Mabilis kong pinunasan ang mga luha sa pisngi para harapin siya nang nakangiti. "I thought, you're sleeping?"
"My jealousy leads me here when I saw you talking seriously with someone else downstairs," sagot ni Ace.
"Ah, eh," hindi ko alam kung dapat ba akong mag-explain or what, "Pa-english, english ka na rin, ha! As if naman may maitutulong ka," nasabi ko na lamang. "Oh, s'ya! Balik na tayo sa loob. Panira ka kasi ng momentum!" pagkasabi'y tinalikuran ko siya't inunahan sa paglalakad.
Palagpas na 'ko sa kan'ya pero bigla niyang hinablot ang braso ko at hinigit ako para yakapin.
"Justine Ace?" mabilis kong nabigkas ang pangalan niya gawa nang pagkabigla.
"Please, Aliz, dito ka muna. Hayaan mo maging ganito lang tayo pansamantala."
He gives me a genuinely sweet smile with the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.
"Mahal na nga yata kita, Aliz."
Ano ba ang dapat kong sabihin? Mahal ko na nga ba siya? O posibleng mas mahal ko pa siya? Ito ang kauna-unahang beses na narinig ko iyon mula sa kan'ya kaya halos lumaki ang mga mata ko.
"A-Ace," sinubukan kong kumawala sa yakap niya ngunit may kung anong magnet na humihigop sa mga binti ko para manatili sa ganoong posisyon. "K-kasi—" magsasalita pa sana ako pero hindi n'ya 'ko pinatapos.
His thumb brushes my lower lip and I hear his breath hitch.
"Aliz," titig na titig siya sa 'kin.
Responding to his eyes made me feel guilty— guilty of being fully aware that I am now under his spell.
"I love you, Aliz."
Ace's lips were getting closer and my heart decided to skip a beat.
At first, I'm nervous, but then he puts his hand on the back of my head and he reassuringly strokes my hair. So, I'm not so nervous anymore.
I parted my lips and felt him washing over like a wave of warmth, curling my toes, unfurling all senses as the taste of him nearly silenced all thoughts.
"Y-You shouldn't have kissed me like that!" I found myself gasping, caught between an array of feelings, and trying to regain my sense as I ended the kiss.
His half-closed eyes were now wide open. "How would you like to be kissed?" An alarming curiosity washed over his features, he was scanning me for answers.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean too. Please, give me a break to breathe and make it up on my mind. Bye Ace." I walked out.
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