the last request | D a y i i
; a r t & t h u n d e r
"Give me the car key, Mads. I'll drive." Hinagis naman sa'kin ni Maddie ang susi ng kotse niya. Lumakad na kami ng sabay papunta sa garage nila.
Its my second day here, actually our second dayㅡ I mean together, not as couple tss.
"Sure ka 'bang sasama ka? Exhibits are not your thing, Bei."
"Yes. Actually Im kinda use to it na because of Jho. Halos dun kami lagi pumupunta. Art exhibits."
"Oh I see." She plainly said at pumasok na sa shotgun seat.
"Naalala ko nun, you never want to go with me kapag nagpapasama ako sa'yo. You'll always whine like a kid." Sabi ni Maddie ng hindi nakatingin sa'kin. "But look at you now, you enjoy looking at arts..." She paused, "...Because of Jho."
I don't know but she seem sad. So I just did shut my mouth. Nabalot nanaman kami ng katahimikan no one is talking hanggang sa makarating kami sa venue.
Whenever Im with Jho she would explain or discuss her point of view about a certain painting and I would often just nod ang agree because Jho really knows how to look at paintings. Sometimes, may sasabihin siyang explanation or kung anong symbolism ng isang certain art and magugulat na lang ako kasi sobrang babaw lang para sa'kin yung art na 'yun.
Pero dati, whenever Maddie & I will go to exhibits like this there's only one thing I enjoy, it is looking at her. Because she, herself is already an art.
I love how her eyes sparkle whenever she saw an amazing art, may mga times na itataas niya yung kamay like she wanted to touch the art kaso bawal so she would end up drooling over it. She is so beautiful and amazing inside out, she is really art. Sa sobrang ganda ayaw mong hawakan kasi baka masira mo, she is very fragile. She is art because she's a treasure.
But now, while staring at her, it's like looking at a broken sad art that makes your heart ache.
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Nagising ako dahil sa malakas na kulog. I reached for my phone, it is just 2:30 in the morning. Sobrang lakas ng ulan.
Nagitla nanaman ako dahil kumulog nanaman ng malakas. I was about to go back to sleep ng may maalala ako. Maddie is afraid of thunder! Kinuha ko agad ang slippers ko at lumabas ng kwarto.
Kumatok muna ako, pero walang sumasagot kaya binuksan ko na yung pintuan. "Maddie?" Pumasok na ako ng tuluyan pero wala paring sumasagot.
Until may tumunog sa gilid. And there is Maddie balot na balot ng kumot, may yakap na unan at nakaupo sa gilid ng table niya.
"Bea..." She whimpered.
"Hey." Lumapit ako sakanya. "The thunder will not hurt you, Mads. Calm down." I said pero wala, she's still shivering.
I held her face. "Hey, Maddie. Look at me." Pinunasan ko ang malamig na pawis niya sa noo. "Im here, Mads. Im here." I assured her.
Then suddenly she hugged me, "I will not leave your side." I whispered.
