stell cheerfully said as he opened the car door for me. i immediately held on to his hand as he guided me inside a house.

i stopped midway, pulling him a bit.

but stell only chuckled and pulled me closer to him. he held me by my waist this time.

stell called as soon as we reached the gate of the house and soon after that, a middle-aged woman hurriedly opened their screen door and ran towards the gate.

she excitedly said in a high-pitched voice and stell almost panicked beside me.

i chuckled beside him as he said that. ang sweet :(

she said and guided us inside. stell greeted the woman, who i assumed was his mom, and gave her a kiss on her cheek and a warm hug.

stell whispered but loud enough for me to hear, as he tried to wiggle out from his mom's tight hug. i only giggled and watched them from a meter apart.

after they hugged, his mom opened her arms for me as well.

my eyebrows rose up when i heard her call my name. i looked at stell who stood behind his mom and gave him a questioning look.

'she knows', he mouthed from behind her. i nodded and smiled, hugging her as well.

she rubbed my back.

i looked up at stell and he was scratching the back of his neck.

we laughed before pulling away from the hug and his mom looked at me in the most gentle way possible.

i pouted and gave stell a look on the side. he only looked back at me in a genuine way. at that moment, i wanted to cry so bad. not because of sadness, no, not anymore. but because of too much happiness.

i finally said and she linked her arms around mine and stell's with her in the middle before pulling us inside the house.

as we entered their house, stell's father was there too and some of their relatives who they live together with so i greeted them all and stell proudly introduced me to them as his "boyfriend". aaaaaaaaaa papakasalan po, opo !!! ><

i volunteered to help in setting up the table for lunch but stell wanted me to come with him upstairs. i gave his mom an apologetic look and she mouthed 'okay lang' before stell pulled me to go with him.

he giggled.

i stopped infront of the room and dramatically held my chest.

he cut me off by planting a kiss on my lips.

stell laughed and i hit his chest playfully. bwisit.

he slowly opened the door, the cold breeze of the air-conditioned room immediately fanning my feet.

i asked as soon as we entered. there was no one inside.

i noticed how he looked around, probably looking for something.

he called.

W-WHAT- SAOIRSE?????????

stell called her out again then we heard a soft 'meow' coming from the side of the bed. it was saoirse! she immediately ran when she saw us and i crouched on the floor so she jumped on me and i gave her a hug.

i exclaimed while hugging her. stell sat on the floor as well infront of me while grinning widely.

i asked stell with hopeful eyes and he eagerly nodded.

i pouted after he said that. stell kept saoirse :(( after all these years, she's still here :(( and she remembers me !!

he sighed. but he didn't look sad though.

i held his cheek, stroking it gently with my thumb.

i held the back of his neck and was about to pull him to give him a kiss but saoirse, who's still in my arms, placed her little paw on my lips. we both looked down at her when she let out a loud 'meow'. we laughed at her reaction and gave her a hug instead.

i scattered little kisses on saoirse's face before stell pulled me in hug, joining saoirse in between the two of us.