Can't Help Falling In Love

Kabanata 57

           

Kabanata 57

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"Damn, I was just..." Hindi tinuloy ni Kevin iyong sasabihin niya, niyakap na lamang niya ako. Another set of hot, happy tears escaped my eyes as I hug him back. "Wait!" Pigil ko at itinulak papalayo si Kevin.

"I still have the ring on my hand!" Reklamo ko at inabot ang kamay ni Kevin. Unfortunately for me, the size of my ring only fits on his pinky finger kaya natawa ako. "Your fingers are slender pero hindi parin kasya..."

Hindi iyon pinansin ni Kevin. "I know something that fits perfectly..." Nakangiti niyang sabi at kinuha sa kamay ko iyong singsing.

He sighed loudly. "Damn..." Aniya at natatawa. "Kahit ilang beses ko na itong ginawa ay bakit mas kinakabahan ako ngayon?"

"After all the unnecessary delays, will you please..." Seryosong sabi ni Kevin na ikinatawa ko naman. "Please, finally marry me, Kate Adrianna?"

When I was a kid... Even though I'm not the girliest girl on the planet I grew up knowing Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, Ariel, and all the other shit Disney made up about the Prince Charming and the Damsel in Distress of a princess. Noong bata ako, naniniwala din ako na mayroong Santa Claus... Of course, I'm a kid! I am expected to believe in those kinds of things. But that didn't make want a Prince Charming.

Sabi ni mama sa akin dati, "Choose your companion wisely. Because they define what kind of person you are..."

I think she's wrong... We choose are companion not because they define who are. We chose them because they accept us despite of who we are.

Kevin and Kate... That's two names that you can never ever think of without the other. When there's Kate, there's Kevin. They come in pairs. They're homogenous. They don't separate.

It's ironic how our situation turned out. My almost-pregnancy/our-mistake-not-really pulled us together. Doon nagsimula ang lahat...

That night all the feelings under the water, all the feelings we've tried to hide in oblivion didn't become water under the bridge, instead it became lilies on the river... The feelings resurfaced.

Instead of sinking far deeper, it resurfaced. Like it was a drowning person gasping for air and when it's done drowning with all those inhibitions and reservations... It decided to just burst up into the open water and flood itself with honesty and freedom.

I was too busy looking after myself that I didn't the one looking after me. It was a lousy decision. But now that I have finally realized that the lousy decision took me someplace nice and warm...

Parang sasabog ang aking puso sa sobrang saya... My whole body is warm and happy. Tumango ako kahit na tumutulo ang luha sa aking mga mata. "Yes..."

Pumikit si Kevin, na para bang hindi siya makapaniwala na sa wakas ay napa-oo na rin na niya ako. Sumilay ang ngiti sa kanyang labi bago siya muling dumilat. Inabot iya ang isang kamay ko na nakahawak sa kanyang mukhat at pinatakan iyon ng halok.

"I love you, Kate..." Nakangiting sabi ni Kevin habang marahan niyang isinusuot sa akin ang singsing. Pagkasuot at agad ko siyang niyakap, ganoon din ang ginawa sa akin ni Kevin. "I love you. I love you. I love you..." I said in between my sobs.

This is probably the happiest day of my life... I have my family with me. My family.

We stayed in bed after that... Just hugging each other. Tahimik na nilalaro ni Kevin ang mga daliri ko kung nasaan ang aking singsing. "For a moment, I thought you threw this away..."