Ears and Rhymes

Kabanata 19

Kabanata 19: Harsh

"Nah-uh. Aayos ka o bubugbugin kita? Choose wisely, mahal." She cracked her knuckles, staring at me.

Meanwhile,

I stepped near from her and held her hand. Slid my fingers over her cheeks, ramdam ko ang panghihina nito, "Why are you doing this everytime I'm enraged and why I can't resist this?" She exclaimed.

"Because your ears are hearing my anger-calming deep husky voice." I answered.

"That never answered my question." Aniya,

"And it's not my responsibility to answer all the questions you'll throw at me, mahal." I replied, "Everything coming from you aren't worth my time anymore, sapat na'ng ikaw lang ang paglalaanan ko."

"Pero it's you who farted, right?" Ngumisi siya.

"No, it's not me! Baka ikaw?" I asked.

"You wouldn't be that defensive if it wasn't you, 'di ba?" Matalim niya naman akong tinitigan.

"Tch. Pati ba naman 'yan isusumbat mo sa'kin." I replied, "Teka, magsi-CR lang ako."

"Ah okay, so it's not you nga. Okay, go." Aniya.

I made a silly face and low-key ko siyang ginagaya habang nakatalikod itong muli, "Pinagtitripan mo nanaman ba ako?" Hestia added.

"Hell no! Papunta ako sa workroom ko, magtatrabaho and why would I waste my time making fun of you, mahal?"

"Ah talaga ba? Okay, pumasok ka na sa workroom and make sure you won't leave any messes in there. Tamad ka pa naman maglinis." Pagpuna nito sa katamaran ko. "Hoy, mag-CR ka na nga muna!"

"Tamad, who? Naglilinis ako rito kapag mas nauuna akong magising kesa sa'yo, and also pinaghahanda pa nga kita ng almusal 'di ba?"

"But we are talking about you leaving those messes uncleaned, mahal. Calm down." Napagtaasan ko siya ng boses kaya bahagya ding umurong ang tingin ko sa kanya.

"So... Sorry." I stuttered as I paused and she remained looking at me.

"You don't need to, I know you're just stressed about work and I know you're trying." She embraced me and rested her head to my chest, 

"Still, sorry for the messes I've caused na kung saan, ikaw yung nag-suffer sa halip na ako."

"I already forgave you about that, I admit I was disappointed na hindi ko sa'yo nalaman ang mga 'yon. You could have told me first bago ka nila maunahan. But hey, ang pinag-uusapan natin ay ang mga kalat mo rito, 'di ba?"

"It just felt like hindi mawala-wala sa isip ko ang lahat ng 'yon. I was the main reason why kung bakit nalugmok ang papa mo. He suffered so much from not being chosen by me. Maaaring hindi nga talaga ako nakinig sa kanya..."

"Hush, I'm okay, my life with you is very okay. Just forget about those, wala na sa'kin 'yon. Much better, kung mupadayon ta okay? Don't worry, walang magbabago sa pagmamahal ko sa'yo."

"But still I wrecked him." I replied.

"No you didn't, never did. Papa just tasted his own medicine kaya siya nand'yan sa kalalagyan niya ngayon. He's a narrow-minded man and a selfish one, if only he listened to us."

"Then it's fine if he doesn't. Kahit kailan naman talaga ay kontra na siya sa'kin. He's not even in favor of me for you, gagamitin ka kasi niya para kalabanin ako."

"And I will never ever do that. I'm going to risk my life for you... kahit hindi lang pandinig ang mawala sa'kin. I'm going to risk kasi I don't wanna lose you."