In another lifetime

EIGHT

//As promised :) goodnight//

This by far the most awkward morning I had. Waking up with a man holding you so tight in one bed. At ang pinaka nakakahiya doon ay ex s'ya ng kapatid mo. At least nothing happened,more than us cuddling all night long and me crying like there's no tomorrow, I'm pretty sure my eyes are all swollen. Nakakahiya lalo!

He's sleeping soundly hindi ko magawang tanggalin ang yakap n'ya sa akin. And there's something inside me telling that I should savor the warmth his giving me. But this looks so wrong, diba friends lang kami? We're not a couple or anything. Friends yes but definitely without benefits.

"Good morning" he said, omg his voice so husky and it's sexy, alam kong nagblush ako. Nakakahiya ka Amethy Nicole!

"Hmm" I hummed.

"Wala man lang good morning dyan?" he asked cutely. Ano ba Yael you're not helping!

"Good morning din..." nagulat ako sa ginawa n'ya, hinarap n'ya ako sa kanya, our faces are inches part. He's...handsome.

"Did I make you feel better?" He said without breaking his stare, "Did cuddling of any help?" he continued, I nodded.

"You were crying for hours and that's the only way I can do to make you stop, hugs are indeed useful for a cry baby like you" he teased

"Am not a cry baby!" I retorted

"Said the one with puffy eyes" nagkaroon ako ng dahilan para itulak s'ya, pero napalakas ata nahulog s'ya.

"oh God I'm sorry are you okay?" medyo natatawa ako sa nangyari kahit na namimilipit s'ya sa sakit. Ang cute kasi n'ya.

"Brutal ka pala" nakangiting sambit n'ya, tapos tumawa lang kami ng tumawa. For the first time in a while, I laughed genuinely.

When our laugh died down, "Thanks..." I smiled at him, "Thank you so much" he held my hand and smiled back

Long warm showers feels so great, it helps lower down alcohol's hangover. Lalabas na sana ako ng banyo when I overheard Yael's phone conversation.

"Dad! Ayoko, I will not marry anyone other than Ali!" Tama ba yung narinig ko? He's been arranged to be married? To whom? Alam ba ni Ali 'to? Kaya ba sila naghiwalay ng tuluyan?

"Dad please, I love Ali so much hindi ko kaya yung hinihiling mo" pagmamakaawa n'ya.

Pareho lang pala kaming biktima ng pamilya namin. Ang nakakatawa pareho kami ng problema.

Lolo and Mom wants me to marry someone I don't even love.Hindi pa nga tapos yung issue sa mga tatay ko gusto na nila ako agad magpakasal sa isang taong hindi ko naman mahal.

And worst hindi ko naman kilala kung sino 'yon. Bakit ang mga anak ang kailangan maging kasangkapan sa mga negosyo nila? Tao din naman kami, may damdamin. May sariling isip, may pusong dapat malayang magmahal.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to eavesdrop" I said paglabas ko.

"It's okay" he sighed, "Sorry din alam kong may problema ka hindi na dapat ako dumagdag"

"Ano ka ba! It's my time to repay you" Sobrang dami rin nyang naitulong sa akin ano ba naman yung makinig ako sa problema n'ya

"I bet you already know why Ali and I broke up" He looked at me, "And why I broke every girls heart"

"I understand... trust me"

"Noon pa ako kinukulit ni Daddy na magpakasal, and the only way to annoy him ay magpakilala ako ng girlfriend sa kanya but I always ended up breaking their hearts dahil pinagbabantaan ako ni Dad"

"Then I met your sister, pinakilala ko s'ya. And for some reason Dad stopped bugging me about the marriage thing"

 "Recently, biglang nag-iba ang ihip ng hangin at para kaming bumalik sa scratch, that's when Ali found out, and the rest is I guess you already know"