Boy Next Door (LeAga)

Their kind of bonding.

"Wow."

"Wow, mamay! You look so irresistibly cute here! Look!" Lea is still awed with what she is seeing when Nowi asked her to look at one of the pictures, the one when she had still got bangs.

"My bangs moment! Wow, that was .. that was more than a decade ago." She still couldn't believe what she is seeing.

They are inside a room that is filled with images of her. The left part of the room is decorated with photographs of her; some were even taken years back.

She went near the biggest picture framed and hanged on the wall. It is a photo of her looking at the golden gate bridge smiling under the moonlight.

"Memories." She whispered smiling but there are tears. "Mamay, daday surely loves you."

"He does baby."

"Mamay, look at this painting, it has mama's signature and name at the bottom part." Nowi pointed out an oil canvas of her face with that cute smile on.

The other half of the room contains all of the paintings of her face, some are smiling, there is even some paintings of her frowning but what caught her attention the most is the one where she is pouting.

"These are your mama's artwork, all of them. Wow. I didn't know she's a painter too."

But what will really catch your attention is the mural on the room's ceiling.

Half of it is painted, half is photographed. It is an image of her watching the sunset at the seashore. What a nice view is it, she thought.

Lea was lost in the reverie she is seeing upon the images in front of her when someone, probably Aga lifted her up through her waist.

"Kayong dalawa pinag-kaisahan n'yo ako ha!" The two ladies just at him.

Ibinaba naman na sila ni Aga. "Like it?"

"A room, probably a gallery of me? No. I love it. I love you." She smiled with those teary eyes and hugged Aga.

"Sali akoooo!" the two of them chuckled then Aga lifted Nowi so she could join the hug.

They parted when Lea asked, "Bakit ngayon ko lang 'to nakita ? Wa—"

"This is supposed to be a secret." Aga cut her off.

Lea pouted and answered, "Wala kang balak ipakita sa akin?" "Don't pout, Lea." He warned.

"Bakit naman?" She pouted again. Then Nowi who is roaming around the room like an investigator looking for evidences interrupted.

"Because he might just pull you for a kiss and initiate a make out session right here in this very room, here in front of me." She told her without glancing and with a serious tone. Natawa naman si Lea sa kapilyahan ng bata.

"But really, thank you, babes. Thank you."

And then they kiss. (Smack lang! May bata! Hahaha!)

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"What do you want for lunch, Nowi?" Lea approached Nowi who is busy licking her ice cream while walking in the mall. Girls Day out!!! At dahil girls nga, si Aga ayun, naiwan sa bahay. (Kawawang Aga. Hahaha!)

"Pasta particularly carbonara will do, mamay." Nowi responded still licking her ice cream and not taking a glance at her.

"Okay. Ah, baby, bili pa tayong isang dress tsaka shoes, those that we'll have the same design. Would that be fine?"