Your Honor

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A/N: Again, I’m NOT going to write any smut chapter. (That can be negotiated naman, name your price (₱1,000 pataas only.) charot)

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The crisp fresh breeze of the air conditioner, as well as the pouring rain, envelopes her like a blanket, the senator shivered.

It’s almost dawn, and yet the sky was still as dark as it was almost 8 hours ago. Senator Risa can see the raindrops reflecting the light of the lamp they forgot to turn off. It looked like crystals in her perspective, it was nice to look at. But what’s more nice to look at was the one she was embracing. 

Alice Leal Guo.

She wonders, how long will it take for their relationship to come from calling one another with honorifics—from ‘Madam Chair. and Mayor’ to ‘Risa and Alice’. It’s great to think about former enemies suddenly getting close with one another. It’s almost like Mayari, the Goddess of the Moon, visiting her brother Apolaki, the God of Sun. 

Something quite rare to see,

However, not impossible. 

Habang patuloy na bumubuhos ang ulan at ang malakas nitong hangin ay humahampas, patuloy naman na hinahagkan ng senador ang alkalde sa kaniyang mga bisig. Parehas sila ng tangkad, ngunit sa kaniyang mga yakap ay para bang teddy bear ang mayora. "Cute, parang panda." Isip niya.

Hindi na mainit ang kanilang katawan tulad ng kanina, kahit papaano ay umalpas na ang hindi pangkaraniwang sakit na kaniyang nadama. Pagkatapos ng mga kaganapan tila ba ay nawalan na siya ng tiwala kumain ng Halo-Halo sa mga kainan.

She sighed, and took her phone. The signal reception is now decent, and as she opens her smartphone, she is bombarded with notifications and missed calls from her children, and even from her best friend. She smiles, it’s nice to see as a parent that your children actually care for you. 

Conclusively after all the people Risa Hontiveros opposed with—small to big time people, officials, and even the whole government— it’s no wonder to feel worried if your mother, who is a senator and the leader of the opposition, does not answer your calls. 

“Ang OA naman ng mga ‘to.” Risa jokingly whispered to herself. 

“Sino kausap mo, your honor…?” Bulong pabalik ng alkalde; pahina ng pahina ang boses bawat salita. Hanggang sa ngayon, naka-yapos pa din siya sa senador na parang isang panda sa kaniyang kawayan.

“Wala…” Risa replies, smiling. 

Alice lets out a whimper as she furrows her brows, muttering words incoherent to Risa. The latter brushes the woman’s hair to soothe her. 

“Okay ka lang?” 

“Never been better po, Ms. Risa. I like here with you…” Alice replies, snuggling closer until she was facing the other woman’s chest.

How they both wish they were ordinary people at the moment. 

“Can I kiss you again, Madam Senator?”

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Hindi na napansin ng senador na nakatulog siyang muli. Tirik na ang araw sa himpapawiran, ngunit ang kapaligiran ay nananatiling madilim dahil sa pag-ulan. At sa kaniyang pag-dilat, wala na ang alkalde.

Binuksan niya ang kaniyang telepono. 12:09 PM. Tanghali na. 

Bumukas ang pinto, at nakita niya ang alkalde. “Good afternoon po, Ms. Risa” Sambit nito sa senador. “Musta po tulog natin?”