Every Tick of Serendipity ( Ruler of Fate Series #3 )

KABANATA 33

Kabanata 33

The thirty-third tick

Dumaan ang ilang segundo at minuto sa kamay ng mga orasan, pero nanatili kami sa posisyon naming dalawa. Only his breathing, my heartbeat, and the tick of the clock were all I could hear around his apartment.

"Do you have any comfort food?" I asked after the silence passed us by.

He shook his head, which made me bite my lip.

Looks like there's some similarities on the both of them, after all. Kairos doesn't have any comfort food, and him too.

"So, you don't have any favorite food din, right?" I asked, even though there was an answer inside my mind already.

He rose up, away from burying his face on my shoulder blades, and stared directly into my eyes. Ang kanang kamay niya ay nasa tabi ng mga hita ko, habang ang kaliwa ay nakahawak sa bewang ko. Dahil sa distansya sa'ming dalawa, ang akin ay dumulas at bumaba sa magkabila niyang balikat.

He poked his inner cheek. "Meron..."

My lips parted. "Meron?"

His head nodded, which made my mouth open wider in shock. Bumaba ang tingin niya sa mga labi ko dahil sa reaksyon kong 'yon.

My eyes blinked, and I gained myself back. "Uh... Do you want to eat that with me ba? So you could feel better?" My head tilted. "What's your favorite food nga pala?"

He pursed his lips. Mas lalong lumalim ang tingin na binibigay niya sa'kin. Nang itaas niya ulit ang kaniyang ulo, palayo sa paninitig niya sa aking mga labi, ay mistulang mas naging mapangahas ang tingin na binibigay niya sa dalawang mata ko.

I smiled at him innocently. "Let's go out? And eat your favorite food?" I giggled. "I want to try it!"

His brows furrowed together a bit. "I mean..." He tilted his head, "Hindi naman natin kailangan pang umalis... At hindi mo rin magagawang matikman..." pahina nang pahina niyang bulong.

My mouth formed an 'o'. "And why is that?"

Hindi niya ako sinagot. Nanatili ang tingin niya sa'kin na parang nagdadalawang isip siya kung sasabihin niya ba 'yon o hindi. Or at least... That's what he looks like to me. I don't exactly know what is going on in his head. His pair of orbs are too deep for me to know them. That's dominance speaking a lot about him.

I pursed my lips and slowly nodded my head, after some realization. "Do you mean to say na meron kang stock here?" Nilibot ko ang tingin ko sa buong apartment niya, "Where?" tanong ko habang ginagawa 'yon.

My eyes blinked when he held my chin, purposely stopping me from roving my eyes around, and I turned my face back to him. Napunta sa gilid ng labi ko ang daliri niya na nagdulot ng kiliti sa'kin. I even gulped, seeing his mischievous stare on my lips.

Pinadaan niya ang hintuturo niya sa buong labi ko na mas lalong nagpahina ng mga kamay ko: my right hand went down on his shoulders, while the other one was gripping the piece of the shirt on his chest part.

"Allergic ako sa strawberries... Pero lasang gano'n ang mga labing 'to." He poked his inner cheek and brought his eyes up to meet mine again. "Hindi ko malubuyan."

My eyes widened. "H-Huh?" I hit him on his chest with both of my cheeks burning red. I could feel them turning hot as his words kept playing in my mind, like some broken recorder.

I gulped. "I didn't b-brush my teeth pa nga kanina, eh!" My lips twitched when that came out of my mouth. Sinubukan ko siyang irapan, pero mistulang saglit lang na pumasada ang tingin ko sa mga mata at labi niya. Muli kong iniwas ang tingin ko sakanya nang maramdaman ang mas lalong paglakas at pagbilis ng tibok ng puso ko.