"Nakakabwisit ka talaga!" Mika shouted at her fiancée out of the blue as they were about to drift off to sleep, "Nakakainis ka!"
"Wha—what?!" Alyssa asked wide eyed as she sit up on the bed looking at the younger woman beside her, "Ano na naman ang ginawa ko?"
"Tinawag mo akong matakaw!" Mika retorted.
"But," Alyssa sighed, "Babe, that was seven days ago! Tsaka nagbibiro lang naman ako nun!"
"I don't care if it was just a joke! You still call me that!" Mika exclaimed, "Dahil ba malaki ang tiyan ko, ha!? Ipagpapalit mo na ba ako sa mas sexy?!"
"Babe, can't you just let it go? That was last week," Alyssa said tiredly, "And of course not, I love you so much. Hindi ko magagawa 'yun. Kaya matulog na tayo."
"No!" Mika shouted again.
"Okay, okay! I'm sorry. Hindi na mauulit, okay?" Alyssa yawned as she scooted closer to her fiancée who has a pout on the face with brows furrowed and arms crossed on her chest. She wrapped her arms around her fiancée but to her surprise, Mika pushed her away.
"Get away from me!" she glared at Alyssa.
"Babe.." Alyssa whined, "You know that staying up late will be bad for the baby," she added as she pointed at Mika's baby bump.
"You're just using our baby as an excuse dahil gusto mo lang matulog!" Mika gritted her teeth.
"No, babe! The doctor said na hindi maganda sa inyo ni baby ang pagpupuyat, di'ba? Tsaka this fight can upset him," Alyssa tried to explain.
"It's a girl!" Mika blurted.
"Wha— babe, we still don't know what the gender is," Alyssa rubbed Mika bump.
"But you just called my baby a him!" Mika swats Alyssa's hands away.
"Our baby!" Alyssa corrected, "At hindi rin natin alam na babae siya, but you call our baby a girl!"
"Stop arguing with me!" Mika shouted.
"Then stop being so irritating!" Alyssa snapped back.
The older girl later on grabbed her pillow and started to leave their bedroom while shooting daggers at her pregnant fiancée.
Since the couple had found out that Mika was pregnant they were nothing but happy and excited to be mothers soon.
But months later, as Mika started showing her baby bump, she also started throwing tantrums out of nowhere. This gets under Alyssa's skin as it was her first time to handle a pregnant woman and she knows nothing about how to handle it properly.
She tried to understand Mika sometimes, but it was just so difficult and she often loses her mind.
"Whe--where are you going?" Mika asked as she started tearing up.
"Sa couch ako matutulog!" Alyssa said sternly, "I couldn't stand you shouting and arguing with me tonight!"
Alyssa walked towards the door and sighed a long one, "I'm just going to distance myself for tonight para hindi ma-stress ang baby sa tiyan mo. If I stay here, it'll be bad for both of your health," she said in a calmer tone.
"Bu-- but.." Mika's lips started trembling as she abruptly burst out to tears.
Alyssa sighed heavily and moments later she slowly approached her crying fiancée in defeat.
"Babe, are you okay?" she sat beside Mika and wrapped her arms around her.
"I-I don't kn-know!" Mika cried even more, "I-I'm sorry for sh-shouting at you. Pl-please f- forgive me, it's the ba-baby's fault. Simula nung mabuntis ako, I started becoming so emotional and I hate the feeling!"
Alyssa chuckled, "Stop crying na, babe. It's okay."
"No! No, it's not! I-If you want to le-leave me, it's okay. Y-you deserve better than me. Tingnan mo nga a-ang itsura ko, I look like an elephant with all these tears and snot in my face. Ku-kung gusto mo a-akong iwanan, I get it. I-I will just raise this baby by myself a-and.."
"Babe! What are you saying?!" Alyssa cooed as she wipes her fiancée's face. "Hindi kita iiwanan, okay? I may get pissed at your attitude sometimes but I will never leave you, ever."
Mika continued weeping.
"I didn't mean to say what I said earlier, pagod at antok lang talaga ako and then you started shouting when I was about to sleep. You know how I can be when someone interrupts my sleep, di'ba? So, why don't we lay down and sleep na?" Alyssa said softly.
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Alyssa woke up a couple of hours later without Mika by her side.
She shoots up from her bed and panicked as she started looking for her fiancée.
"Babe?" Alyssa called out as she opened the bathroom door but she was met by darkness.
She run downstairs to the living room only to find her fiancée sleeping on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her body and the television was on.
The older woman turned the TV off and scoops her fiancée in her arms bridal style as she carries Mika up to their bedroom.
The younger girl's eyes opened while Alyssa was climbing the stairs. "Wha--what are you doing?" Mika asked the girl carrying her with hoarseness in her voice.
"I'm putting you to bed. Ano sa tingin mo ang ginagawa ko?" Alyssa chuckled.
"Bu--" Mika sighed, "Put me down."
"Hindi pwede, Miss Reyes soon-to-be Valdez-Reyes," Alyssa pecked her nose.
"But I don't," Mika mumbled, "Ayaw kong ma-interrupt ulit ang tulog mo."
"You won't," Alyssa assured her, "I need my babies there with me."
"Pero ang sabi mo—"
"Babe, 'yan ba ang dahilan kung bakit ka sa couch natulog?" Alyssa asked worriedly as she carefully placed her fiancée on the bed.
Mika only nodded.
Alyssa followed soon after and wrapped the blanket around the two of them and she scooted closer to the pregnant woman.
In return, Mika snuggled more towards Alyssa.
"Babe, I'm sorry, okay?" Alyssa kissed her forehead, "You don't interrupt my sleep naman talaga eh, and it's not the baby's fault—"
Mika raised her head to look at Alyssa then she furrowed her brows, "But you said like three hours ago that I interrupt your sleep and now you're telling me that I don't?!"
Alyssa's jaw dropped, "Babe.."
Mika scooted away from her fiancée, "It's not the baby's fault? So, kasalan ko? Make up your mind, Alyssa!! You're confusing me!"
And in that moment, Alyssa knew that this will lead to another arguing session with her fiancée.
"Oh, I love you so much, babe" Alyssa smiled as she scratched her nape.
"I love you too, babe," Mika glared at her, "pero nakakainis ka pa rin!"
All Alyssa can do is sigh and shook her head and love her soon-to-be wife even more each day — especially when she's having a tantrum.
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A/N: Happy 23rd, fam! 💚💙
Pasensya medyo tinatamad si acoe. I'll try to make bawi. Chos 😅
Thanks for reading, fam! 💕
#TeamBabe💚💙
