P A G S U K O

KABANATA I

"Love, katatapos lang ng taping namin. Pauwi na rin ako. I know tulog ka na, basta I'll see you later at our secret place. I miss you and I love you so much, Rhian. Sweet dreams."

Ito ang bumungad sa akin pagkagising ko. A text from my more than a year girlfriend Glaiza De Castro. It all started when we both played the role of a lesbian couple on a TV show. Syempre wala munang aminan na nangyari. Puro lang kami pakiramdaman and if you know her, alam mong hindi ito aamin kaya naman ako na ang naunang nagtapat ng feelings. Akala ko pa nga ay malalagay ako sa "friend zone" but well, sa lakas ba naman ng charm ko, sino ba ang ayayaw sa akin? Just kidding! Anyway, everything went smooth naman maliban sa tinatawag ng mga fans na mga bakod. Sino bang magaakala na ang mga agam agam ng RaStro supporters ay totoo? Sila ang isa sa mga rason kung bakit patago kami kung magkita ni Glaiza.

Maraming fans na ang sumuko sa amin dahil sa pure fan service lang naman daw ang lahat ng ginawa namin dati at pagkatapos daw ng show ay akala mo hindi na kami magkakilala ni Glaiza. Kung pwede lang sabihin sa kanila na we had to do that cause we were both confused that time. We're both not sure about our feelings. And the main reason? It's because of the bakods.

Sobrang hinigpitan si Glaiza ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Gusto nilang tanggalin ang lesbian image niya kaya lahat ginawa nila. Halos hindi na kami nagkasama sa ibang shows after ng TRMD maliban sa Vampire Ang Daddy Ko. Si Tito Ronnie slash my manager ang gumawa ng paraan para mapagsama kami. But he did it for the sake of our career, not because he knew that there's something between me and Glaiza. Walang nakakalam maliban sa bestfriend kong si Bianca.

The struggle was real talaga sa relasyon namin pero dahil sa pagmamahalan namin, hindi na namin iniisip ang hirap.

"Love I'm on my way na. I bought food for us. Alam ko kasing hindi na tayo makakapagluto ng lunch natin." a text from Glaiza.

"Sige Love. On the way na rin ako. Drive safely. See you and I love you."

"I love you too baby Yoyon. Take care."

Hindi na ako nagreply dahil nagdadrive din ako and I needed to hurry up dahil malayo layo ang Rizal from Alabang. We bought a property there under Bianca's name. It's not a huge one. Tamang dalawang kwarto lang; one was the master's bedroom and the other one was the guest room. I and Glaiza decided to get a house where we could have our couple time cause obviously, we couldn't do it in public places. And purchasing the house was a lot safer than getting a condo. It was located in a secluded area at walang masyadong bahay na kalapit kaya safe na safe kami. Daig pa namin ang mga wanted sa pagtatago.

Since it was Sunday, it only took me a couple of hours para marating ang bahay bahayan namin. Nauna naman siyang makarating because she's from Valenzuela lang naman. I knocked on the door at bumukas naman agad ito and there you go, the person I hadn't seen in almost a week. She smiled at me. Yung smile niya na halos mawala ang mala-anime nitong mga mata. Hindi pa man ako nakakahakbang papasok ay binigyan na agad ako nito ng halik sa labi na punong puno ng pagmamahal.

"A welcome kiss." ngiting sabi niya ng magkahiwalay kami. Napangiti nalang rin ako. Her kisses never fail remind me how much she loved me.

Pinagsaluhan namin ang dala niyang pasta. She also bought chips and ice cream dahil nagmo-movie marathon kami after naming mag lunch. Yun ang madalas naming ginagawa sa couple time namin. Napagusapan namin na dapat atleast once a week ay may time kami para sa isa't isa but sometimes, time didn't permit us because of our busy schedule.

Habang nanonood ng favourite movie niyang Rorouni Kenshin na ilang beses na naming pinanood pero hindi ko talaga ma gets, panay naman ang tunog ng cellphone niya.

"Love, sagutin mo na kaya." sabi ko habang nakayakap sa kanya at siya naman ay hawak hawak ang chips at sinusubuan ako.

"Hayaan mo na yan. Titigil din yan."

"Sino ba yan?" tanong ko at siya namang abot ng chips sa bibig ko.

"Si Billy."

"Billy?"

"Yung trainer ko. Alam niya kasing off ko ngayon and he texted me na mag-workout ako ngayon dahil I am starting to gain weight na naman daw." she said.

"But you look so fit and sexy parin naman Love. I can still see those abs pa nga." I told her and she smiled.

"Love na love mo talaga ako 'no? Kahit alam ko naman na tumaba naman talaga ako pero sinasabi mo parin na sexy parin ako."

"I'm just stating a fact, Love. And I don't really care kung tumaba ka man. You will always be my magandang-pogi baby panda na love na love ko." still hugging her.

Kumawala naman ito sa pagkakayakap ko at nilagay ang hawak na chips sa center table. She held both my hands and kissed them. She looked at me intently and with the visible love in her eyes.

"Thank you for loving me Rhi. You know I feel so lucky to have you in my life. And I want you to know that I am willing to give up anything just to spend my life with you forever. I love you so much, Love." then she gave me a very sweet and passionate kiss.

"Drama mo naman." I joked after the kiss.

"Panira ka talaga ng moment." kunwaring nagtampo naman ito sa akin kaya hinawakan ko ang mga pisngi nito and kissed her.