Kissing Fire (KD#1)

Fire 19

Invited

"Eurie!"

My eyes fluttered open upon hearing someone call my name loudly. I was blinded by the light peeking through the curtains. I promptly pushed the white comforter that away from my body and got up from the bed.

There's this heavy pounding in my head that won't seem to stop. My forehead is throbbing, and an excruciating pain in my temples followed. With all my strength, I forced my self to scan the room and realize that I'm inside my room.

My eyes fell on the clean painting tools placed on the side table. I looked at my clothes and it's still the same same shirt and jeans that I wore yesterday. My brows knitted in confusion. Dumiresto lang ba ako sa pagtulog kagabi?

Sinusubukan kong alalahanin ang mga nangyari kahapon at ang naalala ko lamang ay ang pagpunta ko sa bonfire. Kapag pinilit ko pang alalahanin ang iba'y tuluyan nang sumasakit ang ulo ko.

"Eurie, I'm coming in," napalingon ako sa bumukas na pinto at ang bumungad sa akin ay si Rosie na may ngiti sa labi.

"Good morning," I greeted.

"Malapit nang mag-afternoon. Napasarap ang tulog mo ah," she joked.

"Bigla ka nalang nawala kagabi, hinanap ka pa nga namin ni Arie pero natagpuan ka na lang namin dito sa kwarto mo, natutulog."

She laughed and I laughed awkwardly with her even though I did not know how I ended up here. I'm really lost.

"Baba ka na, nagluto si Kuya ng soup," iyon ang huling sinabi ni Rosie bago siya lumabas ng aking kwarto. Sinimulan ko na ang pag-iimpake at pagkatapos ay naligo na. Ngayon na nga pala ang last day namin.

Pagkababa ko'y nakita ko na silang nakaupo sa hapag ngunit hindi pa nagsisimulang kumain. Nakita ko rin si Heathcliffe na may suot-suot na sleeveless nike shirt at may apron na nakatali sa baywang. The muscles on his biceps automatically flex because of his constant moving.

He served the soup and placed the bowls on the table, but when he saw me, he stopped and was statued for a moment. I eyed him curiously, questioning his reaction. He shook his head and continued what he was doing. My tummy churned because of its emptiness so I sat on one of the chairs and started eating as well.

"Sarap," iyon ang reaksyon nila Arie at Rosie nang matikman ang soup. I grabbed the spoon and tasted it. My face lit up because of its incredible taste. It's delicious.Natanggal ang sakit ng ulo ko nang matikman iyon.

"Does your head hurt?" tanong sa akin ng lalaking biglang umupo sa tabi ko. I eyed Heathcliffe with a baffled expression on my face. How did he know? Was I too obvious?

"Paano mo nalaman-" hindi ko natuloy ang sasabihin at biglang naibagsak ang kutsara nang nag-flash sa aking utak ang mga nangyari kahapon. Halos mahulog na ang panga ko sa lupa.

The memories were hazy but there's only one with the highest resolution.

I kissed him! I can't believe it. I kissed him while I was drunk!

Ako pa talaga ang nagpasimula. Ako pa talaga ang nanguna. But he kissed me back? What's the meaning behind that? Why did he do that? Kung wala lang tao sa aking harapan ay malamang nasabunutan ko na ang sarili. Bakit ko ba kasi tinaggap ang kakaibang inumin na iyon?

Ayaw kong lingunin si Heathcliffe. Ayaw ko siyang sagutin. Maybe I should just pretend that I did not remember anything? What should I do?

I was mortified when everything became clear. He even took care of my intoxicated state. My eyes grew even bigger when I remembered that I vomited on my painting tools.