They spent few days in Banaue and decided to go further North. They took a van going to Sagada. Few hours before they reached their destination, they were advised by the driver to transfer to another vehicle. It's a jeepney but shorter compared to the longer body type that they've seen in the city.
After few minutes of traveling, the driver told them that they can go on top because the scenery is better than being inside the vehicle. Jungye looked at Shin with excitement in his eyes.
Jungye: "Let's go up! I never experienced riding on the top of vehicle. It's not allowed in Germany." then he laughed.
Shin just smiled and followed him climbing on the top of the jeepney. The top doesn't have any seats but just welded steel bars. After sometime of sitting, her butt is aching and keep on shifting her position. When she looked at Jungye, he is busy taking pictures and videos of their track.
Shin: "You have to be careful and hold on tight to the steel bars." she is worried because he is just sitting and not holding on to anything but his phone.
Jungye: "Don't worry baby! I will be fine" he smiled and leaned over to give her a kiss on her lips.
Shin noticed that while Jungye they are kissing, he is also taking video of it. "Why did you take video of our kissing scene?
Jungye: " because it is a romantic kiss done on top of the jeepney with an amazing scenery" his voice was so proud of what he did.
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They arrived mid afternoon in Sagada, Mt. Province and they walked almost half kilometer to reached their hotel room. Their room was nice facing the lime stones. There are two beds inside and because she was so tired from the travel and her butt is still aching, she decided to take the other bed and laid down.
Jungye: "are you going to stay there and sleep on that bed? We will be here for few days." his voice was low with a hint of sadness.
Shin just looked at him wondering why he was sad. He looked like a little boy sulking about something he didn't have. " depends, the beds are slightly wider than the single bed and we are both tired from traveling. Separate beds will be nice to rest." she stated in a matter of fact tone of voice.
Jungye: " are you serious? You don't want to sleep beside me? I don't want to sleep without you by my side" he is now panicking about what Shin stated.
Shin: " I will not be far from you. Why are you acting like that?" Then she smiled and looked at him. She went to his bed and sat beside him still lying on the bed. " Jungye, you are tall and on this bed, you and I will have no more spaces between us."
Jungye: "It is ok...just sleep beside me..or you can also sleep here if you want." he was widely grinning as he touched his bare chest and started to pull her down closer to him.
Shin: " We just arrived and I am tired. Let's just rest for few hours then let's go out for dinner later." she gave him a long kiss and went back to the other bed. " I promised to sleep beside you tonight and the rest of the night we are together."
Jungye and Shin exchanged a sweet smile. He gave her a flying kiss and decided to close his eyes to get some rest.
'what a sweet man. Don't say you don't want to sleep without me by your side...if the time comes that our travel is done...what will the end of our story would be?" Shin thought of the future after their journey together ends. She suddenly felt sad about the situation and at the same time hoping that their love is strong enough to withstand everything once they made a reality check.
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They went out and took dinner and the Lemon Bar. Jungye and Shin decided to have some cocktail after dinner. A group of men entered the bar and speaking loudly.
Jungye: "they are Germans." he whispered to Shin.
Shin:" really? how did you know?"
Jungye: " they are speaking our language." then smiled and kissed her. "There are a lot of German travelers here in the Philippines."
Shin just listened to him and not minding about the group of people who entered. She was just happy to be with him and started to get used to being kissed regardless of the place where they are. Jungye's showing of affection is giving her a heart a warm feeling.
'hope this never ends... I don't know what to do if I lose you... I never loved someone so deeply like the way I love you'
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