53.000 Steps

Chapter 19

Nineteen

The continuation

Ok. This time it’s different.

Nadidistinguish ko na si Gab from my pillow. HEHE.

I mean, I didn’t end up hugging him again at akalaing pillow siya.

Though hindi ko rin masabing hindi nga ako nakayakap sakaniya. Para kasing oo pero hindi.

Alam niyo yun? Yung ulo ko nakahiga sa arms niya pero malayo sakaniya tapos hawak niya yung right hand ko kasi magkaharap kami.

“Niobe…” pabulong niyang tawag sakin in his soothing na inaantok pang boses.

“Hmm?” reply ko ng nakapikit pa. Inaantok pa kasi ako e. tapos medyo ginalaw ko yung paa ko.

“Niobe! Wag kang gagalaw.” Nagtaka ako sa toni ng boses ni Gab.

Pabulong parin but very cautious.

Unti-unti kong binuksan ang mga mata ko, careful not to move any part of my body.

Wag daw kasi akong gagalaw e. hehe.

At ang gwapong mukha ni Gab lnag naman ang nakita ko.

Hindi siya gumagalaw. As in. Though he’s looking at me as if he’s implicating something.

Kaya lang di ko naman maintindihan.

Then I heard a sound…

“Eek! Eek!” bigla naman daw akong kinabahan pero unti-unti ring tumingin sa direction kung saan nang gagaling yung sound.

And to my surprise, the sound is a actually a…

“DAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!” nagpanic at nagpumiglas ako as the rat leap all over the bed.

“Niobe, shh.” Gab leaned towards me to settle me down pero napaover ata ang pagpupumiglas ko kaya…

Bog!

We fell off the bed with me on top of him and with my face unnecessarily close to his.

Then, finally, tumalon na yung daga sa kama at bumalik sa lungga niya.

Haay…

The worst is finally over. Umagang-umaga ah.

“ehem. Ehem.” Which brings me back to Gab na kasalukuyang… you know.

“Ugh. Sorry.” Tatayo na sana ako but then he grabbed my hand at hinila ako to retain or position.

Which is very awkward.

Naramdaman kong nagblush ako at ngumiti naman siya.

“I just… would like to ask…

…will you go out with me?”