisi mo... Pang-iinis mo... Bakit lahat sa iyo ay kamahal mahal?" a lone tear escaped my eyes once again.
"I know that you can't love me the way I love you, but please. Forget this night —"
I heard nothing but my heart beat. Silence was spreading around. I can't hear anything, just or heart beat.
They said when it comes in love, the time will stop. The earth will stop moving, and you're at peace. I think that's true. Because the feeling of his lips against mine, the most wonderful memories in my whole life.
It was comforting , a strange feeling. The warmth of his fondness for me that I can already feel, the thing that I will never let go.
Because he... Is my solace.
NAKATULALA lamang ako sa kisame habang nakahiga.
Napahawak ulit ako sa labi ko, at unti unting gumuhit ang ngiti roon. Nakakakilig. But sad to say... he's not even my first kiss. Agad na nawala ang ngiti sa mga labi ko. I knew it. Here we goes again.
I shooed away the thoughts that flooding on my minds right now. Ang mahalaga, I confessed. And I can't believe that this feeling was not a one sided. No way. He loves me too.
I WOKE up early to cook breakfast. I am smiling the whole time, especially when I remember the scene yesterday. I tried to be happy imperceptibly.
Nakarinig na ako ng yabag papunta rito sa kusina. I don't know how to act because we didn't talk after that kiss. I'm inside my room for the whole time. I didn't even cook for dinner.
Hindi ko alam kung haharap ba ako dahil naiilang rin ako. Narinig kong naupo na siya sa kitchen table. Tinititigan ba niya ako? Naluto na nga iyong niluluto ko kaya nilagay ko na ang mga iyon sa lalagyan. Kaya nang mapaharap na ako sa kanya ay nakasalubong ko ang kanyang mga mata. It's serious, but something changed. It's litting up and it makes me wonder why.
He watched my moves, and when I finally sat in front of him, he slowly smiled.
A sweet smile...
"Good morning." he greeted. My eyes was observing that smile. It looks real... Didn't he fooling me? "Hey?" I blink twice as I smiled back to him. It was a simple small smile. I can't believe this. Did he really kissed me? Or he just playing with me? My smile slowly vanishing as I remember that he didn't even confessed anything. After that kiss, humiwalay ako at sinabing may gagawin lang ako. Hindi na ako bumalik, ni hindi rin naman niya ako sinundan.
"Something bothering you?" malambing at kalmado nitong tanong. Napapaisip ako kung ano nang mangyayari sa amin pagkatapos noong pangyayaring iyon. At minsan, naiisip ko rin na hindi ba, may Lai na siya? Baka kung ano pa ang magawa sa akin noong babaeng iyon kung sakaling malaman niyang may namamagitan sa amin.
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Master's Servant (SIR Series #1)
Romance"I want to be free." Athanea Navarro has long been imprisoned in the cage of her parents' authority. She can't do what she wants. She's stunning, she's undeniably gorgeous, and she's secretly funny on her own ways. Her hair is the most beautiful ass...
