The Sentinel

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November 19, 2017, SPS taping backstage:

M: Love, don't you think that's a little too much? *giggles as R checks every leg on the chair in the dressing room and presses his weight down on it to make sure it's safe for M to sit on*

R: It's not too much, Love. It's called being safe.

M: Kanina ka pa kasi eh. Kung pagbantaan mo yung mga tao, nakakatakot, yung tingin mo nanlilisik. Natahimik lahat eh. Kasalanan ko naman yun tsaka accident lang yung nasabi ko. It's not a big deal kung may lumabas man.

R: It's a big deal if people use it to hurt you. I meant what I said kanina. I will hunt down whoever posts a vid of that incident. I don't care who they are.

M: Grabe siya. Okay naman eh. Okay na yang upuan. Jusko ka!

R: Malay ba natin kung bumigay yung isang paa nitong upuan at matumba ka.

M: Ano ba, Love? Hindi naman po kasi ako mababasag. Kahit matumba ako diyan, hindi ako maaano. Sa pagka-OA mo baka mapagkamalan akong buntis eh. *laughs*

R: Hayaan mo sila. Wala akong paki sa kanila. Sa'yo lang.

M: Okay. Chill. Okay itong upuan at okay din lahat ng food sa table, you didn't have to smell and taste everything before you even let me touch them.

R: Again. Just being safe, Love.

M: At ikaw hindi?

R: Kaya ko ang sarili ko. Kaya kong masaktan kahit paulit-ulit. Kahit anong gawin nila sa akin, kahit wasakin nila ako, wag na wag lang kayo masasaktan lalo ka na. Ayaw na ayaw kong nasasaktan ka physically lalo na dito. *places his hand on her chest just above her heart* Kasi sobrang buti nito. Hindi dapat sinasaktan.

M: *sighs and cups his cheeks* Love... *looks into his eyes* Kaya ko naman din. Don't worry too much.

R: *holds her shoulders and meets her gaze* Alam ko naman na kinakaya mo pero sa mga pinagdaanan natin, sa naging pakikitungo sa'yo, sa mga nakikita at naririnig ko sa mga taong nakapaligid sa atin, mahirap nang magtiwala. Wala akong tiwala sa kanila. I will be a sentinel guarding you. Walang makakaligtas sa mga mata ko at walang makakalusot sa harang ko. I'm just keeping you safe, okay? *looks at M sternly*

M: Okay. Di kailangan magsungit. Grabe siya. Bakit ba stressed ka na naman? Halika nga. Umupo ka dito. *smiles and takes R's hand then makes him sit on the chair he checked* Matibay ba?

R: Oo. Kaya nga dito ka uupo eh. *moves to stand up but M gently pushes him back down* Ano ba? Ikaw nga ang uupo dito.

M: Alam ko at sabi mo gusto mo safe ako di ba?

R: Oo.

M: Kaya... *sits on R's lap and slips her arms around his shoulders* dito ako uupo.

R: *chuckles as he instinctively wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her closer* Ikaw talaga.

M: O di ba? There's no safer place in this world for me than in the arms of the one and only Richard Faulkerson Jr. *smiles and kisses his cheek, rests her head on his shoulder*

R: *sighs* Hay, Nicomaine. Ikaw lang talaga ang nakakapagpakalma sa akin. *kisses her temple and rests his cheek on her forehead* I love you so much.

M: I love you more, Love. Thank you for taking care of me.

R: Always, Love. Always. I love you most. *touches her cheek, making her look up and meet his gaze then slowly inches his face closer to hers, closes his eyes as he waits for her soft lips to touch his, hearts racing, breaths quickening*

*door creaks, someone gasps, door closes, hurried footsteps walk away*

M: *opens her eyes* Love? Parang may tao. Narinig mo?

R: Hayaan mo siya. Sabi ko di ba? I only care about you. *runs his thumb along her lower lip, whispers* Right now, I just want to kiss my wife.

M: *smiles* Eh di go. *closes her eyes and lets R kiss her slowly and passionately to his heart's content*

💛🍃💛🍃💛🍃💛🍃

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