After our solemn meal dahil hindi kami nakapag-usap ng maayos but we just let the comfortable silence enveloped us, we went back to the original meeting place of our group.
"Heyy...uhmm...sorry di ko pa kasi alam name mo." She shyly called my attention.
"Elmo." I offered my hand and she gladly accepted it.
"Julie." She smiled. "Anyway, can you take some pictures of me? I've been dying to actually ask you pero mej nahihiya ako."
"Of course. Lakas mo sakin ee." I winked at her which made her blush. Cute.
She went to a great spot and flashed her sweetest and cutest smile.
"Ahh medyo ngawit na ako Elmo. Kaya today?" She laughingly said.
Bigla akong nabalik sa wisyo ko nang marealize ko na I was just staring at her phone, on her camera app, admiring the greatest view I've ever seen.
"Ha...ha?? So...sorry medyo matagal nagload yung cam." I shyly said. Fuck you Elmo.
She just giggled dahil alam kong alam niya na natulala na naman ako.
After several solo shots, bigla niya akong inaya at kinuha yung camera sa akin. She turned on the selfie camera and asked me to go beside her and smile.
I quickly went to her side. Hell I'd get the chance yo smell her and be close to her. Aangal pa ba ako?
We both looked at the camera and flashed our sweetest smiles. We took several ones nang biglang may lumapit sa amin na couple.
"You look both cute. Let me take the pictures for you." The female one said. Julie gladly offered her phone and went back to where I was.
"I-akbay mo na. Alam ko kanina mo pa gustong gawin yan." She said, giggling. Ngumisi naman ako and without hesitation, put my arms around her shoulders and posed as if she's my girlfriend and we're on a date.
Our "photographer" took so many pictures of us na ikanagulat at ikinatuwa ni Julie.
"You're both cute as a couple. It reminds me of our youth." The male one said. Ngumiti na lang kami sa sinabi and headed back to our original destination, which is our meeting place before leaving.
"I hope you all enjoyed the Ski trip and the foods that are available here. Thank you for visiting this place. Honto ni, Arigatou!" The tour guide said. After some info relays, our van arrived.
We quickly went inside and look for a spot na pwede kaming maging magkatabi ni Julie. Oo na, clingy na't lahat lahat. Ganda niya ee. Masisisi niyo ba ako?
We settled ourselves and eventually rested dahil sa pagod na naramdaman namim from the tour. It was a whole day thing at sobrang nakakapagod mag ski. Would not want to do that again lol.
I put her head on my shoulder nang makita kong nakatulog na siya. I've been staring at her face for the whole day and couldn't still get used to her beauty. Man, I am really captivated by her. Paano ko 'to matatakasan?
Hindi ko namalayan yung oras at nagising na lang ako dahil huminto yung sasakyan namin. As I turn my head around to look for signs kung nasaan na ba kami, nasilayan ko na yung hotel na pinanggalingan ko kaninang umaga. Andito na pala ako. I quickly glanced at Julie and found her still sleeping on my shoulder. Pwede bang hindi na lang istorbohin itong anghel na 'to?
"Hey...Julie." I softly said. "I have to go. Andito na tayo sa hotel na tinutuluyan ko." Saying those lines pained my heart. Why does it feel like this is goodbye? It was just a day pero I feel like this girl's going to be part of my life. I've never been this clingy to a person before. I was always the one to dump a relationship, always the one to move on quickly and find another girl. I couldn't and wouldn't want this day to end. Ayaw kong hindi na ulit makita si Julie. Pero what choice do I have?
She quickly woke up and fixed herself. Inikot muna niya yung ulo niya to check on our location.
Bigla akong nagulat nang ngumiti siya.
"I am also staying here."
