Somebody Waiting

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A/N: To CatherineRoxas9, Thank you for reading bes. 👋

Raine

Nagising ako sa walang tigil na tunog ng cellphone sa may tabi ng unan. Unti-unti kong minulat ang aking mga mata, huminga ng malalim at nagpasalamat sa Diyos sa panibagong araw bago sagutin kung sino man itong tawag ng tawag.
Tinignan ko ang caller I.D at hindi napigilang mapangiti.

Richard.

‘Good morning, Sunshine!’ Masaya nyang bati. Kahit ilang ulit kong inaasar ang lalaking ito na hindi Sunshine ang pangalan ko, mahirap itanggi na sa panahon na nakilala ko sya kahit umuulan he never fails to give light to my life. In a way, sunshine has a new meaning to me, a new beginning and somehow it is a personification of a man named Richard Reyes Jr.----he is my own version of sunshine.

‘Oh, napatawag ka? Nabagok ka na ba?’ I tease.

‘Nah..Just checking kung baka ikaw ang nabagok. You ready?’

I stretch my arms and yawn.

‘Hoy Ricardo! Alas sais palang po ng umaga kung makapagtanong ka…Amoy laway pa ko oh.’

Shocks. Ang kadiri ko talaga. Ganito na ba kami ka-close?

I hear chuckles on the other line.

‘Anong nakakatawa?’

‘Ikaw…nakakatawa ka talaga. You never fail to amuse me. Can’t wait to marry you later. I said that with a wink.’

Enebe nemen…

‘Kwento mo..can’t wait, can’t wait ka dyan. Alam mo sa lahat ng lalaki, ikaw atat na atat magpakasal no? at take note, hindi lang basta kasal, you have to marry someone you’re not in love with.’ I said matter of fact. It’s true, we are not in love kaya kami ikakasal, though it seems that we are comfortable with each other on a level na kaya naming magharutan, it is a true that we are not yet there.

There is silence after I said that.

‘Raine…’ He called.

‘Hmmm…’

‘What are we?’ Sabi nya with a serious tone.

I stepped back. Here we are about to get married, close kami and yes we did kissed twice but our true relationship is still hanging. Ano nga ba kami?

‘I don’t know…’  I said honestly. ‘Best friends?’

Silence.

‘Raine, ok lang bang may sabihin? Promise me you’ll not find this creepy and walk away ah…’

‘Hmmm…’ I responded in agreement but deep down kinakabahan ako kung ano ang sasabihin nya.

‘Can we be more than bestfriends? Kaya kaya?’

‘Hmmmm.’

‘Anong hmmm?’

‘Hmmmm..hehe.’ Kinakabahan kong sabi. ‘Paano ba?’

‘Syempre mamaya na yung kasal natin no? Pero I want to start with saying this… Raine…’

‘Hmmm..’

‘Mahal kita.’

Naubo ako sa sinabi nya. My goodness?!! Ano ba to ang aga-aga bes!
‘Huy! Don’t be crept out ah… Totoo yung sinabi ko. Mahal talaga kita.’