The Truth Hurts

The Truth Hurts [5]

bigla nyang tanong. Nagulat akoh kasi akala koh tulog na xa.Hindi na lang akoh nagsalita baka kasi kung ano pa ang masabi koh pro ewan koh ba. There was something about the way he said those words that made me cry. Parang may panghihinayang sa boses nya.

Kakaisip, nakatulog in akoh still holding his hand. When I woke up, nakita koh la na ung comforter, it was already neatly kept in the closet. Kala koh umalis na xa kaya I felt a little bit disappointed. I took a big sighand just stood up to get ready for work.

 “oh, gising ka na pala?” nagulat akoh. Pagtingin koh, xa pala un. Nasa kitchen atnagluluto.

“your cooking?” sabi koh kasi talagang hindi xa tipong chef.

“well, yah. Nu naman masama.”

“may balak kang lasunin akoh noh?” sabi koh na medyo nangaasar, tapos pinuntahan koh xa dun sa may kitchen and took a glimpse of what he was cooking. Infairness, it smelled good.

“ano ka ba? Wala ka bang tiwala sakin?” tanong nya sakin. And I just shook my head and smiled at head

“ganun? Ah basta, why don‟t you just go and get ready for work, then after that, you‟ll get to taste heaven.”

 “ah ganun? Yabang.”

“ewan. Just go. matitikman moh din toh mamaya.” Sabi nya, sabay tulak sakin palabas ng kitchen. So umakyat na koh sa taas and got ready for work na nga. Naligo nga koh with a smile on my face sa sobrang tuwa. Pagbaba koh, nakita koh ung presentation nya sa dining table. Grabe ang ganda.

 “Wow!” un na lang ung nasabi koh. And pinuntahan koh na ung table, seeing the food that he prepared suddenly made me hungry.

“this smells good.”

“of course it does.” Sabi nya, then pulled up a chair for me, and umupo na xa sa chair in front of me.

“but does it taste good?” sabi koh na mejo nanunukso pa.

“why don‟t you just try it and see for yourself.” He said while putting big helpings into my plate. I just smiled mischievously na parang nagpapacute. And when I took the first bite, all I had to say was, “Wow!” it was so delicious. I never knew na he could cook He just smiled at me when he heard me say wow.

Sobrang proud na proud xa sa nagawa nya. And he made the least effort of showing it to me. We talked and chatted during our meal. Tawanan sa mga kwento nya and sa mga walang humpay na mga corny nyang jokes na ewan koh ba, up to now, still makes me laugh kahit na sobrang corny.

“well?” sabi nya sakin after we ate.

 “well what?” sabi koh na pa inosente effect.

“well, what can you say sa luto koh?”

“well,…” sabi koh na mejo nantitrip. Miss koh na toh, ung mga times na ganto. Most of all, miss koh na talaga pare koh.

“well, ano? Pwede na ba?” tanong nya na mejo natetense na yata. It feels good na my opinion still matters to him.

 “well, yah. Pwede na. Pwedeng pwede na.” Sabi koh and he let out a big sigh of relief. Para bang nabunutan sya ng malaking tinik.

 “wow, di koh lam marunong ka pala magluto. Bakit di koh alam toh?” sabi koh sa kanya.

 “well, when I graduated I started living on my own na, and of course I had to cook for myself. And one time, I was watching this food channel, and I found it interesting so, I tried my luck and bought a couple of cookbooks and tried some of the

recipes there. Tapos my interest in cooking grew, so when I already had a stable job, I started taking cooking lessons.” He explained.

 “talaga? Wow. I never really imagined you as a kitchen person.” Sabi koh.