Next To Me

30. RJ's Room (cont.)

RJ raised his brow. Gaze intent on her. This must be it.

"Anything. You can tell me anything."

At first she looked down, then to him, then she cleared her throat.

"Uhm, I told you there's a new management in our company, right?" He nodded. "Well, there's also an expansion and they were moving employees to a different site. Somewhere in North."

"Okaaay..."

"RJ, isa yung team namin sa mga ililipat ng site."

"O, so anong problema dun? Ayaw mo ba dun?"

"Ang layo e." she whined then pouted.

"E di ihahatid kita."

"Sira ka ba? Pa-south ka, sa north ang byahe ko. Kakainin lang ng traffic ang oras mo."

"E teka, kelan ba kayo lilipat ng site?"

"Well, hindi naman agad-agad. Ang sabi mga one month from now daw. Tinetest pa yung working environment dun ng mga nauna nang employees."

"Matagal pa pala e. Masyado ka lang advanced mamroblema." he went closer to her then hugged her.

She looked up at him when they parted, "I might consider moving out."

He stared back dead-panned.

She was searching for any reaction on his face but it was as blank as a clean sheet of paper.

Then slowly, a pained expression appeared on his face. She too, pouted, knowing the predicament their relationship were in.

"Love, please say something." She begged, holding his face in between her palms.

"Iiwan mo ako?"

"No! Hindi ganun."

"E bakit aalis ka na? Ayaw mo na ba dito?"

"Hindi pa naman ngayon yun. Sabi mo nga diba, one month from now pa. Di naman sa ayaw ko na dito. It's work e." she blinked a few times to prevent her tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Tapos nag-decide ka na. Di mo man lang sinabi sa'kin." he faced the table in front of them pouting.

"RJ naman e. Wag ka naman ganyan. Di pa naman final yung decision ko. Tsaka kaya ko nga sinasabi sa'yo kasi I need your opinion on this. This is not just about me anymore. You're in my life now and ayokong mawala ka dahil sa kapabayaan ko." she started to sob at first then cried uncontrollably, her shoulders shaking violently as she buried her wet face in her hands.

"Uy Meng! Hala! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please don't cry. I'm sorry, love." He pried her hands away from her face and held her closer to him. He kissed her cheeks wet with tears and rubbed her back to comfort her. "I'm sorry Maine. I'm just kidding. Nagpapabebe lang. Let's try to figure out something. Please stop crying na."

"Ikaw kasi e!" She slapped his chest then went back to nuzzling in between his neck and shoulder. His shirt wet from her tears. He continued to kiss the top of her head and swayed them a bit as if she was a baby.

"Let's not think about that for now. Pero wag ka muna umalis dito, please?"

"Di naman ako aalis agad. Ikaw naman ang nag-aadvance ngayon. Titignan ko pa kung kakayanin ko yung hassle ng traffic from here to the new site." She said as she raised her hand to wipe the remaining tears on her eyes. RJ beat her to it and wiped her face himself.

"Iyakin ka pala. Ako yung magtatampo sana pero ikaw yung umiyak."

"E kasi naman, hirap na hirap na nga ako kung paano ko sasabihin sa'yo yun. Kagabi ko pa kasi iniisip yun e."

"Hay Maine. Ilang beses ko bang sasabihin sayo na kahit ano pwede mong sabihin sakin. Lalo na pag may mabigat kang iniisip, sabihin mo sakin para matulungan kita."

She nodded. "I understand. Pero wag ka naman magtampo ng ganun. Ayoko din ng nag-aaway tayo ng ganun e."

"Joke lang naman yun. Alam ko namang di mo ko iiwan ng basta-basta. Di ba?"

"Oo naman. Love kaya kita."

"Talaga? Kiss mo nga ako?"

He got surprised when she held his face in between her hands and gave him a full kiss on the lips. The moment he recovered from shock, he responded to her kisses, kissing her back, even trying to get the upper hand in this sweet duel they were in.

The moment their lips separated, he peppered her face with butterfly kisses, from her forehead to her nose, both sides of her cheeks and her pretty cleft chin. She giggled at the sweet gesture.

"Cute cute mo talaga! Nakakagigil!" he said.

"Cute lang?"

"Maganda. Gorgeous. Beautiful. Extraordinary. Unique. Splendid. Witty. Funny. Smart. Amazing. Ano pa?"

"Amazing? Ano ako? Si Spiderman?"

"Spiderwoman. Lakas kasi ng kapit mo sa'kin e."

"Aba. At talagang nailusot mo pa yun ha?"

"Siyempre naman. Amazing din tong boyfriend mo e."

"Hahaha! Talaga naman."

"Next week, Love, Laguna tayo, okay?" he continued on kissing her hand that he was holding.

"Yes po. I'll prepare for it." She said as she just observe how sweet and loving her boyfriend is.

"Di mo naman kailangan masyadong mag-prepare. I'm sure they will like you."

"Kahit na. Gusto ko pa din na ma-impress ang family mo. Kahit na Medyo kinakabahan talaga ako. Sasamahan mo naman ako diba?"

"Of course. I'll be there for you. Di kita iiwan. Basta wag mo din akong iiwan ha."

"Hay RJ. Di nga kita iiwan, wag ka nang makulit."

"Promise?"

"Promise. Pinky swear pa." she held out her pinky finger which RJ entwined with his.

"Promise. I love you."

"I love you too."

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This is not proof read. Inaantok na ako. Magrereplay pa ako ng DTBY.

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