DENSE

#2

I was very flustered when he suddenly looked at me, gosh what's wrong with me.

My body moved voluntarily to change the atmosphere.

My hand reached for the aircon's remote which was luckily beside where Ki is.

I tried my best not to look at him also.
I got the remote and that's when I remembered that I turned the aircon on, so I just pushed the 'off' button.

“Ni- on mo aircon?" Ki asked looking at the remote I'm holding.

"yeah.. I just turned it off, don't worry" I can't hold it any longer, his hair is so inviting, I ruffled his hair, it's soft as always.

Is he blushing? Why would he though?

I mean...

It's not like.. he likes me. I'm just getting my hopes high.

"no-" he waved his hand in front of my face as he stood up .

“Mas okay if you open it nga eh" okay good now we have a topic.

"But your body is sensitive to cold? diba?" I questioned him with my mouth along with my eyes.

“Oo, pero mas gusto ko hug mo" he smiled teasingly at me.

I know he's just teasing, but damn, I can feel my blood rushing up to my face.
There's nothing wrong with hugging, since best friends kami, but the thought of that excites me more now.

Has I always been like this? And I'm just noticing it now?

“At" he started.

…

“Mas maganda kaya matulog kapag malamig"

Yue and I have liked to sleep since childhood, maybe that explains a little why we are tall, but as we grew up it's not that often now.

Well maybe, because.. we are growing up and also growing apart?
Are we starting to mature? Yue now hates physical touch even more?
in our childhood days Yue would let me hug him.
But just like what I said.. we really must be growing apart now.

“Kayle!! Ashran!! Dinner!!  "

We heard Mrs. Hagiwara calls us for dinner.

“Opo!” I answered.

I stood up and went to his side
“Gutom kana?"
And offered my hand.

“Are you sure you can handle my weight? Hm?"
Then smirked at me.

I was about to answer when Mrs. Hagiwara called us once again.

Yue immediately stood up.
And stared at my hand, which is still in the air, and shook his hand with it.

Natawa nalang ako sa ginawa niya.
He smiled in return.
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Me, Yue and Mrs. Hagiwara are the only people at the dining table.

Wala si tito kasi he is in Manila, handling their companies doon. May tatlo pa siyang kapatid, two older brothers, sina kuya Rayne at kuya Kida and pinakamatanda sa kanila, si ate Kayleen. Pero wala sila ngayon, kuya Rayne and ate Kayleen are studying outside the country and kuya Kida is studying naman sa Manila.

So it's not surprise that his father rarely got to see each other but still,
His father and I are close.

He said na parang anak na rin daw ang tingin niya sakin, at ganun na nga ang turing niya saakin.

To be honest, kung hindi dahil sakanya, for sure I won't know what it feels like having a father, or a father figure atleast.

And sa trato ng pamilya ni Yue saakin,
Napapaisip nalang talaga ako kung bakit sa ibang pamilya ko nararamdaman ang mga bagay na hindi kayang at dapat iparamdam ng pamilya ko.

“Why am I feeling so much comfort in other people's family” I said to myself.
Hays, ang drama ko talaga. Ka- oa.

It must be nice to be a Hagiwara.