If This Was A Movie

Chapter 10 - Begin Again

The sun shone bright and the morning breeze was crisp. A clear invitation to go out and have a fun day with friends. Seokjin woke up to the sound of spatulas hitting pans and oil crackling, and the smell of fried rice coming through the walls. Carmela, who is normally in charge of breakfast, had woken up at 5:30 in the morning, gone to the market, and was almost done preparing breakfast.

"Naks naman, pwede nang mag-asawa." Jin comments.

"'Di nga makapag jowa eh" Carmela realizes how that might have sounded but Jin doesn't seem to notice as he pretends to snap a pic and says, "Send to Namjoon!"

Carmela gives Jin a death stare until he says "Unsend"

Jamee is the next to go down to the kitchen, only half-awake and greets the two good morning, and then realized how cracked her voice is

"Bumalik lang kayo sa buhay ko namaalam na boses ko." Jamee says in her rough, cracked voice.

"Pwede naman kami umuwi na ng Manila" Carmela quickly responds as she's stirs the pot of soup she's making.

"Painitin ko na ba yung sasakyan?" Jin turns to Carmela

"Magiimpake lang ako" Carmela pretends to remove the apron she was wearing.

"Pota, penge nang salabat" Jamee is annoyed at their ability to do a bit this early in the morning "Ang dami niyong sinabi agad eh."

Still, she couldn't help but feel relieved that this circle, or rather, close circle of hers is back.

"So I think may time pa tayo mag-gala today," Carmela starts proposing the plan for the day while Jamee and Jin sip their coffee on the tiny round table in the middle of the kitchen. "I'm thinking we can go sa strawberry farm niyo, Jamee?"

"Seryoso!? May strawberry farm kayoooo?" Jin's eyes widened like a child on Christmas Day.

"O-oo" Jamee almost choked on her coffee as she watched Jin's innocent reaction. Still so fucking cute. Fuck.

Carmela couldn't help but laugh at how stunned Jamee is. It's the first time she's seen her best friend be startled by a guy.

"Mga kamaganak nila nag-f-farm dun pero they all kinda own it." Carmela saves Jamee from the conversation.

A half-awake Yoongi walks in the kitchen and it's as if the three had seen a ghost.

Carmela checks the time, "Seven pa lang ah."

"What if espiritu niya yan." Jin says

Jamee pokes Yoongi's arm "He's real... pero malamig siya."

"Tangina niyo ang aga aga" Yoongi pulls up a chair and starts pouring himself a cup of coffee and Carmela starts putting down breakfast. They're all quiet after having breakfast.

The kitchen has a door that leads to the backyard that has the most scenic view of Baguio. They all found themselves staring at the skyscape, watching the white patches of clouds slowly be taken by the breeze. It's almost hypnotic. With the cold, crisp air touching their faces, convincing them to not move, not even an inch.

"Grabe" Yoongi comments, "Pag dito pala ako matutulog lang ako buong araw"

"Sinabi mo pa" Jin agrees with his eyes already closed, on the verge of falling asleep again. Jamee couldn't help but stare at his face as the light reflects on it. His cheeks as soft as the clouds and lips are just perfect to ki... Snap out of it. Fuck. Jamee needs to keep a hold of herself.

"Tara na, baka abutin na tayo ng tanghalian dito" Jamee leaves her seat and starts clearing the table. She just really needed a distraction from him.

Jin is already warming up the car for their drive to the farm when Jamee got out of her house. Cute padin. Jin says to himself as he sees her walking up to the car.