Basta't Kasama Kita

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“Where are we having dinner?” he asked as the elevator of their condo building went up.

“My place. I’ll cook.”

“Okay. Hatid muna kita tapos I’ll go up to my unit to shower and change.”

“Sure.”

Nagsimula agad magprepare si Sandra nang kanilang hapunan nang makaalis na si Greg. She took out the meat and other ingredients from her fridge then washed them. Nang nailagay na n’ya ang pork ribs sa kaserola ay nagsimula naman s’yang magsaing ng kanin. And while waiting for the ribs to become tender, she turned on the tv and watched the news. Maya-maya pa ay bumalik na rin si Greg. Some few minutes more ay natapos na ang pagluluto ni Sandra at nagsimula na rin silang kumain.

“Mmmm. Ang sarap ng luto mo, Baby. Pwede ka nang mag-asawa,” he told her.

“Matagal na akong magaling magluto pero ayaw ko pang mag-asawa. Meron pa akong dapat ma-achieve bago ako magsettle down,” ang wala-sa-loob na sagot ni Sandra.

“Ouch. Parang my proposal was just turned down.”

“Ito naman nagpapakasensitive. ‘Yun na ang proposal mo? Di man lang sweet? Atsaka don’t you think it’s still early for us to be talking about marriage? Hello, this is just our second day of officially being together! Let’s enjoy this. Mag-away muna tayo and learn from it.”

“Mag-away? Di ba that’s all we did nung magkaibigan pa lang tayo? Hindi ka pa ba nagsasawa?”

“No. I mean let’s have a normal couple argument. ‘Yung tipong magkakatampuhan tayo tapos susuyuin natin ang isa’t isa. And knowing us, alam ko marami tayong pwedeng pag-awayan. Pagdaanan natin lahat ‘yun. Let’s not rush things.”

“This is what my parents are saying about us being on the same page,” he thought.

“Bakit, ikaw ba wala ka nang pangarap na gustong pang abutin?” she asked.

“LAHAT ng pangarap ko ay nakuha ko na simula kahapon,” he replied.

“Huh?”

“Before kasi ikaw na lang ang pangarap na hindi ko pa nakukuha. Kaya when you said yesterday na tayo na eh di officially all my dreams have come true. Whatever more I will achieve from this day on are just bonuses.”