Nakapikit si Diane habang sinisinghot ang fresh na hangin bumalik sila sa resort na iniregalo ng magulang ni Cloud she wants to unwind but Cloud insisted to come and be with her which is more than enough the affection she has for Cloud is growing habang nasa tabi niya ito ay mas lalo lang lumalakas ang pag hanga niya sa binata Cloud is the Sweetest guy but who wouldn't when they get whatever they want right? Mariin niyang pinilig ang ulo Cloud is not like that he would never do that.
Dumilat lang ang mata niya ng may pumatong sa balikat niya, jacket iyon ni Cloud ito naman ay naupo sa tabi niya at tumingin sa malawak na karagatan.
"The food will arrive any minute, ayaw mo pa pumasok?"
Diane tsk. She close her eyes again, sinandal niya ang ulo sa balikat ng binata making him froze pasimple siyang natawa sa naging reaksyon ng katawan nito she doesn't know why Cloud would want to date someone like her, isa siyang b***h at balahura ang bibig nito sa kanya so why?
"Still thinking of dating me? Baka mag sisi ka."
Cloud chuckled hinilih din nito ang ulo sa kanya at ngumiti.
"When Blue left me embarrassed in the altar I felt like my world collapse but I want to try again."
Mabilis na napadilat ang kanyang mata sa sinabi nito, so his fiance left without saying a words? What an asshole. The pain of that would be very unforgettable, pareho lang pala sila nito but the pain Cloud felt after that is much more severe than what she had experience.
"She left without saying why?"
Cloud hum. He was the happiest guy not before Blue ghosted him on the altar, the embarrassment his family needs to go through and the heartbreak that he needs to overcome is just painpul.
"Na ghost ka pala, how can she left someone as handsome and hot as you?"
Cloud blushed. "What? So I'm handsome and hot now?"
"Hindi ako sinungaling na tao, I would say whatever I want gwapo ka naman talaga. If tou are not handsome enough I would never kiss you on that day."
"What?"
Diane chuckled. "The day I kiss you, I thought you were handsome aside from giving my father a problem I think you are handsome."
Cloud smile, maski siya ay nabigla noon he was just minding his own business that day when a beautiful woman suddenly kiss his lips.
"I'm not an agent Diane, your Butler's information is not accurate. I'm just a bartender and a singer sometimes."
Isa pa iyon sa kinaiinis niya, Jude sometimes is not reliable mali mali ang sources na ibinibigay nito sa kanya which is somewhat confusing.
"I know, puwede ka parin naman maging agent. You know we could cosplay while having sex."
"Diane!" Cloud flushed. "Your words!"
"Bakit ba? We had s*x Cloud at sa panahon ngayon hindi na iyon kinahihiya uso na nga ang teenage pregnancy e damn those wild kids dinaig pa tayong paalis na sa kalendaryo ang edad."
"Kahit na, you are still a woman you shouldn't talk about s*x just to anyone you want."
Diane gave him a poker face look.
"Talking about s*x to someone I had s*x with is not just anyone Cloud mag isip ka nga."
"Fine!" He hissed, "I-Im actually uncomfortable talking about s*x can we not talk about it."
Diane chuckled while looking at Cloud, mukha nga itong mahiyain.
"Okay fine but if you change your mind you know—"
Hindi na niya natapos ang sasabihin ng siilin siya ng halik nito the kiss is soft and gentle which is she likes.
"You can't just kiss me whenever you like you know?"
Cloud chuckled.
"Bawal ba? I thought it's fine since you are liking it."
"Me? Like? Paano mo naman nasabi? Taas din ng pangarap mo no?"
Tumawa na lang si Cloud hindi na lang siya makikipag talo dito, but he knew how much Diane likes his kisses.
"Kumain na nga tayo, I'm sure the food is already here."
They both agreed, sabay silang tumayo ngunit hindi nag lakad si Diane.
"What's the problem?"
"Upo ka dali."
Cloud frown, hindi na lang siya umangil at sinunod ito he was about to speak and ask when Diane hug him.
"Piggy back mo ako."
"Ano ka baby?"
Diane hum, muli niyang pinikit ang mata naramdaman na lang niya ang pag tayo ni Cloud buhat siya.
"Tinatamad ako mag lakad kaya buhatin mo ako."
"Bossy," Cloud whispered. "Malakas kang kumain pero napaka gaan mo, saan napupunta yung mga kinakain mo?"
"Tinatae ko malamang, hindi porket dyosa ako hindi na ako tumatae tao lang din ako."
"Pilosopo ka talaga," Cloud said making her chuckled. "But I like your personality."
"Talaga? Mabuti ka pa, my family would never like my personality they hared it dati kasi hindi naman ako ganito I use to be the silent type of person I obey every orders but everything change when Marcus happened they believe him more than their own daughter. I felt so lost no one is their for me kaya sinabi ko sa sarili ko na hindi ako puwedeng maging mahina so that they can't took advantage of me. Sobrang galit ako non, I felt like my world collapse and started you know hurting myself and then one day I woke I couldn't feel any pain."
Hindi kumibo si Cloud pinakinggan niya lang ang lahat hinaing nito, Cloud is the second person to ever listened to her dahil maski naman si Catleya ay hindi niya nilapitan madami na itong problema para dagdagan pa niya.
"At the young age I decided to leave my own home to find peace in my heart to be different to change, I changed a lot thanks to them they've became my motivation to change and I succeed pero yung galit ko nandito parin I couldn't just let go of it the knife they struck in my heart is to deep just to forgive and forget I was abandoned by my own family because of pride and power they choose money and will choose it over and over again instead of our family."
Hindi na nila namalayan na nakabalik na sila sa bahay, ang hinaing ni Diane ay napaka lalim na maski siya ay hindi na napansin ang dinadaanan.
"Nandito na pala tayo ibaba mo na ako ulap."
Cloud obliged naupo ito sa sahig at inalalayan siya na bumaba, pinagpag niya ang shorts na may konting buhangin at tumingin sa binatang nakatingin din pala sa kanya.
"What? Am I that pitiful?"
Cloud chuckled then he shook his head, inilahad nito ang kanyang kamay na kanyamg tinanggap.
"Anong drama nanaman to Ulap?"
"You are so brave Diane, I admire you for that."
"That's first." Diane said chuckling, "My father said that I'm a disgrace for doing that, you are the second person to ever said that."
Cloud frown making her confused.
"Bakit?"
"Whose the first person?"
Malakas na tumawa si Diane at binatukan si Cloud, he didn't complain instead he watch her laughed so hard.
"It's my best friend Keana, You haven't met her but if I am brave then she is braver if you just know what she went through you'll admire her too."
"Ow." Tanging sagot ni Cloud, he actually met her once at the club kung saan nag pakalasing si Diane ng sobra she is indeed a good person. "Kumain na tayo I'm starving."
Diane agreed, sabay silang pumasok sa loob hawak ang mga kamay it was different sobrang layo nung unang beses nilang pumunta doon. Para pa siyang katulong noon ni Diane and he would just smile upon remembering that.
"Tapos kanaba? Ang bagal mo naman?"
Cloud sighed, hindi na lang siya sumagot at nag patuloy sa ginagawa habang si Diane ay nakaupo lang sa foldable na upuan na bitbit nila. Hirap na hirap siyang ayusing ang tent na dinala nila dahil dito sila matutulog.
"Bilis! Ang bagal mo naman."
"You want to try it?" Hindi niya mapigilang reklamo.
Diane rolled her eyes and stood up eto ang umayos sa kanyang ginagawa na wala pang 5 minutes e tapos na.
"Ang dali dali ng trabaho pinapatagal mo!"
Cloud rolled his eyes, tumayo si Diane at babalik na sana sa pag kakaupo ng buhatin niya ito.
"Cloud! Ibaba mo ako isa!"
"Ayoko, Bakit ang gaan gaan mo talaga?"
"Syempre sexy ako! Ibaba mo ako sisipain ko yang itlog mo!"
Malakas na tumawa si Cloud sa sinabi ng dalaga may pagka sadista talaga ito he slowly put her down and immediately move away dahil baka gawin nga ni Diane ang banta niya. He sat across Diane and watch the peaceful waves cross the seashore.
"Blue, how did you met her?"
Sandaling napaisip si Cloud how did he met Blue?
"She works at the club too, waitress siya doon. Blue caught my attention because she is fierce but kind additional na lang din siguro yung ganda niya." Wika niya at kinuha ang beer at uminom.
"Mas maganda sakin?"
Halos lumabas sa ilong niya ang beer sa tanong ni Diane he coughed so hard making Diane frown in irritation.
"You could kill a person with that kind of question!"
"What?" Bored na wika nito. "Is it that hard to answer? Because if you'll asked me whose more handsome you or Marcus I'll say you with no hesitation."
Cloud immediately look away as he feel his heart pounding so fast, Diane will be the death of him.
"You are beautiful Diane..."
Umismid lang ito at uminom.
"Hindi naman yan ang tanong ko, anyway have you seen her did she already showed up her face?"
"No, she didn't showed her face again wala na akong balita sa kanya and that's fine maayos na yung buhay ko ngayon thanks to her I found someone amusing after her."
Pasimpleng ngumiti si Diane sa sinabi ng binata thinking that it was her.
"Calla happened."
"C-calla?" Wika niya. "At sino naman yang Calla na yan ang pangit ng pangalan parang sabon!"
Inis na inis siya at nais na sakalin si Cloud why would he even asked to date her if may Calla ito.
"She's a co worker as well."
"Wow mahilig ka pala sa work romance," sarcastic niyang turan
"Hindi naman they just happened to be in that place," he said chuckling. "Wait are you jealous?"
"What? jealous? Asa ka baka kapag nalaman mo kung ilang lalaki ang dumaan sa buhay ko bago ka baka ikaw ang mag selos!"
Agad naman na nag bago ang timpla ng mukha ni Cloud, it's a lie after Marcus Cloud is the only person she let to be with her.
"Ilan?"
"Secret walang clue!" Irap niya, "so what happened with that Calla girl?"
"I won't answer till you answer me first!" Mariing wika nito.
"Fine!" She hissed at nag kunyaring mag bibilang. "F-five!"
Cloud rolled his eyes and drink again.
"You are a bad liar, anyway Calla married my friend."
"What?!"
"Yep, she married my friend. Hindi naman naging kami because I knew it all along that she loves my friend."
Diane nodded.
"Pangit ka daw kasi kaya ganon."
"Liar," he said chuckling. "Sinabi mo lang kanina na guwapo ako."
Mahina na lang siyang tumawa at muling uminom, muling nag lagay si Cloud ng kahoy sa bonfire dahil humihina na ang apoy nito hinaplos niya ang sariling braso dahil sa lamig ng hangin.
"Come here."
"Bakit?" Tanong niya. "Ayoko nga ano nanaman balak mo?"
"Just come here please?"
Padabog siyang tumayo at lumapit sa binata mabilis siyang hinaltak ni Cloud paupo sa kandungan nito then he hugs her waist making her cheek flush.
"Nilalamig ka paba?"
And just like magic ay tila nawala ang lamig na nararamdaman niya Cloud's hug is warm and it doesn't just warm but also her heart.
"Hindi na..."
"I have a confession to make Diane..."
"Hmm."
Malalim itong bumuntong hininga na tila nahihirapan sabihin ang nais sabihin sa kanya.
"I-I was convicted for using drugs before."
"What?!"
Cloud sighed it was his darkest secret.
"I'm a drug user before Diane..." he said in a low tone. "You can judge me—"
"Wala akong karapatang mang husga Cloud, and I won't and will never judge you don't worry. Lahat naman tayo may mga madilim na nakaraan kaya nga past diba nakaraan na."
Cloud felt relieved upon hearing those words from Diane.
"Thank you..."
"For what?"
"Because you didn't judge me hindi ka nandiri sakin you didn't regret anything that happened between us."
Diane chuckled.
"Any OA naman kapag ganoon, malawak naman yung pang unawa ko Cloud kahit na ganito ako."
Ang kanilang mata ay nag hilig na tila ayaw na nilang iiwas pa, hinaplos ni Cloud ang pisngi ni Diane at ngumiti then he slowly move his face to kiss her hanggang sa ang halikan nila ay lumalim na. Cloud carried Diane inside their tent taking off all of her clothes.
"Ang sabi natin usap lang!" Natatawang wika ni Diane but she cupped Cloud's face kissing him torridly. "Bring me to your paradise."