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The sky is in an aesthetic pink pallette due to the rising sun, that's why I can't take my eyes off the plane's window because the view is just too majestic to be missed.

" Are you excited? " bulong ni Kaius sa akin habang nakasandig ako sa dibdib nya at tinatanaw ang papasikat na haring araw.

Tumango ako at inangat naman ang tingin sakanya.

" How 'bout you? Are you excited to go back to the Philippines? " tanong ko dahil gaya nang napagkasunduan namin kagabi ay babalik na nga kami sa Pilipinas ngayong araw.

" I'm always excited when I'm with you " bulong nya bago pinagpatuloy ang marahang paghaplos sa buhok ko.

After our dramatic reconciliation last night, I thought we're going back to his Chateau on the island but he suggested not to.

He thinks I'm clouded with the information about his crime organization and I'm not yet ready about it that's why it suffocated me, kaya mas makakabuti daw kung babalik kami sa Pilipinas.

Maybe it's true. Masyado akong nafed up sa organisasyon nya at pakiramdam ko ay unti unti nadin akong nakukulong nito malayong malayo sa totoong buhay ko. Unconciously, I tried to escaped from it once again but then .. luckily, my feelings for Kaius won.

Actually, ayos lang sa akin na bumalik kami sa isla na magkasama. Last night I realized, that I am now ready to face any shift or changes in my life as long as I am with him.

Funny, how disgusted I am with him just last month and now I'm ready to spend my whole life with him. Pakiramdam ko ay totoong demonyo ito at binulungan ako ng kung anong engkantasyon upang mapa-ibig.

" What if hindi ako bumalik? Anong plano mo?" I asked out of the blue dahil ganoon din ang tanong ko sa aking sarili.

What if I didn't go back? Anong plano ko?

Ilang segundo ang lumipas ay wala akong sagot na narinig, kaya't iniwan ko ang tanawin sa ulap at muli syang nilingon.

He's staring menacingly at me as if I did something really bad.

" Stop trying to leave me. I promised not to let you go again " mariin nyang saad atsaka nya hinigpitan ang yakap.

I laughed a little because of that. So akala nya ay nagbabalak nanaman akong iwanan sya? I'm not stupid to go back to him just to leave again.

" I'm not leaving. I'm just curious " saad ko.

Bago nilaro ang kamao nya. Theres's some wound there, ito yung sugat na nakita ko kagabi nang magtungo ako sa kwarto nya. I don't know who or what he punched. Pero base sa pagkakasugat ... palagay ko'y salamin.

He sniffled my hair as his hug continues to tighten, as if I'll magically disappear once he let it loose.

" I don't know Mia Belle " he muffled as he planted small kisses at the top of my head.

" You fvcking drives me crazy that I don't even know how to convince myself you're not coming back "

Natigil ako sa paghaplos ng kamao nya nang makarinig ako ng pait at sakit sa dulo ng kanyang tinig.

Kumurot din iyon sa akin. Did he really love me that much that he'll be lost once I'm gone?

We arrived at his private airport in Clark dahil nais ko munang maunang puntahan ang pamilya ko. Matagal na rin nang huli kaming nagkita at nasa hindi magandang sirkumstansya pa.

The humid air made it to my skin and the heat of the sun really brought me to reality that I'm finally back.

May mga tauhang sumalubong sa amin at nagbigay galang. He told me that the platoon is his first in command here in the Philippines. Hindi ko alam na may ganon ganon pa pala sya. He instructed some of his men about our stay here in the Philippines at pagkatapos ay sumakay na kami sa sasakyang kanyang ipinahanda.