Mile's Apart.

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"were here!" zaven exadurated.

"yayy!" i played along.

"gusto mo ikaw mag drive pauwi?" he looked at me and laughed. his right hand was on the steering wheel while the other one was  touching with his lower lip.

"do you want to die early?" i said laughing. i dont have a driver's license pa kasi! and you have to be over 18 here in the philippines to be able to drive. sa america 16.

zaven was 19 and on his second year in ateneo. he talked about his experience while we were on our way to moa.

tumawa sya at umiling. "di pa kita napapakasalan." he said smiling.

"di pa nga kita sinasagot, kasal na agad nasa isip mo!" i said while taking off my seat belt. nag park na kasi sya.

tumawa sya at lumabas na ng kotse. io-open ko na sana yung pinto pero naunahan nya ako.

"wow, gentleman." i laughed and held his hand for support.

we winked and laughed. i held his hand and he interwined our hands together.

"where do you want to go?" he asked me. nag isip muna ako bago mag salita.

"h&m! i need new clothes, kulang pala dinala ko." i laughed.

tumango sya. "h&m it is, lets go." he said.

di ko kabisado tong mall na to kase last na punta ko dito was when i was like 5 or 6, halos di ko na nga maalala.

zaven leaded the way to h&m and theire h&m was pretty big! it had 2 floors!

pumunta ako sa 'ladies' section and started to look for some clothes.

i let go from zaven's hand and i saw how he pouted. i laughed again. he crossed his arms and stayed behind me. he followed me wherever i go so i would sometimes ask him if i should get it.

"should i get this?" i showed him a cute black dress. it had puffy sleeves, and it stops above my knees.

"yes, you'll look gorgeous in it." he smiled. tumawa ako and decided to buy it.

"ok, ill buy it!" i said, excited. kinuha nya yun at sya na ang nag bitbit.

automatic na sya ganon! whenever i say im gonna buy something, he takes it at sya na ang nag bibit-bit. he was now holding two crop tops and one dress.

i took my phone out and took a picture of him. he was so cute! he smiled and tilted his head. i laughed and pinched his cheek.

i wanted to try on the clothes before buying them just to make sure it fits and looks good on me.

i tried on the black dress first. lumabas ako at pinakita kay zaven na nag iintay. he was leaning on the wall.

"so?" i asked and looked at the big mirror outside. in saw him getting his phone out. alam ko na na mag p-picture sya so i held both of my cheeks and tilted my head.

he chuckled while taking the photo.
"thats my love!" he said. tumawa ako at bumalik na sa fitting room to try on more clothes.

i ended up buying 1 dress, 3 croptops, and 1 t-shirt. di na ako bumile ng pants or shorts because i wanted to check different store's.

when i was about to give the cashier tatay's credit card, nauna si zaven ibigay sa cashier ang card nya.

"hey! I'll pay! ate take this card po.." sabi ko at nilapit ang card ko.

"no, I'll pay. use that one po ate." zaven said. na swipe na yun ni ate kaya wala na akong nagawa!

bingay na samin ang bag at kinuha yun ni zaven.