The Introvert Out In The World || [A Tagalog and English Story] [TagLish]

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 12

"Gooood Morning!!!"

I excitedly greeted Sarah.

"Someone's in a great mood. Are you feeling better?" Sarah asked, handing me a glass of green concoction she's been experimenting lately. I took a sip, and it tasted pretty good actually. I gave her thumbs up.

"Yes, thank you for not giving up on me. Just some family stuff came up. But I'm really fine now." And I gave her a genuine smile. "I'll go wake up the twins now."

By the time I went to Dash's room to wake him up, he was already gone. I found him and her sister in Daniel's room, trying to wake him up.

"Kids, what are you doing to your brother?" I silently asked them.

"He promised to bring us to the park." Diane said.

I hugged Diane and gave her my usual morning greeting. She hugged me back. I gave Dash a hug too, and he kissed me on the cheek.

"A man always shows his love with a kiss." Dash said. Namula naman ako.

"Dash! Who said that?"

He pointed to the sleeping creature on the bed. "Since you're like my sister, that means I love you! And Diane loves you too!" They both hugged me, and I cried.

"I love you both. Okay, you kids just made my day. You go ahead and get your breakfast. We'll go to the park after we finish your lesson for today, okay? I'll wake up this guy right here." I watched them go downstairs, giggling to what ever they were talking.

I walked over to the sleeping prince. Hovering as quietly as possible. "Daniel, wake up." But he just shrugged.

I wasn't sure if waking him up right now was the right thing. Parang naiilang parin ako, pero... magandang opportunity na rin to. Mas lumapit na ako sa kanya then I sat on the edge of his bed, sighing. My legs were crossed and half of my body was facing him. I let time pass by without care for the rest of the world. It was in that moment, in that room, our time stopped. No, everything around me became a stand still. The clock stopped ticking, the wind stopped blowing. There was no sound, except for my heartbeat, that's rapidly increasing its rate as my arm started reaching for Daniel's face. Wanting to caress his cheeks while he's adrift in his own world. I let my fingers softly touch his long lashes and caressed his hair.

I chuckled softly and whispered, "You've got a pimple here, Daniel."

His breathing was steady, so I know he was still asleep. Then my gaze fell to his lips, which were agaped. I remembered the feeling again. They were soft, actually quite soft for a guy's. Others might mistake those lips for a girl's. He'll kill me if he heard me say that. I felt myself smile at the thought.

I'm still amazed at how perfect his facial structure is. I heard a lot of people say that Dane and Daniel could pass as twins, but I thought differently. Dane, as the eldest, has more mature and striking lines. Daniel on the other hand has curvier lines, and from the looks of it, he kind of gained on the jawline area. He's still very handsome, though.

"He'd never like someone like me." I sighed, closing my eyes, and whispered. "You'll never like me." Then on a table, his phone kept vibrating. They were messages from girls... or a particular girl.

"Kaitlyn...?" Daniel's groggy voice pulled me back, but he already placed his hand on top of mine. He was still very sleepy. "Hmm, why is your hand cold?"

Hindi ko alam kung sasagutin ko ba, o kung gigisingin ko. Ngayon pa ako nahiya sa ginawa ko. I tried to pull my hand, but he gripped harder which made him open his eyes. Shet ka! Kaitlyn, nagising tuloy!!!

"Uhm, Daniel. Wait, I can explain." I started to panick.

He sat up, realizing just now that he was half naked, and his skin was bare. He still hasn't let go of my hand. But, something unexpected happened.

He rested his head on my shoulder. I could feel him breathing against my neck, sending goosebumps throughout my body.

"I'm sorry." His voice was low. "For everything. You must hate me now."

How could I say something at that point? My voice wouldn't even come out. I was too surprised. But I tried to say something...

"Daniel... I... I, uhm... I don't hate you." I managed to say.

"Really?" His head perked real quick, and his eyes told me he was relieved.

I smiled. "If I hated you, I wouldn't have done what I did in the pool, would I?"

He was silent, and for the first time I witnessed Daniel Belyakov's flushed face.

"You should hurry and get changed, breakfast's waiting."

Then, he smirked. Ahh, the usual Daniel is back. "Breakfast? But my breakfast is right here." He then pushed me, gently, on his bed and in a second, he was on top me. "Do you want to become my breakfast, Ms. Villanueva?"

Holy mother of Christ! His accent when he said my last name! Kaitlyn, don't lose your cool. If you do, you'll definitely become his breakfast! His apology seemed sincere, so I'm going to accept that. But his flirting doesn't make any sense. It's freaking 7 in the morning, and he's doing this kind of thing. As much as he's turning me on so much, he is also annoying the hell out of me! Keep your cool, Kaitlyn!

He was about to kiss me when I interrupted him. "Daniel, breakfast is waiting downstairs. Understood?" I said with a stern voice.

"But I thought you said you don't hate me." He asked.

"It doesn't mean I'll just keep kissing you. You don't even like me."

I just thought of a good idea. Just to get back at him.

"You see, Daniel." I started, my voice soft yet seductive. I reached for the back of his neck and moved his face closer to mine. "You're every girl's dream. They always want you."

He tried to say something, but he was too surprised to move and say something except my name.

"That's why..." I leaned a little closer to him, almost touching his lips. Almost! "I won't become one of your girls." Then I pushed him off me and stood up quickly.

"Kaitlyn..."

"I'm not going to apologize. You knew how I felt about you in the beginning, but you made a fool out of me. There's a word for that in my language, it's called: PAASA. You manipulated me so you'd get what you want. I helped you with all the homework and you passed the class because of me. You knew how I felt, but you ignored me everytime. I'm not gonna let you kiss me. I'm not going to let anybody kiss me unless they want me." I headed for the door, and before I left I added, "But, you've got a bunch of girls tailing behind you, so... too bad, Daniel."

"Was that too much?" I whispered to myself on the way back to the kitchen. I heard his door closed and footsteps trailing behind me. That made me so nervous!

"Kaitlyn, wait." He called, grabbing my arm slowly and turned me towards him. "Just... give me a chance to prove myself. Please?"

Ano nanaman kaya ang pakulo ng taong ito? Bigyan ko kaya to ng chance? Eh, natatakot ako. Di ko alam ano gagawin ko. Pero parang sincere naman xa.

"Do whatever you want. Just promise me one thing, Daniel."

His face lit up, and that million dollar smilemade my heart flutter. "Anything. I'll do anything."