EXT. PLAZA - AFTERNOON
4:27 p.m.
Mikey
Love?
Robin
O?
Mikey
Earlier?
When I asked you on a date?
Robin
Ano?
Mikey
Are you serious sa sagot mo?
Robin
Bili muna tayo empanada, please?
Kanina pa ako tinatakam.
Mikey
Okay . . .
Mikey trailed behind her, watching her buy some Ilocos empanada and two plastic cups of palamig. Milky melon for her, and blue lemonade for him.
Mikey
Love?
Robin
Gusto ko rin ng barbecue.
Mikey
Barbecue?
Robin
Oo. Isaw saka helmet pati adidas.
Mikey
Adidas?
Shoes?
Na barbecue?
Robin
Ha?
Mikey
You said adidas.
Robin
Adidas as in paa ng manok.
Mikey
And helmet?
Robin
Ulo ng manok.
Mikey
You can eat that?
Robin
Oo! Masarap kaya.
Mikey winced.
Robin
Tikman mo muna bago ka gumanyan. Masarap din inihaw na tainga ng baboy. Try mo!
Mikey
Really?
Robin
Hindi ka ba kumakain n'on?
Mikey
No.
Robin
Bakit?
Mikey
Pinagbawalan kami sa street foods no'ng bata. May nakain kasi si Ate before tapos nagka-amoebiasis that's why we're prohibited. If we want barbecue, fishball, and kikiam, bibili sila sa grocery tapos lulutuin sa bahay.
Robin
Ah . . . kaya pala.
Mikey
But I can try now.
Robin
After natin dito bili din tayo ng hotcake.
Mikey
Hotcake? Or pancake?
Robin
Hotcake 'yong kulay dilaw na nilalagyan ng mantikilya at asukal.
Mikey
Oh, okay.
Robin
Pero do'n muna tayo sa inihaw.
Mikey
Love?
Robin
O?
Mikey
About the date.
Robin
Ano?
Mikey
Will you go with me?
Please?
Robin
Nagugutom ako . . .
Mikey
You're dodging it.
Kanina ko pa nahahalata.
Robin
Si Kachi na nga lang kasi ayain mo.
Mikey
Why?
She's not my girlfriend.
Robin
E may bago kayong project.
Sakto 'yon pang promote—
Mikey
The marketing team has done enough promotions already. It's one night I want to spend with you kaya I'm asking you as my date.
Robin
Si Kachi na.
Hindi ako sanay sa gano'n.
Mikey
For me . . .
You won't go for me?
Robin
Si Kachi na lang.
Mikey
Why?
Robin drew her eyes on the selection, fiddling with the bamboo sticks.
Robin
Kuhaan din ba kita adidas?
Mikey
You're avoiding it again.
Robin
Kukuhaan kita, ah?
Pati tainga saka isaw at helmet.
Mikey
Fine.
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Happy 200k, mikeyrobin! Thank you so much for reading Secretly Yours! 🧡💚
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Secretly Yours
RomanceRosabella Nataline swore to keep off dating when she got her heart broken two years ago. She kept herself protected and bound by a rule she established. It was absolute and unbreakable. Until he came. Unannounced. Secretly loving her in a safe dist...
