Secretly In Love

31st

[Farrah's POV]

I am romantic! I swear! Mahiyain lang talaga ako. Gusto ko din naman talaga na maging sweet kay Andrei, kaya lang kapag nasa labas kami naiilang ako sa mga tao, ayaw ko kasing pinagtitinginan kami.

Hindi tulad sa bahay na wala namang papansin sa amin kasi dalawa lang naman kami dun.

Pero ngayon ka-holding hands ko na si Andrei habang naglalakad. Iba pala yung feeling, masaya na nakakakilig na nakakakaba.

Hindi naman namin to first time na mag-holding hands, pero ito ang first time namin na magholding hands as official couple sa public. Conservative kasi ako eh. Hahaha!

Hindi pa din kasi ako nagkakaboyfriend, kaya hindi ko din alam ang gagawin ko. Naiilang pa ako, kay Andrei at lalong lalo na sa sarili ko. Kasi never in my whole life that I thought na gagawin ko to.

That I will experience these romantic gestures from my long time secret college crush which is Andrei.

But this is real..

He really is my boyfriend, for two years!

Anyway, we went the Filipino diner where we will celebrate our 2nd anniversary.

We had our dinner at nagkwentuhan din for quite sometime. Sa date night talaga namin mas madami kaming napag-uusapan.

"Bakit pala dito mo naisipan na mag-dinner?"

"Na miss ko Filipino food eh." Sagot niya.

"Eh lagi naman tayong nagluluto ha."

Simula kasi nang magkasama kami ni Andrei nagluluto na kami sa bahay, lalo na ng mga food na namimiss namin sa Pilipinas. Kaya nakakapagtaka na mamiss niya ang Filipino food.

"Baka naman hindi ka na nasasarapan sa luto ko." Biro ko sa kanya.

"No! Ikaw kaya ang pinakamasarap na magluto! Kaya nga mas gusto ko sa bahay tayo kapag date night kesa sa labas eh." Sagot niya.

"Eh bakit??" I asked.

He looked at me and smiled.

"Remember...dito tayo nagkita ulit after how many years. Dito ka nag take advantage sa akin noong niyaya mo akong tumira sa apartment mo."

"Hey!" I pinched him. He chuckled habang hinihimas niya yung part kung saan ko siya kinurot.

"But seriously, this one is my favorite place, besides the apartment and Tita Angie's house in Chicago." Sabi niya.

"Sus. Reasons!" Asar ko sa kanya. Natawa lang siya as he finished his drink.

I signaled the waitress for the bill. The way you make a square on the air to say that you're getting the bill.

She nodded and went to our table.

I looked for the bill but surprised when I didn't see a piece of paper.

Instead... I saw a red velvet box.

"Excuse me, Miss. I think you got it wrong." Tinawag ko yung waiter.

She just smiled at me.

"This place is very special to me, like I said dito tayo nagkita." Napatingin ako kay Andrei nang magsalita siya.

"From that day you've been a part of my life. It's been 2 years since then. I won't be in front of you right now if we both didn't decide to eat here that day." He added.

He stood up and gets down on one knee.

"So this is the place where I want to ask you this." Sabi niya habang hawak niya yung red box.