41// Bliss of Happiness
“She said, 'I'm so afraid.' And I said, 'why?,' and she said, 'Because I'm so profoundly happy, Dr. Rasul. Happiness like this is frightening.' I asked her why and she said, 'They only let you be this happy if they're preparing to take something from you.” – Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
KARA
“Honeybabeeeeeee my love so sweet~” Napatingin ako kay Qen when those stupid words came out from his mouth. Can he at least think of a better petname? JUICE COLORED KASAKIT SA ULO.
“Wala na bang iba? That's so corny and so baduy!”
“Ganyan talaga ang love. Love is baduy!” Tumawa ako. Geez! Etong lalakeng to talaga! “Basta ayoko nyan!” I said stubbornly. “Okay...how about this...” sabay lingon nya kung saan-saan. “Alam ko na, potato chips!” Muntik ko na syang binatukan. This guy is hopeless.
“Okay, chip na lang!” Napangiti ako, surprised at how he was making a big deal out of it. But infairness, this one's better. Pero parang cheap. Ay ewan. Bahala na nga.
“Okay, chip! Let's go buy some fruits.” Sabi ko sabay hawak ng kamay nya. After Jake’s condition has stabilized, umuwi muna kaming magkakabarkada para rin makapagpahinga. And then, when Qen and I woke up, I asked him if he could accompany me to the grocery to buy some fruits for Jake.
From every section we go, halos lahat ng babae nakatingin sa kanya. Esh. They kept looking at him like he was some kind of display in a luxury store and Qen would smile at them back. Aba aba! Magaling!
Sa sobrang inis ko, iniwan ko sya at naglakad mag-isa. But as usual, with his long legs, he was able to catch up in no time. “Oh, ba’t ka nakasimangot?”
“WALA!” I said, placing the oranges in the basket with force.
“Uy uy!”
“ANO?!”
“Dahan-dahan, masisira oranges nyan!” Inirapan ko sya. Tapos bigla ba naming tumawa ang bwiset :| I felt him smile and then he lunged forward and locked me in his arms. “I didn’t know I had such a gorgeous yet selosang girlfriend.”
“Hoy, Qen! PDA! Hooooooy—“ Kumawala ako sa pagkakayakap nya sakin tapos hinarap sya but the jerk suddenly cut me off.
“—Hay nako, kahit SNSD pa nasa harap ko o si Emma Watson, ikaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko.” He said. I rolled my eyes at him, trying hard not to smile, but I couldn’t stop it anyways. Slapping his shoulder lightly, I said, “Alright, come on loverboy~ We’ve got a lot of things to buy.”
When was the last time I've been this happy?
Qen made a silly face at me, but eventually he fixed himself, taking my offered hand. “Ha ha ha we look like newlyweds.” I laughed with him, and can’t help but turn into a puddle of goo with the thought of marrying this dork. I can’t imagine it honestly! We would probably be the corniest and most ewang couple in the universe.
