Artificial Horizon - A César Fernando Basa x Reader story

Bonus Chapter - Destination

The place to which somebody or something is going.

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A/N: In celebration of AH's first year anniversary, I am posting this happy chapter. (No lies about this one!) Because I wasn't able to complete one of the chapters that I've been planning; though this was also a happy thought all because no one seemed to have notice that this could actually be a possibility. I mean, of Y/N being that when César died... Well, if you were to reread the chapters leading to César's death; there had been something if you were to squint... Not to mention that in "L - Acknowledge", there had been a conversation between César's father and Y/N that went on like this:
"Bago umalis si César no'n... 'Yong huli naming pagkikita at pag-uusap, may nabanggit siya sa akin."
"H-Hindi lang din po ako umaasa ngayon."
Well, let's be honest, but what if?! What if it really was?! I am really making you freak out, am I? HAHAHA
Anyway, here's a bonus chapter that could explore a glimpse of it. And about me, well, I am still hoping to be hired in the airline industry after almost six months since my Airbus A320 check ride. For now, I am still in the industry but in a different way. And I am enjoying my time!
More bonus chapters are lined-up to be written (or to be published), given that I can still find some time writing. :< But keep your eyes on the horizon for updates!
For now... Belated happy first year anniversary, ARTIFICIAL HORIZON!
And yet, happy birthday to me! Cheers!

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"Oh!" I suddenly bolt upright in bed, unable to stop the terrified gasp from escaping my lips. For a moment, I am confused and unsure of where I am; until my eyes slowly adjust to the darkness that surrounds me right now. Goosebumps run down my skin, sending shivers deep to the bone, and brushing the strands away from my face, I realize that my nightgown is clinging to my skin in clammy folds. I try to ease my breathing, feeling my heart beating quite erratically, and glance at the clock that sits on the nightstand next to the bed. The glowing bright numbers read that it is nearly three in the morning.

Beside me, I hear a sleepy and startled voice, as familiar to me now as my own. Along with his question, he reaches out a hand to press against my hair and to the back of my neck, instantly calming me down somehow. "What is it? Is it the baby?"

I instantly fold my hands across the rounded curve of my belly in an instinctive maternal gesture. "No," I say, swallowing hard. "I just... I just had a bad dream, that's all." I sigh heavily and reach out to touch his hand. As I look back to him, I realize that it is not just the two of us on the bed; for in between us had been a smaller boy, sleeping deeply as his fist closes around the fabric of my nightgown. I bite my lower lip and with my freehand, I fix up the blanket before brushing the boy's hair. "Panaginip lamang. Wala lang 'yon."

"Mukhang hindi panaginip lamang iyon. Wait," he remarks, very much awake this time as he slowly moves out of the bed only on his tennis shorts as he circles around to settle down right next to me with his back against the upholstered headboard, and urging me to follow, he gathers me close.

I instantly relax in his arms with a heavy sigh and close my eyes. His warm touch almost lures me to sleep at once, and his familiar smell comforts me to chase away all those doubts and fears. And a question instantly spills out of my mouth rather abruptly. "Sa tingin mo ba na mali ang lahat ng ginawa at naging desisyon natin?"

He scoffs and twines his fingers through my hair. "Bakit ngayon mo lang naitanong iyan? Sa tingin ko dapat tinanong mo na 'yan sa akin bago pa tayo maikasal at magkaanak."

"Hindi ko sinasabi na mali si Czar. Well, malay ba natin pareho na buntis na ako noong kinasal tayo," I tell him at once, knowing that he's going to be questioning that at once. "Hindi ko rin sinasabi na mali na minahal kita, o na pinakasalan kita, o na magkaroon tayo ng mga anak at bumuo ng sarili nating pamilya." I gulp in hard and open my eyes, looking up at him then. "Ang ibig kong sabihin ay... I just feel like we're so different from one another. We have nothing in common. Then, all of this happened."