The remaining days after Christmas we went shopping for pasalubong and tour around Los Angeles. I bought the things na binilin sa 'kin ni mom and dad. We went to some instagrammable places like the Urban light, The Broad, Melrose Avenue, and of course, Sunset Boulevard. As for the New Year, we went to Snow Valley and we did some sledding and skiing. Si Awy puro sledding lang ang nagawa pati sila Tita, kami lang ni Cove ang nag-ski. The day after that we went home, mom and dad were waiting for us outside our house.
"Hello po Tito, Tita," tapos nagmano siya, "Belated merry Christmas and Happy New Year po. Eto po yung gift namin tsaka pasalubong po," medyo nagulat pa si mommy nung abutin ang mga binigay ni Cove.
"Nako, hijo dapat hindi na kayo nag-abala. Pasabi kay Annastasia at Eduardo salamat ah. Eto pabigay na rin sakanila," at inabot rin ni mommy ang regalo namin sakanila.
"Greet them for us, hijo. At hindi naman kayo nagsolo ng kwarto nito ni Kirsche ano?" at pinanliitan siya ni daddy ng mata.
Agad na winagayway ni Cove ang kamay niya upang sabihin na hindi.
"Nako, Tito tanong niyo pa po kila papa. Sinunod ko po ang utos niyo," at hilaw siyang natawa.
Dad laughed when he saw Cove's reaction, he even jokingly smacked him in the back. Cove confusingly laughed with dad.
"Nagbibiro lang ako, hijo. Alam ko naman kung gaano kalaki ang respeto mo dito sa anak ko."
They shared few laughs and conversation before Cove headed home. I looked at my parents and averted my gaze to our house. I sighed. I missed them. I missed this house. Indeed, there's no place like home. I can feel the warmth from just here standing at the front gate. Not literally though as it is so hot here may be the reason why our house was not fully covered with concrete. From the exterior which partly has wood cladding, wood wall accent, and ceiling up until to furniture; plus, the garden outside our house and even the pocket garden in our kitchen. Mom and dad were the ones who designed our house; they wanted it to be a tropical modern house. It felt like I'm in a resort house every time I'm in here.
"Hey, sweetie. C'mon inside gabi na at bawal mahamugan ang mommy mo," natigil ang pagre-reminisced ko sa bahay namin.
"Sure dad. I just missed our house," they smiled at what I said and mom went to me.
"House lang ang na-miss mo?" agad kong niyakap si mommy dahil sa sinabi niya.
"Of course, na-miss ko kayo ni dad, mom and also, this little one. Hi, baby Ate missed you," at hinagkan ko ang malaking tyan ni mommy ng biglang may naramdaman ako, "Hala mom, ano yun?" gulat kong tanong pero nakangiti lang si mommy, at si dad naman mukhang na-excite bigla.
"Sumipa siya. Mukhang na-miss ka rin ng kapatid mo," parang nagningning ang mata ko dahil sa sinabi ni mommy.
"S-sumipa? Hala mommy isa pa! Baby c'mon kick one more time!" I excitedly caressed mom's tummy and I felt that force again, "Hala! Ang galing!" I uttered.
Tawang tawa sila mommy sa reaksyon ko. Mukhang matalino ang magiging kapatid ko ah.
"Nako, etong daddy mo ganyan rin ang reaksyon noong una. Kala mo naman unang beses niya madama yun e madalas ka rin naman sumipa dati," pagkukwento ni mom.
"Can you blame me? I'm excited, love." We just laughed at dad's answer.
"Tara, pasok na po tayo. Masama kay mommy at tsaka ang dami ko pong kwento," agad naman napunta ang atensyon nila sa 'kin.
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