OIKOS: MaiChard Drabbles

12. Bro Code

"Love, what is he doing here?"

"Sino?"

"Him. Ugh." She said, pointing her lips toward the direction of a man in blue, hair all gelled up with an annoying smirk on his face talking to Kuya Ryan as if he was friends with him. From the look on Ryan's face, he was just trying to be polite and was trying to find an opening to end their conversation.

"I'm not sure either. Why was he even invited?" RJ wondered.

Maine shrugged her shoulder and proceeded to the bar for drinks. RJ followed shortly after saying hi to Tito Sen, the birthday celebrant. They were in Manila Hotel for Tito Sen's birthday dinner and were already settled on the table with some of the dabarkads laughing at a joke that Maine said when he walked over to them and exclaimed a high-pitched "Hi, guys!" with that toothy grin.

Everyone looked at him but did not say anything. He might have felt the awkward silence that he instead turned his attention to Maine. She instead whispered something to RJ and stood up. Everyone around the table started having their own coversations and since Maine stepped out, RJ was left with him to talk to.

"Pare," he said extending his hand for RJ to shake.

RJ patted his shoulder and nodded instead.
He occupied Maine's chair as both men waited for her, RJ seething internally at the gall of this former friend showing up here and trying to talk to Maine at every turn even with him there.

RJ sensed Maine's return as her scent of apples and roses wafted through the air making him turn to her direction and smiled with a sigh of relief.

"Why is he still there?" she mouthed as she walked closer to their table. He only shrugged his shoulder.

"Hi, Menggay. Sorry nakiupo muna ako sa seat mo. Kumusta?" he asked standing up then pulling the chair, waiting for her to sit down, still with that sickening sweet smile that made Maine want to roll her eyes.

RJ clenched his fist at the sound of the term of his endearment to his girlfriend from this bastard's lips.

Maine noticed and discreetly shook her head as if to say, "Kalma lang, Mahal." and cleared her throat. "Mahal, tawag tayo ni Tito Sen. Let's go?" She said sweetly as she held out her hand that RJ took gratefully.

"Maiwan ka na namin dyan." he once again patted the intruder's shoulder and smiled triumphantly  before locking fingers with Maine and walking away.

"Hay, that guy. Ang tibay ng face. What is up with your friend?"

"Our friendship ended the moment na tinabla nya ko sayo. He was a really good friend before all this though, don't get me wrong."

"I'm sorry, Love. You lost a friend because of me. He is a sweet guy naman. He made sure I was taken care of during our taping sa Vampire ang Daddy Ko. Jerk nga lang talaga." She said chuckling.

"Mahal, if anything I should be thankful kasi nakilala ko tunay na kulay nya. No matter how much we've gone through in the past. What he did was just unacceptable."

"True tho. He broke the Bro code, bruh." Maine joked, trying to sound like Barney Stinson earning a laugh from RJ.

"Ang cute mo. I love you." He said still chuckling as he pinched her nose.