A/N: Good evening, final update for today's video! Maraming maraming salamat sa reads and votes and comments huhu, your reactions per paragraph/chapter means so much to me sobra hihi. Pardon me for the grammatical errors and misspelled words.
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Bongbong did nothing except sit there and take in the entire setup before him. Wala siyang ginawa kundi tignan at pinakinggan lang ang dalawang babaeng nag-aaway sa hapag, kahit pa pagkatapos ng pagbabarda ni Irene at utos ng kanyang inang iuwi agad si Leni pagkatapos kumain. This was always the case with him. He is lackadaisical about his wife and nearly nonchalant about anything else that may come his way.
"Ate Leni, I'm sorry," Aimee apologetically uttered to his wife as she intertwined her fingers with hers.
"Ano ka ba, wala yun. In my 30 years of Marcos expertise, kayang-kaya ko na kayo lahat," she veiled herself over a joke.
"Kahit na po," she tsk-ed. "Pagpasensyahan mo na talaga ang Manang."
"It's okay, Aimee. It's not your fault. Don't burden yourself too much, hmm?" Leni slightly cupped her face and pinched it softly.
"Bongets, Leni, wait up!" Irene called her older brother and walked at a running pace in their direction.
"Oh, ba't parang sabay-sabay na tayong apat?" Aimee let out a chortle.
"Sabay-sabay din naman tayong badtrip kay Manang e," the third sibling clicked her tongue. "Ilang beses na ba to nangyari, Leni? Hindi na ata kakayanin ng sandamakmak na sorry 'tong ginagawa namin sa'yo e."
"I'm okay, Irene. Thank you sa concern niyo. Thankful akong hindi kayo gaya niya," she side-joked which made the girls chuckle wickedly.
The youngest's tongue clicked in disappointment as she stopped in front of her car as well as Irene's, "Well...I won't wish for this dinner to happen again pero I hope to see you some other time."
"I'd love to," she uttered. "Baka may gig kayo tapos libre ako, I'll be there."
"Really?" her eyes sparkled. "Okay, I'll text you from time to time."
Saktong dumating din ang sasakyan ng mag-asawa kaya't kinailangan nang magpaalam ng dalawa. Leni and Bongbong entered the vehicle together, but Bongbong maintained his silence over the matter. After he had finished clearing his throat, he went back to his business, which was to distract himself by glancing out the car window while their driver was silently performing his duties.
"So, you're running for President," she successfully put salt on Bongbong's hidden wound.
"I swear, I was about to ask you the same question. Pero hindi sa ganung paraan kanina, okay. Hindi lang talaga ako makahanap ng tamang tiyempo," he explained.
Leni's lips twitched as she blurted out words, "Hmm, let's see. I'm busy with work, you're busy with clinging to your girlfriend, and we barely talk at home. So when and where, exactly, is that right time you're talking about? Kasi I'm curious myself, too."
At dahil wala namang patutunguhan ang usapang iyon, napabuntong-hininga na lang si Bongbong, "Okay, okay. Pasensya na sa inasal ng Ate ko kanina. Icheck mo pa sa CCTV, trust me, I tried to talk her out of it na wag itanong sa harapan ni Mama pero kilala mo naman siguro si Manang..."
"Hindi bagay sa'yo ang salitang trust, gaslighter," her lips formed a thin line and as her head looked away, that was the cue that a helpless conversation ended between them again.
Even though they had ample room to move around and breathe in the vehicle, Bongbong nevertheless had the feeling that he was being suffocated on the inside. Kulang ang pagtanaw na lamang sa malayo upang kalimutan kahit sandali lang ang kanyang mga kinakaharap ngayon. It has been this way for the past 30 years, which is practically half of their life together; therefore, he is unsure if he will be able to uphold this arrangement till the very end of their lives.
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