GUARDING THE PRINCE IN DISGUISE(PRINCE SERIES #1)

CHAPTER FOUR

Zeph's POV

A few months had passed and despite the thought of staying here was a nightmare for me at first, I finally learned how to be comfortable with these two people I'm living with in the same roof.

Kahit wala sa isang araw ang hindi kami nagrarambulang tatlo basta may mapikon sa amin, naging masaya pa rin ako. Maybe being an only child was kinda boring for me now. And speaking of which, I was kinda still feeling new how Azri's treatment for me changed.

Parang sinapian bigla ng isang anghel o kaya may nakaing hindi maganda kaya biglang bumait ang demonyo. But the first time I saw his genuine smile, it made my heart melt. All I could see when I met him was that he was like a cold innocent playboy. How can you blame me? Halos lahat ng nagtangkang manligaw sa akin ay gan'on ang nakikita ko. However, Azri suddenly changed my perspectives into it when I was slowly getting to know him.

"Penny for your thoughts?" he suddenly showed up on my balcony as I startled.

"Hindi ka man lang kumatok? Ang galing mo talaga, eh, noh?" inis kong singhal sa kanya.

"I knocked but I guess, your mind was floating into the air that's why you didn't hear it, am I right?" nakangising aniya pero agad ko lang siyang inirapan.

"Whatever," tanging nasabi ko.

"Anyway, I was asking you lately. What do you have in mind? Mukhang malalim ang iniisip mo kanina," he said but I just shrugged my shoulders.

"Iniisip ko kung bakit bigla kang bumait. Just be honest, okay? May sumapi ba sa'yo o may pinakain lang kaya bumait ka?" nakahalukipkip kong ani sa kanya habang nakataas ang kilay ko.
Tumawa siya kaya heto na naman ako, nahahawa sa mga ngiti at tawa niya. Sumabay pa ang dami ng kabayong nagtatakbuhan sa puso ko.

"Is that what you were thinking? Well, I don't even know as well. Maybe you suddenly changed me without you knowing. But all I know was I suddenly felt the genuine happiness I was longing for ever since I pinned down in the dark for many years," he stated as he slowly became serious.

Bigla akong nalungkot sa sinabi niya kaya parang nastuck ang tenga ko na gusto ko pang marinig kung ano pang sasabihin niya. Malayo ang tingin niya pero ako nakikinig lang sa kanya.

"What happened? Is it...is it about Devina?" nag-aalinlangan kong tanong kahit alam kong tama naman kung anong nasa isip ko.

Huminga siya nang malalim saka ngumiti ng tipid, "Yeah. I was actually confused about what I felt before. But then, when she broke up with me...I don't know what to feel. I didn't take her seriously, to be honest. But it took me years to realize what I really felt for her," kwento niya.

Kahit naman ako, Azri. Naguguluhan din ako sa pinapakita at pinaparamdam mo sa akin. Pero alam ko sa sarili ko na dapat napigilan ko na ito una pa lang kasi...kasi alam kong siya pa rin naman ang mahal mo.

"Azri. Can I ask you something?" he turned to me and smiled.

"Yeah?"

"What if...what if she'll suddenly come back, what will you do?" I asked but I'm afraid to know what his answer is.

"I don't know. Even me, Zeph, I don't know what I'm gonna do if that happens," he answered while looking far away again. Bigla akong nakaramdam nang matinding takot. Takot na baka mabago siya kapag nangyari iyon.

Bigla niyang hinawakan ang kamay ko at marahang hinaplos ang mukha ko. Milyong-milyon na naman ang paru-parong naglalaro sa tyan ko.

"But the most important thing is, I met you and you were here with me," he said with the sweetest smile as he leaned closer to me as we both shared a passionate kiss. I could clearly hear how our hearts beat as one.