Llana's point of view
Dream
"It's a girl," one of the nurses inside the delivery room announced happily.
After seeing my beautiful angel, my eyes closed authomatically. Before becoming unconcious, I still managed to smile. And I felt my tears pooling down my cheeks because of excitement and too much happiness.
After waking up, my eyes scanned the whole place just to see no one. The serenity is real different that frightens me, starting to give my heart a painful thud.
Dahil sa takot at kabang naramdaman, agad akong tumayo mula sa aking kinahihigaan. Paglabas ng silid, agad akong napangiti ng makita ang isang nurse na hawak-hawak ang isang napakaliit na anghel.
I smiled excitedly while walking towards them.
I took steps to get near with them, but that steps brought more distance instead.
"G-give her to me, p-please." I said, hoping that she'll listen to me and give me my baby.
Our eyes met for a seconds. She's now watching my child in her arms without mercy.
"P-please," I asked painfully, seeing her taking away my own child.
I took another steps forward, she doesn't moved or even step backward but they remained distant from me. And it's breaking me.
"What the hell!" I screamed, "Who the hell are you? Where the hell are you from, huh? That was my child! Bakit ang hirap mong pakiusapan, huh! Give her to me!" my voice hardened while shedding tears.
Nag-angat siya ng tingin sa akin, at sa pangalawang beses ay muling nagtama ang aming mga mata.
Her eyes were full of rage and vengeance, as i observed.
I tried to recognise who she is, but i failed. It's hard to recognise someone with surgical mask.
Nanghina ako at tila napapako sa sariling kinatatayuan habang kitang-kita ko kung paano siya gumalaw at tuluyang tumalikod palayo.
Wala akong ibang nagawa kundi ang sumigaw at umiyak. Nagmamakaawang ibalik niya ang anak ko. Pero napansin ko na habang lumalayo sila, sabay rin silang naglalaho na parang isang bula.
"N-nooooo,"
Kinain ng dilim ang buong lugar kasabay ng pagluha ko ng dugo.
I heard a woman's laugh of victory, an evil laugh to be exact. Laughing at my desolation and despair.
"N-no..no.."
Sa gitna ng kadiliman, sa gitna ng aking paghihinagpis, isang mahigpit na yakap ang aking naramdaman.
"Sh," a man's voice, trying to pacify me. "Wake up now, baby. I'm here...sh, stop crying." my eyes authomatically opened by the man's melodious voice.
At first, everthing was all blurred.
Kinusot ko ang aking mga mata at naramdamang basang-basa ito ng aking mga luha.
Siya ang unang bumungad sa akin, nanlalabo man ang mga mata, alam ko pa rin na siya lang ang kaya akong patahanin ng ganito.
He wiped my tears and hugged me tight.
"You had a bad dream," he said, "Stop crying, okay? It's just a dream."
I nodded and hugged him back.
It's only twelve in the midnight, and he's still probably tired and sleepy while trying to soothe me.
"Here, have some water before going back to sleep," kinuha niya ang isang basong tubig na nasa side table. "Thank you," I said.
Matapos uminom, marahan niya akong inihigang muli. Inayos niya ang makapal na kumot sa aking katawan at marahang dinampian ng isang halik ang aking noo.
"Have a good sleep now, my wife." he then kissed me on my lips.
Gumalaw ang kama dahilan ng paghiga niya.
"I love you," he whispered while securing me in his arms.
Thankfully, i've got no bad dreams after sleeping again last night.
Umaga na nang ako'y magising. Tulad ng kinasanayan, nagigising akong mag-isa na lamang sa aming higaan.
Nag-unat ako ng aking mga braso at nangamoy mula sa may kusina ang isang napakabangong amoy.
I smirked. For sure he's topless while cooking our foods, again.
Napahagikhik tuloy ako sa sariling iniisip habang napapatakip ng sariling bibig. Well, lagi naman, eh. Bago pa lumalim ang makamunduhang iniisip, ibinababa ko na ang aking mga paa sa sahig at tinungo na ang banyo.
I relaxed and soaked myself in a bathtub filled of water with air bubbles. After refreshing myself, I went out the bathroom naked.
Funny, right? But, doing this makes me feel comfy. Besides that, wala rin namang ibang tao rito. So, walang dapat ikabahala.
While busy mopping my own wet hair, his presence suddenly exists on my view.
I felt uneasy and ashamed of what i've done. Maybe, I shouldn't walk naked inside our room again next time.
But to save even a little bit of my femininity, I raised my brow on him. He only chuckled sexily and moved where I'd been standing barefoot.
"I can have breakfast with you still naked, baby. Okay na okay lang naman sa'kin." he whispered on my ear playfully while hugging me from the back.
"Pervert,"
I removed his hands on my waist and rolled my eyes. Meanwhile, he only gave me his sexiest laughs. Dios mio, ang lalaking ito naman talaga.
Bago pa kami mapunta sa ibang almusal na maaaring mangyari, agad na akong nagbihis ng pambahay at sinundan siya sa kusina.
There were hotdogs, bacons, sandwhich and any other foods on top of our talbe. There were even fruits for me and...a red rose?
"Haha. Red rose?" kinuha ko ang bulaklak malapit sa aking pinggan.
Nilapag niya ang kaniyang kape sa kaniyang tapat at isang gatas naman para sa akin.
"Ts! I shouldn't believe that man." he murmured.
Kumunot ang noo ko. "Hm, ano?" tanong ko.
He shook his head and smiled.
"Ano nga...isa." nagsimula na akong magbilang pero umiling lang siya ulit. "Dalawa...tatlo..." I continued while giving him a death glare.
Guess what, he only gave me his infamous heart-stopping grins. Akala niya madadala niya ako sa pagpapapogi niya. Inirapan ko nga.
"Haha. Okay, fine." he finally gave up, "I don't do things like this...you know. But..." he stopped.
Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.
"Well, I...uhm, asked my stupid brother about what could be a sweet morning surprise be. And he fucking told me about this," nahihiya niyang kwento.
Bahagya akong natawa sa pagiging mahiyain niya. Well, at his age inaakala niya kasing pang-teenagers lang ang mga ganito. He's fond of doing big surprises, eh.
I held his hand and touched it gently.
"I like it," malambing kong saad sa kaniya.
"Really? Or...you just don't want me to punch my stupid brother for giving me this stupid suggestion?" paniniguro niya.
"This isn't stupid, hm. This is...perfectly surprising." I assured him while caressing his face.
No unexpected things could surprise me even more than how could he make me feel surprised everytime. It's only him, and i will only be surprised with him together with his little surprises.
A life with him would always be my greatest dream.
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