Love Me (Completed)

Chapter 49 - Speech

It has been days since we last talked about what we will do but until now we still don't know what to say.

Everything seems wrong. Alam kong hindi magiging madali pero alam kong hindi rin ganon kahirap. Papa can be reasoned with and he listens if he want to.

Seeing na wala naman nangyayari sa mga plano namin. Naisip ko na ngayon na namin kausapin si Papa.

We're at his place when I received a call from my father asking me to go home because he wanted to talk.

This might be the talk that we never had after I told him about David. Tamang tama na isasama ko si Sebastian para isahang usap nalang.

"Are you sure about this?" He asked after he parked the car.

"No but if we don't do this now hindi ko alam kung kailan. But I understand if you don't want it to be now."

Hindi kami ready. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ako gustong makausap ni Papa. And he might be in a bad mood so lalo lang lalala ang sitwasyon.

He hesitates for a moment before he said. "I want this now with you."

I had expected the worst but whatever happen, I decided that I will not let him get in our way this time no matter what he say.

So I expected all of it but what I didn't is David. Agad nagtama ang mata naming dalawa pagkapasok ko ng bahay.

Sebastian stilled too. Shit this is going to be so much harder than I thought.

Huminga ako ng malalim before continuing my steps.

"You already met Sebastian right?" I said just to have something to say. "Anong paguusapan natin?"

Napatingin ako kay David at mukhang hindi rin siya mapakali. Is he surprise to see me?

Ang tagal namin hindi nagkita and I'm thinking of a different circumstances. Ang awkward na dito at ngayon pa talaga kami nagkita.

David cleared his throat. "Sa labas lang ako, Uncle."

Tumango si Papa at muling tumahimik. He only started talking when David was outside.

"Do you want me to talk first or do you want to say something?" His tone was so serious that I almost ran if not for Sebastian.

He held my hand feeling my nervousness or to ease his own. I don't really know because with all his confidence when we talk about this now forgotton as we are in front of my father.

I forgot how my father can inflict such fear among my friends.

"Papa--" But before I could start, Sebastian is already at it.

"I'm sorry, Sir. I couldn't do your request. I know you asked me to stay away and I did but I realize that I can't. But I promise that I will make her happy. If you know me you should know that I don't like making promises I don't intend to keep. I will also take the boards and be an engineer and I will work hard if you're worried that I can't keep up with her lifestyle. Hindi ko alam kung deserve ko ba siya pero alam kong gusto ko siyang pasayahin. And I might not be chinese but I will make her happy no other man can. I will do everything in my might to achieve that, Sir."

Ako napanganga nalang sa speech niya. It is brave to say all that in front of my father. I might burst out laughing hearing him called my father sir but I couldn't after I saw Papa's reaction. Wala pa rin siyang reaksyon sa sinabi ni Sebastian as if he didn't hear a word he just said.

Pinisil ko ang kamay ni Sebastian at nginitian siya. The smile that mean I'm proud of him.

And it's my turn to make him proud.