My Mystery Girl

Endearment Fuss

"Ay madamot." I tried to snatch it from her.

"I said no!"

"Don't tell me porn yan kaya ayaw mo ipakita."

"Of course not! Green minded." natatawang sagot nya.

"Patingin na nga kasi." She's gonna put it on her bag. "Zac! Andito ka na pala"

I pretended nakita ko si Zac, kumaway pa nga ako eh. Hayun si best napalingon, kaya nakuha ko ipad nya.

"You tricked me." sabi nya as soon as marealize nyang wala naman talaga si Zac. Hinampas pa ako sa balikat.

"Sus. Weakness mo talaga si Zac. Imagine, naisahan ko ang top 1 student ng senior class. Yey! I should be given a trophy."

"Sira! Akina nga yan."

Sinubukan nyang agawin sakin pero syempre nilayo ko kaagad.

"Wait lang, titingnan ko lang. Ano ba kasi 'tong sinesearch mo?"

I looked at it, and what I saw totally shocked me.

"Seriously?" I asked.

"Akina nga kasi yan." namumula yung mukha ni best tapos pawisan na ang ilong nya sa hiya hanggang sa hindi ko na mapigilan natawa na talaga ako.

Tumawa ata ako nang tumawa for about 3 to 5 minutes.

"Sige, tumawa ka pa."

"Hindi na best, promise!"

Pinigilan ko na ang pagtawa ko at umayos ng upo.

"Bakit ka nagsesearch ng ganito?"

"I want to make it up to Jung."

"Why search the internet?"

"Yan na lang ang last resource ko eh, malabo namang magkaron sa library books."

I can't believe it. Kung kayo ang nandito, for sure humahagalpak na kayo sa pagtawa.

Imagine she was searching for "couple endearments" over the internet.

"Sige pagtawanan mo pa ako behind your mind." sabi nya while turning his ipad off and placing it on her bag.

I looked at her and hold her hand.

"You know what best, there are things in this world na hindi masasagot ng mga books and internet. There are questions that only our hearts have the answer. Like yung endearment, it doesn't have to be a unique word kasi limited lang ang mga love words sa dictionary, mauulit at mauulit yun kung lahat ng tao may isang salitang aangkinin. Pwede naman kasing common yung term na gagamitin pero iba-iba tayo ng interpretation. Kagaya namin ni Eid, ilang libong tao na ba ang gumagamit ng word na babe di ba, but we still use it to convey our love to each other kasi para samin ang meaning nun is we're gonna take care of each other like how we'll take care of our future baby if ever we'll be tying the knot in the future, which only God can tell."

"Therefore you should call each other baby."

"Eh mas feel namin na isang syllable lang."

"Silly." She smiled to me na naiiling.

"So ano, may naisip ka nang common term with a unique meaning?"

"Ummmm... Meron na."

Tumayo na sya at binuhat ang bag nya.

"Ano? Share mo naman." tumayo na din ako.

"Secret! Samin na lang muna yun. Akyat na tayo, the bell's about to ring."

Natawa na lang ako habang pinapanuod syang pasway-sway pa habang naglalakad paakyat ng hagdanan. She's mad. Madly in love with that dark choco.

KRISTEN'S POV