LIS: 39

"Di ko na kaya pang itago ang nararamdaman sa iyo." (“I can't hide my feelings from you anymore.”)
He grinned and continued biking. "Really? You can tell me what you really feel. I'm open-minded."
She hugged his waist and leaned on his back as the cold wind blew. "Umaasang ikaw sana'y mayakap ko." ("Hoping that I can hug you.")
His warm body offered her comfort against the warm autumn wind.l His spicy and musky scent made her feel heady. If only she could cling to him like this the whole day like a lover. He felt the
"You’re already hugging me,” he said.
She just smiled. “Because I have to hold or I might fall because of the cold," she reasoned out. Yeah, she sounded so defensive. He didn’t have to know that she had hidden agenda with that hug. 
"Is that the new lyrics?" he asked, laughing. "It’s not familiar to me."
That was his subtle way of saying that he wanted her to keep on singing. And he wouldn’t be able to stop her from singing anyway, because it’s every Winter Sonata fan’s dream to be able to have a moment in that place. It was so magical. It made her feel like she entered the world of Korean drama.
“Di ko na kaya pang pigilin. Nasasaktan lang ako. Sa aking pag-iisa, hinahanap ka."
"I know the chorus now,” Carter said. She just let him continue the song. “Langit ka, lupa ako. Hanggang tanaw na lang ba tayo?" ("You're heaven, I'm earth. Are we just watching?")
She laughed and slapped his shoulder. "You’re just trippin’ me. So annoying."
"I really like the song so I can't get over it." He stopped the bike. “Let's just take a picture. Like what the main leads in the drama did."
"What?" she asked as she get off the bike.
"This is your chance to have a leading as handsome as me."
Using Carter’s foldable tripod, they took a picture posing like the stars in the Koreanovela. This picture-taking was more intense as they were imitating a certain scene from the drama. He was not contented with posted scenes online because Carter also did some research so they could have more poses they could do for this kind of activity they have for today.
“Ah! The lake! Those snowmen!” There was a scene in Winter Sonata where the main leads made a snowman. "This is where Janice and Jun had their first kiss in the lake. The snowman was still here. The feels! This is so exciting!"
"Can we change this sign?" he asked and pointed at the signage that read First Kiss. "That is no longer applicable to us."
"Why?"
"If we copy that, it’s gonna be our second kiss.”
She just rolled her eyes. “It wasn’t a kiss earlier."
"So what do you call it when your lips touched here?” he asked and pointed the side of his lip.
“It barely touched. You even said it didn’t mean anything.”
When it was their turn to take their picture, Cheska didn’t know what to do. She and Carter were sitting side by side on the bench. He was looking at her intensely. It was as if he wanted to melt her with those gaze of his. It was even more intense than the way the male lead was looking at the female lead in the drama. She felt a lump in her throat. Was this how a man looks at the woman he likes? She felt like needing oxygen right now.
He pressed the camera timer on the tripod. She heard the sound of the timer counting down. "We’re just pretending, okay? Don’t you let your lips touch mine.”
"I don’t know about you. As far as I remember, it was you who should kiss me, not the other way around. Besides, it’s not like you haven’t done it earlier anyway.”
She was about to answer when she felt something crawl on her back. She freaked out when she realized it was now on the top of her head. "What is that? What is that?" she asked and froze. Was it a snake? Wild cat? "Carter, take it off."
“Calm down. It is just a squirrel,” he said.
“Squirrel? How can there be a squirrel around here?”
“They live here. And I think he likes you,” he said and took out his cellphone. “Don't move. I'll take a picture of you. Smile!”
Cheska couldn't believe that he would take a picture of her first before rescuing her from the squirrel. He even looked amused.
She stamped her foot. “Carter, get rid of the squirrel. It might bite me.”
“Relax. It is harmless and cute.” After she heard the click of the camera, he took the squirrel off her head and placed it on his. "Can you take a picture of me?"

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