The Crown Sinners

22: Just Simple Things

"Nope. Magpapatulong pati ako sa trio na magluto. Lalo kay Honoka. Galing magluto ng isang 'yon. Swerte ni Eon. Haha!"

"Torpe naman."

"Sumbong kita!"

Tinawanan n'ya lang ako tapos s'ya na 'yung nagtulak ng cart. We passed by the tasting area so he stopped to taste some products. He's really like a sweet kid. I couldn't help but smile. I'm one of a heck lucky lady.

"Here, Luna." He said while gesturing me to come near him, I obeyed.

Kumuha s'ya ng toothpick para tusukin 'yung ball of meat. "Ahhh." He instructed, I opened my mouth and he fed me the food. It tasted good. I gave him thumbs up.

Like a kid, he explored the tasting area and almost tasted everything in there. Natatawa na lang ako sa kan'ya sa pinaggagawa n'ya. Habang tinitingnan ko s'ya may napansin kong maliit na bata na sobrang amos dahil sa sauce 'nung kinakain n'ya.

I grabbed some tissue from one stall and went to the little kid. I slowly and carefully wiped the sauce from his mouth. "Thank you po." The baby boy with a wide smile told me.

I beamed at him sweetly. "Welcome, kid. I'm Ate Luna."

He cheekily gave a kiss on my right cheek. "You're pretty po, Ate Luna." Natawa naman ako ro'n. Nakooo, lalaki yatang playboy 'tong cutie pie na 'to.

"Hoy!"

Our sweet moment was interrupted by a scream. Halos sabay kaming napalingon kung sa'n galing 'yung boses at nakita ko si Kael na masama ang tingin sa 'min. I laughed at him. He looked like a kid who's mad because someone stole his candy.

Papalapit na sa 'min si Kael kaso tumakbo na 'yung bata ro'n sa kapatid n'ya.

"Ba't mo sinigawan 'yung bata." I asked him while laughing softly. The kid waved at us and his sister just nodded in gratitude.

"Nanghahalik ng 'di kan'ya eh."

"Petty."

"Let's go." He said then held my hand, I just smiled at him.

We went to get some more products and ended up in the counter to pay for the items. Naglalagay ako ng mga ingredients 'nung pinaglalagay n'ya 'yung mga kinuha n'yang hindi naman kailangan.

I looked at him wide eye but he gave a cute smile. Hindi eepekto 'yan ng second time! Tiis ka lang Luna. Malulugi ka sige. Sabi ko sa isip ko.

Inalis ko 'yung mga pinaglalagay n'ya.

"Luna naman eh."

"Kael isa ha."

Lagay s'ya nang lagay. Alis naman ako nang alis. Natatawa na lang 'yung babae sa counter dahil sa 'min.

"Wait lang Ate, hindi talaga kasama 'yung mga nilalagay n'ya." I told the lady.

"It's included." Kael contradicted, then he looked at me. "I'll pay, Luna, please." Magic words 'yung I'll pay kaya naman hinayaan ko na s'ya kaya ngiting tagumpay na naman ang loko.

We placed everything on the cart and we directly went to the parking for his car. "Did you bring your car?" He asked while putting the plastics of grocery at the compartment.

"Nope, knew you'd come." I told him while helping him put everything inside.

I felt him tousled my hair.

Nang matapos s'ya na 'yung nagbalik ng cart tapos umalis na kami sa supermarket. While on the car he called someone.

"Hey, Harp." I remained silent, he put Harper on speaker.