Remnants of Our Drowned Love

Chapter 28

I was on top of Olie kissing her neck when Jacob knocked on our room, it's our last day here, grabe 'yung puyat ko dahil uminom pa kaming apat.

Napapikit ako at tamad na tumayo upang pagbuksan ang kumatok.

"What's up J?"

He grinned. "Can I go in?"

Nagtaka ako kung bakit wala si Isabelle, sabi niya natutulog pa so he want to take this opportunity to talk to us.

Pinapasok ko ito. He sat on the floor, indian sit. Napapakamot pa sa batok niya. He's acting weirdly, not oddly weird, it's just not so him to be shy.

"What is it? Are we short on budget? We can pay for our flight going back." Olie wrapped her arms around my body, making herself cozy.

"No, no! Just... I'm planning to..." He fished something on her short's pocket. Namumula pa ang muka nito.

I really can't sense danger, I don't want to judge so I didn't move to react and just waited him.

Bigla nalang nitong pinakita sa amin ang nasa bulsa niya at napaiwas ito ng tingin. No fucking shit.

"Please don't scream, Isabelle might woken up."

"Oh my gosh you're proposing as in today?"

He nodded.

Napatayo ako upang kamayan at yakapin siya. "So happy for you brother, you guys are the most amazing stranger I've ever met."

"You sounded like we're still stranger to you." He laughed, slightly relieved. "So help me?"

Of course we nodded. He told us his plan kaya maaga kaming kumilos ni Olie.

Nagtataka pa ako sa desisyon ko sa buhay kung bakit hawak ko ang vlogging cam nila — or what so ever you call this thing.

We took a vid of all we've done, we worked really hard to get the attention of the people of some Tagbanua, lahat sila ay tila excited din sa magaganap na proposal.

"Guys! Let's play!" Isabelle shouts, the kids are in character, nasa malawak kaming field at naglalaro ng bola ng soccer, si Isa ang may plano nito, masayang-masaya siya na maraming bata samay court kanina na...mga batang nakausap na namin kanina para sumali sa plano namin.

So we played soccer ball with the kids as Isabelle said, ang hindi niya alam, something big will happen that will change her life forever. I just knew she wouldn't hesitate to say yes.

Naipasa sa akin ang bola, nasa tapat ko lang si Jacob and I smirked. Let's end his agony once and for all.

I stepped back and kicked the ball intentionally toward him. Natamaan ito sakto sa pwetan niya, gusto kong matawa dahil ang o.a niya bumagsak but Isabelle doesn't seem to notice, in her perspective I strike at his hamstring. The kids gasped at nagsilapitan, grabe, pwede na sila sa pelikula.

From there on everything seem to fast forward and I got stuck on this same spot while watching them. My heart trumps hard.

I'll be waiting for that time when it's my turn to cry in happiness, to jump and kiss that person contentedly. Marry her and live the rest of our lives together.

Sobrang saya siguro ano?

"Congratulations!" Olie cheered. I hugged them both too. I'm so happy to be here, to actually witness his proposal.

We spent the whole day celebrating his engagement, Tagbanua people highlighted their culture, it really amazes me how they treat us like their own family, sobrang saya nila kasama, parang ayoko pang umuwi bukas ng umaga.