I'm itching to get out of the lab and get my phone from my locker, well to be very honest, I'm more of itching to go home not to our house but to my girlfriend's unit.

Baka may message na rin kasi siya for me, it's not that Indiana gets pissed with slow replies, especially she knows I'm working in a laboratory. It's just me who don't want to keep her waiting.

I got used to go to her unit after my work here in the lab because we barely got a chance to see each other before going to work, so we try na at least after work we get to see each other everyday.

Sometimes I sleep there but sometimes I go home din after spending some time with her since I know she likes to embrace her lifestyle now. She's living independently, and I swear she's doing a great job. I'm proud of her.

I always do naman.

"I'll go ahead," I bid my goodbye to my workmates in the laboratory before going out. We're working at some research that's why sometimes I go home late like today since it was a legit trial and error that makes us frustrated from time to time. Sometimes parang ayaw mo na lang tigilan.

I'm in the locker area and fished for my phone immediately.

From: love love
You have your keys with you right? I'll sleep na antok na ko gosh!

I can't help but pout because she's going to sleep already but it's okay, I still want to see her. Snoring or not.

I didn't bother to reply 'cause I know she's sleeping already at this hour and she knows naman na I'm coming over like the usual.

I just went straight to her unit.

Her unit's neat and tidy. One thing about Ida is she likes organizing things, she's not a fan of disposable plastics so you can see a lot of acrylic organizers around the place, in cabinets, in drawers and even in her working table.

Whenever I come over, I can't do any household chores for her anymore because she makes sure that everything's done before she sleeps. She's always telling me she's enjoying living alone, not that she doesn't care for her family--which is by the way getting better and better than ever, she just really loves doing stuff in her own way.

It was kinda giving me a hard time asking her to live with me. It's fine though, I'm not rushing things because I'll know we'll end up living together din naman in the future. So might as well let her enjoy her life living alone muna.

I was about to heat the food she prepared for me when I saw a note that she placed on the cover.

Wake me up kapag you'll eat na, kahit na super himbing ng tulog ko, WAKE. ME. UP.

Ida started to learn how to cook before pa since she'll be living alone na nga but she ended up loving it and not just for the sake of living na lang. She loves cooking as much as she loves baking now.

I'm having a hard time working out because of that. I'm gaining a lot of weight which gives her the satisfaction because she knows I'm enjoying her food.

She doesn't even join me when working out, she just watch me like a movie with her bowl of snacks on her hand. So mean ever since.

As the highness wanted, I went to her bedroom and saw a beauty right on the bed sleeping peacefully.

How can I wake her up when she's sleeping like that?

I might just lay by her side and sleep with her, but I also wanted to eat what she prepared for me. I made sure to eat just enough earlier when we had a break at work so I can have enough space to eat the dinner she always prepare for me even though on days like this, I go home to her late.

I brushed off some of the strands of hair that went on her face and stared at her for a good minute before I woke her up by kissing her.

What a sleeping beauty, really.

I kissed the tip of her nose, her closed eyes and both of her cheeks and making sure it made a popping sound and lastly, I kissed her lips a lot of times.

She smiled and stretched both of her hands before opening her eyes. "You're so tagal," she said using her faint voice. I placed my hand on her cheeks and caressed it.

"Why do you want me to wake you up at this hour?"

"I wanted to see you before the day ends," she answered. She held my hand that was on her cheeks and kissed my knuckle.

I opened my phone to check the time and it was 11:45 p.m. already. Yeah, we really saw each other before the day ends. "Also, I cooked a new dish so I wanted to see your reaction when you taste it," she added. I nodded and pulled her up first and hugged her before we decided to go to her dining area.

I was always honest with my girlfriend's dishes. I don't want to say it's delicious just because I want to please her, she also wanted my full honesty on that matter.

But I swear, I don't know if it's just my tongue who has MSG in it or what, but she has never cooked something I didn't like.

Maybe sometimes it was bland or overcooked but other than that everything was so good. My weight is an evidence on this matter.

Her palm are placed on her cheeks and her elbows are placed on the table as a support as she's staring at me eat what she cooked.

It's a pasta dish with some garlic bread that I know she made from scratch on the side. I took a picture of it, I always took pictures of the food that she's preparing for me.

I remember I even took a picture of the sinigang she gave me when we were still in college.

I show her the pictures whenever I request food from her but in reality, I just want to document all of it in case she decided to open up a cafe or some small restaurant.

I just know she loves cooking and baking and I love seeing her do what she loves. I haven't open up the idea to her pa but some time I might.

Maybe she's still not considering the thought now because she's busy saving money for I don't know, she doesn't want to tell me.

Maybe for emergency?

I gave her two thumbs up and leaned across the table to give her a kiss after I had a bite of the food. It was really good. But maybe the kiss was better.

I would burn some calories with kissing pa than eating.

Choose wisely, Reinier.

I finished the food in no time and did the dishes after. I won't let her do the dishes already, I know she's tired na rin from work, cooking, cleaning and being pretty.

After couple of hours of cuddling we fell asleep na rin. She didn't let me go home na since it's very late na.

Sana always.

The next day, I woke up extra early to make breakfast for my love love. She's always cooking for me by the time she learned so I haven't cooked for her for a while now.

I didn't have work today too so I might spend the rest of my day here. Ida on the other hand, is still sleeping, it's her day-off too so it's okay if she wakes up later pa.

After I cooked just a simple breakfast, I cleaned up a bit na rin. Yeah, I wanted to impress her everytime I have the chance to do so.

Aftter cleaning up I decided to go to her room na to wake her up just for me to see her with my phone.

I laughed heartily when I saw her panicked and hid my phone under the duvet.

"Go ahead." She rolled her eyes on me and shamelessly got my phone again.

Ida wasn't the jealous type, to be honest. She wasn't the type to check my phone to see if I'm texting other girls or maybe liking post of other girls.

She's checking my phone for another reason. I'm sure of that.

One thing she wouldn't admit is that she likes to check my playlist in spotify and check some new songs that would suit her taste and add on her own playlist.

She does that ever since pa pero she wouldn't just admit that I have a good music taste, so she rather steal songs from my playlists and because I wanted her to admit that she likes my playlists, I put all of it on secret or in private so she wouldn't be able to view it if ever she visited my account.

So yup, she ended up checking my phone for that.

Ida's the type to get tired of music playlists easily. One day she loves the songs so much then one day she just doesn't want to listen to it. And after a few months, when she finally listen to that song again, she falls in love with it all over again.

I just stood there with my hands on my waist as I stared at her while she checks my phone and minutes after,  she stopped.

I chuckled when I saw that her eyes are teary as she looked at me.

"Oh, why are you crying?" I can't helped but laugh at her reaction. "Aww, my baby," I teased. I went to her to hug her then caressed her hair while I can't erase the smile on my lips while doing that.

She's teary probably because she finally saw the playlist I made for her. I was just waiting for her to check my phone so she could see it.

Ida's music ayuda.

It's kinda surprising to see her crying with that as the title of the playlist I made for her, I kinda expected her to glare at me the first time she would see it.

I add new songs at that playlist from time to time kasi madali nga siya magsawa, she saw it a little later than I expected though so medyo madami na 'yung laman.

I was glad that she liked it.

"Okay fine. I love your taste in music, really," she finally admitted while wiping her tears. It's a win for me.

"Taste in music lang?" I teased.

"Okay fine. I love you." Then she hugged me back and burry her face on my chest.

Another win for me.

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Happy 100k 💛

Sorry for any grammatical error kung meron jusko ka Reinier hahahaha