Tease Me, Bella Beatrice

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She is smiling so cute as she started taking pictures of me. Wala naman akong ginawa kung hindi ang normal na kilos lang. Maglabas lang ng mga pagkain namin. I am not afraid to look bad or average on any of the pictures that she takes because whatever she takes, it always turns out beautiful. She took a couple of snaps of me preparing our food and that's enough. Matapos iyon ay binitawan na niya ang cellphone niya.

"Why? Aren't you going to post it in your story?" Tanong ko sa kaniya.

"Oh no. Later na kasi kakain na tayo."

She laughed when she observed that I am not buying it. Natatawa siguro siya sa reaksyon ko lalo na nang ako mismo ang kumuha ng cellphone niya. I know her passwords and she know my phone's password so it doesn't matter. Nagdiretso ako sa pag-open ng social media account niya after browsing on some of the pictures of me that she took. Hindi pa ako nakakapagpost ay inagaw na niya iyon.

"Ako na po. Ako na." She said. "Heto kala mo naman. Tss. Sapakin kita riyan, e."

After that, she started getting focused on her phone for a while. That's my chance to take pictures of her without her noticing. Napapangiti ako lalo na nang mayamaya lang ay nakita ko na agad ang story niya. I tapped on it and saw myself fixing the lunch boxes. Hindi ko maiwasang mapangiti at mapakagat labi nang makitang nakasulat doon sa gilid ang "Don't be fooled. He forced me to put him in my stories again. 😡"

"Seriously?" I asked her. She made an ugly face saka tumawa. Ipinagpatuloy ko ang pagtingin doon and somehow another story of her that says, "I can't wait to watch him make lunch boxes for our kids."

"What?" She hissed at me when she caught me staring at her sabay subo ng pagkain. "Tusukin ko mata mo."

"Nothing. I said I look kind of cute here."

Umiling lang siya. Sandali ulit akong tumipa sa cellphone ko and it's my time to secretly post a picture of her. More specifically, a photo of her while she's busy on her phone. What's making me smile is that I can clearly see the promise ring she's wearing. Our promise ring.

"I'm going to wife her up so our kids can eat delicious home-cooked food." I wrote on it. "No pressure, baby. Just keep on looking at me like the way you look at adobo."

"What? Anong tinatawa mo?"

"Nothing?"

Umiling ako nang natatawa saka sinabayan siya sa pagkain. I am pretty sure na mamaya niya pa iyon makikita unless she opens her phone after this. Sasama na naman ang tingin nito sa akin pero sure akong kikiligin na naman ito.

"Ah, I just remembered. Sabi kanina ng staff mo kasama raw ako sa mamimili ng casts?"

"Yeah. You're the author, right?"

"No. I mean…"

"Sorry. Nakalimutan ko palang sabihin."

"No, it's no big deal." I said. "Sige na kain na tayo. I heard maraming mag-a-audition specially on the leading lady part. I overheard na si Jackson ang napili ninyo for the leading man part. How did you do it? He is picky."