Somebody Waiting

Beynte✋

A/N comments will be highly appreciated. 😜

Richard

Is this real? I feel like my head is floating in the air. Everything is happening so fast this past few months and I’m not even complaining. I remember the night I hold on the elevator button  a little longer thinking that the days where I can be with her is slowly ticking by. If there’s one fear I had then, it is this: Losing her altogether. But, it seems God has a different plot for our story, the woman I had come to adore seven years ago up until this very moment is now married to me. Oh, this is life!

After the wedding at reception kagaya ng napag-usapan diretso kami agad sa bahay. With smile still plastered on my face like an idiot inalalayan ko sya papasok sa sasakyan then waved our last goodbye sa mga kamag-anak namin na bisita sa kasal.
They all seem to enjoy the day at lahat halos masayang nakangiti sa amin lalong-lalo na si Peter at si L.A na mukhang mga engot by the way they grin at us. I gave them the ‘look’ before I entered the car. Kala siguro nila hindi ko alam ibig sabihin ng ngiti nila no.
Well, alam ko naman ang pinanghuhugutan nila…yung kiss namin kanina ng napakaganda kong asawa. Nagre-replay palang sa isip ko hindi ko na mapigilang mapangiti.

‘Oh, ano ngini-ngiti-ngiti mo dyan?’ Tanong nya sa akin. Nakaupo kami sa likod ng sasakyan dahil Grandpa insisted na may maghahatid sa amin papunta sa bago naming bahay.

‘Huh?’ inosenteng singhal ko. ‘I’m not smiling.’ I said deadpanned.

‘Hoy, you are! Ano iniisip mo?’ Usisa nito then she pouted her lips. Oh, that lips…lumayo ka sakin please.

I can still vividly remember how our lips seem to be meant for each other. It was so soft and-----uhmm---addicting? Kaya Raine utang na loob wag ka masyadong nagpa-pout ng ganyan…baka isoli mo ko kina grandpa pag nagkataon. I tried to look away but there’s a magnetic force na parang hinihila ang mga mata ko to stare on her eyes then on her nose then on her------

‘Arghhh!!! Wala nga…’

‘Huy! Easy…Anong nangyayari sayo voi? Nagugutom ka ba?'

Oo Raine, nagugutom ako…Huy Rj! Don’t you dare go there!

I tried to hold my wits together and frustratingly disheveled my hair leaning my head on the window. She might think she married a lunatic.
I tried to amuse myself by thinking ‘happy thoughts!’ but for no avail. My train of thoughts are all going to the gutter. I close my eyes instead and try my very best to fall asleep for the sake of humanity. After five minutes mukhang dinadalaw na ako ng antok. Yes finally. I was slowly being pulled to dream land when suddenly a soft hand reach for my head and slowly place it on her tiny shoulder.

Para akong nabuhusan ng napakalamig na tubig. All my senses are awaken by the sensation I feel with what she had done. Her sweet apple scent makes me feel both calm and anxious, my heart threatening to get out of my rib cage. This is the first time after a long while na nakaramdam ako ng ganitong kapanatagan after my mother left. Hindi ko napansin but a tear escaped from my eyes. It was a happy tear.

I can only sigh and silently thank the Lord for this woman beside me.

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Raine

Napansin kong may gumugulo sa isip nya. Naku, nagsi-sisi na ba to? Gusto ko sana syang kausapin kaso baka pagod pa sya sa natapos na araw. After a while I saw him leaning on the window with eyes closed. I remember my regret noon with Sam. I was too shy to even show a hint of affection that probably drove him away pushing him to look for another. Oh well di naman ako nag-aalala what I did before pero ngayon, with this another chance I’ve got, I think I should do something to show my appreciation for this man sitting beside me.