Chapter 3: The dinner
Terms meaning:
Nak = "Child"
Nay = "Mother"
Bunso = " Younger Sibling/Child"
Earlier at dinner...
Sam knocked at the door...
As they entered the house Sam kissed her mother on her forehead as a way of respect to elders, she then slipped through her mother and went to her room, she heard a noise at her back her mom is assisting Davie into the kitchen table. In the last second before she stepped into her room she got a glimpse of her mom, her mom's eyes dilated at her with her eyebrows up, and lips protruding outward.
Sam also saw that her mom's expression changed as soon as she looked at Davie, her mom's expression shifted from a mad to a sweet smile.
(The house exterior is modern-like(one story) cemented, and painted in white and blue. As you step in you will be greeted with a living room upfront. Two rooms on the left side, one for Sam and her mother and the other close to the bathroom is for her older brother, and on the right side is television.)
Sam just shrugged her mom's expression off and stepped inside her room to change clothes, she stole a laugh when she stepped in. She thinks it was funny that her mother is a little protective of her towards boys she let in their house.
Sam leaves the room dressed in a pink oversized shirt and dark green sport shorts, and in her ponytail hair. Sam saw Davie helping her mother in placing plates on the table...She thought they didn't need her help to place the plates given that they're Davie and her mother on the last two plates to be putted on the table, she just move toward the couch in their living room and turned on the TV to kdrama channel and watch the Goblin.
She stepped up off the couch to have a little stretch— afterwards the rich, lingering scent of "Kare-Kare" drifted to the air, making her mouth water, rumbling her tummy... She followed the scent to the table... Sam noticed Davie, he said something to her , "Oh, there you are Sammie, where'd you been?". While Davie is asking Sam unconsciously his mouth left half opened or ajar and paused for a second after he saw her in her Indoorware, He shook his head and focused on placing plates instead.
Sam remained unfazed by Davie's stunned expression and decided to asked about the menu on the table."What is the food served?".
She pointed her finger at the closed food, closed by another plate on top. She noticed that Davie took a paused before answering her and nearly dropped the plate he's carrying on his right hand,
"Food? Ah yes...".
"it's K-Kare-Kare...", he stuttered.
"Hmm Okay~", Sam replied and turned her back to continue the kdrama she's watching. "He seems off that moment".
"His hands are shaking, are my shorts too short for him to turn on? Damnn Dae",
Sam said to herself.
After watching her favorite drama the goblin on tv, Sam stood up and proceeded to the table to eat. She sneaked up behind Davie's back to check if he was still tense, and she jumped to surprise him.
Ahhh!!!!!, he exclaimed, so loud that it almost shook the birds up their roof.
He stood up, soaked, "What the heck was that for Sammie!!".
Sam bursted into laughter...
He was so shit scared he poured the water on his shirt and almost tipped over. Due to the excessive splash of water on his shirt the fabric clung to his chest wet...it molded to his body...revealing defined contours such as muscles in his abdomen...
The temptation was irritable...locked in Sam's focused to Davie's defined muscles...from the food on the table.
Her hands shaking however she managed to stopped it, though her face blushed as red roses, she sat on the table Infront of Davie, she self putted rice and food to her own plate and pretended or get along with the hot rice and sauce to avoid humiliation...
She blew and fanned herself to make it seem that the blushed on her face was from the heat of the rice and food.
Despite all that, She still can't focus on eating the Kare-Kare on her plate...
She blindly poked at the chicken and dipped it into the red tomato sauce using the fork she's holding in her left hand...
her eyes kept staring at Davie's handsome face, and reached a point where she spoke to her mind.
"His eyelashes are too good, thick, like I can put a piece of rice above it...his nose is pointy and flawless face...Goshh I am So lucky, Davie grew up this good looking~".
Unknowingly she got caught by Davie stealing a glance at him...he smiled at her.
Sam's eyes widened and blushed; her face as red as the tomato of this moment. "His fucking damnn hot!". Sam continued on eating hoping the blushed will fade on its own.
"Are you saying something?", Davie asked.
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"Gosh, I might have said it aloud, he heard me"...
However... Sam can't resist looking again at Davie. he's already done eating...what about mom tho?, she quickly pivoted her eyes to her mom as she was really curious about her emotion. But her intrusive thoughts win in the moment.
"She's eyeing Me!!",she exclaimed in her mind...
Her one eyebrow is raised up. It seems so to me she is mad, Mom looked like she's going to devour me whole with her eyes. She would probably. Sam had a picture in her mind of what might happen if she stayed on the table for too long, might be an Interrogation. But for what?.
Although she's got nothing to spill on the table, she's troubled by the uncertainty of her thoughts, it kept spiraling inside her mind...
"Gosh— I can't keep this up!!",Sam said to herself, her heart racing, still clenched her shorts at this moment, anxious.
So to avoid such interrogation by her mother and for spilling something she wouldn't want to.
At the same time, Davie asked Sam for a glass of water.
"Thank you!, I am saved!! ", Sam told herself, she stood up and went to the kitchen to get Davie's water~.
Like as Sam imagined it to be, an Interrogation happened. Davie is going to have a hell of a lot of questions spit at him by Sam's mother.
While walking toward their kitchen, something reminiscing strucked her, and old memory of how terrifying the interrogation of her mom toward visitors she just met. Just like what happened to her Kuya Harry's first friend a girl he introduced to them.
It was hell, her mom asked the girl about who her parents were and if the girl was some kind of Harry's girlfriend without hesitation!!.
Sam didn't really mind her mom's terror interrogation, she's matured enough to realise that it was also for them, her overreacting and protectiveness, "Gosh I missed Kuya...", sighed...
The dish washing area is quite far from the table, a room away to be exact. That is why Sam can only look at them and can't hear a word they are saying...
Although she may be just overthinking it all, and she knew beforehand that Davie only thinks of her as a FRIEND nothing more. He, Davie, Didn't drop any hint of any kind other than him being a kind guy and caring. Sam just shrugged off her thoughts and proceeded to fill the glass she's holding with water~ from the jug water dispenser.
Like her Kuya, Harry's friend, Davie hasn't stepped in the house so her mother has not met him yet personally.
Which could potentially add up to raised the suspicion of her Mother, Did she regretted in inviting Davie inside the house?, Partially yes, but she can't have the guilt of leaving her friend Dae or Davie outside with a growling stomach more specially since carried her all the way from Cubao(the traffic) to the Mall.
But anyways while she's at the edge of filling the glass with water, her grip tightens when she sees Davie tapping his pants, his tense, and based on the movement of her mom's mouth the questions seem to be some sort of about her! About her!!, Sam overthinked.
Her grip tightens more and almost cracks the glass she's holding, the tension deepens when Dae looked straight into her eyes, he's looked like a terrorist getting interrogated by a cop lol, his cheeks changed from white to slightly red poor him :(
After a while...
To lessen her feeling of nervousness she drank a water from the same glass she's supposed to hand over to Davie, she cleaned it afterwards or that is what would have happened if she didn't let her crazy screws turn in her head...it will be an indirect kiss she thought...
She refilled Davie's glass and walked toward the table, she heard her mom giggled, she paused walking and hid behind a wall to listened to what they were saying. Before you can reach the table you'll be greeted by a wall where they hang their family frames and other home decorations such as paintings and school medals.
She heard Davie's voice, nervous like he was before, "It's just somewhat hard to just give in to my feelings, we've been friends for a long time since childhood..."
"What is he talking about? Feelings?", Sam asked to herself, her heart beating faster than usual, she moved a little closer to get a clear context.
After a short pause, Her Mother answered to Davie,"I see I understand, courage is all it takes dear, life is full of risk and uncertainty, you have a handsome look. I'm sure she'll understand that your feelings change down the road."
...
At the end of the conversation, Sam saw and heard that Davie excused himself to go to the bathroom to pee.
Sam peaked out behind the wall...
Sam looked at her mother, she's alone at the table. She approached her...and pretended that she hadn't heard a single word of their conversation, while holding the glass of water, Davie's water.
"Nay, Where is Davie?", Sam asked and put down the glass of water at the table.
"He head to the bathroom, Why?" , Sam's mother replied.
Sam looked at the bathroom and she saw the light was on, it was true, Davie is really inside the bathroom...
Her mom patted the chair beside her asking Sam to sit beside her.
She sat beside her.
The air between Sam and her mother gets a little awkward...
Sam's mother talked, "He seems like a good guy, what do you think bunso?".
The sudden question startled Sam on the spot, even though she was a little bit prepared for it, she blushed, "Well he is handsome Nay~~".
She still kept overthinking what the question might actually be about but based on Davie's response to the questions she heard, her guts kept telling her that her intrusive thoughts were right.
After some time...
Sam heard a sound from the bathroom, it was Davie opening the door, he stepped out, his face was wet, and so his shirt which was obviously from what happened before, it was all wet, almost see-through-like, "damnn I can see his abs underneath~".
Sam pivoted her head toward her mother, her mother smiling at her, like she's teasing her...which Sam responded with a smile as well.
Sam's heartbeat synchronized to Davie's steps, walking toward them...
As soon as he got an inch close to them Though embarrassed, Sam asked Davie to sit on the other side of the table, which was the seat In front of her and her Mom.
They finally get to talk all together, facing each other.
The air between them becomes tight and awkward as seconds fly by...
...
Sam's mother cut through the awkward silence, "Ehermm...!, Are you two just going to look at each other or do the other way around?? Talk to each other?".
"Or maybe..."
Sam's mother looked at them both and thought for a moment..."Oh right I feel sticky, I think I will go shower...happy talking, you both. ", she then smiled and left them both at the table.
Both Sam and Davie looked away, shy to each other, avoiding eye contact.
And her mother left to go to the bathroom— but her eyes fixated on both of them.
At last— Sam gulped, fidgeting her hair trying to think of something to say " Uhh— Dae?"
He raised up his eyebrows in response...
"Y-You seem tense earlier, I wonder what kind of question Nanay has asked you?".
Davie looked at her for a moment, and focused on the empty glass of water Infront of him,"Nothing special in particular...", he muttered.
Sam leaned herself toward Davie, "Huh?", she asked, confused.
"What do you mean nothing special?", she followed.
"Let's just move on to another topic...", Davie replied.
"Why?", she asked and leaned closer to Davie.
He got started and took a deep breathed before further answered, "Just move on to another—"
She didn't realized that she leaned too close to Davie, her chair tipped over, she can feel Davie's breath as he answered...
The table they're both at wasn't that long so— her eyes locked into him... and his into hers...
...
Sam's heart was beating faster as the seconds passed by, she didn't know why but something deep in her insisted to ask Davie what was the question actually about...she felt something was off when he replied, "Nothing special in particular".
As soon as she started to blushed like crazy Sam snapped to avoid further embarrassment, and pulled herself out of the situation. She arranged her chair, Davie wanted to help her but she insisted that she can do it herself...
Both of them get back to their own chairs...
"You seem too tense for it to be just a simple question doesn't it?", Sam asked, leaning her upper body forward, and crossed her arms.
Davie picked up the glass of water on Sam's side of the table and drank it all and said, "I am not sure if you'll understand..."
"Hey that's mine!", she exclaimed.
"How can you said so, of course I would, just tell me what it is?", Sam insisted and leaned more toward Davie.
"I am sure it's not something that will make me disgusted or mad in some way won't it?", Sam followed.
"It doesn't", It's something much deeper Sam...
What if you'll get mad and what if it will be the cause that could ruin our friendship
"I love y—".
"I-I love the food".
I am scared to say it... Davie told himself and sighed...
He pushed himself back and stood up and looked directly at Sam's eyes.
" I will have my leave and to... Mrs. Taylor... thank you for the food, and thank you too Sammie and goodluck to the interview"
Sam stood up and tried to drag Davie inside, but he insisted on leaving and said he'll be having something to do tomorrow so he actually needs to leave...
Thank you...
The feelings can't be controlled or be fooled.
...
He kissed Sam on her forehead and ran away, which left Sam speechless and blushing like crazy. "Did he just..."
...
She hold her forehead and said,"He kissed me..."
Damnn you Davie Magdangan...
Before closing the door of their house, Sam heard thud behind her, someone was approaching from behind— it was her mom... she leaned toward Sam's shoulder, hugged it not so tight, she said something to Sam. "So how's the conversation going?"
Sam leaned to her head and replied, "Sometimes he's really hard to read..."
Mrs Taylor looked at Sam and replied, "Well...Boys are really like that sometimes, just like your dad..." she shrugged it off with a sour face and turn her back; Holding Her daughter back gesturing to get inside and close the door because the night getting dark as it was already 9:00 pm.
Given Davie's vague actions to her, Sam went to her room with the weight of thoughts running in circles in her head...
Lots and lots of what if including the outcome of her job interview yeste
rday...
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Authors Note: Hi! I am Patzgeraldt, Fyodor I would be happy to see down the comments what do you think is gonna happen in the next chapter, also it would helped me motivated down the road. Thank you for reading my works CWY Readers!.