Only One

LX.

EXT. OUTSIDE RACE TRACK — EVENING

Dionysus runs as he tries to catch up with Ariadne. She is covering her face with a scarf and trying to take big steps, as if in a rush to get out of the race track. Dionysus grabs her wrist and she stops walking.

DIONYSUS
Wait.

ARIADNE
Oh! Dion!

She widens her eyes and looks down to her wrist. Hawak pa rin 'yon ni Dionysus na agad niyang binitiwan nang tignan ni Ariadne.

DIONYSUS
Why are you here?

ARIADNE
Uhm...

DIONYSUS
Why?

ARIADNE
I just... uh.. I heard that this is the qualifier round for the semis and I got a ticket from my manager so...

DIONYSUS
So?

ARIADNE
I want to uhm... support you.

DIONYSUS
Why?

ARIADNE
'Cause... I want to.

DIONYSUS
Why?

Ariadne lets out a heavy sigh. She gives a sharp look at Dionysus, with him biting his lower lip because he's finally seeing her feisty side again.

ARIADNE
I just want to! Stop asking! Hindi ko naman gusto na magpakita sa'yo! Gusto ko lang manuod! Malay mo may ibang racer akong pinapanuod!

DIONYSUS
Kakasabi mo lang ako 'yung sinusuportahan mo.

ARIADNE
Aalis na ako!

DIONYSUS
Wait!

Ariadne was about to walk away because of the embarrassment she felt, but Dionysus pulls her wrist for the second time.

DIONYSUS
Bakit nga?

ARIADNE
I want to see you, okay!? 'Yon na. Stop asking me why.

DIONYSUS
I have to ask.

ARIADNE
Why?

DIONYSUS
Gusto kong malaman kung kaya ka nandito kasi hindi mo 'ko matiis, dahil may nararamdaman ka rin para sa akin. Tell me.

ARIADNE
Dion naman. I just want to watch.

DIONYSUS
I told you to stay away from me.

ARIADNE
Ayoko namang magpakita sa'yo ngayon!

DIONYSUS
You think I won't see you? Ariadne, out of everyone, I'll always see you first. Paano ka makakapagtago? Kaya nga sabi ko, umiwas ka. Kasi ikaw at ikaw lang makikita ko.

ARIADNE
Kaya nga aalis na ako.

DIONYSUS
Hindi. Malinaw ako sa'yo. I told you to stay away. Kasi 'yung ganitong nakikita kita? Tang ina pinapaasa mo na naman ako.

Yuyuko si Ariadne, mahihiyang tumingin kay Dionysus. Hindi niya rin alam kung bakit dito siya dinala ng mga paa niya. Kung bakit nagpalusot siya kay Theseus para lang pumunta sa race.

ARIADNE
Ayaw kitang paasahin.

DIONYSUS
Eh 'di lumayo ka.

ARIADNE
Kaibigan kita, Dion. Gusto kitang suportahan.

DIONYSUS
Bullshit! Kaibigan? Isang buwan mo pa lang akong kilala. It's not that deep. Don't act like you fully let me in. Hindi naman, 'di ba?

ARIADNE
I don't know what to tell you.

DIONYSUS
Kaya nga pinapalayo kita, 'di ba? Ano bang hindi mo maintindihan do'n, Aria? Kung hindi mo alam, lumayo ka. Dumistansya ka. Don't make me hope.

ARIADNE
Hindi naman kita pinapaasa.

DIONYSUS
Hindi mo alam na pinapaasa mo 'ko.

Dionysus gives her a bitter smile. Nakakatangang usapan. Gusto niyang magalit, gusto niyang magtanong nang magtanong hanggang makuha ang gusto niyang sagot. Pero wala. Kasi hindi naman totoo. Ilusyon niya lang kung ano mang pag-asa ang iniisip niya.

ARIADNE
You're important to me.

DIONYSUS
Alam mo ba ibig sabihin ng salitang 'yan? Ikaw mahalaga ka sa akin. Pero ako? Mahalaga sa'yo? Kagaguhan.

ARIADNE
Dion naman...

DIONYSUS
Hindi mo alam ang halaga ko. But I do. I know it well enough to know that I should walk away from this. From you.

ARIADNE
Hindi ba tayo pwedeng maging magkaibigan?

DIONYSUS
Lumayo ka na lang. Kasi isang lapit mo pa, baka hindi ko na maisalba ang sarili ko.

Dion walks away from her. For the second time. Ariadne follows him with her gaze. She wanted to follow him, but what for?