Super Ian's

"Why do you keep on doing this to me, Robi?" 

I asked while still trying to keep myself sane and composed. I relaxed myself but deep inside, I really wanted to yell at him, hit him, hurt him. Hindi pa ba sapat na pinaghintay niya ako ng pitong mahabang taon? Ngayon aalis na naman siya? What if he comes back again tapos maulit na naman iyong nangyari noon? What if he forgets about me again? What if I forget about him this time? Ayoko nang mabuhay ng hindi ko kasama si Robi. Masyado nang mahaba ang panahong ipinaghintay ko sa kanya. Hindi ko na kakayanin ang isa na namang madugong paghihintay para sa kanya. 

"Ian, please, if you just listen." 

I looked at him. He wated me to listen to him? Ganito din ang nangyari noon. We were standing in front of my house tapos he took my hand and he put it in his chest and asked me what I could feel. Was he going to do that now? Was he really trying to kill me inside?

"I don't wanna listen, Robi, because I know what's gonna happen. You're going to take my hand asked me whatever the hell was going inside your body and leave me again. I don't want to get through this again. I'm fed up! I'm sick and tired of you leaving me, I'm tired of waiting for my damn happy ending! I swear f you leave me again tonight, I'm gonna find myself a decent prince and get married in any church that I could find!" 

I knew I sounded so childish, so desperate, but hey, can you blame me? The man I love was about to leave me again and--- wait! Why was he laughing at me?

"What the hell is wrong with you!" I yelled at him. He smiled wider. This time he took my hand. 

"You were right." he sighed. "I was going to take your hand and put it in my chest." he moved closer. "Now, Adriane, can you please tell me what's going on inside my chest? Can you feel my heartbeat, Adriane?"

Robi, he never calls me Adriane for no reason. Tinatawag niya lang akong Adriane, kapag galit siya sa akin o kaya man may gusto siyang sabihin. I am very sure na hindi naman siya galit sa akin, so in other words he was about to tell me something. Something that I might not want to hear because I was so afraid that it could be another painful goodbye. 

"Feel my heart..." he held on tighter. I gasped as he was now closer. 

"Y-your heart.. It's beating so fast. It's as if there's a storm going on inside... a natural disaster, a chaos..." my mouth fell open. I looked up at him. He was smiling down at me but I could see that he was very nervous as well. 

"Why.. why is it like that, Robi?" I asked still trying not to cry. "A-are you leaving me again?" I couldn't help but ask. 

Robi didn't answer my question. Instead, he leaned forward and gave me a light kiss on the lips. He stared at me, we stayed like that for a while when I suddenly realized that he was lowering himself and the next thing I knew he was kneeling, he was looking up at me while taking something out from his pocket. 

Instantly my tears started falling down. 

I'm not stupid. I knew what he was trying to do. I knew what's gonna happen next, I knew what he was going to ask me and somehow, I knew what my answer will be. 

"Hey..." muli siyang tumayo. He wiped my tears away. "Adriane, don't cry. I've prepared this one shot romantic speech for you. You're supposed to cry after hearing it. Please..." 

"Are you.. are you really going to ask----" 

"Shhh! Nawawala naman kasi iyong element of surprise eh!" tila naiinis na wika niya. "Ang hirap talaga kapag atat ang girlfriend." bulong ni Robi. Napaawang ang mga labi ko. 

"What did you say?" I asked him. He shook his head. 

"Basta. Don't cry." he sighed again. "I'm going at it again. Don't cry until my speech is over." muling lumuhod si Robi sa aking harapan. He took out the blue velvet box he was holding earlier and took a deep, deep, breath.

"I'm an asshole----"

"What a word to start your so called romantic speech." I said trying hard not to stiffle a laugh.

"Shh!" he smirked at me. "As I was saying. I'm an asshole. Asshole for letting you know my real feelings for you that night of my departure. I'm an asshole for making you promise to wait for me. I became an even bigger asshole when you tried to keep in touch with me and I just ignored it, asshole for believing that you'd move on and fall in love with James. I was a coward for not believing in you, in your love for me. I'm an asshole for making you wait for seven years, asshole for coming back as the insentive Robi, asshole for hurting you that night when I introduced Irish to everyone as my future. Asshole for not believing in movies anymore, for not being able to love you the way you love me...."

By that time, I couldn't bear to stand it. I let my tears fall down my cheeks. Hearing Robi's one shot romantic speech made me realized that he actually remembered the times that he had caused me pain and I don't know if I should be happy or pissed but i was crying -- yet I don't know what for. 

"When you left me the morning after we made love, I realized that I was still deeply, madly and truly in love with you. I waited for you pero hindi ka na bumalik. The next thing I knew you were gone --- for a year. But still I waited. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, kung nakaya mo akong hintayin ng pitong taon nang walang kasiguraduhan, kakayanin ko rin iyon. Nagmukha akong tanga, pumangit ako, umitim but it was all worth it because you're here now and you're actually giving me a second chance. I wanna grab this second chance and never let it go. So, here I am now, in front of you, kneeling, telling you how much of an asshole I was for hurting you, confessing my undying love for you... begging you, if you could spend your forever with me, Robin Hood -- the one -- according to that drawing in our bus -- the one who stole your heart..."

I put my hand over my mouth. Tears just kept coming down. Hilam na hilam na ng luha ang aking mukha and yet I could clearly see my Robin Hood. I smiled at him. Tulad niya ay lumuhod rin ako sa kanyang harapan. I took his left hand and put it in my chest. 

"Will it be cheesy if I said YES?" I said in between sobs. Robi shook his head. 

"That was the most romantic word I have ever heard, Adriane." 

I smiled at him. 

"Same as your speech." I took the ring from the box. "This is a big rock! I exclaimed. 

"It was my Grandmother's." kinuha niya sa akin ang singsing at saka isinuot iyon sa aking daliri. I was looking at him while he was doing that and boy! Robi never looked as sexy!

"Come, let's go..." niyakag ko siya matapos niyang isuot ang singsing na iyon sa akin. 

"Sasabihin na natin?" He was smiling as I drag him inside his car. I looked at him and winked. 

"Bukas na lang. Right now, I wanna go home, go in our room and make love to you with nothing but this ring on my finger." 

Robi grinned at me. 

"Yeah, the guys could wait." he said before giving me an honest to goodness kiss.... 

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Robin Hood's

I woke up that morning with the feeling of overflowing happiness in my chest. I smiled while looking at the most beautiful sight ever --- Ian, my Super Ian. Her eyes were still closed, her hair tossled over the pillow, her lips slightly open, she was still deep in slumber island and yet she managed to be this beautiful. I kissed her nose and stared at her. I couldn't believe it, I guess I'll have a hard time believing the fact that my Super Ian said yes to me last night after proposing to her. Finally, I'd have a chance of giving her the happy ending that she deserves. 

"You're staring at me..." bigla na lang siyang nagsalita. I smiled wider. 

"Morning, future wife." I leaned over to give her a kiss but then she pushed me away. "What?!" kunot noong tanong ko. Napangiti ako nang biglang takpan ni Ian ang bibig niya. 

"Hindi pa ako nagtu-tooth brush." pagkasabi noon ay tumayo siya at saka pumasok sa bathroom. I was laughing habang pinapanood ko siya. Ian never fails to make me laugh. Kahit tahimik lang siya ay napapatawa niya ako. Hindi ko nga alam kung bakit but there was something in Ian that makes me smile everytime. I remember back when I was still in Madrid, kapag nalulungkot ako, iisipin ko lang siya and things would feel okay --- I won't be completely happy but I'd feel okay and that was all because of Ian. 

"Hey, are we going to tell the guys about last night?" tanong ko sa kanya. She was still inside the bathroom and I was standing outside the door. 

"What do you think?" she asked me back. I didn't answer instead I sighed. May dapat kasi akong gawin na noon ko pa dapat ginawa but I was trying to avoid it but now that I've asked her I know that I need to do that thing. 

"You think it'll be okay if I...." 

Sasabihin ko ba sa kanya? I crossed my arms and leaned against the door. I have thought about this a hundred times and I know that I really have to do it but then what good will come of it?

Biglang bumukas ang pinto ng bathroom dahilan kung bakit nawalan ako ng balanse, good thing Ian was there to push me back. 

"What? What? What?" sunod-sunod na tanong niya. "Ow come on Robi! You got to finish your sentence! What is it?"

"Do you think it'll be okay if I talk to James first before we tell everybody about our engagement?"

"Kakausapin mo si Jaime?" nagtatakang tanong niya. I nodded. "W-why?"

"We'll he's my best friend - he's still my best friend and he's your best friend too and somehow that frienndship complicated things between us and I just wanted to fix that before we ... uhm .. you know, get married." 

"You're not scared of James, are you?" she asked suspiciously. Natawa naman ako. 

"What? No! Why would you think that?" 

Ian shrugged and walked passed at me. I was eyeing her, she was uneasy. 

"Cause he might scare you away and then you'll leave me again..." 

Hindi ako nakapagsalita. Looking at Ian, I realized that she was really scared. Hanggang ngayon ay nanatakot siyang baka iwan ko siya. I wanted to punch myself. Nilapitan ko siya. She was sitting on the bed, I kneeled in front of her. 

"I will never do that to you, ever again, Ian." 

"I-i know.. it's a ... " she sighed. "Basta... " ipinatong niya ang kanyang mga kamay sa balikat ko. I kissed her knuckles. 

"I'll talk to James today." I told her. She nodded. 

"Just don't let him scare you off. Mas gwapo ka dun!" she made a face. Umiling naman ako. Muli siyang tumayo at saka bumalik sa bathroom. Isa-isa ko namang pinulot ang mga damit na kung saan ko na lang ibinato kahapon. I started getting dressed. Sa bahay na lang ako maliligo. Right now, I have to take care of my future. I have to cook breakfast for her. I was about to put in my shirt when my phone beeped. I have a txt message. I took my blackberry only to be surprised when I found out who the sender was... 

The text was from Diego --- ang pinakamumuhian kong tao sa buong mundo.