Yours Truly, Amari [Completed]

Chapter Eight

CHAPTER EIGHT

WE ARE NOW here at an ice cream parlor at the city after he insisted of treating me an ice cream kaysa magwork-out while I am wearing one of his jacket na nasa kotse niya.

Pagkatapos n'yang ihilig ang noo niya sa akin ay hindi na n'ya ako hinayaan makasagot at basta nalang ako hinila at sinabing ililibre n'ya ako ng favorite kong ice cream.

Grabehan lang, ah, ginawa akong bata na parang mauuto niya ako— pero nauto nga niya ako, kaya nandito na kami ngayon.

The ice cream parlor was located at the sea side; it was an ice cream truck to be exact at naglalagay lang sila ng mga folding na upuan at lamesa sa gilid ng daan kasabay ng malalamyos na hampas ng alon. Ang kagandahan lang din ngayon— it was already sunrise.

I scooped my strawberry flavored ice cream and shove it inside my mouth while looking at the mere sight of the sunrise. Oh 'di ba, umagang-umaga ice cream agad! Joke! Kumain din naman kami ng burger dito from other stoll.

"Babae." Amari called at me kaya nilingon ko siya na nakaupo sa harapan ko habang nasisinagan ng araw ang kalahati ng mukha niya.

"Am I forgiven?" He asked deliberately.

I smiled at him and nodded. "Yeah! Effective naman ang panglalait ko sa'yo." I nonchalantly answered then grinned at him at napanguso lang siya.

"Totoo? Walang keme 'yan?" Parang hindi pa naniniwalang paninigurado niya.

"Wala, promise. It's just that— you know naman 'di ba? I have a crush on you, syempre nakakasakit din naman na sabihan ka ng gano'n 'no." I answered calmly and scooped a spoonful of my ice cream.

"Hmm. But I am still sorry— I was very insensitive." He stated at looked down like he was ashamed of himself.

I chuckled at him. "'Wag ka nga, 'di mo bagay magpaka-drama queen." I uttered at ngumisi sakan'ya...

At ayon na nga po, nagbalik na ang ating lingkod na si Amari— na ngayon ay mukhang gusto na naman ako sabunutan. "Ako pa talaga? Wow. Ikaw kaya, ang iyakin mo." He said and rolled his eyes at me.

"Syempre, I have a soft heart." I answered neutrally.

He snorted and shove his one spoonful of vanilla ice cream in his mouth with a little force. "Soft heart daw." He stated but then a smile crept on his grumpy face na nagpangiti rin sa'kin.

Nagkatinginan kami at sabay na natawa habang napapailing na lang ako. Then, we stayed there with a light heart and a comfortable ambiance.

"You know what." He suddenly blurted out kaya napalingon muli ako sakan'ya.
I raised my eyebrow as he looked at me with his serious face before smiling at me. "It's really lovely to start a day with you." He said softly at me.

Napaubo ako sa sarili kong laway at biglang nag-init ang mukha ko. Owemji! Hindi ba s'ya nahihiya? Ano— bang. Ano. Ah! Bwiset.

"Ano ba, Amari. Hinay-hinay naman sa mga sinasabi mo." I exclaimed when I finally recovered pero parang natulala lang siya sa akin.

He became still on his seat and simple scrutinzing me with his forest green irises. As if looking deep into my sould and it seems like— he was not him at all. His forest green eyes glimmer but at the same time hooded by something. Nailang ako sa klase ng pagtingin niya at parang nagiging katulad na ako ng ice cream ko— natutunaw.