Let Me Cook a Content for You.

11

"I'm sorry if you felt that I was ignoring you earlier. Please talk to me properly if there's something wrong that I did..." He's using his gentle voice again.

Damn.

"And, please don't ignore me na ulit, okay?"

I bit my lower lip to stop myself from smiling as we passed by an area with many lights. I couldn't help it; he's so cute talking like that. Mukha siyang bata na ayaw kong tanggihan kahit ano pa'ng i-utos. He's just making me like him more day by day.

"I'm sorry too, Mr. Rale," I apologized.

He suddenly chuckled and immediately change emotion. "Don't be sorry, it was my fault."

"I'm just going to take a nap," I said, feeling sleepy already.

"Oh, wait. Are we okay now?" He gently asked.

"Hm," I briefly responded, closing my eyes. Wala akong pahinga simula pag-alis namin kanina sa hospital, nagsisimula ng sumakit yung katawan ko.

I heard him chuckle, "Ay, teka lang." I opened my eyes when I felt him stop at the side of the road.

He got something from the back seat, and I could smell his scent beside me. I can't describe how much I like the scent. Ang bango. "I bought this for you." I looked at him and saw a travel neck pillow. He gave it to me, and I immediately took it.

"Is this mine now?" I asked, smiling. It was a Kuromi design.

"Yeah, so you can sleep properly. You can also adjust your seat if you want to lie down more," he said.

I slept for the rest of our journey. Nagising lang ulit ako ng kumain kami. We ate on the side of the road, inside the car, because we just order food through drive-thru. I fell asleep again for the rest of our trip. When I woke up, I was already lying in a bedroom. Umupo ako at tumambad sa mukha ko ang liwanag na galing sa labas ng bintana. I checked the time on my watch.

10:10 A.M

Napahawak ako sa noo ko ng makita ko ang oras. I slept for so long, it's already morning! Pumunta muna ako ng banyo at nag toothbrush, may unused toothbrush naman sa banyo tsaka toothpaste. Naghilamos na rin ako. I smelled something outside, so I went out of the room. Pagkalabas ko ng kwarto, may nakita akong hagdanan pababa kaya bumaba ako. I just realized that the house is a second floor.

This house is so huge.

When I went downstairs, I saw Angelo cooking in the kitchen. He was facing away from me, wearing an apron. "Good morning." Ngumiti ako ng marinig siya, ang tahimik ko lang bumaba pero nalaman niya pa ring nandito na'ko.

"Good morning too, what are you cooking?" I asked and went beside him. I put my hands on the counter, watching what he was doing.

"Chicken wings, I also baked pizza for you, and then next is the carbonara." He simply said.

My face lit up at what he said. "Really?! Oh my gosh, thank you!" I immediately went to him and hugged him from behind. When I realized what I was doing, I immediately distanced myself from him.

"Oh, sorry." I awkwardly apologized.

I heard him chuckle. "You can hug me anytime, miss. Alam ko namang crush mu'ko, e." He playfully said. I stepped on his foot, making him groan.

"That hurts." I could hear him in pain when I walked away.

"Gonna go outside." I said and walked outside. When I went out, I screamed. Nasa isang resort kami! There was a beach in front of the house!

"Whose house is this- Omg! We're in a resort! Whose resort is this?" I went back inside and asked. Para na'kong bata na excited maligo sa dagat.

"Mine." He casually said.

"What the?! Are you for real?" I asked him again. Nabigla pa'ko sa sinabi niya.

"You're richer than the restaurant na pinagtatrabahuhan mo. Why are you still working there if you have a great resort here?" I asked and sat on the sofa, brushing the pillow.

"Because of you." He simply said. I was a bit surprised, but I know he was just joking.

"Stop the freak off." I hissed.

He laughed, so I just helped him with what he was doing. He didn't want me to work, but I was bored. I needed to do something. He taught me how to properly put the chicken wings in the oil because I was doing it the wrong way earlier. Natatakot kasi akong matalsikan ng mantika pag mailagay ko na yung wings sa pan.

He was behind me, holding the plate with the chicken wings to fry while I was busy minding my own business, which was frying.

"I have a question," I said. May naalala akong tanong sakan'ya. He arched his brow, waiting for me to talk again.

"How did Yohan and you become friends, because... It's so sudden kasi. At the party, you were so strange greeting each other. Para kayong bula na bigla nalang dumikit sa isa't-isa." I said confusedly.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you how we met. I'm sorry. Anyway, Yohan is studying culinary arts, and I'm also studying the same. We were classmates and became friends, then best friends," I nodded. I realized that they were in the same field. We just talked about them while we were waiting for the wings to be cooked.

"May trio kasi kami noon. We were planning to build a restaurant with our other friend, but when he died in an unexpected accident, Yohan and I donated the money we earned for our restaurant to the funeral for our friend. That's when we both started to separate paths," he explained. It was so obvious that it still hurt him. I could see the pain in his eyes.

My mouth formed an 'o' when I realized something. "So that's the reason why Yohan stopped working on it," I said, still unbelievable about the reason.

"Did Yohan also stop?" He asked. He probably didn't know.

"Yeah, when we asked about the reason, he wouldn't say anything and just make a joke so that we could forget it." I said and went to him.

I put my wrist on the counter while watching him flip the chicken wings. "Did you also stop, or were you planning to?"

"I already stopped. But when your Mom was finding a Chef to cook for your mukbang, he called my Tita, my Mom's sister, and then Mom told me about it, so I..." I was waiting for him to finish his sentence when he went to the sink to wash his hands.

"So I...?" I was so persistent to know.

"Hali ka, ikaw kumuha. It's cooked." He said, so I went to him and took the cooking spoon he was handing me.

Nang mailagay ko na lahat sa plato, kumain na kami. After that, we planned to go to the beach to swim. I changed clothes first. Good thing I have a bikini outfit in my luggage. It's a white bikini with a plain applique. It was there before, and I didn't remove it because we might have an outing wherever we go, so it's good that I can now use it.

After I changed, I went out. Pagkalabas ko, nasa gilid ng pintuan ng kwarto ko si Angelo. He went to me and smiled. Nakasuot siya ng white polo na nakabukas ang dalawang butones sa dibdib, ang pang-ibaba niya naman ay simpleng black pants lang.

"Ineffable." He simply said. I giggled. I know what it means.

"What are you doing with it?" I asked, pointing to the camera he was holding.

"To take a picture of you, so you can post new ones on social media for your fans. They must have missed you so much because of me." He casually said. My heart skipped a beat when he said that. How sweet of him.

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