Why Can't It Be?

Chapter 3 - The Smile

6 a.m at bigla akong nagising. I was suddenly disturbed from my sleep with the sound of clunking and chopping. Someone is busy in the kitchen early in the morning.

Tumingin ako sa katabi ko. Keira is still sleeping soundly beside me. Sa sobrang dami ba naman ng nainom nila ni Tim last night, hindi talaga to magigising ng maaga.

Bukod sa tunog sa kusina nagising rin ako sa amoy ng ginigisang onion at garlic.

Could it be Tim? Baka nagluluto ng breakfast. Why bother? We can just order the food or kumain sa restaurant na nasa resort.

I was already halfway to the door when I smelled the inviting aroma of beef tapa and garlic rice. My stomach growled, craving for it.

"Mmmmm...bango naman--" I complimented but I stopped when I saw that it wasn't Tim who was in the kitchen.

"Good morning." Jan flashed me a smile. Mukhang maganda ang gising ng isang to.

"Good morning...aga mo naman magising." I smiled back walking towards the kitchen.

"Actually, wala pa akong tulog. Naninibago yata ako sa oras kaya putol putol ang tulog ko." he spoke without looking at me. Busy siya sa pag mix nung kanin sa kawali.

"Ahh major jetlag."

"Yeah. Coffee?" Jan offered. I thought he was to make one for me.

"Don't bother. Ako na titimpla. Tuloy mo lang yan. Mukhang masarap ah." saglit kong sinilip ang niluluto niya. Oh my God. Ang daming garlic, yumm!

"Tikman mo muna mamaya bago mo sabihing masarap. You know looks can be deceiving." he said. I don't know if it's in the way he says things na feeling ko insincere siya. He seems to be a very sarcastic person to me.

Siya na nga tong pinuri ko sa luto niya, he could have just said thank you.

"Ahh okay." was all I had to say to him and we were both silent again.

Last night ganoon din. We start off great then when he starts to open his mouth, naasar na ako. Kahit wala naman masama sa sinasabi niya, a part of me is always criticizing him.

Nakatrabaho ko siya noon and I could say na hindi kame naging close. Nag uusap lang kame about the scenes na gagawin namin together and that's it. I never got to know him more than my on screen partner. Kaya siguro ilang pa din ako sa kanya kahit matagal na kameng magkakilala.

"Ahm, buti may nabili kang beef tapa dito." I tried to continue our small talk.

"Ni request ko lang sa kitchen ng resort. Since nag seserve sila ng breakfast, I thought of asking if pwede nila ako pag bilhan."

"You could have asked them to cook it for us." sumandal ako sa may sink facing him but he was facing the stove.

"No, I love to cook and to prepare the food my self." simpleng sagot niya sa akin.

"Eh di ikaw na masipag." I murmured.

"Ano yun? May sinasabi ka?" he was looking at me. Malakas ba pagkasabi ko?

"Nothing. You need any help?"

"No, patapos na rin ako. Gisingin mo na lang si Keira para makapag breakfast."

I shrugged "Okay." and left him in the kitchen.
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I went back to our room and saw that Keira is already up. Galing siya sa bathroom mukhang kakatapos lang mag hilamos.

"O, saan ka galing?" she asked me.

"Diyan lang sa labas. Sa kusina." humiga ulit ako.