"Typical na tao. You know... when people are faced with choices, sometimes, they don't choose based on what they like. They choose based on what they hate."
"Hate?"
"Yeah. 'Yung ibang tao, ganu'n. Give them ripe and unripe mangoes, and one can choose a ripe mango over an unripe one not because she loves eating ripe mangoes. Ayaw nya lang talaga ng unripe."
"What's with you and mangoes?"
"Example lang."
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"Maine?"
"Yes?"
"Naniniwala ka ba sa forever?"
"Rj?"
"Oh?"
"Saan galing 'yung mga tanong mo?"
"I..."
--
"Maine?"
"Hm?"
"Busy ka ba?"
"Hindi naman. Bakit?"
"Can I ask you questions?"
"Rj..."
"Bakit?"
"Kanina ka pa nagtatanong."
"Oh... sorry."
"Hey, sinasabi ko lang naman. Okay lang naman 'yun. Bakit ba? Anong meron?"
"Wala lang.. feeling ko we have to catch up?"
"Catch up?"
"Hey. Don't laugh at me. I missed my minion."
"..."
"I really do."
"... it doesn't seem like you do."
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"Maine?"
"What?"
"Are we okay?"
"Why wouldn't we be?"
"...the conversation we had this afternoon..."
"Anong meron?"
"You said..."
"I said...?"
"I said that I missed you. You said that it doesn't seem like I really do and I -"
"Rj?"
"- just want you to know that I'm not lying - what?"
"I was just telling the truth."
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"Maine..."
"Maine...?"
"Maine...?"
"Are you asleep?"
"..."
"..."
"I'm not, Rj. Nagta-type ako."
"Matutulog ka na after nyang sinusulat mo?"
"Hindi ko pa alam."
"Mga anong oras ka tutulog?"
"Around 4 siguro."
"Mahaba pa 'yan?"
"Hindi naman."
"Eh bakit mga 4 ka pa matutulog?"
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The Man in Strings
FanfictionRichard Faulkerson Jr., after consistently denying his feelings for his old college friend, catches himself in a situation where he can't escape the charm of Maine Mendoza. After three long years of silence, they find themselves together again as ho...
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