Mackenzie's POV
It's Christmas day and I woke up to the smell of hot chocolate.
Pagmulat ng mata ko ay nakatitig lang sa akin si Kai. She smiled when she saw me awake.
"Good morning, Mahal. Merry Christmas!" Bati niya while showering me with kisses and I smiled.
I'm not a really big fan of Christmas but at least she's here to help me get through the day.
"Merry Christmas, my Kai." Nakangiti kong sagot sa kanya and kissed her cheeks.
"You smell that? That's Mom's hot chocolate," excited niyang sabi at bumangon.
"Come on, let's go eat," masaya niya pang sabi habang tumatalon and I laughed.
"Careful, madulas ka." Sabi ko sa kanya dahil ang daming damit mula kagabi ang nagkalat sa sahig.
Lumabas kami ng kwarto niya at nakasalubong naman namin si Kentaro.
"What's that?" Tanong niya sakin.
"Hot chocolate daw," sagot ko at tumango naman siya.
"Maybe this is why people love Christmas," mahina niyang sabi and I smiled.
Pagpasok namin sa kitchen at naabutan namin si Omma na nagluluto.
"Good morning! Merry Christmas!" Bati niya sa amin at niyakap kami isa-isa.
"I'm so happy. There's six of us now in the family! We were only 3 before, but now we got Kenzie, Kentaro, and Koko!" Masigla niyang sabi habang tinuturo ang bago nilang adopted Aspin na si Koko.
Pumalakpak si Kai at pumalakpak din naman kami ni Kentaro.
"Take a sit, I'm almost done here," sabi ni Omma at sumunod naman kami sa kanya.
Maya-maya ay pumasok si Appa na may dala-dalang grilled hotdog na galing sa labas.
"Ang sarap!" Di napigilang sabi ni Kentaro while looking at the hotdogs at nagliwanag naman ang mukha ni Appa sa narinig niya.
"You and me we it a lot today. Okay, Kentaro?" Nakangiting tanong ni Appa sa kanya at nakangiti rin namang tatango tango si Kentaro.
It's not really Christmas yet. December 24 pa lang but Kai said her parents loves Christmas so they actually celebrate for one week, starting the 24th. Which is nice.
"Paampon na lang ako sa kanila. Kahit kami na lang ni Kai magkapatid," bulong sa akin ni Kentaro at tinawanan ko naman siya.
I feel bad for us. Sobrang unaware kami sa Christmas traditions we didn't understand why people liked it so much. Kulang talaga sa aruga e.
Omma finished cooking the food at tahimik lang naman kaming nag-abang sa kanila habang nanonood sa TV na nasa living room.
"Ah. I love this view. It's like I have a big family na," nakangiting sabi ni Omma and we smiled at her.
Nasabi sakin na Kai na Omma wanted nothing but to have a big family. Pero kay Kai pa lang sobrang high-risk na ng pregnancy. They planned on adaption pero when Kai was born, they've become so busy hindi na nagkaron ng chance to adopt.
We spent the morning talking about things and just laughing.
I'm so happy to see Kentaro be happy. He had the brightest smile.
And Kai. My Kai is also so happy.
Ang saya ng puso ko naman.
After ng brunch, pinabalik lang nila kami sa rooms namin dahil mag-ready na raw sila for Noche Buena.
