Cait's POV
It's great to get it off my chest. I was really shocked sa confession ni Ace but at the same time lumilipad ang puso ko. I never thought I'd fall in love like this, pero napakaimposibleng hindi mahulog kay Ace lalo na ng mas makilala ko sya.
May takot sa puso ko, alam kong hindi magiging madali tong pinasok namin pero hindi na din naman kami mga bata. Alam kong sigurado kami pareho sa nararamdaman namin at handa ako na ilaban to. Hindi pa namin napag-uusapan kung sasabihin ba namin sa team pero sabi nga ni Ace, one step at a time lang. Right now, gusto kong ienjoy kung anung meron kami.
Nagpaalam ako kay Ace na babalik muna ko sa unit para magshower at kumuha ng gamit. Nangako ako sa kanya na sa unit nya muna matutulog hanggat fully recovered na sya.
Pagkatapos kong maligo, narinig kong may nagdoorbell sa pinto. Weird. May susi naman si Ace. Hindi makapaghintay yarn? Napangiti ako sa sarili ko.
Pagbukas ko ng pinto, "Nakalimutan mo ba ang susi..." Natigilan ako ng makita ko kung sino ang nasa pinto.
"Bea? Anung ginagawa mo dito?" Tanung ko sa kanya.
"Can we talk?" Tanung nya.
"Yeah, of course, pasok ka muna. Magbibihis lang ako." Wika ko sabay pasok sa kwarto para magbihis.
Bakit sya nandito? May kinalaman ba to sa pagiging tahimik nya recently. Wait si Ace, kailangan ko sabihin na malelate ako.
Text message to Ace
[I'll be back as soon as I can may biglang need lang asikasuhin 😘]
Ace replied
[Alrighty, I will wait for you and I want that kiss when you get back 😘]
Napangiti ako sa reply nya at papatulan ko sana pero need ko na lumabas para kausapin si Bea, the sooner this is over, the sooner I can get back to Ace.
"Bei, may gusto ka ba? Water, juice, softdrinks?" Umiling sya.
"I'm okay Cait I just really need to talk to you." Seryosong wika nya.
"Okay, sobrang seryoso naman yata, pinapakaba mo ko." Wika ko sabay upo sa sofa katapat ng kinauupuan nya.
"Cait I'll try not to take too much of your time, pero honestly di ko din sigurado kung paano magsisimula." Panimula nya.
"There's no easy way to say this. I tried to hide and suppress it pero I need to get it off my chest na. Cait I'm in love with you." Wika nya habang nakatitig sa mga mata ko.
Wait tama ba yung narinig ko? Hindi ko alam kung paano magrereact. I am in shock.
"Cait say something please." Bea pleaded.
"Bei I dont know what to say." Wika ko.
"I mean kailan pa? Paano?" Dagdag ko.
"I've been attracted to you from the first moment we met sa court on that championship game. Then getting to know you when you joined the team, made me fall for you and I've been in love with you ever since." Wika nya.
"Bei Why now?" Tanung ko.
"Because seeing you with Ace made me confront my feelings for you. I realised that I couldn't hide it from you anymore. Look I don't expect you to reciprocate the feelings kasi I know late na ko, pero I need to confess it dahil di ko na kaya itago." Wika ni Bea.
"Bei..." Mahinang wika ko.
Sobra akong naguguluhan right now. Hindi ko alam kung anung sasabihin ko. Hindi ko alam kung dapat bang sabihin ko na kay Bea yung tungkol sa min ni Ace.
"Cait." Wika nya habang papalapit sa kin.
"Bei don't" Pagpigil ko sa kanya.
I hurt her. I can see it in her eyes.
"I know I'm too late. I was so scared so I never even tried. But Ace did and I can't blame her. She gave me all the time in the world by keeping her distance. Pero binalewala ko yun." Kumpisal ni Bea.
"Wait... what do you mean?" Tanung ko.
Saglit. Mas lalo akong naguguluhan.
"I knew Ace had feelings for you. Noon pa. And I think she knows that I do too. I mean never namin napag-usapan pero we know each other enough to know how each other feels." Pagpapatuloy ni Bea.
Bea must see the confusion behind my eyes.
"Cait, don't worry. Alam ko naman na huli na ko. I just needed to be honest with you. I hope we can both move past this. You mean a lot to me and I'd hate to lose you over this. I value our friendship more than however I feel at yun din ang dahilan kung bakit ako inabot ng ganito katagal para aminin ang nararamdaman ko. I'll give you some space to process. I'll let myself out. Good night Cait." Wika nya bago lumabas ng pinto.
Napaupo ako sa sofa the moment that Bea left. Hindi ko akalain na aabot sa ganito. I never had a clue about how she felt about me. I thought ganun lang talaga sya kabait at maalaga sa lahat. Bea is sweet, she always has been. Kung gaano sya kaangas sa court ganun sya kalambing in real life.
Damn Cait! How could you be so clueless?
Alam kong inaantay ako ni Ace so I pulled myself together and headed back sa unit nya. I tried to act as normal as I can but I know she can tell that something is off. I really can't talk about it right now though and I'm glad that she's sensitive enough to wait until I'm ready to talk about it.
I laid between her shoulder and her chest with her arm wrapped around me. There's peace in her arms pero I also can't stop thinking about what just happened.
"Cait I can tell something's off pero I won't force you to talk about it. Just know that I'm here and I'll listen if you ever want to talk about it and whenever you're ready." Wika nya as she kissed the top of my head.
"Thank you." I raised my face so I can look into her eyes and I kissed her deeply on the lips then we went to sleep.
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