KANINA pa pinagmamasdan ni Antoinette ang natutulog na katabi.
Four palang ng madaling araw.
This is the first time na nakatulog siya ng mahimbing.
This past eight years, walang gabi na hindi siya nagigising dahil sa masamang panaginip.
Ngayon, for the first time nagising siya dahil sa mga mahihinang hilik ni Alex.
She found it cute. This is something new for her.
Sabagay, sa tagal nilang hindi nagkita at nagkasama,marami nang nagbago rito, maging sa kaniya.
Hindi na siya ang dating Toni noon.
But Alex, she's still the same Alex. Maalalahanin,maalaga. Hindi niya alam paano nito nagawang tanggapin siya agad.
Did she hated her for what she did?
Sana hindi. Hindi niya kayang tanggapin yun kung sakali.
One day,when she's ready,maybe she will tell her what she's hiding from her.
Sa ngayon,gusto niyang i take advantage ang sitwasyon. She knows Alex had a girlfriend.
It hurts.
Ngunit wala siyang karapatang masaktan.
She is just the old bestfriend who disappear from her life.
But she love this moment.
When Alex is with her,she felt safe. She felt alive.
Napatingin siya sa mga labi nito.
Naalala niya twelve years ago, anong ginawa ng mga labing yun sa kania.
Sa ngayon,naisip niya ano kaya ang pakiramdam na hinahalikan ng mga labi ni Alex?
Namula siya sa naisip.
She's not the type to have naughty thoughts.
She had never been in a relationship before.
She don't allow anyone to come near her,touch her.
Except Alex.
Alex is different.
"Hey, bakit ka gising?"
Naka focus ba siya masyado sa mga labi nito kaya hindi niya namalayang nagising ito?
"Nagising ako",sagot niya.
"Why? Humihilik ba ako?"
Nanlaki ang mga mata nito nang tumango siya.
"No way!"
Natawa si Toni.
"No one told you that? Hindi naman malakas eh, mahina lang",aniya.
"I've been sleeping alone eversince umalis ka".
Natahimik ang dalaga sa seryoso nitong pagkasabi.
"Don't tell me you never slept with your girlfriend?" tanong niya mayamaya.
"Alam mong may gf ako?" balik tanong nito.
"Yes."
"Well, at least ini stalk mo parin pala ako kahit hindi ka nagpaparamdam. I'm happy with that. And to your question, nope, i haven't slept with my girlfriend".
She should be happy with that,well she is happy with that.
Damn!
She have no rights to even think about it.
"Where did you meet?" tanong niya rito.
"Anak siya ng may ari ng music company na pinagtatrabahuan ko."
"She's pretty."
"Nakita mo na siya?"
"Sa photo", sagot niya.
"May social media account ka?" tanong nito.
Umiling siya.
"Pinakita ni Trisha sakin kagabi".
"Ahhh ,kaya pala. She is nice,im sure magugustuhan mo rin siya."
"I hope so",aniya at inayos ang pagkakahiga.
Tumalikod siya mula rito at ipinikit ang mga mata.
Matutulog ba siya?
Or is she trying to hide her jealousy?
"Matutulog ka na uli?" tanong nito mayamaya.
"Hmmm", tanging sagot niya.
Naramdaman niya ang pag ayos nito sa kumot at kinumutan siya.
And Alex hug her from behind and she heard her sigh.
Unconsiously,she move a little more closer to her.
Bakit ba gustong gusto ng katawan niya ang mapalapit sa katawan ni Alex?
She kissed her hair.
Nakapikit parin siya.
With that simple kiss on her hair, why does it make her body temperature go higher?
And her heart start to beat a little faster than normal.
She felt Alex's hand slowly and gently caressing the skin in her arm. And it makes her shiver,not with cold but something different,something she can't explain. But she like this feeling, and she wanted to feel more.
Dahan dahan siyang humarap rito,lakas loob salubungin ang mga titig nito.
Does Alex felt the same?
They are facing each other,merely inches away
She can feel her hot breath blowing her face which make the situation more dangerous.
She was looking at her, at her lips in which she did the same.
Will Alex dare to kiss her?
Will she say no?
Will she say yes?
She didn't have much time to think about it when suddenly her lips was touch by Alex's lips.
It was just a simple touch, trying to get a response from her.
Iniisip ba nito na magagalit siya? Ipagtulakan ito palayo?
Nang wala siyang ginawa either sa dalawa, she kiss her again.
Gentle but with more passion
And she responded.
Pulling her against her and kiss her back.
Her body suddenly was lit on fire when Alex's hand slowly ease underneath her shirt, her fingers work their way up to her stomach to one of her breast.
Napaigtad ang dalaga sa sensayong dulot ng ginawa nito.
"Toni",bulong nito sa pangalan niya nang bumaba ang halik nito sa leeg niya.
She can't think clearly.
She just wanted Alex to just touch her and kiss her.
"Alex", tawag niya sa pangalan nito nang kapain nito ang isa pang dibdib.
She kissed her lips again,more hungrily this time and she returned it to her with the same hunger.
"Tell me this is wrong, because i don't know how to stop", ani Alex nang tumigil saglit sa pag angkin sa kanyang mga labi.
She knows this is wrong.
At tila natauhan ang dalaga.
She dont want her to stop ngunit kailangan.
Her feelings may got hurt but this is not the right thing to do.
So she close her eyes and tried to held back her tears before she said those words.
"You have a girlfriend Alex. I don't want you to cheat on her".
Inalis nito ang kamay sa ilalim ng tshirt niya ngunit hindi siya nito binitawan.
Hinalikan nito ang noo niya saka siya ikinulong sa dibdib nito.
"Just let me hug you like this", anito.
And she is crying deep inside,but she let herself be a prisoner of her embrace.
And there is one thing she is sure now.
She's been in love with Alex ever since.
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