Serendipity (Thalassophile)

Forty-one

During Krislene's birthday celebration, they just stayed overnight at Platja el Morer then left at noon, the next day. Hindi pa rin sila pumasok dahil may hang-over pa si Krislene sa mga surprises ni Dylan sa kanya. Nang araw ding iyon, doon lang nya pinagsasagot lahat ng mga messages ng kanyang pamilya pati na rin ang mga kaibigan na bumati sa kanya. Then at dinner time, kasama naman nila sina Vaughn at Serein dahil gusto ng mga ito na mag-celebrate pa rin sila ng magkakasama ng birthday nya kahit na tapos na ito.

During weekend, Dylan taught her on how to drive her own car, ang gift ni Alexander Clermont sa kanya. She's already 20 years old but still, she doesn't know how to drive. Kaya't nagprisinta na si Dylan na turuan sya na magmaneho. And slowly but surely, natututo naman na sya. Isa lang ang kailangan nyang kontrolin. Ang pagiging kaskasero. Iyon kasi ang napuna ni Dylan sa kanya. So she needs to do her best to drive carefully and somehow, a bit slow. Yung hindi aabot ng 90km/h daw. 60km/h would do.

Then days and weeks quickly passed, the four of them celebrated Christmas together at Serein's place. They dine happily together during Noche Buena and slept at dawn. Naglaro pa kasi sila ng kung anu-anong board games and even online games na magkaka-kampi sila. At ang mukha pang mga pabuhat? Ang dalawang lalaki habang silang dalawang babae, salitan sa pagiging MVP sa laro.

The next day, Krislene and Dylan left Serein's place in the afternoon and went back to their own place. Since Dylan still has a hangover from drinking, Krislene let him sleep while she talks to her family through video call. Silang apat lang ng Ate nya at magulang nila ang magkakausap dahil tulad din ni Dylan, bagsak pa rin si Vaughn dahil may hang-over din ito.

She spent almost two hours talking to her family. After their video call, Krislene lay on the bed, beside Dylan, and few moments later, she fell asleep.

And when she woke up, it's already past 7 in the evening. Wala rin si Dylan sa tabi nya. Maybe he's cooking their food for dinner now. And she's right. When she went out of the room, she saw Dylan who's busy cooking at the kitchen so she walked towards him and hugged him from his back.

Dylan, on the other hand, immediately smiled when he felt Krislene hugged him from behind. So he turned to her and hugged her with equal ferocity as he placed a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Gising na pala ang Reyna ko."

Krislene smiled, "Yep! How are you feeling now Dylan ko? Masakit pa ba ang ulo mo?" She asked as she gently massaged his temples.

Dylan shooked his head in response. "I'm fine now. Don't worry my Krislene. Anyway, are you hungry now?"

Agad naman syang tumango. "Yep!"

"Alright. I'll be done in a few." Dylan said before he carried her and let her sit on the countertop.

Tahimik nyang pinagmamasdan si Dylan habang nagluluto ito ng pagkain. Maski ang nilagang itlog na napag-alaman nyang paborito ni Dylan, hayun at present muli. Maya-maya pa ay bigla itong nagsalita dahilan para makuha nito ang atensyon nya, "I talked to your Sister earlier when you're asleep. Tumawag kasi sya sa akin."

Napangiti naman sya dahil sa sinabi ni Dylan. Wala talaga itong itinatago sa kanya simula nang magkaayos sila. Kahit tuwing magkakausap ito at ang kanyang kapatid, palagi nitong sinasabi sa kanya.

"Okay. Did you made my Sister feel better?"

Dylan nodded. "I did. But she keeps on asking me who's the woman I'm inlove with." Then Dylan stopped from what he's doing and caged her between his arms. "Honestly, I'm really excited to tell her about our relationship but I know you won't like it kapag pinangunahan kita. So I said, when I get back, we'll have dinner with her together with your parents and Brother so we could finally and oficially tell everyone about our relationship."