Written in the stars // Jeo Ong

11: Clingy

"Pot simula noong sinagot ka nyan di ka na umaalis jan ah." Kuya siko joked. "Sumama ka na tara na."

"Ayoko." Jeo mumbled on my shoulders, he hugs me tightly.

"Sama ka na with them." I said chopping vegetables.

I was sitting on Jeos lap while he hugged me from my back. It's been a week since we got together.

Now, the family and I were at their other headquarters where there was a beach, they wanted to stay here since the weather has been nice.

They were inviting him to ride motorcycles and find a ilog.

"Yoko nga gusto ko nasa tabi mo lang." He said.

"Nako iah. You have to go, like tito said sulitin mo na. They wanna bond with you." I stopped chopping and looked at him.

"Fine." He sighs. "Sama ka?" He smiles at me.

"Nope tita needs me here to help her cook and with Dongdong." I chuckled moving hair off his face.

"Sige na nga." He tapped my waist and I stood up. He kissed my cheeks before going.

"Ingat ka oki." I said. He nods and runs to where the boys were.

I smiled watching him run off.

"Nako parang maling desisyon na pumayag ka kay Jeo ah. Clingy pa naman yan." I heard titas voice behind me. I look at her and smiled.

"Hindi naman po. Ang sweet nga po." I said going back to what I was doing.

She puts down the bowl she was holding and sat down.

Her belly was starting to show. "Okay na yang tagalog mo."

"Yes po. I am glad na I am learning well." I said.

"Feel ko mapro-proud tatay mo sayo." She said and she started peeling potatos.

I frown. Will he be proud knowing that his daughter was now chopping vegetables and exploring? Instead of learning about stocks and strategies on how to overpower other companies.

"Okay ka lang nak?" Tita held my hand. I look at her.

"Opo. It's just that I don't think he will be proud po." I said and I went back to chopping carrots.

"Bakit naman? Kami nga proud sayo. Sarili mo pang magulang hind?" She said.

I nodded. "Anything I do for my father is never enough, but it's okay." I smiled. "As long as I still have people proud of me. I know I am doing the right thing. Especially pag kayo po."

She smiled. I love this, I have a mother figure, it may not be my own but I am glad that they see me their own.

"Tama yan. I love you nak." She said.

"I love you din po tita."

We went on with cooking and we also ate without them. After eating, Naynay and I were chatting, she was watching Dongdong while tita was sat down at a chair enjoying the view. I was in the pool.

"Nako bhe ganon talaga pag sila." Naynay was giving tea on the boys, especially Jeo cause she has been with him since he was a baby. I drank the juice we made a while ago.

"Musta naman kayo ni Jeo?" She smiled.

"Okay lang naman po masaya." I said.