Miggy's POV
"Ehem… I think you and Alex kuya beke nemen go out more often, "Meynard teased me after we visited mommy in rehab. This is the first time we have visited her after three months since she was admitted to rehabilitation due to her alcoholism. If he has not fainted again due to excessive intoxication and then no food, we have not approached him and talked properly to ask him to rehab because what is happening is not really good for him.
"We just can't get along because there's no one to work in the condo, eh, then you don't go much because you're busy for Shane's wedding, eh," I muttered, but I wasn't really sulking with him because I understood I think they have a lot to take care of.
"I'm sorry, eh, there is as much to do and I'm busy in the office as usual, many projects are lined up," he explained.
"Aba! I heard that your team is taking over! Andrew and I had a conversation when we met at the grocery store with his wife. Congratulations! Keep up the best performing team! " ko puri ko.
"I'm also really lucky with my teammates because not only are their brains fat but they are also hardworking, they are united in being competitive for other teams," he said happily.
"Hey! Maybe one day I'll hear that you've been promoted! "
"Eh, 'di wow!" we laughed together.
"Where will I take you?" I suddenly asked because we were close to their house.
"Huh? I thought you were going to treat me to dinner? "
"I thought you and Shane had a walk, so I didn't invite you anymore. So Alex is the one I invited to have lunch with today, but if you want, just come with us? " Yaya ko sa kan'ya.
"I can't disturb you two anymore," he said sullenly.
"Why did you say it's annoying to just eat, and then it's not new for the three of us to eat together?"
Instead, he changed the subject. This is weird!
"Oh? How do you take him if you have your car? "
"Of course, just at home," he laughed and said with one hand behind his head.
"You're not coming down?" he asked when I stopped in front of their house.
"I won't be back this weekend because I'm going to visit the nanny," I explained. Because the nanny is sick so often lately, I often go see her and then I bring her groceries and I also accompany her to checkups. Because the nanny has not been able to keep up with the care she has done for me since I was a child, because she is also my second mother.
"Yieee! My older brother is fighting for his life again! " He teased.
"What are you saying? Nothing like that, hey! We are just friends! "
"What kind of actor are you? 'We're just friends' and then you find out that you're both broken-hearted because there was a break up, but you're just friends! "We're just kidding here! "teasing him.
"It's really just friends!"
"Friends? Then bring it to the office. Then if you two stick together, it's like there's no tomorrow! You just need to live in one unit because if you don't hang out in his unit, he will hang out in your unit! Tell me the truth, brother, has anything happened to you? " He asked with a frown, at the same time folding his arms and looking out the window of my car.
"Hey! Shame on you. The dirt of your brain! Nothing like that! "
"Weh? Even a kiss? " The mokong is still moaning.
"W-Nothing!"
"Or why are you stuttering?" he carved.
"Nothing!"
"Really? Didn't you ever think you wanted to kiss him? Alex is so beautiful, he can still model his face and body, "the dog smiled and raised his eyebrows while looking at me.
"No-No!"
"You're stuttering again, oh!" Then he laughed like crazy.
"Come in when I'm gone, please just tell the nanny I'm coming here on Saturday morning."
"Hey! Sikuya ang in-denial!But the truth is, it's thrilling, "he teased, especially as if no one had heard what I said.
"I don't know about you! You are pure nonsense! "
"Hala! Napkin!That means it's true! " I ignored him and just left, as many do in life!
But wait, didn't I notice that we were always together? Then he was right that I brought Alex because I wasn't doing anything and then it was okay with me. Maybe I'm just used to it. But there's nothing wrong with us always being together because he doesn't complain. He even comes to my unit when I can't go to his unit. Then he was happy to be with us. We also agreed on many things. As for the kiss, I can't understand myself why I always notice her pink lips. That no matter what he does, as long as he's with me, it seems like his lips are always highlighted because I always notice that. Especially when we once had a drink in his unit. His lips were red then, so I couldn't help but feel hurt all the time. Isn't Meynard right in what he said? Does that mean I already like Alex? Is that right? He used to be the cousin I was courting, but he couldn't because he was daddy's son. Is Alex done now? Ah I don't know, I'll think about that later when what? The mess!
It never left my mind as I drove to Alex's office to pick him up.
"Hi! Have you been there before? " I greeted Alex when he opened the door of my car so he could get on.
"Hi! I didn't just go down with my office mates. How was your walk with Meynard? Where is he? Didn't you say you're together? " He wondered.
"Yeah, I went through them because he's going to pick up Shane at work," I explained.
"Ah, okay, I thought he was having dinner with us today."
"I invited him. It's a case that he will follow Shane. Then they are also busy with their wedding preparations. "
"Their wedding is coming up!"
"Why?"
"Nothing. I haven't thought about what I'm going to wear for that."
"It's easy, we're just together when I go to the boutique with mommy's friend, there are many things that will suit you."
"No, I'm sure I can't afford it."
"Hey! That's why I'll take you with me so I can take care of what you wear. Don't worry about it. "
"Oh no! It's over, I'll take care of it, there's something to buy at the mall. "
"Why bother to go the mall when I already offered you?"
"Because of the amount you bought for me."
"So? What's the problem? "
"Nothing."
"Is that why you don't like my offer?"
"Because it's embarrassing, you know that? You don't care about me, and most of all, you have no obligation to me, okay? "
"Yeah right, but I just like to do it for you! I guess there's nothing wrong with that? "
"Wait a minute! Are we fighting? "
"I don't know? I was just offering you the gown you're going to wear for Meynard and Shane's wedding, but you rejected it! "
"So, you're so angry?"
"I'm not!"
"Eh, do you look angry? You're still frowning! "
"I'm just disappointed to hear that you're overthinking the things that I'd like to do for you and the things I've already given you and want to give you in the future."
"Wow! You're weird too! Because I'm not used to someone always giving, don't you know that? "
"But I want to. Just a simple thank you will do. You don't have to overthink about that matter. "
"Fine. Yes! I'm coming with you! What is that gown after gown that we really need to debate? "
"Coz you're trying to reject my offer!"
"Yes, isn't it? We can even better fall in love if we quarrel about the gown. "
I didn't answer because it seemed like a bad trip. Then he mentioned what it was like to fall in love. I wanted to say that we were just friends, but I didn't know if I was right to say that. It seemed like I was suddenly hesitant to tell her that.
We arrived at the resto and then we ordered each other. The two of us suddenly became a bit awkward. I don't know if it was just me or both of us who suddenly became awkward with each other.
We were both still quiet until after we finished eating.
"What should I do to talk to him? It's refreshing because suddenly I can't ask him anymore. Hmm, can I invite him to drink a little so that we can be okay so we can talk properly? "
So when we got to the tower, I first went to the convenience store to buy a beer. He came up to me first because I said I would go to the convenience store, but I hadn't told him that I would just buy a beer and a few chips because I would invite him to have a little drink with me.
I went to his unit, so he was surprised when he opened it for me.
"Huh?" and Alex.
"Are you busy? Would you like to invite us to have a drink first? "
"Come in, didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I didn't suddenly think when I entered the convenience store that instead of me being alone, you were there, so I tried to invite you. But it's okay if you do something, I'll just be there in my unit, "I said hesitantly, so I didn't go in first.
"Nothing. I don't often bring work here, you said the work should only be in the office, "then he suddenly took what I was carrying and pulled one of my hands.
"Why am I nervous like this? This isn't the first time we've had a drink, is it?
Wait, get me a bottle opener first and then I'll put the other bottle in the refrigerator," Then he left me in the living room after he put the two bottles on the center table and the chips I bought.
"I guess you suddenly invited a drink today? Are you just bored or do you have a problem? "he asked in succession as he walked over to my seat.
"Nothing."
"Weh? Did you think of him? "
"Huh?"
"Who else?"
"No. Then you are really crazy! You know it's not possible, so I've accepted that for a long time. Nothing more. A few months too, ah! Then it's good that it's just the beginning without deep, invested feelings. "
"So, what do you think when you suddenly get excited? Because I already know that something is bothering you in your mind why you suddenly invited me to drink. "
I wanted to say you were right, but my tongue seemed to recede suddenly.
"Hirit na!" he carved.
"Oh no! How can I say that the scent of his shampoo is destructive? I used to not care how close he was to me. Now I easily get destroyed in every possible way whenever she's near me. Oh, great! I think Meynard is right! "
"Earth to Miguel!"
"Huh?"
"What is it? You're spacing out! "
"I'm sorry, I just remembered something," I blurted out.
"Hirit na kasi, what do you want to talk about?" I knocked over the beer bottle to somehow relieve the nervousness I was feeling.
"Hala! Do you have any plans to get drunk? Shall I call Meynard? "
"No!"
"You know something is really different about you today. That's not how I met you, eh, "he guessed then stared at me even while he was drinking his beer from the glass he was holding.
"Maybe that will melt me when you stare at 'me?' biro ko
"I just read what you have."
"Nothing, just drink," I said as I threw chips at him, and he ate them right away.Because we are used to this way of treating each other.
Wait, just get me more, "I excused myself because his stare at me didn't really touch me, so I became conscious.
When we ran out of the six bottles I bought.
"Can we add more like it's delicious to drink?" he said suddenly.
"You still have school tomorrow, so don't wake up early," I warned.
"Isn't that me yet? Then it didn't just happen today that we drank even though there was work the next day, "he whimpered.
"Of course. All right, just wait, I'll just go down, "then I stood up to buy more.
He was the first to walk to the door.
We only bought for a while because there were no other people there. We continued to drink as soon as we got back.
We both stumbled on the carpet and then leaned on the sofa. We were facing the TV side by side with no show to see because we hadn't turned it on again when we came back.
"How is your boyfriend in your office?" He had mentioned before that someone was flirting with him, so Meynard and I immediately advised him to be careful and think carefully before he thought about whether he would answer or not.
"It's gone, it's a playboy! Someone who had previously joined the company told me that this is how you really do it without missing a new job, they are immediately courted. "
"It's stupid!"
"Stupid!"
"How did you crush in Bulacan?"
"I didn't see that either. He posted on his Facebook account that he had a girlfriend who was with him at work."
"If you had just listened to Meynard and me, it wouldn't be you!"
"Let's face it, maybe we weren't really meant to be then, then it's also difficult. I'm here in Taguig and then he's in Bulacan."
"Are you sorry?"
"At first yes, but I realized we weren't really for each other. Eh, are you? " He asked me.
"What am I?"
"You don't like anything yet?"
"I don't know, it's hard to speak," I put my hand on the tip of my eyebrow. I don't know if I'm like that when I'm tense. I just hope he didn't notice my mannerism.
"Why?" At the same time, he drank his beer again from the glass he was holding. I gasped because I didn't know what to say.
"How did the conversation turn to me?"Tsk! "
"Eh, as long as I don't know how to say?"
"Why then?" I couldn't speak because I turned to her and then I noticed that we were only a few inches apart from each other because she was leaning on the sofa.
"O sweet Jesus, spare me please!"
"I don't know?"
"Your blur! I answered your questions to me well and then you don't seem to want to tell the story, "he said sullenly.
"I just… really don't know, okay?"
It's getting frustrating on my part, because I feel more nervous now and my hands are getting cold.
"You know I can help, don't you?" I close my eyes and sign deeply, trying to get some courage because she's really getting into my nerves.
"Okay. You really want to know? "
"Yes! That's why we're carved, isn't it? "
"If… If I did something stupid in front of you, would you get mad at me? " I hesitantly asked her.
"Huh? You're changing the subject, aren't you? " He growled, so I noticed even more that his lips were red again.
"Why is that? On regular days, her lips are pink coz I know she's not wearing any make up to work. But when he drinks, he turns red. "
"I'm not!"
"Why didn't you answer my question?"
"It's up to you what the outcome will be!"
I also tilted my head but raised my right hand so that we could be closer to each other easier than I was to do what I was planning.
"Why are you so curious about my love life, huh?"
Nothing, I mean I'm used to you telling stories and then you've suddenly become secretive lately, "then she smirks.
"Really?"
"Answer my question first before I'll tell you," I tried to bargain.
"What is your question?"
"If I did something stupid in front of you, would you get mad at me?" I asked her again.
"What does that have to do with what you tell me about your love life?"
"Uh-uh, you're not answering my question."
"Depends? Why are you planning to do that? "
Has she become more curious now, huh? I take another sip of my beer while maintaining my stare at her without blinking. I am trying to read the expression of her face. Then I lean closer to her face slowly.
"If you close your eyes, then that's my cue."
I stopped when I was a half inch away from her face. Then I looked straight at her eyes, then down at her nose, then at her lips. She's now pursing her lips. And then I looked back again at her eyes. I caught her glancing at my lips as well.
"She's blushing. Stupid!Does it mean she wants to kiss me too? It would be great if it was! At least we're on the same page. But what if she just drank? "
"Are you drunk?" She just shook her head.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure. Are you drunk? "
"Nope. I don't easily get drunk with beer. "
I move a bit closer to her, and I can already smell her breathing.
"Fuck!"
I can feel the urge to kiss her now, right now, but I still need to control myself because I need to wait for my cue.
I continue moving closer and closer until I see her slowly closing her eyes.
"Fuck! This is it! I just hope she won't slap me after what I'm going to do. "
Then I brush my lips against her lips gently, and then I look at her face. Her face is now as red as a tomato. Her eyes are close. I tried to kiss her again, slowly moving my lips. I waited for her to kiss me back, but she didn't, so I stopped kissing her.
Then she opens her eyes and stares at me without blinking. "Just tell me if you don't like me to kiss so I'll know," I whisper to her ear. She opens her eyes and stares at me without blinking.
"Are you mad at me for kissing you?" She just shook her head again, slowly.
"That means can I kiss you again?" She didn't answer, but she's the one who kissed me now. So, we kiss like there is no tomorrow, deeper and deeper. I slowly held her face to give me more access to kiss her deeper than earlier. I felt that she was moving her hands towards my chest.
Minutes later, we stop and we gasp for air.
I confessed to her. "I like you," I confessed to her.
"You don't know what you're saying, you're just drunk," she accused me.
"I'm not. I'm sober. I told you, I don't easily get drunk with beer. "
"So, why a sudden confession?"
"You're curious about my love life, right? So, that answers to your question. Because I didn't know how to tell you earlier, but thanks to the bottle of beer, I was able to get some courage to tell you. "
"Maybe you're just mistaken. I mean, because isn't Gabie really what you want so you're courting her but…? " But before she was going to finish what she was going to say, I interrupted her.
"Nope. I am very sure that I like you. And please, for the record, never include her in our conversation because it has nothing to do with her anymore. It was clearly stated in the DNA test result that she's my sister from my father's side, period. If you ask me if I still have feelings for her, my answer is no, capital NO no! Do you get me now? Look, if you'll allow me, I'll court you, okay? I know you have a lot of questions in mind now. Well, then ask me away. I'm very much willing to answer you. "