Untold Romance (COMPLETED)

39: Maybe the night

Nio took Rio's phone from their bedroom and rushed into his. He was squeaking like a mouse in glee that he finally has his daddy's phone to tinker. He pressed the buttons which led him to the camera which was the only app familiar to him. Nio smiled and tilted his head, smiling to the camera.

"Baby, it's time to go to bed!" Syn opened the door and found him playing with Rio's phone. She smiled naughtily and went to him "What's that? What are you doing?" she messed around and tickled Nio's side. "Pichur mom yun thiya e! Leth take pichurth!" he screamed and filled the whole room with his glorious laugh.

"Gotta get you ready for bed muna." she said and Nio couldn't disobey her. So he turned on his lampshade carefully and sat on his bed. Syn turned off the main light and picked up Rio's phone. Her ears turned into pink as she saw herself as his lockscreen and the three of them as his home screen. She pressed Snapchat and chose some cute filter.

"Mom there are heartth! Thoo them away!" He laughed at the heart filters in fascination. Syn took a photo and enjoyed the other filters.

"Mom, baby yun thiya oh look! Baby ka mom!" Nio exclaimed in what he actually saw, it just was a baby face snappy filter. Synthia chuckled and saved the photo to camera roll. Just in time, Rio joined them inside Nio's room.

"Good evening, my loves! Can I join?" Rio asked and joined them already on the bed "Daddy, move daw!" Syn laughed and tapped Rio's leg which was on top of Syn's thighs. Nio was pushing Rio's leg away from him. "Wish we could stay like this forever." Rio whispered and unfortunately, she heard that. "We have pichurth... daddy'th phone!" Nio said and handed over Rio's phone for him to check the photos. He found them really adorable and decided to put them on his Snapchat story. Finally, it was time for Nio to sleep.

"Mommy went to bed na, bud. She's from the hospital and she's exhausted na."

"Why, Daddy?"

"Mommy ate cheesecake earlier accidentally so isinugod siya sa hospital. You go to bed first, 'kay?"

"O-odnight." he smiled and pulled the sheets right on top of him.

Rio knocked on their room and found his wife staring at a picture which he supposed was a Snapchat story. Syn was taken aback and quickly turned off her phone. A smile was on her face, a nervous and an unusual one. "You're keeping your distance from me again." Rio spoke and sat on the bed.

Syn knew it was true, she was keeping her distance from him so it wouldn't hurt him that much. Because maybe—just maybe, he'd be able to adjust without feeling too much pain if she completely fades out of his life. "I've been thinking about going back to England kasi." She lied and diverted the topic to what happened earlier "What could have possibly happened to me kung di ka dumaan kanina? I was dying."

"Ang importante, safe ka na. Your rashes however will fade din in no time."

"My voice's still hoarse, malat na malat." she held her aching throat.

"You still sound like a goddess, nakakabighani parin." he smiled and leaned on their headboard. Syn rubbed her thumb against the other and scooted closer to Rio.

"He's turning 5 in a week and a half, nakapagresearch na ako ng ideal birthday places and I want you to check them out so we can make reservations." He shared and got his book from the bedside table. She smiled and softly patted his cheek "Rio..."

"Mmm?" he wasn't looking at her.

"Thank you for helping me raise Nio and for loving him like your own." she was softly caressing his cheek, running her fingers over and over again like she's not gonna get over it. His hands caught hers and felt it's warmth. With a kiss on her hand, he finally lets go. He was looking at the impeccable view—even though he could only see her eyes shining through the darkness of their room. Silence echoed as their eyes spoke.