Secretly Yours

CLII

INT. BEDROOM - EVENING

10:01 p.m.

Robin
Love?
Ano pala 'yong kanina?

Mikey
Hmm?

Robin
'Yong kaninang sinasabi mo.
Na mag-po-produce ka?

Mikey
Ah . . . yup.
I want to produce.

Robin
. . . tapos?

Mikey
And gusto ko sana ikaw 'yong director.

Robin
Kaya mo ba ako biniro ng 'yes, direk' kanina habang nagluluto tayo?

Mikey
Partly.

Robin
Kailan mo pa naisip 'yan?

Mikey
The other day lang.

Robin
Tapos ngayon mo lang sinabi?

Mikey
I didn't want to tell you pa.

Robin
Bakit naman?

Mikey
Kasi I don't know how it would come across. Naisip ko kasi 'yon no'ng sinabi mo sa 'kin na wala kang safety net.

Robin
Kaya ikaw magiging safety net ko?
Gano'n ba 'yon?

Mikey pulled her closer, dragging his leg over her waist.

Robin
Nandadantay ka d'yan?
Sagutin mo tanong ko, love.

Mikey
I'm not your safety net.

Robin
Edi ano 'yon?
Para saan 'yon?

Mikey
I'm giving you means to build your own safety net. Imagine if 'yon 'yong debut film mo as a new director? Then it's a hit? I'm pretty sure maraming kukuha sa 'yong producers. You'd be in demand.

Robin
Naisip mo agad 'yon?

Mikey
Yup.

Robin
Ang bilis mo naman.
Tapos ito ako, nag-aalala next week sa set.

Mikey
It's fine. Okay lang naman if you have worries, it doesn't mean na hindi rin ako nag-alala. Sa 'kin lang kasi, I can't worry all the time without thinking of any solutions that would get me out of there.

At least for now, we have Plan B. I'm going to think of Plan C and much more kahit mag-exceed pa tayo ng letter Z. We can borrow letters from other languages.

Robin
. . .

Mikey
We're a team.
You can do the worrying, I can do the solving.

Robin
Parang sinabi mo naman na 'di ko kaya mag-solve?

Mikey
I'm sure you can.
Delegation of tasks lang, love.
P'wede rin naman 'yon in reverse. I'm just saying na I'm here and we don't have to do and worry about everything by ourselves anymore.

Kasi I have you and you have me.

Robin
Mikey, naman . . .

Mikey
Why is that Mikey?

Robin
Shh!

Mikey
You know, I've only been into 3 relationships. 2 when I was in high school, 1 no'ng college. The last one, we lasted for about six years until we grew apart. Our breakup was mutual—

Robin
Wait, ba't mo sinasabi sa 'kin 'yan?

Mikey
I just want to tell you what I learned from my exes. I have to give them credit, too.

Robin
Ano naman natutunan mo?

Mikey
That love only comes second in a relationship. Maybe that's the main reason sa pag-form but it's how we commit and make this work.

Robin
Ah . . .

Mikey
I want us to work.