Untold Romance (COMPLETED)

46: Surreal

She was awoken by a nibble on her ear. What is he doing? Synthia moved and turned her back on him. It is a sunny yet snowy sunday morning and her day was immediately flamed up by her lover.

"Mmm, what?" she mumbled in a dozy way.

"Bumangon ka na."

"Maaga pa." her bratty side was speaking. If there's one thing you should not do, it is to aggravate a sleeping tiger. Nevertheless, Cyrus was more than determined to wake her up.

"Maaga pa nga but Nio is arriving pretty early rin."

Her senses immediately woke up and she was alive, alert, awake and enthusiastic within a second.

Synthia was excited to see her son and spend the beginning of the yuletide season somewhere else with the most important people of their lives. Dawn had Nio in her arms as they got out of the arrival terminal, dragging her baggage along. Their eyes met, Synthia hailed and she was so glad as soon as Dawn saw them. Nio clapped his hands in joy and bubbly had his arms in the air after, also wanting to be cradled in her mother's arms and rained kisses all over his face.

"Nadelay kami sa ere, di nakita agad ang runway dahil sa weather." Dawn smiled and lended Nio to Synthia.

When the mommy finally had him back, she kissed and sniffed his baby scent before setting another kiss on his cheek "I miss you, baby." and then Nio took his jacket off and hugged her back. Cyrus helped Dawn with the rest of her things, "Maaga ulit Ang connecting flight ko to Australia so baka kayo na lang mamamasyal."

"You sure?" Synthia asked.

"Mmm, fully energized naman yang anak niyo. Take this day as the very first family bonding." Dawn winked at her and said she's gonna get ahead of them. Nio both looked at Cyrus and let out a teasing grin, "Very good!" Cyrus chuckled and met Nio's fist as they both cheered on themselves.

Synthia, confused and betrayed, eyed the both of them.

"Am I thweet po, mom?" Nio looked up to her. And her heart melted at how his pureness effortlessly came out. Cyrus cackled and took Nio from her arms and into his, "Romantic-manang-mana sa Daddy."

Synthia hung her arm around Cyrus as they walked towards the taxi alley. The itinerary was up to Cyrus and he had researched everything; from restaurants to their destinations. First stop was one of the most visited tourist spot-ranking the tallest building in the city where you can see the overview and the demarcation where the sky separates. Tokyo Skytree. They went up and up as the elevator and it seamlessly transported them to the 350th floor. Nio, however, was no baby as they enjoyed the view from up above.

He wanted to stay close to the edge of the glass surface but the OC parents did not allow him. Along with his strenuous movements, his travel camera dangled around his neck whenever he let's go of it. But for now, he had it raised in the air and near his small face.

"Cheese!" he said and took a photo.

The sun was high behind his parents, slightly invading their image as Synthia softly placed a kiss on his cheek. Though they only seemed like a silhouette, it still came out romantic.

"Next pose, please." he said. The both of them followed. After they took more pictures, Cyrus was still in awe of his child who had his pronunciation corrected by himself. He had him in his arms and letting him lean on his chest, "Nio, say sweet sugarcanes."

Nio gave him a hesitant look and then obliged after a few moments "Sweet sugarcaneth-" adorable to see him find out for himself that his tongue had slipped, "-s! Sugarcanes!" he repeated accompanied by a sheepish smile.