Distance Is Just A Number [Taglish]

Chapter 22

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CHAPTER 22

I looked outside the window and saw the familiar view of tall buildings and weathered roofs. I was snapped out of my thoughts when the plane jolted.

Touchdown, Manila.

Dapat masaya ako na nakauwi na ko diba? Pero parang hindi ganun yung nararamdaman ko. Isang linggo na ang nakalipas simula nung huli kong nakita si Reeve. Isang linggo na mula ng umuwi siya pabalik ng London ng biglaan dahil sa problema sa company nila. Isang linggo ng pagiging mag-isa sa Vegas.

Kahit gaano pa kaganda ang isang lugar, wala pa din ito kung mag-isa ka lang.

At yun ang naramdaman ko buong linggo. Kahit ilang beses pa akong tinatawagan ni Reeve tuwing break niya or tuwing naghihintay siya magsimula ang meeting, nakakalungkot pa din. Kung dati, okay na sa akin yung ganun, ngayon hindi na. Iba na eh.

Nagkita na kami. And more than that, he's already my boyfriend.

I sighed and leaned my forehead against the cold glass of the plane's window. Naalala ko yung last night namin ni Reeve when he finally asked me to be his. Nung panahong iyon, wala na akong pakialam kung mabilis man lahat ng pangyayari. Ni yung internal monologue ko nga tungkol sa pagiging magbest friend naming nakalimutan ko na eh.

It just felt so right being with him.

It was as if he was this huge chunk of me that went missing for a long time and I finally found it. Iba yung feeling kapag kasama ko siya. Sa kaniya ko nararamdaman lahat ng cliché. Yung butterflies sa tiyan, firerworks, chorus of angels at kung ano-ano pa.

Pero after that night, he left.

Ni ayaw pa nga niya akong isama nun sa airport. Kahit anong pagmamakaawa ko ayaw niya. When I asked why, ang sabi niya lang eh he's not the type of person who's good with goodbyes. Baka di na daw niya makayang umalis. Baka daw maiyak siya or baka maiyak ako at mamiss na niya ung flight niya.

Yeah, he's the sweetest.

So what we did was we just spent the night together. Dun kami sa penthouse suite niya. We didn't do anything more than kiss, touch and talk the hours away. We just slept together on his wide bed and held each other close. And somehow, it was the most intimate thing I've ever experienced.

Siguro kapag kwinento ko ito kay MC, babatukan niya ako at sasabihang ang tanga tanga ko kasi opportunity na yun para malose ang aking V-card tapos di ko pa kinuha. Well, not everything always has to be about the physical.

There are things that transcend feelings of lust and passion—and Reeve holding me was one of those things.

Hindi ako magsisinungaling at sasabihing ni hindi ko man lang naisip na ano kaya yung feeling if we did the deed. Pero matagal pa yun. We just took the next relationship level tapos sex na agad? No way. I'm so contented with what we have right now.

But I'd be happier if we even lived in one country at least.

I folded my laptop and placed it back on my bag.

Kinuha ko na din yung iba kong luggage sa overhead cabinet and walked towards the exit. It took me an hour as I retrieved my other luggage, na triple na ata sa bigat ngayon, and fixed all my papers. Tapos, pumunta na ako sa may taxi bay.

With my earphones firmly plugged into my ear, I waited in line to get a cab. Fall Out Boy's song Where is Your Boy Tonight? blasted on my ear. I tapped my foot along to the beat.