Waves Of Her

Chapter 5: Selfish

CHAPTER 5

The next few days, Gregory and I spent our time together doing things that is 'normal'. It pretty much revolves around cleaning, cooking, eating, talking and all sort of stuff that I normally do in my everyday life.

I felt relieved. It feels like I'm back to my old self that I never knew I would miss.

And I'm grateful to him for accompanying me a few hours a day. He disappears at random times without specifying his reasons but that's okay.

I'm getting accustomed to the current adjustments that I have to deal with, thanks to him. Although, he's part of the reason why my life became messed up in the first place.

Earlier, he requested something from me. He wanted to be addressed as Greg, not Gregory. I don't see any issue with it so I just played along. Pigil nga lang ako sa pagtawa 'nung una since si Lolo Greg talaga ang naaalala ko.

"Luan, masusunog na niluluto mo."

"Ay!"

Napapitlag ako sa pagkatulala ko saka awtomatikong hinango ang malapit ng masunog na ham at itlog sa pan.

Agad kong pinatay ang stove pagkatapos. Binalingan ko naman ng tingin 'tong lalaking to na parelax-relax lang na nakaupo sa may sofa.

"Prinsipe ka bang nakaupo sa tasa? Kung alam mong masusunog na, 'bat di mo hinango?" sigaw ko sa kanya since nasa magkabilang sulok kami ng apartment.

"Sort of." kibit niya sa akin. Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin.

"Besides..." panimula niya saka tumayo sa kanyang kinauupuan at nagsimulang maglakad papalapit sa akin.

"---I don't know how to cook." sambit niya nang tuluyan na siyang makalapit sakin.

"Huh? At bakit?" singhal ko.

"That's a basic life skill. Every human being, woman or not, should know how to cook in order to survive. Maliban na lang kung may powers ka rin na magpalitaw na lang ng pagkain with a snap of your finger." pagpapatuloy ko.

I disagree with society's expectation of women to be in charge of household chores and to be useful enough to cook good food for her husband and kids.

As partners, both party should know how to do chores to support one another. Kaya nga naging magkatuwang sa buhay eh.

Even outside the context of relationship and marriage, one should know how to look after him/herself. It's part of living.

"Yeah, we can. Pero hindi lahat. Only those with a higher rank or level possesses that ability." sagot naman niya.

"May ranking din pala sa inyo. Ang competitive ha. Does that mean you're of a higher rank?" kyuryosado kong tanong.

Parang di kapani-paniwala na mataas ang pwesto niya sa mundo niya. He's a happy-go-lucky type of person, based on what he's shown me so far. At saka, hindi halata sa mukha niya na may mataas siyang ranggo. If it's a ranking about physical features, baka pwede pa.

"You're belittling me too much." he muttered, hinting pain in his voice.

"I just can't imagine it, okay." depensa ko naman saka humalukipkip.

But I felt guilty inside.

Why do I keep spouting words without thinking first? Stupid, Luan! I judged him when I don't even know how their ranking works.

Come to think of it, I don't even know anything about him. Except that he's a tamawo and that he's from a different dimension. I wonder, what is he really like?