Once Upon a Zumba

Chapter 3

After the big fest, my eyes pulled me to lulled. I just felt sleepy after I ate a dessert. In my dreams, I'm still dreaming, chasing cakes, steaks and ice creams. Like a sanctuary of my own, a food haven. Then, I woke up again with a smell of a food that make a hallow bubbling sound in my stomach. Looking around, laying down to my bed, its my apartment.

When I went out to my room, there was a guy turning back side, looking towards the sink, probably he's been working to something. Then I smelled a good taste, my favorite, soy chicken garnish with pine apple.

"Are you hungry?" He said turning away from me, with his very familiar voice it sudden arouse the hair around my arms. I tried to think who could he be. Who is he? My heartbeat stricken to terror when later I remembered his voice.

"Jaek?" I chanted, while the guy didn't listened.

"Jaek?"

"Jaek?"

"Why did-You run away?" Tears begun to welled up in my eyes, it was the question I keep asking since that day. My wedding.

It hurts me even more to ask why, cause I know I'm not capable to give him the things he asked for, not good enough for him. And till now I keep denying it to myself that I am been left behind because I AM FAT, and people called me Obese.

The guy turned around stepping his feet slowly towards me, reaching my hands, his hands were warmth, soft, and gently he said "I'm your husband". I look at him with a tears in my eyes, blurry, couldn't see his face clear. As my mind fog from the thought I couldn't understand.

"Jaek"

"Jaek.. You came back.." I smiled, joyfully claiming my prayers were being answered. I hug him so tight, not to give him a chance to dissapeared, to leave me again. Alone.

I gasp, having a feeling of running a thousand miles. Catching my breath for the wish that this moment was really real. Jaek will come back for me. I am good at that, hoping, wishing for impossible dreams to happened. And now I keep begging he'll comeback after those dying tears, those heartaches that never go away.

"Don't leave me again.. Please" giving him a soft kiss, begging, I look at him and slowly my vision became clearer. I saw his eyes thick looking at me with his familiar small, V-shape face, fine tone, pointed nose. I think I have seen him before. My heart filled with tense, drummed and felt heavy remembering him.

"You OK?" He said, while waking me back to reality, pouring out tears in my seat, having unexplained nightmare. My heart hammered for an instant, taking time about a nightmare which became a fantasy, of a man who bring troubles around me.

"I'm fine.. hhhuhhh.." I heave a sigh after catching my breath. I just couldn't believed, of all the dreams, why these guy came around my head? Basically, it was just my red eye movement. That's how dreams happened, no other explanations!

"Yeah, what's our dinner for tonight?" I suddenly get hungry after a nonsense dreams, dreams will stay as dreams. Reality, I'm fat enough to hope this man will fall to me, mind to hate this guy! Then my heart drummed again looking into his eyes, calm and mysterious.

"You finish your dinner, remember?"

"You want to eat"

"Again?"

Aba, loko tong taong to ah, ipamukha pa naman sa akin na masiba akong kumain. Di ba pwedeng gutom lang talaga? Sya kya sa kalagayan ko. Having him around me exerts a lot of my energy, nakaopo lang ako pero parang nakakatense ang atmosphere, yong hindi na tumigil yong puso ko sa kaba.

"Water?" Inabot nya yong mineral water bottle, tubig lang pala iaalok nya patingitingin pa sa akin ng ilang ulit. Kala ko naman pagkain. And then he snap his finger twice, agad naman tumayo si Mr. Chairman at nagbulungan silang dalawa. Ano to chismisan sa harap ko pa talaga?

"Hey! What you guys doing?" I blurted to them, at biglang tumunogtunog yong tyan ko, nagmamakaawa! Kanina pa daw yong dinner!

He laughed, and then both of them laughed. I was shocked when Chairman start to walkaway going to the bar like counter, he prepared fruit shake drinks and toast a loaf bread. Mr. Sire looked at me again, amazingly entertained. Bat kaya nya ginagawa yon, di naman ako mukhang clown. Huggable lang at bouncy.

Chairman went to my seat handing a tray of food, I was crying to see those, in love of the smell! Chairman smiled and said "Your midnight snack is served".

Nag-usap ulit sila ni Mr. Sire, nagtinginan sa akin at wala akong ibang ginawa kundi ang kumain ng kumain habang nagmamasid sa kanilang dalawa. It was really awkward, but least to hate when these two handsome won't offer me a food. Glad, they were gentlemen.

I burp instantly while still biting a toast of bread, Mr. Sire has been tickled again, showing me his buried eyelids, where does it goes when he laughed? His eyes disappeared! And he look more cute, tickling my heart for a sudden. How could this guy make an impact to me for a day? His a troublesome!

After analyzing how this whole thing happened, it could be a swap of tickets, or the travel agency booked me to a wrong destination. Whatever it is, I should find way to go back. There's no room for me to Korea, me and that country split in a hard way, and its difficult for me to hold back. Not now, not anymore.