Babysitting The Frog Princess

Chapter XXVI: Would You Still Love Me The Same?

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Aika Villavicencio

When I opened my eyes, everything seems normal or so I thought. Parang tumangkad ata ng todo si Paco, wait? Did I really turn into a frog?! Shit!

"Paco!". I called his name in a desperate tone.

"Aika!? Where are you?! What happened?". He immediately replied to me. Bakit niya ba ako hinahanap? Eh nandito lang naman ako sa harapan niya.

Tiningnan ko muli ang mga kamay ko, hindi na ako nagulat dahil naging palaka nga talaga ako! Pero bakit?! Wala pa namang twelve midnight!!

Dahil naalis ang wristwatch ko, nakita kong alas nuwebe pa lang naman ng gabi. Ano'ng nang yayari sa'kin? How did I became a frog at this hour? Wait, the kiss!

Lola Andreanna told me before that I should never kiss someone until I turned eighteen, but I did kiss Paco earlier which is why I turned into a frog kahit masyado pang maaga. Ipinaliwanag na ni Lola sa'kin noon ang tungkol sa sumpa at katulad ni Aurora o ni Beauty, my curse will last til the end of time and no power on earth can change it.

I indeed grew up in grace and beauty, beloved by all who meet me even if I was a little stubborn spoiled brat but I can't kiss the person whom I love before the sunset on my eighteenth birthday or I will become a frog for the rest of my life. Now, hinding-hindi na ako babalik sa totoo kong anyo pero maliban na lang kung tatanggapin ako ng taong mahal ko.

Kapag hindi niya ako tinanggap, I will be a frog until the day that I stopped breathing. But if he accepted and love me for who I really am, magiging malaya na ako sa sumpa at babalik na ako sa pagiging tao.

I wonder, would he still love me the same?

"Aika! Where are you?". He asked again.

"I'm here, Paco. Look down!". I answered him.

When his eyes met mine, bigla siyang namutla ng todo. Wala akong ideya kung ano'ng nang yayari sa kaniya pero para siyang tinakasan ng kulay. He didn't say a word to me but instead, he suddenly fainted in front of me like how Prynce passed out when he found out about my situation for the first time.

For God's sake! I'm a frog now! How am I supposed to wake him up habang ganito ang itsura ko!? Well I'm still trying to think of a way to make sure that he'll get back to his senses but every single options are not gonna work.

A true love's kiss won't work on us. Why? because first of all, he's not a Prince and I'm probably not a Princess at maalala ko lang na halik nga ang dahilan kung bakit naging palaka ako ngayon diba!?

Second thing, we're not a cast in a Disney film.

Last but definitely not the least, calling someone in this situation won't be a good idea either specially kung isa sa mga kaibigan ko o mga kaibigan niya!

Si Prynce na lang ang choice ko ngayon pero wala akong ideya kung nasaan siya, he just told me earlier that he's not coming home until tomorrow. But I also wonder, saan kaya siya nag-punta? It's not like he has a lot of friends around.

Marami siyang kaibigan pero halos lahat sila ay nasa Manila, nasa Spain o nasa France dahil iyon lang naman ang mga lugar na pinupuntahan niya. Dito naman sa Las Espadas? Si Gideon, Jett, Ryuichi, Paco, Chase at ang impakto kong ex lang naman ang mga kilala kong kaibigan niya.