Ephemeral Love

NINE

"Hey"

I gave my attention to him.
He gave me a small and pink shell he found in front of him.

It was so pretty. I held it and it was shaped perfectly.

"Thanks. It's really beautiful tho."

"Not as pretty as--"

Napatigil siya.

"As the sky. Yeah as the sky." he continued.

He smiled and lied down. He closed his eyes and said, "This is the life!"

He stood up and stretched.

"Let's go!"

"Huh? But I like it here!" sabi ko

"Scarlet, having too much of something you love is not healthy!"

"Saang hugot mo naman nakuha yan?"

"Wala lang! Tara na HAHA"

I stood up pero hindi ako pumunta sa sasakyan niya dumeretso ako sa dagat at binasa siya sa tubig.

"Huy Scarlet! Wala akong extra shirt!"

Di ko siya pina kinggan at binasa pa siya lalo. ANG OA NIYA RIN KONTENG TUBIG NGA LANG. Pero nako! He fought back and binasa rin ako! Ba't parang ang cliche naman nito! Cliche nga pero nakakaaliw kung sayo na mismo nangyayari no!

He went near me and held my arm to stop it from playing with water. We were real close and I saw his eyes up close as he smiled at me. It was like another happy place.

I shaked my head and I ran to his car and just twirled. My shirt was quite wet so I gave it a twirl and waited for Will.

"What was that?" Patawang tanong ni Will

"A majestic twirl of the queen lang naman."

"Ang weird mo! Hindi pa tayo aalis dito. May ipapakita ako!."

Hindi ko alam kung saan niya ako dadalhin but he just held my arm and ran towards a big nipa hut.

"Anong gagawin natin—TURTLES!" napasigaw ako

Ang daming maliliit na mga baby turtles sa isang bucket! Hindi ko alam bakit ako nanginginig! Sobrang na over joy ako sa mga nakita ko!

Tapos may dumating na manong dala dala ang mga cute na cute na mga kittens! Nanlaki mga mata ko, hindi ko ma explain kung gaano ako kasaya ngayon!

Pero sadly, we had to go na. I even asked manong if I can keep one pero sabi nila I cant kasi that Nipa Hut raw pala is a stress relieving place sa lugar na yun. Hindi lang rin mga pusa at turtles ang meron kundi meron ring mga puppy pero nasa daycare center for pets sila today so walang mga puppies L

"Scarlet para kang bata! Ang cute mo." Di ko narinig yung mga huling sinabi niya.

"Ano kamo?" tanong ko.

"Ah wala." Sabi niya.

Di ko nalang rin pinansin. Pumunta na kami sa sasakyan niya dahil may pupuntahan pa raw kami.

The engine started and I was moving my toes as I held my shoes sa kamay ko. I looked like a happy kid.

I opened the window and stretched my arm. The wind relaxed me. It was a very nice feeling.

Will's eyes were at me and I just smiled at him.

We reached the park and bubbles were everywhere!

"Stay here" he told me to wait sa isang bench

"Sige." but I didn't stay tho. I bought a blue balloon. I came back before he did anyway.

Dumating siya with 2 ice cream cones.

"Scarlet, what flavor do you want?"

"Hmm. Gusto ko nung chocolate."
He handed me the chocolate kasi I don't like durian that much.

He smiled at me and licked his ice cream. Tiningnan ko reaction niya.

His eyes grew bigger and looked at me.

"HINDI NAMAN TO VANILLA AH." He shouted

Tumawa lang ako ng malakas
"Ano bang akala mo? HAHAHA durian yan bes!"

Ang mukha niya di ko ma describe pero ang pogi paring tingnan.

"What is this? It's actually yummy pero it stinks!"

"Haha pinili mo yan! Eat it nalang haha"

"Ayaw ko e. Sayo nalang!"

"Nako ayaw ko! Hahaha eto chocolate you want?"

Binigay ko yung chocolate ice cream ko sa kanya pero na sobra at ng stretch kamay ko dahil may chocolate na siya sa ilong niya.

"Nako sorry! Hahaha"

"Scarlet, puno ng chocolate bunganga mo! Hahaha"

He did his revenge and nilagyan rin ng ice cream mukha ko tapos bigla siyang tumakbo.

Hinabol ko rin naman at mas bata pa kaming tingnan kesa sa mga bata na nandito. Ikaw bang tumatakbo na may ice cream at balloon na hawak? Sinitsitan na kami ng guard sa kakatakbo namin but we just ran away.

We bought some cotton candy muna tapos the funny part is nahulog sa floor yung sa kanya. Tiningnan ko lang siya tapos siya naman naghihinayang para talagang bata kung titingnan!

Nag ikot ikot kami sa buong park. He told me everything about his life kahit yung time na hindi raw siya nakapag suot ng brief sa school dahil malalate na siya.
Ako, I almost brought "him" up but Will started to talk about the movies that his family watches. Luh ano to? Taylor Swift?

Yung baloon na hawak hawak ko biglang pumutok! Tapos tong si Will parang babae kung makatili, mas babae pa nga ata sa akin eh. Tinawanan ko lang siya tapos siya di parin makahinga. Ang bait ko no?

Yung papunta na kami sa sasakyan niya may malaking aso! Tahol ng tahol yung aso sa amin! Tapos eto namang katabi ko ay sobrang takot na, kaya kumaripas ng takbo.
"Scarlet, pasok na sa sasakyan!" pero di ko siya pinakinggan. Gusto ko ng puppy kanina! Hindi ng nakakatakot na aso nanakakapatay siguro!
Si Will naman ay umikot ng umikot sa mga punuan at salamat sa Panginoon naiwala niya yung aso.

Tumakbo siya pabalik sa sasakyan niya at nagpahinga sa hood.

"ARF ARF ARF ARF!" Nakita namin ang aso na papunta ulit sa amin! Binuksan ni Will ang mga pintuan at nakapasok na kami.

When we were in his car, we were just laughing. He got me some tissues to wipe the sweat off my face and kept the tissue inside my bag. He also cleaned his face and smiled right after.

Tumingin lang siya sa akin. I don't know what face to show so I asked

"May dumi ba ako sa mukha?"

Tapos nag lean nanaman siya sa akin na parang tototohanin niya na talaga so pinikit ko mata ko!
I can feel the air he's breathing, yeah that's how close he is to me.

Tapos narinig ko siyang tumawa so dinilat ko na mata ko.

"Sira ka naman e--"

And it happened. I didn't expect it this time. Wala siyang ginawang signs walang anything. He leaned and closed the distance with a kiss.

My insides were bursting. My face feels so warm. My eyes just closed. All these fireworks in my chest.

"I'm sorry."
"I can't do this." He continued

Parang nahulog galing 30th floor ang katawan ko. Bakit Will?

He drove me home. He stopped in front of our gate but I didn't move at all.

"Sorry Scarlet."

I didn't answer him. I just looked at him and said, "I'll go now. Thanks for today."

I opened the car door and said goodbye.

What happened? I entered our gate na tapos parang na kuryente ako.

I held my lips and remembered something.

Maggie.

She likes Will. What have I done?