I woke up because of the smell. My gheeeddd ambango. If Iam not mistaken, longganisa and fried rice ang naaamoy ko. Sarap naman ng breakfast ng kapitbahay. Sana pwede akong makikain.
I looked at the other side of my bed. "Nasan na yun?", i absent mindedly asked my self.
I went out my room, hindi na ako nag-ayos. Heller. Natulog kaming magkatabi, malamang nung nagising siya kanina, nakita na niya ang morning at sleeping face ko. So why bother make ayos di ba?
I went to my kitchen and to my surprise!! Ooooohhhhh. A topless man with a white apron on. My kinda morning. Ang hot ng likod. Grabe, he was cooking something. But parang mas hot pa siya sa niluluto niya. I looked at his biceps habang hinahalo ang scrambled egg at lalong nadedefine ang cuts ng braso niya. Mejo pawis na din ang likod niya, bapababa ang tingin ko sa bandang baba ng likod niya, shet. Bakit bigla akong uminit? I mean, naiinitan?
We all know na moreno si Kiefer, at for me, moreno guys are the hottest. Pag maputi kase, ang dating sa akin is parang mas babae pa sa akin.
He turned off the stove at humarap. "Oh Mikz. Gising ka na pala. Halika, upo na. I cooked breakfast for us."
Di ako nakakibo kase hinubad niya yung apron niya. Lord, bakit niyo po ako hinahainan ng napakasarap na luto niyo? May nagawa po ba akong mabuti at grabe ang blessings na youre giving me? Napalunok ako dun ah. I felt like my thriat suddenly went dry. Tubig please!
"Pagpasensyahan mo na. Yan lang ang naluto ko. Yan lang kase ang available sa fridge mo.", and he smiled again.
Oh Good Lord!!
"Uhm. Dapat di ka na nagluto. Pwede naman tayong magbreakfast sa baba. May malapit naman na fastfood dito.", ero syempre gusti ko talaga yung luto at nagluto. oooppsss.
"Siguro lage ka lang nagfafastfood noh?", i nodded. Totoo naman, nakasalalay ang buhay ko sa mga resto at fastfood chains dito sa davao. "I knew it. Hindi healthy yun, Mika. Hindi din naman healthy to, pero at least alam ko kung lutong luto ba yung meat sa longganisa."
Wow. Di nakakapagtaka kung bakit napakahot ng mga pandesal niya sa tyan niya at mainit-init pa ang mga biceps niya.
"Oo nga eh. Pero I dont have a choice. Hindi ako marunong magluto eh."
"Haha. Mamamatay ka ng maaga niyan kakakain ng mga processed at fast foods. Sige ka.", oh sige, takutin mo lang ako Kief.
"Anong itinerary mo ngayong morning? Mayang gabi pa kase tayo pupunta sa resort nina Ara para sa weekly meeting. Hehe." iniba ko na usapan. Pag usapang pangkalasugan (wow, tagalog. hahaha) , ayokong maengage masyado. Nagiguilty kase ako eh. Alam mo na, masyado akong matakaw.
"Maghahanap siguro ng bahay na matutuluyan," sagot niya. Bakit parang nalungkot ako? "Pero pag di ako nakakita, okay lng bang magstay ako dito sa unit mo, Mikz?"
"Oo, okay lang", I needed to sound like normal pero di niya alam ang extent ng tuwa ko nung sinabi niyang didito siya. I dont why I felt that way, pero parang ayaw ko na siyang paalisin dito sa bahay. Dito ka nalang forevz.
"Good. Kase ayaw ko ding umalis.", narinig niyo yun? hahaha. "Im worried about you."
Napatingin ako sa kanya. Though I want him to sleep with me, I mean, stay with me here, he didnt have to worry. I am old enough, I can handle myself.
"Earlier kase, nung tulog ka pa. Someone knocked at pinagbuksan ko to ask who he is.", Naku, mukhang lamz na this. "Instead of him answering me, he punched me instead. Buti nakaiwas ako at di ako napuruhan sa mukha."
Bwisit pala siya eh. Bakit? Wala siyang karapatang manuntok at lalong wala siyang karapatang suntukin si Kiefer!
"Sabi niya, boyfriend mo daw xa.
"Ex.", I answered. "He is Paolo Padilla. My ex-boyfriend."
"Is he always coming to see you in that very early hour of the day, Mikz?", he sounded so worried.
"Yeah! Minsan nagpipretend akong wala dito or hindi ko naririnig ang mga katok niya. I am scared of him. Halos harassin niya at gibain niya tong unit ko makapasok lang siya. Especially, pag alam niyang nandito ako sa loob.", i saw Kiefer clinched his fist. "May isang beses pa nga, muntik niya na akong ma-rape. Nabuksan niya kase yung pinto ko. Good thing, Cienney and Fonzo came kaya natulu----"
"Enough. Whether you like it or not Mikz. Ill stay here in your unit. Wala akong pakialam sa sasabihin ng iba at ng mga kaibigan mo. What is more important here is You. You need to be safe. You should be safe.", diretso niyang sabi. Pwede ba akong mag-object??
"You dont need to this Kief. We already reported him naman sa security kaya di na yun makakapunta ulit dito."
"Then you arent secured yet. See, nakaakyat na naman siya dito kanina. If I wasnt here, ano na lang mangyayari sayo? Matatakot ka na naman? You dont deserve to be treated that way!", hala. Galit si Koya.
Pero, sa totoo lang, everyday nalang naman talaga siya na pumupunta dito. There are times that I need to go to office early pa nga para lang hindi niya maabutan. I am scared. I really am pero natatapang-tapangan ako. I need to. I have to.
Since it was saturday at wala akong ginagawa kase paggising ko malinis na ang house ko at si Kiefer na din ang naghugas ng mga plato, ayon, tambay mode sa sala at namimili ng pwedeng panuoring movie.
"Divergent? Love and the other drug? Fifty shades of Grey? Aha! Crazy beautiful you!!!"
Sinalang ko ang dvd at I started watching the movie ng dumating si Kiefer galing kitchen. May dala na namang food. Hahaha.
Mamimili sana kami ng mga gamit dito sa bahay like aircon sa room niya at extra bed na din. Pero it was just 8am so wala pang bukas na mall. Movie marathon muna. Hehehe.
"Why did you break up?", he suddenly asked.
I froze for a second. But I decided to tell him the story. Its already in the past and Ive moved on, anyway.
"Nakabuntis siya ng iba.", I spoke. I saw Kiefer looked at me. Waiting for me to say something again. "After nating magUAAP nun, nakilala ko siya nung nagtaje ako ng masters ko. Taga dito din siya sa Davao. His father is one of the wealthiest people here in Davao. Naging kami for 2 years and 3 months. He was one of tge reasons why I migrated dito. I thought nga, Id be like Cienney who gave up her City life and live here simply for the sake of love. Not until I knew he impregnated someone"
I didnt want to cry but I had teary eyes. Not because I still love him, but it still hurts and I cant accept the fact that I was being cheated on.
"Its our second year and third month when I knew everything about the situation.", I wiped my tears which were started falling. "Yung girl na nabuntis niya, nanganak na nung nalaman ko lahat. And in a week time, they'll get married. So technically, for over a year, I didnt know that the original was already the mistress. How's that? And I cant fight for him cause he wasnt fighting for me. And even if I did, wala ding mangyayari. So, i let him marry the girl. And decided to just move on. And now, Its been a year, pero eto pa rin, I am trapped kase he kept on chasing me after their wedding. Everyday ganito. Nakakapagod. Nakakatakot."
He hugged me after I said all those. And thats what I really needed. I felt secured and heard. My friends were there, yes, but they didnt really know whats happening to me. I didnt even bother telling them, may kanya-kanya na silang buhay at pamilya na dapat pagtuonan ng pansin, kung sasabihin ko pa ang nangyayare sa akin, added burden lang ako sa kanila.
"Yung kanina, I assure you it'll be his last time na pumunta dito. Im here, Mikz. Di mo na ulit yun maeexperience. Tahan na. Stop crying na.", i hugged him tight. Kung bakit ba kase ngayon lang nagawi dito ang mokong na toh?
"Hindi na siya makakapunta dito kase I told him to stop chasing you, kase may boyfriend kana......
At yun ay Ako!"
