Aly gave her a soft peck while she held the chair for her. "Don’t try to indian sit or anything, I might not be able to finish breakfast", she whispered.
Den just let out a small chuckle.
"I realized, I'm hungry, did you cook all these?" – Den.
"Yeah, I figured we'll have a heavy breakfast instead so you can rest some more after this, but if you prefer just toast or something, I can ---." – Aly.
"This tapang Batangas is perfect babe!" – Den.
"Babe huh!" – Aly
"So, who's from Batangas? You didn’t tell me you went there recently." Den.
"My mom came for a visit yesterday. They did some shopping and decided to bring me some of this. I paged you but you were in the OR. Sayang nga eh", Aly said casually.
Den was referring to the tapa, a specialty of Batangas. She didn’t know Aly is from Batangas. "Oh, I didn’t know you're from there", was the only thing Den could answer.
"You don’t know a lot of things about me hunnybun haha." – Aly.
"And you know a lot about me?" – Den.
"Not much, I only know that you are the daughter of "the" best neurosurgeon of the country, you are the eldest and you have a brother and a sister, you were a good student, graduated top of your class, you're a sucker for Sheldon and Gardner and Patterson, of course Sinatra, Fitzgerald, - you're an old soul Dennise."
"So, anything more Ms. Valdez? You got those from going through my stuff when I leave you at home, hmmmp." – Den.
"Wait, it's your turn. Tell me what you know about me." Aly with a grin widely pasted on her face.
"Considering that after 5 weeks and 3 days of almost, almost ha, YOU sharing my bed, and this is the FIRST time you took me home, and I had an uneventful emergency last night, lemme see --- " – Den.
Den took a mouthful first and took a sip of her milk before giving her observations.
"This is really good ah, do you have more of this? Can we take some to the office for Monday? I still want this on Monday" – Den.
"I have lots more for you, don’t worry. You're avoiding the subject Den." – Aly, as she gave her a quizzical look.
"Haha, wait lang"– she cleared her throat and looked at Aly. "You were also top of your class. You were a student athlete and a student leader. You have three brothers, thank you for the picture you keep in your sala. We are both big band fanatics. You adore Kahlil Gibran. I am surprised and amazed that you can sketch. I love that you do chiaroscuro."
"How did you know?" – Aly.
"Too easy! The BALDO on those art works gave you away Valdez. Hahaha!" You have such fine hands. No wonder --- hahaha!" – Den.
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