"Bakit hinimatay yan?" Maine heard her aunt ask as soon as her brother and uncle brought him in the living room.
"Eh ... sinagot ko na po eh." She muttered and her three relatives looked at her with wide eyes. All of a sudden, her aunt yelled excitedly and started jumping around as if she just won the lotto.
Pinili ang manok ko ... Pinili ang manok ko .... WOOP! WOOP!
She was chanting happily and Maine couldn't help but smile. Her heart was still fluttering and the butterflies in her stomach continued flying around. She finally said yes, she made RJ her boyfriend.
"Anong nangyayari dito?" Maine looked behind her and saw her parents walking towards them with a confused expression on their faces.
"Um ... Nay? Tay? Nay, Tay, Nay, Tay, Nay, Tay, Nay, Tay, Tay, Nay, Nay, Tay, Nay, Tay ... sinunod ko na po yung gusto niyo ... sinagot ko na po si RJ." She said and Maine saw the mouths of her parents fall open.
"Hah? Meng, sigurado ka ba sa kaniya?" her mother asked.
"Opo naman, mabait naman si RJ eh. Lasing la siya nun pero mabait yan, nakita niyo naman nung unang punta niya di ba?" She reasoned out, hoping to lessen her parents' doubts.
"Oh sige, pero Meng? Gusto ko siyang maka-usap pagkagising niya." Her father answered.
"Sige po. Pero Tay, wag niyo naman siyang patayin ah? Baka mamaya, matakot agad."
"Ah Meng, gising na siya." Her aunt then said and Maine turned around, only to see RJ wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.
"Oh."
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RJ immediately sat up when he saw Maine's parents. Her aunt then gave him a glass of water to drink and slowly, his disorientation faded.
"Bakit ka hinimatay? Okay ka lang ba?" Maine asked in a concerned tone.
"Ah, I'm really sorry ... nakalimutan ko kasing kumain eh. I was so nervous and stressed and then wait ...you said yes, right? Sinagot mo na ako di ba?" RJ asked back, unsure of what really happened earlier.
"Yes, RJ, sinagot na kita."
"OH ... MY .... GOD ...."
"Uh, Iho? Pwede ba tayong mag-usap?"
RJ looked on and saw the serious face of Maine's father. The smile on his vanished and he gulped. Slowly, he nodded and stood up from the couch.
"Opo."
"Sundan mo ako."
RJ and Mr. Mendoza then walked out of the house and went straight to the backyard. They sat on the same long wooden bench before they started talking.
"Mahal mo ba ang anak ko?"
"Yes, Sir! Sobra po ... sobra!" he replied in a very military fashion.
"Eh bakit ka nagsimula nang gulo nung huli kang andito?"
"Um, nagselos lang po ako nun. I'm really sorry, Sir. It won't happen again."
"Kung mahilig ka sa away eh layuan mo ang anak ko ah? Ayokong madadamay siya sa kahit anong kalokohan mo." Maine's father said and RJ felt his heart skip a beat.
"Magbabago po ako para kay Maine, I promise."
"Ayus yan. Kasi kapag sinaktan mo siya wala akong problemang puntulin yung-"
