Destined by Stars

Chapter 14

The sound of the crashing waves in the shore and the gentle blow of the wind made me feel the longing for my childhood days. The days when I stayed together with my grandparents at our vacation house near the beach and I would often pick some shells to put on my grandma's flower pot.

How wonderful is it to go back in the times where I am still a child without problems?

Mamomroblema ka lang kapag nalaman ng magulang mo na may nabasag ka o mga nawalang bagay, tapos gagawa ka ng rason kaso hindi sila maniniwala. Pupunta sa kapitbahay at makikipag-laro sa mga kapwa bata at kapag mag-aaway ay tatakutin mo ang kalaro na magsusumbong ka sa nanay mo para tigilan na niya ang pang-aaway sayo, pero ang totoo ay ikaw naman ang nag umpisa ng away.

I let out a small laugh while watching the horizon upon remembering my childhood. My childhood was not perfect but it was full of fun and love. My parents raised me well and showered me with since young. My grandparents would always spoil me with the things I want and I would always end up being scolded by my parents cause I'm being a spoiled kid again.

"You've been smiling like an idiot for quite some time." I diverted my gaze from the calm sea to the man standing beside me. Instead of being annoyed by what he said, I continued smiling.

"I just remembered the things that I had done when I was young." I smiled at him and raised my arm at shoulder level to feel the breeze. I close my eyes and let the wind blow my hair.

"Time really flies so fast." I let out a small sigh. "Parang kailan lang ay isa pa akong paslit na nagpapasaway sa mga magulang ko. Tatakas sa bahay at pupunta sa tabing dagat upang mamulot ng maliliit na kabibe at ilalagay sa tanim na bulaklak ni lola." And I miss those times. The time when my grandparents are still alive.

"Pasaway ka na pala mula kabataan mo." Sabay kaming natawa dahil sa sinabi niya. Pasaway nga ako mula noon hanggang ngayon.

"It's just funny to see how some kids wanted so hard to grow up already but we, grown ups wants to go back to our childhood days." There was a time where my Mom's friend brought her daughter at our house. She was 4 years old that time and she told me how badly she wants to grow up already.

"Children should not be in a hurry to grow up. They must enjoy their childhood because growing up means facing the cruel reality happening in our world right now." I stared at him for a long time and wonder how his childhood was. He caught me staring at but instead of taking off my eyes on him, I bravely met his stares behind those glasses of him.

"I wanna go back to my young self and enjoy the beach the way I enjoyed it before." It was not a request, but a demand coming out from my mouth.

Umiling ako ng may napagtanto ako. "Imposible namang makabalik ako sa pagkabata ko." Mahina kong sabi na hindi nakalagpas sa tenga ni Rigel.

"You don't need to go back on being child just to enjoy the scenery right now." The words that he said caught my interest.

"How?" I don't have an idea about what he is thinking right now.

"Who said only kids can play a kids game?" And with that I realized what he was talking about.

I was about to say something when tiny drips of water started hitting me. I thought it was just caused by a strong wave crashing on the shore, but I was strong. I saw the despicable pokemon grinning from ear to ear with hands full of salt water.

"Rigel, whatever you are thinking to do, please kindly stop that." And the next thing I knew is I was chasing him with a wet shirt. Ibinuhos lang naman niya sa akin ang tubig na nasa kamay niya kanina. At malas pa dahil nakaputing t-shirt lang ako at shorts kasi plano namin ay mamayang hapon pa kami maliligo kaso binasa na niya ako.