valdez/lazaro

like a bastard on the burning sea part 1

based on the larry fic of the same name. I just had to make one for these two.

[this has been sitting in my drafts for months and i thought about publishing it now lol]

it's a cool friday night, a rerun of a classic filipino telenovela is playing on the telly, alyssa's chin is resting on den's head, and den is leaning against alyssa's chest. the air is heavy, filled with tension- the good kind, den supposes. This was it. tonight was the night.

den turns her head to the side, her attention half on the show, half on alyssa.

"love, have you called them?"

she notices how awfully quiet alyssa has gotten, probably from the nerves.

"hindi pa. but i will, pag mag commercial perhaps? ganda na kasi oh."

den squeezes ly's knees, making the taller one hold her hand in gratitude. den always did that when she knew the other one was tense.

"you know we can postpone if you're not ready..."

alyssa squeezes den's hand tighter.

"no absolutely not. I know how big of a deal this is for you."

den stands up, grabs alyssa's arm and drag her to the kitchen. stopping in front of a telephone placed on a table. den doesn't notice the way alyssa's eyes gaze nervously at the bright red contraption.

den places the phone on her ear, smiling widely as one by one their friends pick up. She can feel her heart bursting just by telling them over the line, what more when they arrive and tell them personally.

After calling a handful of their most closest friends, the pair return to their usual position back on the couch. den doesn't notice the way alyssa's hands loosen around her waist.

***

"anong meron, why the sudden invite guys?" ella de jesus says as she grabs a handful of cracklings and stuffs it in her mouth. "-because, ya know, you never invite us to these things unless importante siya."

amy ahomiro comes out of the kitchen holding a glass of orange juice that suspiciously looks like the glass alyssa had saved in the refrigerator for herself.

"yeah guys, what's going on?" she says in her usual new zealand accent.

bea de leon a.k.a perhaps the only person as tall as alyssa sits next to ella on the couch, hogging the bag from her. "i think i know where this is going." she smirks before slowly putting a chip in between her lips.

den looks at alyssa for support, the taller girl nods her head and smiles, urging for her to go on. den feels a warmth on her chest, something she hasn't felt since she first realized that she loved alyssa. she takes it as a good sign and breathes deeply.

"umm well, you know, ummm, this might sound sort of sudden, but um like, you know, I-well we, think that it might be a good idea to do this since you know, it's kind of overdue in my opinion but umm here it goes. we're getting a baby- well we decided to adopt, yeah that's the word, adopt. "

ella's high pitched screaming is the first thing that breaks the silence before the girls all jump up and down and rush to hug den (who felt pretty emotional herself.)