Tahanan at Pahinga

Chapter 02

I woke up feeling bad and bloated, kumain ba naman ako ng midnight tapos natulog nang after an hour

But it was peaceful day, walang gumising sa akin na car noises and stuff like that gaya ng sa Manila, this was far from my expectations akala ko may titilaok na manok every morning eh

"Oh Ezei! You are awake already! Gigisingin pa naman kita" bungad ni Tito Hail saakin pagbaba ko pa lang, I scanned the surrounding and wala parin si Yuno dito, eh diba bahay nila to?

"Good morning po Tito" I smiled wala si Tito Ali dito but may kasama itong bata na nagtatago sa likod nito while slightly poking his head to look at me

"By the way" Tito Hail paused bago dahan dahan hinarap saakin ang bata sa likod niya "This is Arrow, and baby this is Papa's nephew, Ezekiel" I waved my hands sakaniya at ningitian

He cutely waved at me too, he is too cute. I know naman na kapatid ito ni Yuno, their mother died after giving birth to him and that was 7 years ago

Him and Yuno's age gap is really a lot. Arrow is a miracle child din. When we are vacationing here pa madalang ko lang siya makita kasi he is too weak kaya namamalagi sila sa Hospital.

We get along instantly, he is such a cute and bubbly child. Wala din naman akong masyadong gagawin dito sa Hacienda, I don't have any plan pa or Papa arranged everything for me na ata?

"I'll go na okay? you two take care. Arrow baby, remind Yaya sa gamot mo okay? Well Ezekiel, someone will assist you mamaya pa sila darating okay?" Pagpapaalam ni Tito Hail, may wedding preparations kasi silang inaasikaso kaya kailangan daw siya sa bayan

"Yes po Tito"

Nang umalis si Tito Hail naiwan kami ni Arrow sa isa't isa, they have 3 Yaya here too so we are not alone. We watched cartoons and talk to each other with random things hanggang umabot ang usapan sa kuya Yuno niya

"I miss him po, he doesn't sleep here often po kasi he is with our other farmers po" ito ang naging sagot niya when I asked him if he miss his Kuya

"Binibisita ka ba niya here often?" ask ko ulit while munching on the bavarian Donuts that his Dad bought daw "Opo, but he leaves agad po eh. He is busy daw" malungkot na saad nito

I cannot afford to look at his sad expression and pout, bahala na nga!

"Do you want to visit him with me?" nakangiti kong tanong even though I slightly regret it, ang importante I could make baby Arrow smile again

And I am not wrong because his face light up before answering me "Yes po! I want to introduce Kuya Ezei to Kuya Achi!" napaka excited din niya, well ano pa nga ba magagawa ko?

I found myself changing Arrow's pajama to a casual one and I also changed my pajama, I wore a white shirt lang with a print of “I love ur smile” and pair it with a grey sweat short

"I'm so excited po Kuya, my kuya Achi is so nice po" halata nga ang galak sa boses niya "Let's go na baby, let's tell Papa Hail first okay?" tumango ito bilang sagot sa sinabi ko

I texted Tito Hail that I will visit Yuno with Arrow, because he miss his Kuya. And he was ecstatic and agreed agad, which is a good thing pinaghihinalaan ko pa naman silang may bad blood sa isa't isa

"Let's go baby, hold Kuya Ezei's hand?" I offered him my hand and he happily took it, sabay kaming lumabas nang bahay nila and to be honest nakakalula ang laki nito and the Spanish touch really suits the aesthetic of the surrounding

Kasama ko si Satanas, anak ng mayordoma nila dito sa Hacienda. Yes his name is Satanas, ang lakas ng trip ni Yaya Joy, his mother.

"Nasa Farm po si Sir Achileas ngayon, doon ko po ba kayo ihahatid?" magalang na tanong nito na tinanguan ko lamang, it's super mainit here and we cannot use car pa kasi malapit lang daw and bawal so now pinapayungan ko si Arrow while nakasunod kay Satanas

"Does he have any office here Satanas?" tanong ko, naiinis na me kasi, super mainit na talaga and the lakaran kasi is matagal. While going there may nadaanan na kaming mga sakahan hindi ko alam anong sinasaka

"Si Sir Achileas po? Sa Hacienda po meron, sa pagkakaalam ko sa Maynila po naka-base ang main office niya eh, pero madalang lang siya dun kasi sa ibang bansa at dito sa Farm siya namamalagi" sagot nito

"I just asked kung meron, pero bakit madalang din siyang umuwi doon sa Hacienda?" tanong ko, I'm not curious ha! Maybe a little bit pero basta hindi ako curious

"Wala po ako sa lugar para sagutin yan Sir, nangdito na po tayo"

We are in a palayan field na, and it is currently lunch time I guess? The workers are in circles sa isang bahay or should I call it kubo, kumakain ata? Why do I care ba?

Agad hinanap ng mata ko ang kuya nitong kasama ko and it ended quickly kasi salubong ang kilay nito while heading to our location na quite malayo sakanila

"Kuya!" Arrow run to his brother and hugged his left leg "What are you doing here?" akala ko ako yung tinatanong sasagot na sana ako pero kay Satanas ito nakatingin

"Hinatid ko po sila" nakangiting tugon ni Satanas "It didn't answer my question" napataas ang kilay ko sa sinabi nito lalong lalo na when I saw the slight remorse in Satanas' eyes "Why don't you ask me nalang kaya?" I asked annoyingly look at him while crossing my arms

"I'm asking Satanas here" sagot nito saakin, eyebrows furrowing, "Seriously? sinagot ka na nga ng tao. He doesn't know nga why kami nangdito eh, so bakit tinatanong mo siya?" I raised my eyebrow while asking

"Go home na Kuya Satanas, Manang Joy and Yaya Delia tas Yaya Sonaya needs you there pa, Thank you sa paghatid" I smiled while encouraging him to leave

Nakataas ang kilay ko kay Yuno waiting for his disapproval and and fortunately wala kaya Satanas left peacefully, kailangan din kasi siya sa Hacienda.

"Kuya Achi don't be angry na please, Kuya Ezei brought me here because I miss you so much" lalong yumakap si Arrow sa left leg ng kuya niya, but this guy literally glaring at me so I raised one of my eyebrow, ako pa hinahamon ha

Hoy kahit gaano ka pa ka gwapo you cannot lower my pride

"What a brat" I heard him murmur before squatting down para buhatin ang kapatid nito and maglakad palayo, what the heck? he didn't even invite me to go with them? so anong gagawin ko dito? tutunganga at magtatanga-tangahan?

So me being prideful, wala nakatayo parin ako sa kinatatayuan ko watching them leaving, tang*na niya pag nagka sunburn ako kasalanan talaga ng damuho na yun

"Kuya Achi! We left Kuya Ezei there! let's go back!!" I heard Arrow's voice telling his kuya about my prideful ass, napatigil naman si Yuno sa paglalakad and inis na lumingon sa kinatatayuan ko

"Balak mo bang maging inihaw?" inis parin ang tono ng pagtatanong nito "Kuya he also wants to be lifted! He needs guide din!" Arrow baby that's so sumusobra na

Let's see if gagawin ito ng kuya niya "He is not a baby anymore" sambit nito, I figured sino ba naman ako? he didn't care about my looks man lang? yawa

"He is new here po" nagpapapabebe lang naman ako, and it is not effective, sige mag e-emote nalang muna ako. Lalakad na sana ako when a sudden hand grabs mine and hinihila na ako paalis

And yeah, it was Yuno's hand. Holy help! Can I be a hoe muna? Holy babe his hand th- no nagtatampo dapat ko sa kagagahang ginawa ko. I didn't hold his hand pabalik, napaka aggressive pa ng pagkakahawak niya sa kamay ko

I heard some coos and teasing sounds galing sa ibang farmers and I kept my head low nalang because I'm trying hard not to glare at them

"Sino yan Sir?"

"Syota po ba ninyo?"

"Boyfriend niyo ba yan sir?"

"Uyy si Sir lumalablayp"

"Ay hala! jowa niyo po ba yan sir?"

"Ang ganda ninyo pong tignan!!"

"Unang panalo sa pag-ibig!"

"Bagay na bagay po kayo!"

I swear I am fly because nabangga pa ako sa likod niya, I didn't even notice na he stopped na "Putan*ina aray" I mumbled, I shake my hand na hawak niya for him to let go kasi ginagawa ba namana kaming topic ng iba rito

Fortunately, he did let go, and tuloy tuloy lang siya sa paglalakad but this time ako ang nasa unahan nila, so I looked back confusedly to Yuno

"Go forward, I'm eating lunch"

Lumakad nalang din talaga ako patungo sa table na the other farmers were situated, inantay ko lang siyang makaupo but before that binaba niya muna si Arrow and ako na ang umasikaso sa baby sitting down and wait for his Kuya to finish nalang

"Kuya we wanna eat din! Hindi pa po kami nag eat ng lunch" masayang sambit ng bata, I don't even know ano magiging emosyon ko dahil roon

"Ay! Lalo na po sa syota niyo sir! Gusto niyo ba eh ikuha pa namin siya ng prutas? o kahit ano pong nais niyang kainin eh" offer ng isang matandang woman, she looks happy wala nalang din akong nagawa kundi ngumiti ng awkward

"Kadadagat lang po nina Nestor, Caloy at Randy, baka gusto po niya hipon tsaka talangka" offer na din ng isang farmer

"Hala eh may bagong ani po kami ng mangga sir, baka gusto po niyang kumain" offer din ng isa

Nalulula ako sa mga offer nila but the mere fact that they thought I'm his Jowa daw is a big no "Maraming thanks- Maraming salamat po, but I'm not his jowa po. I'm a visitor lang din here" nakangiti kong correction

"Ay nako! pasensiya na po sir!" the woman apologize ningitian ko lang siya indicating na ayos lang sa akin "Bagay na bagay pa naman kayo iho!" sambit ng isa pang farmer, thanks but no

"Simulan na po natin pag ani sa mga kapehan ngayon, patapusin ko po munang pakainin tong kapatid at bisita namin" Yuno offered a smile "Susunod po ako" dagdag nito

Unti unting bumalik sa pagttrabaho ang iba, ang may katandaang babae naman ay nag serve ng ulam sa mesa namin, she's the owner of this kubo ata na may manga sa tabi para ma save siya sa init ng sun

"Di mo po like kumain Kuya?" napatingin ako kay Arrow nang magtanong ito"Kuya is busog pa baby" ngiti ko habang hinahaplos ang buhok nito "But I want to eat po with you" he pouted, omg ang hina ko sa ganito

"Arrow don't force someone to do something okay? Malay mo nag iinarte lang yan" the last part really is the one who annoys me the most "Excuse me? I'm not nag-iinarte! Hindi lang ako hungry" I rolled my eyes as I told him that

"Anyways baby, I can feed you naman. Kuya Ezei is not hungry talaga eh" that's the truth, I literally finished one box of Bavarian Donuts and Choco butternut donuts

He agreed and that's our set up, I am feeding Arrow while him and his Kuya talks randomly, well more on Arrow's rant about him being alone daw in the house kasi wala siyang makakalaro, me and Yuno sometimes exchange glares to each other, not much lol.

He needs to go back to work na daw and by work he meant being a farmer din sa farm and field nila. I am left alone with Arrow sa duyan na nasa baba and tied sa mango trees here in Nanay Margarita's house

"We'll rest lang here a bit tas we'll go home na okay? you need to take your medicine na kasi" paliwanag ko sa kapatid ni Yuno na siyang siya sa pagkain ng sliced mango and pineapple na dala niya in bowl "Yes po Kuya Ezei" I smiled

The surroundings ay napaka peaceful, the farmer's are all working with kalabaw pa and some are planting din, hinanap ulit ng mata ko si Yuno and to my shock our eyes met

May kasama itong 2 guys, which is all nakatingin saamin. I knew it already na nakakunot na naman ang face niya so I looked away, it's too awkward din eh. But I Know I am maganda naman so no worries

Couple of minutes passed and Arrow is still munching on the fruits na dala niya, while me doing the 'pogi hunting' I looked at Yuno's position again and luckily hindi nagtama ang paningin namin

Damnnn

He is looking good, hindi naman maitatanggi ang kagwapuhang taglay niya.The way his folded while polo flexed his form is not helping. He is sweaty din and honestly nakakaulol ang kagwapuhan niya, but very no sa ugali niya.

He could change naman?

What the- no talagang pipikutin ako ni Papa if he knew na kalandian inaatupag ko dito, but honestly speaking kahit first day ko lang here

It's quite nice, the farmers are all nice except Yuno, I learned na maybe I'm too spoiled lang talaga to even magreklamo sa work na mas madali naman I think sa pagsasaka?

I am not invalidating anyone's job, it's just I hope farmers get paid good kasi their job to provide agricultural balance and goods to people were sometimes overlooked.