A Night With The Gay Bachelor

CHAPTER 2

Tristan's

The bright golden sunlight could almost blind my eyes while it is set on the route, so with my left hand on the steering wheel, I managed to slip my right hand and got my sunglasses out of my shirt. I immediately wear it to prevent the harsh lights from hitting my sense of sight. I glanced at my wristwatch and it told me that it is already past five in the afternoon. Ang bilis naman tumakbo ng oras, parang kanina kakagising ko pa lang tapos ngayon papalubog na kaagad ang araw. Can this day be slowed down just for a little bit? Ayoko pang matapos ang araw na ito. This day is too special for me to just end it that easily. I even took a day off for this just to make sure everything goes  perfect.

Last night, I could barely sleep thinking that it has been a year already since the day I and Jake had our relationship together! I met him on a dating app which was by the way recommended by my friend, Marcus. At first, I was kind of hesitant to use the application because it seemed impossible for me to find a real partner there but then I found him. Pinatunayan niya saakin na love can also be found even in virtual world. Then after few weeks of being chat mates, we started dating and eventually naging kami na rin.

Hindi naging madali ang relasyon namin bilang magkasintahan dahil napakalaki pa ring issue sa mga mata ng Pilipino ang relasyong meron kami tulad ng sa pamilya niya at mga katrabaho. But I am happy dahil 'di kinalaunan natanggap rin naman nila kami. I am just too excited because finally, first anniversary na namin ngayon ng boyfriend ko and I cannot believe that we already reached this far despite all of the struggles and challenges that we both faced just to keep this relationship going. Jake is my first boyfriend to begin with so it is pretty valid for me to welcome this overwhelming feeling.

Anyway, speaking of Jake kanina ko pang umaga siya sinusubukang tawagan but his phone says cannot be reached. I even checked his SNS accounts and it seems that he haven't logged in for today. I also tried calling his colleagues para tanungin kung pumasok ba siya but all of them answered no, which means he also took a day off. I am starting to think that he is preparing something big for me kaya hindi ko siya ma-contact. Pinaghahandaan niya talaga ata ang surpresa niya sakin. Gosh I'm excited! But at the back of my mind there's something that's bothering me, I can't point it out actually, at dahil doon hindi ko maiwasang huwag mag-alala. Parang kinakabahan tuloy ako. Tatawagan ko ulit siya mamaya and I hope he will answer it na.

The sun is almost getting below the horizon and yet, here I am driving my way to his condo. We originally planned to have our first anniversary out of the country but sudden things came. Kinailangan ako sa kompanya ni Daddy within the week so we had to cancel our flight. Buti nga pinayagan niya ako ngayon na huwag pumasok. So for me to be able to make it up for him, I am planning to surprise my baby sa mismong condo niya. I thought of surprising him on a fancy restaurant but that doesn't look romantic to me. Lagi na namin iyon ginagawa everytime we go out together. I wanted to do something different, gusto ko ako mismo yung nag effort because me as a business gay, bihira lang ako mag effort dahil kadalasang nauubos ang oras at lakas ko sa trabaho. So I just decided to celebrate our anniversary through a simple surprise dinner on his condo. Damn just by the thought of it makes me go hyperactive. So I got myself here some heart-shaped balloons, a box of a cake, I also grabbed a roasted turkey, red wine and a gift wrapped up on a red-bowed box. I just do hope he will like all of this. Tumingin ako sa upuan sa aking kanan at likuran para ulit sipatin yung mga dala ko kung kumpleto and they seem complete naman so I set my eyes back on the road again.

While I'm on my way, napansin kong napakatahimik sa loob ng sasakyan which kind of makes me uncomfortable to drive so I set on the stereo.

Now playing: Lost in Japan by Shawn Mendes