Finding The One

13

HANNA

Seriously, dito talaga kami magde-date? My gosh! Im wearing dress right now then magde-date kami dito sa TURO-TURO?! Sabi ko pa naman kanina ang yaman niya kasi papalit-palit siya ng kotse then now-- Ugh, i expected too much!

"Tara na? Uh, Dont worry, malinis ang mga pagkain dito. So, your health is absolutely safe." I dont know pero after he said that words, napilit niya akong bumaba. Kanina pa kasi niya ako pinipilit bumaba ng kotse pero i keep saying no.

Bumaba na ako ng kotse at di nag-inarte pa. Now, ethan is giving his left hand to me. And ofcourse, i gladly accept it. Meaning to say, magka-holding hands kami! GOD. How can he do this affect to me? Naramdaman ko ang electric current na nag-circulate sa buong katawan ko because of his soft hand.

We walked together and pumunta sa first stall na pagkakainana namin. Infairness, hindi ganun ka-crowded yung turo-turo na 'to. Siguro nasa around 30 person lang tao dito ngayon. Nagtaka ako, kasi usually naman napakaraming tao dito. Pero ngayon, ang konti ata? Gabi pa naman ngayon. So i expected na super daming taong kumakain dito ngayon.

Napansin ko lang din, sobrang tahimik dito. The vendors and costumers was unexpectedly silent. Hmm? Parang may mali sa lugar na 'to.

"Are you shocked?" he asked while smiling. His smile now is extraordinary. What's wrong with him?

"Mas magugulat ka pa mamaya, i swear. But let's enjoy eating here first." he said while having a smile on his face. "Come on, taste this. Its isaw." he's now holding a intestine i think which placed on a thin stick.

"Can i eat this?" i whispered talking to myself.

"You should princess." Eh? He heard it? Ang hina na ng pagkakasabi ko nun ah? Haays.

I dont have any choice. So, i decided to taste that food-kunno. While im chewing that intestine on my mouth, he waited on my reaction.

"How's the taste?" he said while im still tasting the ipaw? uh, no. Its isaw pala.

"Its good." i finally answered. Actually, hindi naman ganun kapangit yung lasa niya. Medyo mapait nga lang ng konti? Siguro ganun lang talaga yung lasa nun.

After we done eating on the first stall, we walked going to the next stall. We both taste it. Okay naman yung lasa. They called it kwek-kwek daw. May nilagang itlog daw yun sa itlog then filled with harina daw ba yun? Yeah, yun ata yung tawag nila dun. We dip it on a sauce and it tastes better. But unfortunately, dahil sa pagiging careless ko at ni ethan, nagkaron kami ng sauce stain sa shirt namin. Buti nalang may malapit na bilihan ng shirts dito. Pero pagdating namin doon, i knew na couple shirts lang ang binebenta nila dun. So we dont have choice, kaya bumili nalang kami even though nahihiya ako habang suot namin yun.

After naming makapagpalit, we decided to sat down first at the vacant benches here.

"Are you already tired?" ethan asked while glaring at the stars.

"No. Im not. You?" i answered happily. Wala lang, im just happy. Is there any problem with that?

"You know what, ikaw ang first date ko." he confessed.

"Stop joking around." i said.

"You dont believe me?" he said while looking at me.

"Yeah."

"But why?"

"I dont know. I just dont agree what you've said earlier."

"Okay." then binalik niya na yung tingin niya sa mga stars. He looks like a kid while doing that.

A smile appears on my face. I dont know what's the reason.

"Why are you smiling there?" he asked with curiousity on his face.

"Because of you."

"Wha---" he didn't finish what he wants to say because of the kid whose standing infront of us.

"Hi ate,kuya. Bagay na bagay po kayo. Pasensya na po sa istorbo ah, pero pwede po ba akong makahingi ng kahit konting limos? Kaninang umaga pa po kasi ako hindi kumaka--"

"Here." ethan is now giving a 500 new bill to that kid. Seriously? Napaniwala siya ng batang yagit na 'to?

"Thank you po kuya! Salamat po talaga! Makakain na po kami ng mga kapatid ko!" the kid shouted. Tch. Irritating.

"Go home now." ethan commanded.

"Sige po, salamat." the kid said then he left.

"Tara na? Baka kuyugin pa tayo dito ng mga ibang beggars." ethan suggested.

"Okay." i agreed.

"Bakit mo binigyan ng ganun kalaking limos yung bata kanina?" i asked him while we're walking somewhere.

"Hindi mo ba narinig? Nagugutom na daw siya kanina pang umaga."

"You believed to him?"

"Yeah."

"You're unbelievable."

"Thank you." he said sarcastically.

"Tch."

"Are you mad at me?" he asked. "Hey. Its our first date."

"Im not mad at--" i dont finish what im about to say because ethan fastly ran. WHAT THE?!

The streetlights turned off. DAMN! What's happening?!

But the next thing i knew is, may nagbibigay na sa akin ng red roses. Every rose keeps different letters. The first is letter C. The next is A. Next is N. Then, I, C, O, U, R, T, Y, O, U and the last is '?'

After that i saw ethan standing and smiling infront of me. And he said,

"CAN I COURT YOU MISS HANNA TOLENTINO?"

GOSH!! Is this a reality?!

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