About You

XXI.

"Good na tayo dito."

"OMG it's so pretty here! Kasing ganda ko!"

"Aish, parang biglang humangin no pre?"

Nea immediately smacked Max at the back of his head. "Ang bad mo!"

"Ang bad mo!" He just mimicked her with an equal irritated expression haha, this two. "Why are you even here? Manggugulo ka lang dito e."

"Huh, hindi ha! At tsaka isa pa I'm here for Ate Heart no, so please shut up!"

"Hoy kayong dalawa jan ha, baka mamaya kayo na."

"Eww Kuya Leoel, Just eww!" Pfft. Eww eww pa syang nalalaman, crush nya naman si Maxwell hahaha.

"Hahahaha pass ako pre, di ako pumapatol sa amazona." Before they start to brawl, Iris already came with the others.

"O ano yang amazona amazona na yan?"

"Oo nga, may nililigawan kang amazona ha, Max?"

"Hi everyone!" So Madisson's also here. But wait..."Where's Heart? Bakit wala sya? Did something happened?"

"Pfft. Chill Leoel, may binalikan lang sya sa sasakyan so please? You're so whipped hahah."

"Psh."

On cue pumasok si Heart and Nea being an avid fangirl, nagtitili sya don. Seriously? Mukha syang tanga.

"Hi, sorry may kinuha lang ako."

"Kyaaah OMG! Hi Ate Heart! You're so pretty as always."

"Uhmmm Thank you?"

"May gagawin ka ba later after shoot Ate? Let's go shop-mmmmm." I already covered my sister's mouth, naka ng daldal.

"Ah Heart, settle yourself already. Para makapagsimula  na tayo." Abot hanggang tainga ang ngiti ko pero emotionless lang na tumango si Heart.

Hinampas ni Renea ang kamay ko kaya binitawan ko na sya. "Ano ba Kuya?! Do you want to kill me-" I put my index finger on her mouth. "Shh... Ingay mo. Papauwiin kita, isa."

"Guys behave. Simula na tayo."

"Tama na yan pre, tara na. Serious mode na si Pareng Llyndon. Pwesto na tayo." I nodded towards Max.

"Bye babe, dito ka muna kay lil' sis. Bond muna kayo jan."

"Sure babe, we'll have a good time together, right baby girl." yung kaninang busangot na mukha ni Nea biglang nagliwanag ng i-hug sya ni Madi.

"Yeah right Ate Mads!"

Nauna ng umalis si Iris, I looked at Nea and warned her one last time.

"Behave."

"So Heart, hi again." Llyndon started the interview. We all became quiet, and focus on the shoot.

"Hello"

"Last time you shared the story behind 'Heartless Heart.' Ehem, and we really felt the emotion on it. Now, can you also tell us the story about its sequel 'Hurtless Heart'?"

The story of 'her' moving on.

"Okay, Hmmm... I think this will be short. I told you before that I committed a mortal crime and I'm really really regretting it." She looked straight to the cam- my cam and I looked straight into her eyes.

"After I wrote 'Heartless Heart' I decided to go on a vacation. I took a sem off and travelled around Philippines. Philippines lang cause a trip around the world is too tiring for my liking haha."

Napangiti ako. She's so cute that I want to keep her till after life.

"I went to beaches, museums and historical churches. I even went on hiking and I really enjoyed it. I unwind, took a breathe and relax. I wanted to feel peace and fortunately hindi naman ako nabigo. I felt peace all over me and bigla akong napaisip I also want to share that peace to others. I want them to also learn to breathe and let go, to forgive and eventually forget the pain but not the lessons it taught them."

Her gaze found mine and smiled a genuine one, it made my heart flutter.

She's still in the process of forgiving me.

"And there on the last day of my vacation, I started writing 'Hurtless Heart' the story of me moving forward from the hurtful past. The me who wants to inspire others to do the same."

"Wow, so that's it. Thank you for inspiring us." One last smile and 'thank yous' from them and

"Cut. T'was a good take." sabi ko. Sorry bida bida haha. Agad nilapitan ni Renea ang idol nya while wiping her imaginary tears haha.

"Ohemgeee Ate Heart I am so proud of you! Sobrang na inspired po talaga ako sa 'Hurtless Heart.'

"Thank you for always supporting me Nea! You're one of the best people I've met." Weh? Talaga lang Heart? Ngiting aso naman ang kapatid ko habang nagpapacute kay Heart while the others already evaporated to order food. I'm also starving haays.

After eating tons of foods, we already left the location. Syempre ako naghatid kay Heart while I asked Max and Llyndon to bring my sister home. Syempre epal ang isang yon and I know she'll insist to join on driving Heart home kaya ayun tinakasan namin sya hahaha.

When Nea went to comfort room, I dragged Heart out and went straight to my car. Hahaha di nga sya nakareact agad e at hanggang ngayon inaaway  nya pa rin ako dahil don.

"Bakit mo ba ako basta hinila dito ha? At sinong may sabi sayo na ihatid mo ko? I can just join Madisson naman e!"

"Kalma ka lang okay? First of all I just want to bring you home. Second wala naman akong gagawing masama sayo. Hatid lang kaya chill."

"Ugh whatever."

After that we fell into silence, ayaw nya na ako kausapin e. Spell awkward.

"Ehem, Heart." No response.

"Uy Heart." No response pa din, ano ba yan. For the third time that I called her name, nilingon ko na sya and viola nakatulog na pala ang mahal na prinsesa haha.

She looks pale. Mukhang pagod sya, pero siguro dala na din ng preparations for her new book. I decided to pull over at a park nearby. Hahayaan ko muna syang magpahinga.

Pagkarating sa park, naisipan kong bumili ng pagkain just in case magutom si Heart pagkagising nya. But before that, an idea popped on my mind. Kinuha ko ang phone ko and took a picture of my sleeping beauty. I leaned a little closer to have a better shot. Pero sa kamalas-malasang pagkakataon..

May flash yung camera!

"Shit."

Lil' by lil' Heart opened her eyes. And her reaction, of course she bitched out.

"Kyaah anong gingawa mo?! Oh my gosh!"

After nya ko bugbugin, joke. Nasampal lang naman nya ako pero di naman masakit. Si Heart naman yan kaya okay lang psh.

"Where are we, kala ko ba ihahatid mo ako pauwi?" tanong nya sakin pagkalabas namin ng kotse. She roamed her eyes around, feeling ko naman ay nagustuhan nya yung place.

"Park, don't worry malapit lang to sa mansion nyo." Umirap sya at akmang papasok na uli pero hinigit ko ang braso nya. "C'mon let's relax for a bit."

"Ayoko. Let go of me Leoel." Never.

"Ayoko din. Kaya tara na." At hinigit ko na sya papasok ng park. I actually don't know kung anong gagawin namin dito, all I want is to spend more time with Heart.

And for us to finally talk and clear  things up that was long time overdue.

"It's a date Ms. Taray."

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