Chapter 85. Outing Part IV - First Real Kiss

CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE: OUTING PART IV - FIRST REAL KISS

✧FAITH ZEICAN LEE✧

As I stepped out of the bathroom, the warmth of the shower still lingered on my skin, but it did nothing to calm the unease I felt deep inside. I pulled on a plain white t-shirt and pajama pants, yet the simplicity of the clothes couldn't lighten the heaviness in my chest.

Nang igala ko ang tingin sa kuwarto para hanapin si Poppy, nakita ko siya sa balcony, nakatalikod sa ‘kin. Nakasuot na rin siya ng pantulog, pajamas din at mahaba ang manggas ng pang-itaas niya. Kahit nakatalikod siya sa ‘kin at hindi ko nakikita ang mukha niya, ramdam ko ang kaba niya.

I knew that feeling all too well—dahil gano’n din ang naramdaman ko kanina nang ako naman ang sumunod na pumasok sa shower room after niya. I had felt the same tension, knowing that tonight would be the first time in a year that we would share the same room, the same bed, after everything that had happened between us.

Lumabas ako sa balcony kung nasaan si Poppy—