i waited for a while, hindi naman ako naiinip 'cause that's the last thing na ma fefeel ko right now. i'm more on the excited and impatient side, i want her to come home faster. but of course i'll wait, her friend, especially yizhou, her cousin, eh grabe na daw ang tampo sa kanya.

jeo told me earlier na she would accompany her cousin, ipapastol lang daw nya, i don't know where nya nakukuha yung mga words na ginagamit nya. hinayaan ko lang naman and ate jene's here eh, she accompany me the whole day. kaka alis nya nga lang kasi ate soo, her girlfriend, fetch her for a date daw. how cute.

mommy engr and mama arki's out too, they're going to check the project na ginagawa nila at baka bukas na daw sila makauwi. ate seol on the other hand was missing in action, jeo and i wake up na wala na sya sa bahay. sabi ng girlfriend ko, baka raw umalis to at pumunta dun sa spa na binabalik-balikan nito for the past few weeks. 

and that leaves me in my situation right now, waiting for my girl to come home sa bahay nila. i'm staying for a month here sa bataan as per jeo's request, plus i really want to go here again. miss ko na kasi sya kahit samin na sya nag pasko at bagong taon. she spend her holidays and bithday with me sa hometown ko. okay lang naman sa parents nya kasi kanya-kanya din daw sila nung christmas.

nag ka mini reunion daw sila mama arki and their college friends nung christmas, si ate jene naman eh sa girlfriend nya nag celebrate while ate seol ay dumalaw samin ni jeo sa cavite. new year's a bit different and surprising, jeo's whole family went to cavite. nag kakilala na ang mag 'babalae' and thank god it went well. legal na kame both side, and my girl's very happy about it, wala na daw syang iwwish aside sa pumunta ulit ako dito sa bataan.

so yeah, her wish is my command i guess?

"baby! dito na me" she's here na, i can't help but to smile. i have never been this all smiley, not until i met my jeo. ang corny ko na. "i'm here sa kitchen, come here" we sound so domestic, i can't.

kumukuha lang naman ako ng water, aakyat na rin ako sa kwarto nya, i felt a hand snake on my waist. "hi wayu" she's a cutie. i turn around and hug her, nasa kamay ko parin yung baso. "hello, how's the pagpapastol?" she laugh, hay my heart jeo.

"it went good naman, napagod ako mag kwento, buong araw akong nag sasalita" she burried her face sa balikat ko, i can feel na pagod sya but satisfied. "you're happy naman?" tumango-tango sya "syempre, i finally got the chance to share yung love story natin"

i hummed, nag ssway na yung katawan namin, she usually do this para hindi sya makatulog sa yakap ko "baby matatapon yung hawak kong tubig sa baso" i reach sa may sink para ipatong yun dun "sorry, diko napansin yan" sinandal ko na lang sya sa may counter ng kitchen nila.

i'm looking at her nung medyo umagwat ako "anong oras na?" tanong nya sakin, i look at my watch "10:15, why?" umiling lang sya and kiss my nose, sweet. "dalhin mo na yung tubig mo, akyat na tayo, gusto ko na maligo" i nod and went to the sink, nauna na naman syang umkayat sa room nya.

as i stare at my water, i remember the last day she spend sa cavite bago sya umuwi dito.

January 3, 2022

"babyyy good morning" jeo's face is the first thing i saw, i close the gap agad and place a kiss on her lips. "good morning, what time is it?" i ask her, pinakita naman nya sakin ang phone nya, ang agad pa pala, 4 palang ng umaga.

"why are you up so early?" tanong ko as i pull her into a hug, she just let me and press her body sakin "last day ko na dito" yeah, parang ang bilis lang ng isang linggo. "so susulitin ko na, diko sure when ulit kita makikita eh" she's right. 

"then what do you want to do?" i said, tinaas nya yung ulo nya to look at me "can we walk sa labas? watch the sunrise?" of course, we can do that. tumango lang ako and sit up with her on my chest parin. she scream, nagulat siguro.

"wag na tayo mag palit, come on" umalis na sya sa pag kaka-kandong sakin and we went out holding each other's hand. ang lamig ng hamapas ng hanging but my sense can only focus on the warmth my girl's giving me.

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