Chapter 56- Couldn't Ask For More
One Stormy Night
Kyshaun is still grinning from ear to ear habang pasulyap-sulyap sa kasintahan na panay naman ang pakawala ng matalim na tingin na ipinupukol nito sa direksyon niya.
Well he can't stop it. He is indeed very happy. Habang naiisip niya ang posibilidad na maaaring buntis ulit si Jhossa sa pangalawa nilang anak ay walang pagsidlan ang kagalakang nadarama niya.
Finally!
His dream of seeing Jhossa being full from their child are doing wondrous on his feeling.
A feeling that he can't decipher. Hindi niya ito mabigyan ng pangalan, basta ang alam at nararamdaman niya ay sobrang kasiyahan.
And it was only a hunch on his part. A guess that his woman is indeed pregnant with his child.
So this is the feeling that he missed during those times na ipinagbubuntis ni Jhossa ang anak nilang si Karsten. Because of his bullshitness he missed the opportunity of sharing with Jhossa the happiness it would bring them upon her rearing their first son.
All of those first na mararamdaman ng isang lalaking unang beses na malalaman na magkakaanak na siya ay napalampas niya.
He did not have a chance to attend to her first check up, at kahit ang makita kung paano ito maglihi ay hindi rin niya nasaksihan.
He didn't get the opportunity to buy her foods that she craves or kung nagrequest ba ito ng iba't- ibang kawirduhan gaya ng kaibigan nitong si Michelle na pinagsuot pa sila ng kung ano- anong costume noong pinagbubuntis nito ang kambal, or just like Angelica na nagpahanap na kung ano-anong variety nang prutas na out of this world yata ang kombinasyon, o katulad ng kay Shey na kahit madali lang namang hanapin ay kailangan namang mambulabog ng mga tulog upang maibigay ni Kaizer. Or baka mas malala na katulad kay Glayssa na kinailangang maghanap ni Meg ng dolphin na kasinlaki ng dory fish.
He missed that. Even the delivery of his child, ni wala siyang ideya doon. Habang itinataya ni Jhossa ang buhay while giving birth to his son, siya naman ay nilulugmok ng kalungkutan at nagpapakalunod sa alak.
Every first he missed, kaya naman ganoon na lang nararamdaman niya ngayong naiisip niyang buntis nga si Jhossa.
He now have the chance to redeem himself at patunayan sa kasintahan na kaya niyang punuin ang mga pagkukulang niya sa ganoong aspeto.
And he swear na hindi siya magrereklamo.
He is more than willing to be her slave.
Hindi lang habang buntis ito kundi habang panahon na, until God permitted them, he will be on her mercy.
" Kapag hindi ka pa talaga tumigil diyan sa kangingiti mo, I swear makakatikim ka talaga sa akin Kyshaun," Jhossa's rough voice cut through his imagination. Nangingiting binalingan niya ang kasintahan na hindi na maipinta ang mukha at nakabusangot na talaga habang matalim pa rin ang tingin sa kanya. Her face is getting red all over, must be because she is really getting pissed off with him. Well maybe not actually on him but perhaps siya ang pinaglilihian nito.
See that cemented his thought na buntis nga ito, and damn he is really ecstatic.
" Hon, relax ka lang okay. You have to breathe in and breathe out para natanggal yang pagkainis na nararamdaman mo para sa akin," he said chuckling softly.
" Stop that noise. And erase that silly grin on your face will you, hindi nakakatuwa. Feeling ko pinagtatawanan mo ako sa bagay na hindi ko alam." Sumimangot pa itong lalo at saka nakangusong ibinaling sa labas nang bintana ang paningin.
" Hon," he called and tried reaching for her hands pero iniwas lang ito ni Jhossa. He smiled softly again at inihinto sa shoulder ang sasakyan. He removed his seatbelt at humarap sa direksiyon ng kasintahan na pirming nakatingin sa bintana.
" Hey hon, look at me." Pilit niya itong iniharap sa kanya and tried to capture her eyes na pilit naman nitong iniiwas sa kanya, but he force her to look at him Kaya kaya hindi na rin ito nakapalag pa. " Hey, I'm not teasing you okay, and I'm not smiling because I am keeping something on you. No hindi ikaw ang pinagtatawanan ko," he shrugged his shoulder, " Oh well sort of, but not because you're funny or something like that, it's just that I find it so cute on you when you are like this,"
" Like what?"
" Like this... Having your tantrums. Being spoiled like a brat. Being short tempered. And angry.. and I am turned on,"
" It's turning you on seeing me like this? Bakit? Ngayon lang ba ako naging ganito sa iyo? Am I not like this even before? Don't tell me kahit kailan hindi kita sinimangutan or anything like that,"
Napahalakhak siya sa tanong nito. " You are even feisty before hon, walang araw na hindi tayo nagtalo noon, but this is what I missed. Yung pag uusapan natin kung bakit ganoon ang tingin o komprehensyon natin sa kilos nang isa't- isa, because after our blow off, wala ni isa sa atin ang magpapatalo, it was as if we are afraid of admitting our mistake, kaya hindi ko alam ang feeling noon, but now I finally get the chance to experience it."
" I have no answer to that dahil wala naman akong maalala, but it's good to know that we are improving," Jhossa answered.
" Kaya tanggalin mo sa isip mo na ikaw ang pinagtatawanan ko okay, because it definitely is not you," tumango si Jhossa tanda ng pagsang-ayon, "...but it has something to do with you," he added na nagpabago na naman sa itsura nito.
" You're playing with me Kyshaun! Sabi ko hindi ako ang pinagtatawanan mo, but then you are saying that it has something to do with me, eh di ako pa rin yun!"
" But I do not meant it offensively, hon,"
" Ipaliwanag mo nga," nakakunot pa rin ang noo nito, and her lips pout more prominently.
" Do you feel strange on your body this past few days?" Sa halip ay tanong niya dito. " Pakiramdam mo ba ay may mga nagbabago sa iyo?"
" At ano naman ang kinalaman noon sa akin aber?"
" Just answer hon," he smiled indulgently, " Do you?"
" Wala. Oh well maliban sa ayaw ko sa pabango mo and the feeiling that I always wanted to puke' kahit na wala naman akong kinakain is worrying the hell out of me,"
Lalong lumaki ang pagkakangiti niya sa mga narinig na sagot nang kasintahan.
" Gusto mo bang pumunta tayo sa doktor, just to know your condition?"
" Hmmp! Bakit kailangang doktor agad, at saka anong condition, bakit malaa na ba agad, hindi ba puwedeng masama lang ang pakiramdam?"
" Well I do not want to take a risk,"
" Paranoid," she murmured to herself pero narinig naman niya.
" When it comes to you I am hon, Hindi mo lang alam kung gaano ako ka paranoid."
" Sige na nga kung yan ang gusto mo, then let's go and see a doctor," Jhossa said finally agreeing to him, he smiled even more at muling ikinabit ang seatbelt at binuhay ang sasakyan.
" Let's go to the hospital then," he said happily at mabilis na pinaandar ang sasakyan.
It took them less than twenty minutes to reach Miller hospital, abad na bumaba si Kyshaun at inalalayan ang kasintahan na hindi na hinintay pa na pagbuksan niya ito ng pinto ng kotse, nauna na itong umibis at ng naglalakad na sila at saka pa lang ito humawak sa kanya, but with a little distance.
Damn it! Mamaya talaga magpapalit na siya ng brand ng pabango, and he will let her choose for him just to be able to suit her taste.
Pagpasok nila ay agad silang dumiretso sa opisina ng OB Gyne na si Dr. Renalyn Arbois, na siyang pinakamagaling na gynecologist say ospital na iyon, at dahil kilala si Kyshaun ng doktor at dahol prominent figure sila ay hindi na nila kinailangan pa ng appointment, agad silang pinapasok ng doktor at mabilis na inentertain.
" Base on my findings at base na rin sa urine test mo Misis Lewis, you are indeed pregnant, " Doctor Arbois said, hawak- hawak nito ang resulta ng mga test na isinagawa sa dalaga kanina. " Congratulations Attorney Lewis, your wife is five weeks on the way," anang doktor na iniabot pa ang kamay sa sa kanya.
Kahit na sigurado na siyang buntis nga si Jhossa, the confirmation that comes from the doctor is so overwhelming na hindi mapigilan ni Kyshaun ang pagragasa ng kanyang emosyon.
" Really Doc? Magiging daddy na ulit ako?" He asked, at ng tumango ang doktor bilang kumpirmasyon ay saka pa lang niya pinakawalan ang sigaw na gustong-gusto niyang gawin.
" Yes! Yes! Damn it! I'm so happy!" He gathered Jhossa in his arms and kissed her on the lips not finding the doctor na masayang nakatingin sa kanila. " Thank you hon, for this another blessing, don't worry aalagaan ko kayong mag-iina ko. Lahat ng gusto mo, I will give it you regardless kung anuman iyon, basta I promised I will help you every step of the way. I love you so much! Mahal na mahal kita, don't you ever forget that, salamat sa mga anak na ipinagkakaloob mo sa akin. I couldn't ask for more," he muttered on her lips and have the privilege of seeing Jhossa's eyes radiant in so much happiness, just like him.
A/N
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Sorry for the very long wait.. ngayon lang ulit nagkatime eh, tapos na lahat Ng obligation sa school, only one more IMPORTANT event coming and that is GRADUATION... so habang hinihintay yun make ourselves busy with the so much anticipated ending of ONE STORMY NIGHT
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