Naranasan niyo na ba magkaroon ng lucid dream? Yung sobrang feel na feel mo ang mga ganap sa panaginip mo. ‘Yung tipong maco-confuse ka talaga kasi hindi mo na alam kung nananaginip ka ba talaga o totoo na ang lahat.
Ako? I have experienced that a lot of times already. And I know, this is definitely one of them.
Naks! I’m so brilliant! Alam ko kung kailan ako nananaginip o hindi. Even in my dreams, ang brainy ko pa rin. Meynteeeeyn!
Pasimple akong lumingon sa paligid. Bamboo’s Much Has Been Said is playing in the background so chill lang. As usual, I am sitting at the passenger seat. Napalingon ako sa may dashboard and I noticed na parang may naiba. Iba yung itsura, eh. I saw an embossed BMW on it. Tumango-tango ako habang ini-scan yung loob ng kotse. Bongga din pala ‘to.
At the corner of my eye, I saw someone’s fingers tapping the steering wheel. I looked at my right only to see that someone's smiling at me. Medyo nagulat ako.
I have read once that dreams reflect your innermost thoughts. The ones you keep pushing away because maybe, you don’t want to acknowledge them. Grabe ha! Ganito ko ba na-miss ’tong si Iñigo at napapanaginipan ko pa siya? Bongga ha.
And then his smile turned into a chuckle. Tinitigan ko siya. He’s still looking at me with a huge smile and then he laughed again. I witnessed how his eyes slowly narrowed, how the corners of his eyes wrinkled.
Ay ang tarush naman talaga ng panaginip na itey. Maganda yung resolution kasi clear na clear talaga ang mga ganap sa paningin ko. At bongga ang audio huh, clear yung sound ng pagkakatawa niya. In fairness naman.
Sure akong panaginip ‘to. Like, hello? It’s pretty obvious. He’s supposed to be having a meeting with a client now. I know because he told me last Saturday. But look at where he’s at right now. He’s with me.
Red light ata kaya we stopped. Because I’m in a dream, I can do whatever I want, not afraid of getting teased. I snapped and I realize that this is finally a good chance, so I stared at him and smiled sweetly. Kumulumbaba pa ako para mas dama ang pagtitig sa kanya. “Geez, I love this. We’re together, oh yeah! I missed this and I missed you too!” I murmured as I clasped my hands and shook them at the side of my head.
I giggled as I stare at him again. I rested my chin on my palm like I did earlier. Ang cute naman talaga ng nilalang na ‘to.
“So, you miss me that much, huh?” I heard him say out loud and then he smiled again. I saw his ears and his cheeks turn red.
Whoah, wait!
Wait!
Wait!
Dumulas yung baba ko sa may braso ko, kasabay ng pag-fade ng ngiti ko.
Natulala ako.
WHAT THE F*CK?! Nakakahiya. I need to command myself to wake up to be able to skip this part.
Dhae, wake up. Skip, skip!
I lightly slapped myself. Natigilan ako lalo. Why did I feel that?
It’s a lucid dream, Dhae. Of course you’ll feel everything. I told myself. Oo nga naman.
I felt my palms sweat. On instinct, pinunas ko yun sa pants ko like I always do.
Natigilan ako bigla. A sudden realization hit me. I looked at him with horror. Oh my gosh! I am dreaming, ain’t I?
I may have said that out loud because I heard him chuckle again. Kung kanina, parang nahihiya pa siya sa pagngiti niya, this time hindi na siya nahiya sa pagtawa ng malakas. Habang damang-dama niya ang kaligayahan sa buhay niya, ako naman hindi na alam kung paano magtatago ng mukha. Jusmiyo, Marimar! Nakakahiya.
