Risk

18

Kiefer

Nothing compares to the warmth of having Mika in my arms. She belongs here. It feels right and I found myself instinctively holding her tighter.

"Mmm." I moaned quietly, resting my head on the top of her head as she continuously sleep soundly beside me.

I don't want to let her go, so I spent the majority of the night with her wrapped around my arm, holding her close to me.

Maaga akong nagising kanina, bago pa mag-sunrise and once I glanced down at the beautiful woman sleeping in my arms, sleeping felt like the most unimportant thing that moment.

I'm not gonna take these innocent touches and caresses for granted again kasi alam ko na kung anong pakiramdam ng mawala si Mika, na hindi ko magawa yung mga bagay na ganito kahit gustong-gusto ko, at ayoko na ulit maramdaman yon.

She's everything to me and I would spend the rest of my life showing her how much I love her.

I kissed the top of her head and she stirred slightly in my arms before lifting her head up and looking at me through her half-opened eyes.

"Nagising ba kita?" I whispered, stroking her arms gently.

She smiled slightly and shook her head. "Fifteen minutes na ata akong gising. I just like the way your arms feel around me kaya di agad ako mumulat." She replied with her husky morning voice.

I leaned in and pressed a gentle, lingering kiss to her forehead before pulling back and smiling down at her.

"You're so beautiful, you know that?" I said, reaching up with my other hand to sweep off some of her cute short hair that's covering her face.

She just rolled her eye and rested her head on my chest. Typical Mika.

"Totoo naman kasi." I insisted.

"Shh. Stop." She scolded playfully.

"I can't."

She looks at me and blushed and natawa na lang sya before burying her head in the crook of my neck as I wrapped my arms around her shoulder.

Mika and I spent the last few days talking, rediscovering our relationship, and figuring out what we had done wrong. Nakatulong yon for us to grow stronger—ramdam ko yon.

Alam ko din na we still got a lot of work through, pero gagawin namin yon one step at a time like we had planned—getting to know each other all over again, starting something amazingly fresh and beautiful.

Keeping things from Thirdy and Billie was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Medyo nagui-guilty ako for keeping them out of the loop, but sa tingin ko naman we deserve this time we have to ourselves.

After what happened the other day, I think it's safe to say that the time was approaching to finally come clean with them.

"You're beautiful." Mika suddenly said beside me. I looked at her and smiled crookedly before  kissing her on her addicting and luscious lips.

I shook my head and whispered. "Walang wala ako sayo, babe." I stretched a bit and Mika just giggled beside me. "I'm gonna take a shower na." I said after a few more minutes of cuddling.

I sat up and kissed the side of her face before climbing out of bed and heading to the bathroom.

I stepped out after 20 minutes and saw Mika is no longer in the room.