The Breakup

Chapter 14

Nagising ako sa mabangong amoy ng bacon at pancakes. I oddly felt cold. Tumingin ako sa katabi kong mahimbing pang natutulog. Nakanganga pa nga eh! Ano ba yan, Syd, wa poise. I snatched a quick photo just in case I would need leverage for future favors to ask her.

Gusto ko na sana maligo kaso parang tinatamad pa ko. Just keeping it real.

So I just washed my face and brushed my teeth. Sa built-in cabinet sa kwarto na ino-occupy namin, I saw a few clothes na pang lalake. My eyes darted to the Abercrombie & fitch hooded sweatshirt. I topped it over my tank na pinantulog ko.

Pagbaba ko. I went straight to the kitchen. I saw the guys cooking breakfast. Kakahiya ng very light, kaming mga babae diba dapat ang gumagawa nun?

"Pretty sight." André let out a whistle. Nakasandal sya sa island counter tossing an apple in his hand. Umayos sya ng tayo then lumapit sakin and pecked my cheek, "morning Aubs."

I gave him a one hand tap at the back of his shoulder. "Morning Drei. Uhm, I borrowed this." I looked down at the sweatshirt, "Nilamig kasi ako kanina eh."

Lumingon si Alex from the stove. He was tossing pancakes a little higher than usual. Awesomesauce.

"Morning, beautiful." He smiled.

"Morning." I replied.

"And actually, that's mine." He nodded at the sweatshirt I'm wearing.

"Huh? Oh." I pulled its end rather awkwardly. "Bat nandito kela André?"

"May mga gamit talaga sila dito. Para may spare sila just in case biglaan silang mag sleep over. Ganun din yung iba naming mga friends, and vice versa. Oh diba, parang mag jojowa lang?" André joked that made the three of us laugh.

"So.. uh. Can I help?" I asked.

"Nah. We're almost done. Ganun talaga, turo samin to ng mga magulang namin. Dapat daw ang babae, pinagsisilbihan. Right bro?"

"Yeah, what he said." Alex chuckled.

Indeed, nakaayos na yung table and it looked so homey. What with the breakfast table set na katapat mismo yung sliding door, na may creamy draped curtains, leading to the lush mini-garden ng mommy ni André and the natural light from the outdoors brightened the whole space.

The table was already set for four with the food presented nicely.

"You toss pancakes like a pro." Sabi ko.

"Yeah?" He looked over his shoulder, "you wanna try?"

"Sure!" Lumapit ako then medyo gumilid sya. Sinuotan nya ng pot holder yung kamay ko then pinahawak nya sakin yung handle nung pan.

"You do it like this." He continued instructing me pero hndi ko nasalo yung una. Ouch. Dun sya nalaglag sa katabing stove plate.

I bit my bottom lip and looked up at him.

"It's okay. We'll try again." He reassured.

Sa sobrang pilit ko na matuto at sa pag t-try nya din na turuan ako to the best that he can, napunta na sya sa likod ko tapos yung kamay nya, hawak na yung wrist ko habang hawak ko yung pan. So we were like semi hugging each other. Umagang umaga, gandang pampa gv naman to!

On the 7th pancake, I was getting frustrated na. Tawa lang ng tawa si André samin.

"Last na to. Ayoko na. Sayang lang yung pagkain."

"Alright. Cheer up, Ciels!" Alex laughed softly. "Ready?"

I did that thing that makes the pan sort of toss the pancake up. Tapos we all watched in slowmo with our mouths ajar habang nagflip yung pancake and then Alex controlled my hand in the direction na parang imi-meet yung pancake half way. Ang hirap iexplain ah!?