The Way I Love You. (Forced Marriage Series #2)

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I finished cooking his favorite food, nilaga. 

I sat at the kitchen stool, waiting for him to arrive.

I waited for 2 hours, he's still not here.

I looked at my wrist watch to check what time it is already.

"11 p.m." I was shock when someone spoke behind me.

"Oh! you're here." I smiled warmly at him.

"Kumain ka na po ba? Do you want to eat? Are you hungry?" Sunod- sunod kong tanong sa kanya.

He was about to go upstairs, but he stopped walking,  he looked like he wanted to say something. He slowly turned around, then looked at me.

"What about you?" He asked in a cold and serious tone.

"Huh?" I asked, confused about what he was referring to.

"Have you eaten already?" He asked, while raising his left brow.

"N-not yet." I answered.

He sighed before walking through my direction.

"Let's eat." He said, before sitting at the stool.

I formed a smile once he said that, akala ko hindi siya kakain.

I sat down across him, and started eating as well.

"You cooked my favorite huh?" He said.

"Well, yes." I smiled at him.

"You're disobeying me again, woman." He said, still looking at his food.

"Huh?" I said.

"Didn't I tell you not to wait for me?" He asked, intimidatingly.

I smiled at him nervously. "Sorry na po, hindi na po mauulit." I said.

"Dapat lang." He said, before standing up.

"I'm done, i'll rest now." He said, before going upstairs.

Agad kong niligpit ang pinag-kainan namin, bago matulog.

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I walked through the hallway of our building. Hindi ko kasabay pumasok si Calix, pagka-gising ko, wala na siya. Ang sabi ng helpers ay maaga daw siyang umalis.

As i entered the classroom, i saw Calix, sitting beside my seat.

I sat down at my seat as well.

Maya-maya pa ay pumasok na ang prof namin.

"Okay class, we're going to have a quiz today, about the lesson yesterday." The prof said.

"Be ready, we'll start after 15 minutes." Saad ng prof bago lumabas ng classroom.

"Shit." I heard Calix, whispered.

Agad kong kinuha ang notebook ko sa bag at inilabas.

"Here." Saad ko habang hawak ang notebook.

"What's this?" He asked, pero inabot rin naman niya iyon.

"Notebook po." I said.

He glared at me.

I laughed at him.

"Eto naman hindi mabiro," I chuckled. "Yan yung lesson kahapon, i know na kakailanganin mo, kaya sinulat ko." I said.

Nakita kong binuklat niya yung notebook upang tignan ang laman.

"But this is too long, sinulat mo talaga 'to lahat?" He asked. He looked worried.

"Yes, ano ka ba andali-dali mag-sulat." I lied.

Tinago ko ang kamay ko, kung saan naka-band aid ang dalawang daliri ko.

My hand hurt, writing those, lahat ba naman ng sinabi ng prof ko, sinulat ko.

I was shocked when Calix grabbed my left hand. Yes i'm left handed, pero i can treat you right.

"Liar." He said, he looked pissed.

"Easy pero naka-band aid yang daliri mo?" He looked angry now.

"Oh bakit ka nanaman nagagalit?" I said.

"Kasi hindi mo alagaan yang sarili mo!" He almost yelled.

I flinched.

"Sorry, baby, i didn't mean to." He said.

Wait- What?! Baby?!

"What did you just call me?" I asked.

"What?" He asked, nag-mamaangmaangan pa.

"You called me baby, didn't you?" I smirked at him.

"What? Are you deaf or what? I called you by your name, Cindy, i think you misheard it." He looked away.

"No, i heard it clearly." I teased.

"Oh narinig mo pala mag-tatanong ka pa." He whispered. 

I chuckled.

He smiled. Omg.

"Ayie! Nag-smile na siya." I said, pinching his cheeks.

"Stop it, Cindy. I'm not a kid." Masungit niyang saad.

"Oh talaga ba, baby?" I teased him.

He glared at me.

"Okay class, let's start." The prof entered the class room.

"Ay ano ba yan, panira." I whispered.

I heard Calix, chuckled.

We started the quiz.

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Calix's POV

I took a glance at Cindy who was seriously taking the quiz. 

I'm not falling, am i?

She really put in an effort just for me. Ngayon ay onti-onti ko nang napapansin ang mga effort ni Cindy para sa'kin. Ayoko naman mag-assume na gusto niya ako.

But remembering the fact na mag-kalaban pa rin kami, it makes me want to shoot my fake dad instead. Hindi ko pa sinasabi sa kanya na alam ko na, i'm still thinking of a plan. I need Cindy to know the whole truth, but i won't use her, i'll tell her the truth.

"Baka matunaw ako niyan." She said looking at me.

I get romantically excited whenever she looks at me like that.

"Shut up and focus on answering your quiz." I rolled my eyes at her.

"Tapos na ako 'no, ikaw? tapos kana ba?" She asked, while smirking at me.

She glanced at my paper, before flashing a playful smirk.

"Yan kasi, titig pa more." She chuckled.

"Ganda ko 'no?" She boastfully said.

Indeed.

She laughed at her own statement.

Patago akong ngumiti. 

Oo na, maganda ka nga.

That's what i first noticed about you, pero habang tumatagal ay mas lalo pa kitang nakikilala, i liked how you're nice, caring, soft, but at the same time, you're tough.

That's what people first notice, the outside of a person. Kapag maganda ka or gwapo, they'll automatically like you, gagawa sila ng move, without knowing who are you. And that's what you call a crush.

But if a person has known you for a long time already, and started admiring you, that's what you call love. It's hard to explain, but falling for a person for who they are, is hard.

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A/N: Ik i'm young, but if ever man na mabasa 'to ng taong minamahal ko, i just want to tell you that my feelings were never fake, i love you for who you are, not what you are. I wrote every novel for you.