"Sure." I smile at him, "sa'n ba?"
"Birthday ni Bry kaya nagpaparty. It's not formal. It's a party like in a bar." he explained.
"Mm, okay. We can go." I say as I put his coffee in place and the toasted bread that I put some veggies in it to make it a sandwich. I sat in the stool beside him after and had a breakfast with him.
"What time is the party going to start?" I ask.
"It starts at 7 but we can go there by 8." I just nod.
"Babe mall tayo." yaya ko sa kanya at bigla siyang napatingin sa'kin.
"Babe?" he curiously asks me.
"Yeah... babe." I say it again and he smiles at me but doesn't say anything.
I eyed him, "What? You call me baby sometimes." I defend myself.
"Oo nga. Hindi lang ako sanay." sagot niya ng nakangiti pa rin.
"Fine. I'll stop calling you that." I roll my eyes at him.
"Wala naman akong sinasabing wag mo akong tawaging babe eh."
"You were laughing at me." hindi pa rin ako tumitingin sa kanya.
"No. I was smiling. That's different."
"Still." I say at kinuha na lang yung kape ko tsaka uminom.
"Baby." he coos but I don't bother looking at him.
He's humiliating me. I hate it. I took the initiative to call him "babe." That hurts a girl's pride, you know?
Nung hindi ko siya pinansin, tumayo siya mula sa stool and stood up beside me. He made me face him so I did.
"I like it." he said.
"Like what?"
"When you call me "babe." he smiles.
"You do?"
"'course I do." He says lifting his hands to cup my face.
Now I'm just smiling like an idiot.
***
Niyaya ko sa mall si Kev para mamili ng dresses. I just felt the need to. It's not for the party dahil mag j-jeans lang naman ako mamaya dun eh.
We're at F21... Kumuha ako ng tatlong dress to try. A red one that is sleeveless, a white one which is backless and a black one that is a V-neck down to the center of my breasts.
Nakaupo lang si Kev sa harap ng fitting room.
Inuna ko yung red and he just nodded okay. Next is the white one and I saw him slightly curse when I turn my back at him.
"Choose an occassion when to wear that." he comments.
I smiled at my reflection nung sinuot ko yung black. I removed my bra because this dress doesn't require one.
Nung lumabas ako... inofferan nung saleslady si Kevin ng baso ng tubig which he took and drink from it when he looked at me.
Nabuga niya bigla yung iniinom niya at napaubo siya.
"Are you okay?" lumapit ako sa kanya ng nakatawa. I pat his back.
"Jesus. What the hell are you wearing?" tanong niya nung nalagay niya na yung baso sa table beside him.
"It's a dress." I state.
"Yeah that shows your fcking breasts. You're not getting that." he points out and push me inside the room habang tumatawa pa rin ako.
Chapter 34
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