A & M Imagines

Bouncer

This is it. This is the day. I'm right here, standing in front of the arena where in a few minutes I will see my favorite band of all time. I've been dreaming of this since I first heard Yellow and now, that dream is turning into reality. I close my eyes and hum into that familiar tune that I will never get tired of and I start to walk inside the arena. I spot an usher and asked where my seat is. She pointed me to the direction but instead of finding my seat, I found something, or rather someone. Near the seat the usher pointed stands a tall man in a suit. Interesting.

She thanked the usher and made her way to her seat.

Whoah! He sure looks better up close. She thought.

"Excuse me, do you know where this seat is?" She pointed her seat number on the ticket she's holding. The tall man looked at her with a blank expression and pointed the seat behind him.

"Ang sungit naman neto." She murmured.

The man glanced at her, rose one of his eyebrows, and had a hint of smirk on his lips.

"Naiintindihan kita, alam mo ba?" She widened her eyes in shock. Not knowing what to do, she scrambled to get on her seat. Nice one, Maine. Way to embarrass yourself.

She kept quiet until the show started. When it was about to start, Mr. Tall & Handsome man transferred to the side. She kept glancing at him and his serious expression never wavered. When she heard the first note of the song being played, signaling the start of the concert, she was in her own world.

Maine was enjoying herself, singing along to every song and crying from too much feels especially when her favorite song, Yellow, was played, unmindful of the stares and glances thrown by someone from the side.

The concert was done and everybody started to make their way out the arena. When it was their side's turn to go out, Mr. Tall & Handsome man helped out in ushering them, well her, because he was holding her on her elbow, guiding her out the arena. Before she could thank him, he was already on his way inside.

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Maine's already at the airport waiting for her flight back home. She was tired as she didn't get some proper sleep last night. She couldn't sleep from all the adrenaline rush from the concert. And that darn man in a suit. So tired that she suddenly fell asleep and moments later, she opened her eyes and there was a man looking at her with an amused expression. She immediately sat straight not looking at him.

Oh, there's that man in a suit looking darn good in a white v-neck shirt and tattered jeans. Oh he saw me sleeping with my mouth open? Great! Earth, please swallow me now.

From her peripheral vision, she saw the man walking towards where she is.

"Hi!" She saw him smile for the first time and it was beautiful. He has a dimple on his left cheek!

"Hi." She shyly greeted.

"I don't think I properly introduced myself last night. I'm RJ Faulkerson."

"Uhm, I'm Maine Mendoza."

"I know."

"Huh?"

"Saw your ticket last night. Your name was on it."

"Oh. Ikaw ha. Hahahaha"

"Breezy ba? Hahahaha"

"Mabilis lang mata mo. Hahaha"

"Hahahaha. So, pauwi ka na ng Pilipinas?"

"Yeah. Daming trabahong naiwan eh. I just went here in LA for Coldplay's concert. Ikaw?"

"Yeah, pauwi na rin ako. I cut my vacation short. I have some important matters to attend to." He looked at her meaningfully.

"Vacation? How come you–"

"Last night?" She nodded.

"My aunt's one of the organizers. She asked me to fill in one of the bouncers kasi biglang nagkasakit."

"Oh, wow. Parang ang tagal mo nang nagba-bouncer the way you were standing there looking all serious. Hahaha."

"Syempre. Kailangan in character para walang pasaway na concert-goers. Hahaha"

"You have a point." They smiled at each other, not saying anything but saying everything at the same time.

They were back in the Philippines and before they went their separate ways, they exchanged numbers and made a promise of seeing each other again soon.

RJ was looking at Maine's retreating back, smiling at how she was oblivious to the fact the the "important matter" he was referring to was her. ❤️

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For Cami (@maichardism). I tried. 😅

Hope you liked this one! Thanks for reading! 😊

(Photo credits: beetlebombbee)