"Oh, anong ningunguso-nguso mo diyan?"
She pouted even more and move her plate closer to him.
"I'm busog na. Finish my food, bee." Paglalambing niya rito para ubusin nito ang pagkain niya.
Cinco immediately get her plate. One thing she discovered on her boyfriend is that he really loves to eat as much as he loves gossiping. He could passed as patay gutom, but that would be too harsh.
"Alam mo bang naghiwalay si Quatro at Carma?" Pagtsi-tsismis nito.
"Really? Why?" At nahawa na rin siguro siya sa pagiging chismoso nito.
"Plot twist happen. It was kinda complicated," sabi nito.
Nainis siya sa hindi detalyadong pag-chismis nito. Kung hindi rin lang detalyado huwag na lang, no.
"Biruin mo na ang taong lasing, ang chismosa ay huwag mong bitinin," irap niya dito.
"Eh, kasi ganito 'yun..." Panimula ni Cinco saka tinuloy ang kwento.
She's not aware na nahahawaan na pala siya ni Cinco bilang chismosa, but at least, relationship goals.
"Oh, but the story is a bit one-sided, wala ka bang nasagap sa side ni Crosette?" She asked.
Cinco shrugged.
"I barely knew her. Kahit na nainis ako sa ginawa niya but I guess she just side with the truth, sadyang it doesn't turns out good kaya naghiwalay sila Carma at Quatro."
"That's so sad but anyways..."
Natigil siya ng makita ang pamilyar na mukha sa labas ng glasswalled café. He was walking swiftly just like the last time she saw him.
Her ex-boyfriend.
"Nagseselos ako, bee. Why are you staring at him?" Nakangusong tanong ni Cinco dahilan para bumalik ang tingin niya dito.
Cinco look like a kid pouting.
"Uh, sorry. That was my only ex-boyfriend." Aniya na patang wala lang.
Cinco's pout vanished. Tumiim ang labi nito at nawala ang emosyon sa mukha.
"When?" Seryosong tanong nito sa kanya.
"Uh, way back on high school? We've been together for three years but we broke up last year." Sagot niya.
It's fine with her talking about her ex-boyfriend because it was long time ago and it wasn't really serious feelings. But Cinco's intense gaze makes her conscious. Kinabahan tuloy siya ng wala sa oras!
Galit ba ito? Wala naman itong dapat ikagalit.
"Hmm." Cinco just hummed.
She sighed and reach his hand on the table.
"Bee, I'm your girlfriend now. What we had with Bruno---"
"We don't talk about Bruno." Agad na pigil ng binata.
Napangiwi siya.
"Fine, but don't be upset over nothing. What we had before was nothing compared on what we have now." She assured him.
Unti-unting sumilay ang ngiti sa labi ng binata.
"Really?"
"Yes, really. And come here, kiss me. I miss your lips." She said and she puckered her lips.
Cinco chuckled and cupped her face. Mabilis siya nitong hinalikan.
"You're greedy on my kisses, Celestine." Nakangising saad ng binata.
Ngumisi siya pabalik dito.
"Wrong. I'm greedy on your existence. All of you, Benjamin."
"CELESTINE, can we talk?"
Napatigil siya sa akmang pag-akyat ng hagdan nang marinig niya ang boses ng kanyang ama.
"Dad, I'm tired.." Mahinang anas niya.
"Please, daughter?"
She sighed on how his father softly asked her.
Tumango siya.
Sumunod siya sa ama na papaakyat sila papunta sa opisina nito sa bahay nila. Sanay naman siya sa presensya ng ama dahil nga palagi siyang kasa-kasama ng magulang, she loves it, she got the attention she wanted from them but she want freedom. She doesn't want to be controlled.
"I'm sorry, Celestine. I know sometimes you don't like when we control and force you to do things to impress us. I want to give you the freedom to be who you are and to do what you want," her father said.
Agad niyang nilapitan ang Daddy niya at niyakap ito ng mahigpit.
"Thank you, Daddy. I promise I know my limitations. I..I just really want to do what I want." Madamdaming saad niya sa ama.
"Granted. I trust you on this one, Celestine."
Napangiti siya. "Makakaasa ka, Dad."
But what are the consequences of her freedom? Because in life when you gain something...you have to lost something.
"WHERE have you been?" His girlfriend asked him as he entered his condo.
Nagulat siya pero agad ring nakabawi at lumapit sa dalaga at niyakap ito. He sniff her sweet scent. She smells like home.
"We're helping Hinx to cope up. He's really broken right now. I just wish he'll be better soon," he sighed heavily remembering Hinx' state earlier.
The thought of him on his position gives him a ghost bumps.
Celestine was combing his hair with her fingers. Inaantok tuloy siya sa ginawa nito.
"If he's that broken, he just loved his girl so much," she said.
Tumango siya.
"We witness how Hinx' was head over heels on her. Palagi itong sunud-sunuran sa girlfriend. If he can fit inside Claudia's pocket, baka pumasok na iyon." Aniya.
"Hmm, he loved her that much, huh? You sacrifice your time for her, you have no more me-time because you'll always be with her but in the end he was left hanging. And that's what I don't want to happen to you, Cinco.." Celestine said.
Tumingala siya sa kasintahan. Their eyes locked on an instant. He loved staring at her eyes, he can feel the sense of home.
"Ang alin? Ang iwan mo 'ko sa ere?" Nakangiting tanong niya.
Pinitik nito ang noo niya.
"Silly. 'Yung ibuhos mo sa 'kin lahat ng oras mo. I need you prioitize yourself because people come and go. At least at the end of the day, you still have yourself and that's the important most important thing in the world."
He stare at Celestine as he digest on what she said.
What she said was sweet but... ayaw niya.
He wants to have more time with her. He can't get enough of her presence. If only how he felt lonely when she's away even just for an hour. Plus, he disagree when she said that people come and go. Indeed, yes, but Celestine ain't belong to that 'people' in his life. He wants her to stay until the end.
"I love you." That three words, eight letters that everyone wanna hear suddenly slip from his mouth.
Celestine smiled and kiss him.
"Love rin kita." She responded that made his heart tingle.
BINABASA MO ANG
Cinco's Submissive Domanatrix (4th Gen #8)
Storie d'amore"Who the fucks care if you're a Benjamin? I'm your dominatrix and you... you're just my submissive boy toy, Cinco." -Celestine Ferrer. "You're a dominatrix but also act submissive? What are you, a submissive dominatrix?" Cinco Benjamin.
