Clarity (A SANDRO MARCOS FANFICTION)

53. Are

AIRI

I ran as fast as I could. I knew where to go the moment I walked out on Sandro. Vincent Macoy was the first person in my mind when I went back the house. I run up to him and hugged him. He looked surprise then laughed.

"Hey. What's up? Mom was looking for you. She ordered seafood kare kare for you and kakarating lang ng food."

I smiled. "Nothing. I'm just glad you're here." I told him.

He gave me a questioned look. "Okay? Should I be worried or?"

I shook my head. "No. Not at all."

"Let's eat then?" Pag-aya niya.

I nodded and walked with him sa dining table. Tita Liza immediately pulled me when she saw me, leaving Vinny to chat with his other cousins.

"Kanina pa kita hinahanap Airi." She said.

Nginitian ko siya. "Nagpahangin lang po ako."

"I ordered seafood kare kare for you. I heard from Vinny you liked the one you ate with him before."

Napatingin ako sa kanya. "Sabi niya?"

She nodded. "I asked him your favourite food pero wala siyang masagot. He suggested the seafood kare kare you ate at the restaurant before."

It made me smile a bit. "Wala naman po akong favourite kasi but he's right. I liked the one we ate before."

She gave me a plate of rice tapos nilagyan din niya ng seafood kare kare yung plato ko.

"So kailan kayo mag-aasawa?" She asked out of the blue.

Nanlaki mata ko. "Po?"

"Marriage. Have you talked about marriage?" She asked.

I shook my head immediately. "Hindi po."

Sumimangot siya. "Bakit?"

"Too early? I mean, bago pa lang po kami." I told her.

She rolled her eyes. "Yung OG FEM at Imelda, 11 days lang nagkakilala nagpakasal agad."

I wanted to laugh. I felt like I have heard this line before.

"We are enjoying ourselves and kababalik ko lang po sa work tita."

"Call me mama."

"Maaa," Vinny spoke. "I heard that. You're scaring her."

"Don't think ahead ma. Baka ako talaga ang endgame ni Airi." Wika ni Simon.

I made a face at him. "Tigilan mo ako."

Vinny rolled his eyes. "Hindi ko siya ipapaagaw sa'yo."

"Buti pa si Vinny hindi ka daw ipapaagaw. Yung others kaya." Simon joked.

"Simon, be a good son and go to Borgy and tend to his kids." Utos ni tita Liza.

Simon made a face. "Taga alaga na lang ba ang papel ko sa buhay?"

"For now, yes. Isama mo na din kuya mo. Mukhang inagawan ng brief sa gilid." Nginuso niya si Sandro na nakatayo sa gilid.

Simon turned around and looked at me. "Airi kasi eh." He mumbled and left.

Tita Liza turned at me and smiled. "Eh anak. Napag-usapan niyo na ba?" She asked.

"Maaaaa." Vinny whined.

Vinny and I are not that intimate. I wanted to tell her. I may be a wild woman with Sandro but with Vincent Macoy, I want to take things slow.

"Hindi po." I told her honestly.