Secretly Yours

XCVI

INT. HUT - AFTERNOON

3:34 p.m.

Mikey
Really?

Robin
Oo.

Mikey
Obsolete na rule mo?
For . . . me?

Robin
Oo, para sa 'yo nga wala na.

Mikey
Why?

Robin
Kasi kagaya no'ng sinabi mo sa akin.

Mikey
Ano 'yon?

Robin
Na you're worth it.

Mikey
Really?
Do you mean that?

Robin brushed her thumb along his cheek, smiling with her eyes all glossed over.

Robin
Oo nga.

Mikey
You're not just saying that because it's my birthday?

Robin
Hindi.

A little smile cracked out of his lips.

Mikey
Okay.

Robin
Thank you rin sa pag-look out mo sa akin. For liking me, kahit may rule ako saka alam mong walang kapalit, thank you din. Thank you rin no'ng times na cinomfort mo 'ko dahil do'n sa alam mo na, no'ng dinner date natin. Hindi ko alam kung anong feeling mo no'ng time na 'yon pero naiisip ko lang na nandito ka pa rin naman, hindi ka lumayo kahit nalaman mo 'yon. Thank you rin sa pag-acknowledge ng boundaries ko.

Mikey
Robin . . .

Robin
Na-a-appreciate kita. Sobra. Pero hindi kita gusto kasi grateful ako. Gusto kita kasi gusto talaga kita. Ilang araw na akong nagpa-palpitate at namimilipit sa 'yo. Ang hirap-hirap makatulog minsan kasi ikaw lang din naiisip ko kaya ako umiiwas. Delikado na kasi ako.

Mikey chuckled.

Mikey
What made you change your mind?

Robin
Ikaw.

Mikey
Me?

Robin
Oo. Ikaw.

Mikey
Is that okay?
Na you're breaking the rule for me?

Robin nodded, softly stroking his cheek again.

Robin
Okay na okay na okay.

Mikey
Robin?

Robin
Hmm?

Mikey
I want to kiss you again.

Robin inched closer to give him a kiss again. Her cheeks were so warm, and his skin feels hot against her touch, too. It was longer this time that her kisses also caught the smile breaking out of his lips in between their kisses.

Robin
Happy birthday.

Mikey
I have a wish now.

Robin
Hmm? Ano 'yon?

Mikey
You.

Robin
Ako?

Mikey
Yes.
For you to be my girlfriend.
That's my wish.