"This is your surprise." Noah said pointing to the blank, white wall in the living room.
"We're painting the wall?" I asked, confused again.
"Yes?" Alangang sagot niya.
"Saan mo naman nakuha 'yung idea na 'yan?"
"I thought it was..." He silently trailed off.
"It's different." Tuloy ko. "I like it." Ngumiti ako sakaniya and he eventually copied me.
"I knew you would." Mahina nanamang salita niya.
"Ha? Paano?"
"You said you liked accent walls."
Napaisip pa ako dahil hindi ko naman ma-recall na sinabi ko sakaniya 'yon. "Did I?" Pasunod na tanong ko.
"Yes. Noong una 'kang pumunta sa bahay noon." Paalala niya.
I still couldn't remember when I said that pero alam ko naman sa sarili ko na totoong nagagandahan ako sa mga accent walls.
"Bakit naaalala mo pa 'yon?"
"I don't know." Sagot niya at hindi na ako nagsalita.
I was once again lost in my feels because of him. I am once again in awe of how he remembers the little details. Alam ko na hindi dapat big deal 'yon. But for me it is. Because it makes me feel as if I am the most important thing to him dahil kahit ang mga maliliit na bagay na sinabi o ginawa ko noon, kahit ilang taon na ang nakalipas, naaalala niya pa'din.
"There are only a few things that you are sure of. Kaya siguro hindi mahirap matandaan lahat ng mga gusto mo whenever you have favorites."
Napangiti ako. It's so simple yet it makes me feel so good.
"Sinabi mo nalang sana saakin na ip-paint itong wall para namatch ko sa furniture 'yung kulay." Pag-iiba ko ng usapan because I can never not run out of words when he starts talking like that.
"I wanted you to choose the color you want. Not a color based on something else." Pagdadahilan niya.
"Kahit na. Paano kung 'di bumagay?"
"I don't really care."
"Bahay mo 'to. How could you not care?"
"It can be your house too." He said quietly.
"Ha?" Utal ko as I realized what he meant.
"Just stating the possibilities." Ngumisi siya.
"What if we didn't end up together?"
I thought that sentence would make him speechless in some way. Or at least make him think for a second. But he didn't. "Desisyon mo na 'yan. But I know you cannot look at me straight in my eyes and tell me you don't want to." Seryoso siyang tumigin saakin as I fought back the urge to actually tell him that I can't.
"Just stating the possibilities." Balik ko sakaniya habang iniiwasan ang tingin niya.
After not knowing what to say, lumapit ako sa paint cans na nasa floor sa tabi ng wall at binuksan na 'yon. I saw how Noah was watching me but I still tried my best to look as if I wasn't paying attention to him. Pinalipat-lipat ko ang tingin ko sa pintura at sa salas. There was a small part of me saying that the paint would look weird in the room, but I was mostly satisfied with my choice considering I had no idea what it was for.
"Sure ka na? Commitment din 'to." Sabi ko, talking about the paint.
"I put so much thought into it already. Yes i'm sure. A thousand percent sure." Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.
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