We stayed at our place, well, that's what DJ said, for a couple of hours. Spending time with each other, chatting, getting to know each other more and unstopabbly laughing out of non-sense things. Things we can never get rid about the perks of being in Love I guess.
"Eh kung babae ang maging anak natin, anong pangalan?" DJ asked. And for the nth time around, I laughed.
"DJ, don't you think that it's too early to think of such things like that?" I asked in between my laughter. DJ tightened his embraced on me and he kissed me on my right cheek.
"Mas magandang maaga pa lang ay planado na." he reasoned out, "anyway, you're right. Maaga pa para magka-anak, how about our wedding? Would you prefer a beach wedding or a church?" he added, asking.
"DJ naman!" Reklamo ko. Marahan siyang humalakhak kaya napatawa na din ako.
"Fine. Let's not talk about it first, wait, we've spending almost four hours here talking and eating. Do you want to go somewhere?" he asked.
"Dito na muna tayo," kumawala ako sa yakap niya at tumayo. Pinagmasdan naman niya ako kaya ngumiti ako sa kanya.
I handed the knife that we used to cut the fruits awhile back and move closer to the acacia tree. Sinubukan kong umukit pero nabigo ako. Marahil ay hindi kinaya ng pwersa ko.
"Let me." DJ said. Kinuha niya ang kutsilyo sa kanang kamay ko at ginawa ang nais kong gawin.
Tinanggal muna niya ang dumi sa may puno tapos ay tumingin sa akin.
"What do you want to write?" he asked.
"Our names." I turned crimson red at my answer. DJ laughed and shook his head.
"Okay baby, we'll write our name on Mr. Tree's body." He said as he drew a heart on the tree and write down our names. Hindi rin naging madali sa kanya kaya tumagal ng halos sampong minuto.
"Mr. Tree?" I asked as I remembered how he called the tree.
"Yup," he replied with a smile, "bata pa lang ako ay nandito na ito. I even asked my Lolo about this tree the moment he told me that this place is mine and he told me that ever since he was a kid, this is already here." Nakangiting dagdag niya.
"Ang tanda na pala, baka ma-engkanto tayo dito," Biro ko, humalakhak siya pero bakas sa mukha niya ang lungkot, "W-What's the matter?" I asked. He turned to loo at me and smiled.
"I just missed him."
"Ang Lolo mo?" tumango siya, "I'm sorry."
"No. It's okay. It's been almost sixteen years since he passed away."
"Can you tell me something about him, I mean, don't take this the wrong way but I actually want to meet him but I know it's impossible. So if it's not too much to ask, I just want to know something about him, with that, I guess makikilala ko na siya." Ngumiti si DJ at tumango.
"Of course, baby. If ever that he's alive, sa kanya kita unang ipapakilala," he started, "Lolo Mauricio's the kindest person I have ever known. Hindi siya marunong magalit, I don't know if he's really the father of Dad since they don't have the same attitude. Magka-ibang magka-iba ang ugali nila." He said, I didn't utter any word and just waited for him to end.
"At first, I didn't really mind even if Mom and Dad are unstoppably fighting because I have him, he's giving me anything I want, letting me go to anywhere I want, and he gave me the love I have never felt to my very own parents."
"But life could always play its game with nasty tricks. I just woke up one day that he's gone because of heart attack. And then shit happens." He laughed, "Siguro kung buhay man siya ngayon, magiging masaya siya kapag nakilala ka niya." He added.
BINABASA MO ANG
Stop The Endless Chase
Fiksi Penggemar"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up." - James A. Baldwin This is the hardest and toughest decision that I have ever made in my entire life. I thought at first that it w...
