BEDS AND BREAKFAST
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I woke up earlier than my alarm, kahit ang tagal kong nakatulog last night. Paikot-ikot ako sa kama, hindi ako mapakali. Siguro namamahay lang ako, pero hindi naman ako ganito noon.
After checking that I have so much time, naligo at nagbihis na agad ako pero hindi pa ako lumalabas ng kwarto. Hindi ko alam kung anong oras ko pupuntahan si Mika.
It might be too early, or I might be late and it's freaking me out.
"Bakit kasi hindi mo na lang tinanong kagabi?" I scolded myself, "Shunga."
Habang palakad-lakad ako sa loob ng maliit na kwarto ko, biglang tumunog ang cellphone ko. Someone is calling me early in the morning – alam na.
I answered the phone in a blink, "Hello, ma. Good morning."
After a bunch of opo and a couple of bye and another opo and a final bye with a sweet I love you, the call with my mom finally ended.
I checked the time and it's almost seven-thirty, siguro naman gising na siya at nakapag-prepare na for a breakfast outside. So I took my sling bag again, and went outside.
The weather was good; it's a bright cloudy day. Magandang weather para gumala at mag explore sa city. I wonder kung gusto rin ni Mika mag-explore.
I was in deep thought at hindi ko napansin na nasa harap na pala ako ng pinto ni Mika. Kumatok na agad ako, para makaalis na kami agad. Baka kasi hinimatay na sa gutom 'yun.
After a few knocks, I heard the knob jiggle and the door opened, "Good morning."
"Good morning, Ye," I greeted back, "Ready ka na ba?"
She nodded faintly, umatras naman ako because I was too close at the door nung palabas na siya. Then I smelled a whiff of scent that was coming from her, it smelled like a freshly picked flower with a pinch of vanilla.
Wait, what? Basta mabango.
"Ly?" she called, nasa unahan na pala siya habang ako naman, nakatayo pa rin sa may pinto niya.
"Y-yeah, sorry," I said as I scratched my nape.
So, it's not hard to find a satti restaurant here because it's almost everywhere. But there's a well-known satti resto sa pueblo.
"Saan ba tayo pupunta?" Mika asked me, while we're waiting outside.
"Pupunta tayo sa Pueblo," I said and her face were perplexed, "Pueblo or bayan kasi ang tawag nila sa downtown area, at doon tayo pupunta."
Tumango lang siya and we were silent.
When a jeepney stopped on the other side of the road and the driver shouted Pueblo, I took Mika's hand in mine at sabay kaming tumawid papunta sa jeep.
Huli na nung narealize kong magka-holding hands kaming tumatawid, pero hindi ko na binitiwan ang kamay niya hanggang nakasakay na kami ng jeep.
She was blushing when she whispered, "Thank you."
I nodded and bowed my head down, nahihiya rin naman kasi ako sa ginawa ko. Siguro naman marunong siyang tumawid ng kalsada, bakit ko pa kasi hinawakan ang kamay niya?
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Jimmy's Satti Haus
"We're here," I told the woman beside me.
