You are My Home (PUBLISHED under LIB)

chapter 32

SYDNEY'S POV



"Babe, matagal pa ba yan? I'm starving." I said to Andrei as he was busy stirring what he's cooking.



"Sandali na lang to" he said with his back turned to me.


I stood up from where I was sitting and went to him.


"Master Chef, Do you need some help para mas mabilis matapos?" I teased as I sneaked my arms around him.


I heard him chuckle.


He turned to me and kissed my lips before saying, "Well, you can arrange the plates now. I'm done cooking." He then turned off the gas stove.


I did what he asked me. And when we were both finally settled in our seats, I excitedly dig in to the food.


I was putting rice on my plate while Andrei was putting sinigang on my plate too.


"Babe, dahan dahan. Mainit ang sabaw, baka mapaso ka." he said.


Sumubo ako ng pagkain and like what Andrei said, sobrang init nga.


"Oh my God! Ang init" I said with my mouth open. Hindi ko kasi malunok yung pagkain.


"I told you it's hot. Here drink this." he said and gave me a glass of water which I gladly drink.


Kinuha niya ang pinggan ko at hinipan ang pagkain ko until the food's heat is tolerable to eat.


"Thank you." I said nung binigay na niya ulit ang plato ko.


He smiled at me and kissed me quickly before turning to his plate and started eating.


We finished eating while talking about everything that happened for the past 3 months.



Nakaupo na ako ngayon sa sofa habang nakahiga naman si Andrei at nakaunan ang ulo sa hita ko.


"I'm telling you Sydney, huwag mo nang uulitin ang ginawa mo. If may away tayo, talk to me. If may ginawa akong mali, confront me. Kasi kapag umalis ka ulit ng walang sinasabi, hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko."



Hindi ko maalis ang ngiti ko sa sinabi niya. I am so happy na naappreciate niya ako. Ngayon ko lang nafeel na may nagmamahal talaga sa akin.



I combed his hair with my fingers.



"I won't do it again. I promise. Unless umepal na naman si Michell, I super hate her." I said the last sentence with full hatred in my voice. "Hindi ko nga nakakausap ang parents ko tapos siya, kung umasta parang sobrang close nila."




Nakita ko kung paano naging malungkot ang mata ni Andrei nung tingnan niya ako. Siguro napansin niya na rin the way my parents treat me.




"Did my parents even looked for me?" I asked him.



And the way he looked away from me confirmed the answer I knew from the start.



"Babe, huwag ka na malungkot. I know your parents love you. Hindi lang nila siguro alam kung paano ipapakita sayo." Andrei said




But I knew better. Alam kong pinapagaan lang niya ang loob ko. Dahil simula ng magkamalay ako sa mundo, wala akong maalala kahit isang masayang memory na kasama sila.




"Anyway, let's not talk about that. You have me. You have Tricia and Kayla. You have my parents. We all love you. I love you."



" Thank you. Thank you so much. I love you too. I swear the next time na mag-away tayo, kakalbuhin ko kung sino man ang dahilan ng away natin."



He laughed at my statement at bumagon mula sa pagkakahiga niya.


"I love you when you were nice but I love you more now that you're fierce." He said and kissed me on my lips.



"Napapansin ko lang ha, simula ng dumating ka, nakakarami ka na ng kiss sakin."



He chuckled.



"I just missed you so much. You don't know what I've been through nung wala ka."




"Let's forget about that. Let's build happy memories starting now, okay?" I said and this time, ako naman ang humalik sa kanya, which he gladly responded to.