"Ga, jacket mo." Leni handed the white jacket that I usually wore.

We were in vacation mode kahit nandito talaga kami for official business. We were on a 3-day trip with our friends. 2 days for a convention tapos the last day for ourselves lang. Since work is done, we had the rest of our time here to relax and enjoy.

Kiko, Chel, Trilly, Leila, and Teddy were in Leni and I's hotel room. Actually, Leni's room lang but I sneak in during the late hours of the night so room na namin. We were waiting for Leni to finish with her work call before we leave.

"Ga, tubig mo." Leni said, getting off the phone for a while and pointing to the the flask on the bedside table. I immediately took it, giving her a thankful glance, and putting it inside my bag.

The rest of our friends were busy with their phones or watching the TV while waiting. None of us made any noise because Leni was in a call. Bawal maingay.

"Ga, buhok mo." Leni walked towards me and fixed my hair, phone still pressed to her ear as she continued to delegate tasks. I smiled, melting a little bit at the sweet gesture. She kissed my nose and returned to her call.

A few minutes later, she was done kaya we went to the van. Ang lamig sobra buti na lang inabot ni Leni 'yung jacket ko kanina.

Leni took my hand and rubbed her thumb on the back of it when she noticed na I was still cold kahit naka-jacket na. She smiled assuringly at me and laid her head on my shoulder.

I kissed the top of her head and we looked out the window, admiring the view that we passed.

"Ga, jacket mo."

Napatingin ako sa likod ko when I heard Trilly's voice. Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay and Leila laughed from beside me. "Gago ka, Trilly. Ayan ka na naman."

"Bakit? Binibigay ko lang kay Pangga 'yung jacket niya."

He handed Teddy a jacket which the latter gladly accepted. "Epal ka, 'wag ka mainggit." I told him and turned my attention back to the front.

Tinawanan lang ako talaga naman.

We arrived at our first destination of the day tapos may nag-abot na staff ng tubig. I refused kasi may dala naman ako.

"Ga, tubig mo." Kiko said and handed Chel a bottled water.

Leni shook her head and laughed pero sinamaan ko ng tingin sila Kiko. Nag-peace sign siya only to be slapped away by Teddy. "Ilang ulit ba, sa kabila nga 'yan."

"Ilang taon na nakalipas mula no'ng nanalo tayo tapos bawal pa rin?"

"Oo!"

"Bakit?"

"Baka ma-attract mo ang bad vibes."

Nagtawanan kami and walked around the park, taking pictures and all. Syempre automatically, photographer namin ni Leni ang mga kaibigan namin.

"Dapat may bayad 'to eh." Teddy said.

"Sabit na nga lang tayo sa date nila ni Risa, gusto mo may bayad pa?" Chel argued.

"Syempre ang gipit, sa pagiging third wheel kumakapit."

My heart was full, so was my phone storage. Maliban sa pictures namin ni Leni that our friends took, puro selfie nila kasi alangan naman daw kami lang may picture.

"Dito, picturan mo kami!" Hinatak ko 'yung braso ni Trilly and motioned for Leni to come closer to me.

"Picture na naman?" He complained and Leni put a hand on his shoulder kahit ang liit niya compared to Trilly. "Hayaan mo na. Natuto na akong hindi magreklamo kay Theresia kapag gusto niyang mag-picture."

"I still don't know how you do it, Leni. Kung girlfriend ko 'to baka 'di ko na 'to sinama pauwi."

"As if naman papatulan kita! Saka kaya magkaaway kayo ng asawa mo ngayon eh." I retorted and smirked evilly at him. Inirapan ako ang taray talaga nito ni Trilly.

"Oh dali na picture-an mo na kami." I told him and gave him my phone pushing him away para makapagpose na kami ni Leni for a picture.

Biglang humangin ng malakas tapos nag-fly away 'yung buhok ni Teddy. "Uy, Risa, hawakan mo nga 'tong phone mo!" Trilly shoved my phone in my hands and ran towards Teddy.

"Ano ba 'yun? Bakit? Diba sabi ko picture-an mo kami?" Sinundan namin sila sa may gilid.

"Ga, buhok mo."

He went closer to Teddy and fixed his hair, imitating what Leni did to me sa hotel room earlier.

Ang gago. Kahit kailan.

Everyone laughed, including Leni, and I blushed. Nakakahiya pero nakakairita talaga 'tong mga 'to kahit kailan.

"Oo, masaya ka kapag iniinis mo ako 'no?" I asked him and ruffled his hair. He frowned at me.

If you're friends with Trilly, dapat alam mo na he spends more time fixing his hair than his attitude kaya ganyan siya.

I moved to Leni's side para hindi na ako makurot ni Trilly. Hilig niyang mangurot 'pag wala na siyang ma-rebutt eh.

Leni hugged me and kissed my temple. "Wag mo na awayin si Trilly. Mukhang red days niya."

I laughed and hugged her, "I'm so happy that we get to do this, Ga."

"Me too. I like days like these with you."

"Tama na landian, next destination na." Leila urged us to go back inside the van.

Leni clasped our hands together and I couldn't help but smile. Baguio dates hit different talaga.

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Night dawned on us and maaga kami uuwi bukas. Ayaw naming lahat kasi going back to Manila means going back to the stressful lives that we live.

"Wala tayong choice. Tayo rin naman pumili nito." Leni reminded us.

Hindi kami makapag-inom kasi workday bukas kaya nasa coffee shop na lang kami, trying to compensate our alcohol cravings with coffee and sweets.

"San Mig gusto ko pero pwede na 'to." Kiko said, drinking the coffee he had.

"Pag-uwi na lang natin sa Manila inom tayo." Leila invited.

"Sabi sa inyo si Leila talaga ang lasinggera dito." Chel teased.

Sa may veranda kami ng coffee shop nakapwesto and we were the only ones there kaya we were free to talk about anything we wanted. We wanted to savor the cold Baguio breeze. Isang langhap mo dito, maaamoy mo kalikasan pero kapag sa Manila, polusyon na eh.

Nakaakbay lang si Leni sa upuan ko and I sat closer to her, leaning my back on her chest, habang nagkekwentuhan kami. Using her other hand, she massaged mine which laid on my lap.

"Patapos na pala terms natin sa Senate 'no?" Leila brought up.

"Oo nga. Ano na ganap natin?" I asked.

"Ewan ko ano'ng ganap niyo pero Teddy and I will be running ulit. Kayong tatlo nila Trilly saka Leila ubos na eligibility niyo."

Leni looked at me intently. We've talked about this naman na. Tuloy lang kami sa pagtulong sa tao, this time through private initiatives na lang. Actually, prepared na rin talaga ako for it.

"Do you find it exciting? Finally leaving formal politics?" Chel asked us.

"Ako, medyo." I said honestly. "It was a fight well fought for me and all good things come to an end naman. Looking brightly at the future lang."

I looked over at Leni and squeezed her thigh lovingly. She shifted her body closer to me and intertwined our fingers together. Sino ba namang hindi maglolook brightly sa future kung girlfriend ko mismo ang liwanag sa dilim?

"Excited ka ba maging housewife ng isang dating pangulo?" Teddy joked.

Tumawa ako and grinned at Leni, "Sa tingin mo, magagalit ba 'yung PSG mo kapag hindi kita inuwi sa Malacañang?"

"Gaga ka!" Leila scolded. "Imagine mo 'yung headlines kapag biglang nawala 'yan doon. President Robredo missing; natagpuan sa bahay ni Senator Hontiveros. Public panic talaga."

"Bakit? Pwede namang sabihing nag-sleep over lang kami."

"Ulol, kayong dalawa sleep? Eh halos 'di nga kayo natulog no'ng mga nakaraang gabi."

"Hindi lang hindi natulog. Mga hindi pa nagpatulog." Kiko butted in.

"Oh, sinungaling ka." Leni accused, "Sabi mo kanina ang sarap ng tulog mo tapos ngayon sasabihin mo hindi ka nakatulog?"

"Lagoooot ka, Okiks." Chel joked.

"Ga, ano ba? Inaano ba kita?" Kiko replied playfully, imitating Leni and I again.

"What if malaglag kayo sa upuan lahat?"

We went back to talking about serious things, sometimes fooling around and teasing each other. Love language naming lahat mag-bardagulan. Chel says it's the Guanzon effect no'ng campaign days that actually brought us closer together.

I felt Leni squeeze my arm so tinignan ko siya. She was smiling at me fondly, eyes full of love and adoration.

"I'm excited to see what the future holds for us, Ga." She whispered, snaking her other arm on my waist so she can hug me.

"Ako rin, sobra." I put my arms around her shoulder and hugged her back.

"I love you, Ga." She said.

"I love you too."

She pressed her lips against mine in a short but sweet kiss, remembering na we're in public kahit pa kami lang 'yung nandito.

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Pabalik na kami sa hotel when Trilly, na nag-eexist ata para pagtripan ako at dagdagan ng white hair, spoke up again.

"I love you, Ga." He said to Teddy who sat beside him. Ito namang Teddy na 'to, nakikiride din sa trip niya.

"I love you too," he replied, overly sweet.

The rest of the group laughed at them pero binato ko sila ng unan na nandito sa may pwesto namin. We fell silent, tired from the day's activities but also quite sad kasi we wished we could have more time here.

Out of nowhere, Teddy said, "Hoy, Trilly. Bakit hindi mo ako kiniss? Diba may kiss na kasunod 'yung I love you kanina?"