Hurricane (Disaster Series #1)

Kabanata 41

Love

After our argument, I just found the both of us canoeing in the cold crystal blues of Lake Wakatipu as the sun is setting.

It was so quiet and peaceful with only our small talks and the intense gaze of his brooding eyes.

He's lazily rowing the canoe as his eyes remained watching me in a longer-than-usual way.

Natatawa kasi ako habang iniisip ang pinag-uusapan namin kanina. I felt so miserable and embarrassed about it.

It's so funny because we are now acting like nothing happened. Napailing ako at binalingan ng tingin ang kuha mula sa polaroid camera.

It's a picture of him, staring at the lens, or me... as his forearms corded while rowing the canoe.

Naaalala ko tuloy ang parehong eksena na nangyari na noon. No'ng papunta sana kami sa Isla Duanes pero umulan ng malakas, bumagyo pala...

I accidentally took his picture that time. It was almost the same as this, kunot ang noo niya habang nagsasagwan noon.

Oh god, 'yon din ang panahon kung kailan ko inamin ang pagkairita sa kanya.

I shook my head and looked at him with a small smile. Umusog ako papalapit sa puwesto niya, thinking that I should show him the photo.

He was suppose to say something but I already moved.

Dahil sa pag-alis ko sa puwesto ko at siguro na rin dahil sa bigat niya, bahagyang nawalan ng balanse ang canoe.

A small scream came out from my mouth but he acted immediately and pulled me towards him so we were in the middle part of the canoe.

I landed on his lap as my hands immediately seeked support from his broad shoulders.

Napalunok ako dahil sa puwesto naming dalawa.

I'm sitting exactly on his fly...

I chuckled akwardly and squirmed to get down from his lap but maybe it was a wrong move when his forehead creased and his breathing hitched.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" Napatakip ako sa bibig ko dahil ramdam ko agad ang hirap niya.

Napailing siya at mahinang napahalakhak. The way he chuckled was light, and laced with a hum of amusement at the matter.

Napakunot ang noo ko. And when I realized that I was wrong and he wasn't even exactly affected about it, my body moved on its own.

Nangingiti pa siya mula sa pagtawa nang inilapit ko ang mukha sa kanya para sa isang halik. It completely shut him up.

It was a soft, brief kiss that lasted only for a second.

Nang inilayo ko na ang mukha sa kanya ay nakaawang na ang labi niya.

Within a moment, amazement was etched all over his rough features that he looked like a devil kissed by an angel.

A playful smile tugged on his lips and it broke into a grin.

"That was the first time you kissed me."

Kumalat ang init sa buong mukha ko. I don't why I did that but it felt so right anyway...

"That was my first kiss," I confessed.

His brows shut up like he didn't even believe it.

"Was it? Hmm... I was there when you had your first kiss. You and that boy named Theo, in front of the sunset, while I watched how awfully lousy of a kiss it was..."