Rhythms and Skies

Thirty-second Step

One week passed since the concert happened.

It was really a huge success for them dahil pagkatapos ng concert ay mas lalo silang naging busy sa mga promotions, guesting, and modeling. They were even called by the famous magazine to do the cover.

A week after that, natawag si Indigo to do run-away for a famous international clothing brand. they did it in New York. It was really mind blowing news for them, for us. Indigo was confused at first, he's really asking us kung paano siya ang napili nila out of the blue.

Man haven't seen his self walking on a hallway.

Yeah, for real? Indigo has a nice body proportion for a guy.

Inihatid pa namin noon sa airport. Isang linggo noon na wala siya sa Pilipinas. He'd been calling me whenever he's bored dahil wala naman siyang ibang matawagan kung hindi ako dahil busy din ang mga ka-member niya.

"Yeah yeah but why don't you go outside and have fun kaysa sa magkulong ka sa loob ng hotel room mo?" Inirapan ko pa ito bago ko isinandal ang cellphone sa may likod ng vase sa lamesa bago buksan ang ref para kunin ang freshmilk.

"Seven ng umaga dito kaya malamang ay seven ng gabi diyan. It's not that late pwede ka pang umalis plus New York is pretty at night. Mind you, ikaw din magsisi."

I reached for the cereal in the cabinet. I needed to tiptoe para maabot ko iyon but then someone licked my toes which made a tickling sensation kaya napatawa ako. Tinignan ko ito at nakita ko si Seven na nasa paanan ko. "Oh, bebi Seven! You thought ba I'm calling you?"

I showered seven with a lot of kiss, nakakagigil kasi 'to!

"Look at Dada Igo Seven," Itinutok ko sa camera si Seven upang makita ni Indigo ng maayos. I even waved his small paws, they're kinda big na but still baby parin si seven.

Nakatingin lang sa screen si Indigo na nangingiti habang kumakahol naman si Seven na nakalabas pa ang dila nito. I giggled at his cuteness.

I prepared his food first before eating mine. I was muching on my cereals.

"Alam mo lumabas ka nalang talaga instead of watching me eat. Sobrang bored ba ng buhay mo diyan?"

"Medyo."

"Sus, as if you're not thanking God na hindi ka nakakarinig ng ingay at away dito sa bahay. I'm so inggit I want what you have," I pouted.

"You mean, peace of mind?"

"True, dapat pala I tag along nalang with you kesa sa araw-araw akong inaasar dito."

Natawa ito and finally get up on his bed. "Next time. You went here na diba? Sa'n magandang pumunta?"

"You can literally stroll around in Times Square but then you kinda hate crowds so hindi ka masyadong fit doon. Go to brooklyn bridge, less people. Or just eat pizza outside. I miss New York pizza na."

When he finally decided to go out, I dropped the call since I have some errands to do today. What I mean errands is my kaartehan. I was about to just go alone but Ethan got home earlier than usual and he insisted to tag along with me.

Ewan ko anong gagawin niya kasama ako e magpapakulay lang naman ako ng buhok.

Even the stylist at the parlor knows who he is, naks famous biro ko nga sakanya.

"What if you color your hair ash gray?" Tanong ko sakanya.

Umiling naman ito.

"Blonde?"

"Hindi ko bagay."

Napairap ako. "You'll never know unless you try!"

"I don't like flashy."