A Bucket Of Your Heart

Chapter 8

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"Habulin mo dali."

"Dun ka sa kabila."

"E trap mo sa plastic cup!"

"Teka nga lang!"

"Ayan nakatakas tuloy!" I said referring to the crab.

I gave him a glare. He's so slow that's why we didn't catch it.

"Agreeing with you was a bad idea," I said as I let out a big sigh.

I went home yesterday without anyone suspecting. I still smile whenever I think about what happened in the amusement park. Today is another day to check one of my bucket lists. I snuck out of the house again but no one would know. How hard can it be?

Apparently we're at the beach today. Being the idiotic person Clyde is, suggested that we make crabs as our lunch while being the unexperienced individual I am, agreed to his conditions without knowing how hard and frightening this is. 

Clyde was the one catching the crabs and I'm...well... I basically tell him what to do. I mean you can't blame me. The first time I tried to catch a crab it pinched me and left a small injury. Great. Just Great!

I'm wearing a not that short denim shorts, a blue and white striped t-shirt, and brown sandals. I walked back to the shore and wore the sandals I left earlier. I sat down at the piece of cloth Clyde had prepared beforehand. He's wearing a stitch printed white t-shirt, brown khaki shorts and... I looked to my side and saw his old worn out Adidas shoes.

"Kailan ba matatapos yan?" I shouted at him from a distance.

"Konting hintay lang po mahal na binibini," he shouts back with a smile. 

If I think about it, I've never actually seen him being down except when I'm teasing him.

I looked at my watch, "Paki-bilisan naman po."

He did a salute and winked at me, "Masusunod po mahal na binibini."

I let out a small laugh. He looks handsome. I should feed him more. 

I grabbed my pocket and went to the nearest town. It was just a 5 minutes walk and I came back after buying some things.

A freaked out Clyde ran to embrace me. 

"Saan ka ba pumunta? Alam mo bang nag-alala ako kung may nangyari na ba sa 'yo? Okay ka lang ba?" 

He eyed me from head to toe and even made me turn so I did. 

"Pumunta lang naman ako sa tindahan. Malapit doon." I pointed where I came from.

He let out a sigh.

"Sana nagpaalam ka. Akala ko may nangyari na sa 'yo," he said while looking at me with those worrying enchanting brown eyes. 

Great. Now I feel so guilty.

"Sorry," I spoke softly. "May binili lang naman ako."

He tucked the loose hair behind my ear. 

"Basta 'wag mo nang uulitin. Mamamatay ako sa kaba, Cloe." he then proceeded to kiss my forehead.

"Ano 'yang binili mo?" he asked.

I showed him the crocs and handed him his. Mine is a white croc with a strawberry in it while his is a white croc that has a dinosaur in it. 

I saw it in the market while buying a match and firewood. It looked so cute and I wanted to be matchy-matchy with him so I bought it.

He removed his shoes to wear the crocs. I was about to wear mine too but he insisted that he'll put it on me since I had things I'm holding.

The next thing I know is that he's cooking the crabs while I'm here crushing on him. This is bad. This is the worst. This is bad for my heart, says my mind but my heart thinks otherwise. Is my mind manipulative or is my heart just selfish?