School Project

18 -- Gesriel

GESRIEL'S POV

"Where's my little boy?" That voice! Sya na yun, alam kong sya yun! I saw him downstairs with a smile reaching his eyes. Ang tagal rin bago sya naka-uwi.

"Daddy?" I exclaimed habang kinakamot-kamot ko pa ang mga mata ko. Then I excitingly run downstairs to approach him.

"Oh, I missed my boy!" as I get closer to him, I jumped at him giving him the tightest hug.

"I miss you daddy, where have you been?" I asked faking up an angry face he just chuckled and pats my head.

"Business trip as always, my boy! I heard you did great at school,"

"Yes daddy! I got 3 stars but it were all erased now because you took too long for you to see it," I said pouting my lips and showing my cutest puppy eyes.

"It's okay, well how about let's just go and spend this day together huh? I want to go fishing with my boy! Magba-bonding tayo,"

My eyes got widen when I heard our favorite bonding activity. "Yey! FISHING!"

"Look dad, I caught a big fish!" tuwa'ng-tuwa ko'ng pinakita kay daddy yung nahuli kong isda.

"Wow, that's my boy! Wag ka masyado gigilid sa boat, you might fall. I haven't taught you how to pa," he screamed while taking pictures of the nature.

But I got amused when I saw a clown fish. "Wow, nemo!" I can't help but try to catch it with my hands since the hook is to big for that little clown fish and I didn't expect what happened next.

"GESRIEL!" 

I'm drowning. Feeling ko hinihila ako papalubog ng dagat. I'm so scared. I can't even cry out for help. 

But I saw dad jumped right out from the boat and nilangoy nya papunta sakin. 

"Gesriel, daddy's coming!" Sigaw nya habang naghahabol ng hininga. He dragged me 'til we reached the boat at nagising nalang ako na nasa ospital na ko.

"Where am I?" nanghihina ko'ng tanong. Then I saw dad, nabigla sya nang makita ang paggising ko.

"Oh God! I thought I'm gonna lose you. You scared me there huh, no fishing for you from now on," He said with a broken voice. His eyes are swelling and his nose as well. 

"Did you cry daddy?" nagtataka kong tanong, I always see him as bubbly and cheerful and this is the first time I saw him like that.

He just gave my head a pat and smile. "I don't want to lose you my boy,"

"Oh, dad thanks for saving my life. You're my hero!" I gave him the tightest hug I could ever give and he chuckles.

"No, you... You my boy saved my life. After your mom died, it didn't became easy for me to accept it. If I didn't have you, I don't know what I would to my life. I don't know how could I live without you that is why I am scared to lose you," then a tear fell down from his eyes. He is crying but I can feel the happiness.

I still remember that day. Those sweet little moments we had... Until she came. Until she ruined everything.

"My boy, meet Miranda," a woman looks like 10-years younger than my father embraced me and was about to give me a kiss on my cheek but I step back to avoid it. She squat a little and put her arms on her thighs reaching my level.

"You must be shy at me, aren't you?" she smilingly said. I didn't give her any expression.

"Don't worry Miranda, he'll get the hang of it. Gesriel, she's Miranda... my girlfriend,"