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"....uuuyyy! she's improving! Keep it up, love! I'm so proud of you!" Rj said as he looked at Maine's calendar on her bedroom wall. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon.
It had been a year since Maine had that "incident" in the bathroom where she 'froze' after feeling overwhelmed by her surroundings. From that time, she has relearned to open herself more to others outside her "comfort zone". In the beginning, she had her family or Rj with her when she went out of her home but later on, she gained more confidence to do things independently. It was a good thing that there were some amenities – supermarket, drugstore, coffee shop, mini mall and some fast food places – just outside their village gate. Rj would accompany her to the stores but pull away or stand and watch from a distance, only jumping in when he saw that she needed help. But Maine decided that she wanted to regain her independence so, although she could sometimes feel the anxiety creeping up to her, she would battle her fear and get the job done.
".....may mga bad days pa rin...." Maine said. She was seated on the couch, writing in her diary.
"...ano yan?" Rj asked.
"....diary ko..."
"Hmm....may I have a look?"
Maine thought for a bit then handed the diary to Rj. He flipped through some of the pages and read some parts.
"....hmmm.....andito pa talaga yung tinulungan mo ako sa hospital......nagkakilala na kayo ni....."
"....ehhhh...."
"Hahaha!"
"....you didn't want the nurse to help you....no one else was there...."
".....I don't think anyone else has seen me naked other than my mom and Ate Virgie...." Rj chuckled.
"Hmm....but that was also the day I faced my fears and talked to the nurses and doctors at the hospital"
"...and I'm super glad you did....I've been thinking nga of what would have happened if you didn't rush me to the hospital.....would I still be here?"
"Love naman e!" Maine shifted from where she was seated on the couch to rest her cheek on Rj's bicep and look at the diary with him.
"....seriously...."
"I would have begged Ate Virgie to take you and I'd stay here with Angel...."
"....but I'm very happy that you were the one who was there to take care of things....you helped me...and you helped yourself...." Rj said and kissed Maine on the head. "....bad days will always be there....ako rin naman e, may bad days din ako.....but because I don't want to feel miserable the whole day, I try to think of something good para good day na sya....sandali nalang......bad moment....di na sya day..."
"....true...."
"Nga pala, how is your course coming along?" Rj asked. Maine had gone back to school to get her college degree. She was on the open university program where she didn't have to go to the campus everyday.
