My first ever attempt in story writing started with this. And I always treat this as my baby.
This very, very short piece started when Edward threw a question to Maymay, "How long is the piece of string" during their Q&A practice for PBB Teens Beauty Pageant. An idea played in my mind because even I had the best time watching the actual scene, I would rather have it this way...
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Edward: "How long is the piece of string?"
Maymay: "You'll never know unless you cut it. It all depends on you. Just like... kung hanggang kailan ka mananatili sa puso ko Edwardo, ako lang ang nakakaalam noon. Kahit sobra akong nasaktan no'ng may nagustuhan kang iba, titiisin ko 'yon. Biruin mo, ang sakit kaya, nag-"i love you" ka sa akin no'ng tayo lang dalawa, ni wala man lang akong pinagsabihan ni isa tapos few weeks after nag-"i like you" ka naman sa kanya at juicekolord! nalaman ba naman ng buong housemates. Nakakaloka! Pasalamat ka hindi lang isang kilometro ang haba ng string na nilaan ko para sa 'yo. Maghihintay lang ako hanggang sa maamin mo sa sarili na... na... na... nararamdaman mo rin ang naramdaman ko."
SILENCE
ANOTHER SILENCE
AND ANOTHER SILENCE
Maymay: "Hehehe. Joke lang 'yon. Naniwala ka naman."
Edward: "Schatzie, what if I tell you, I have loved you before you know you have the same thing for me and it is so frustrating that you supressed it intentionally. Every time I want to show you how much I feel for you, you just blow me away. Utot ka ba? I believe you're not. You will always be my beautiful girl... the only one who gives so many colors to my once boring life. I never laugh the way I do when I'm with you. Mahal kita Maymay."
Maymay: "Hala! Kuya oh, si Edwardo parang true."
Edward moves fast from his seat and walks past the distance between him and May². Now that he's just an inch apart from Maymay's very shocked face, he matches it with his own very annoyed one. Too annoyed that he can't stop touching Maymay's chin so her attention would focus on him... on him alone. They're both oblivious of the other housemates who are now being freezed voluntarily while watching them together having their own barcelona-a-love-untold version, only, the housemates are clueless if it's only a task from Kuya or something very real that is now ready to unfold...
Edward: "Can you please be serious May? Just this moment please. You're getting into my nerves, do you know that?" He touches her face now like she's the most fragile thing on earth. "Do you have any idea how much I fight against this feeling? How I tried to hide it because you don't seem to care, even a bit."
Maymay: "E..E..Edwardo, so many questions. Alin uunahin ko?"
Edward: "Just say something please. Anything Maymay." now touching her face with his both hands, trapping her so he can see every detail of her beautiful face.
