#HeartboundWP

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Ate

Apr 17, 9:17

Elias
Ate

Tell Zo I'm going to be late.

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Nadi

Apr 17, 10:04

Nadi
Near na.

Elias
Okay.
Read

Elias
Careful on the road.
Read

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INT. LIVING ROOM — Apr 17, 10:41

ELIAS
Hi—

NADIA
Is this everything?

ELIAS
Yes.

NADIA
Okay.

NADIA
Thank you.

ELIAS
Nadi, I—

ELIAS
I'm sorry.

NADIA
What for?

For lying? It's okay.

ELIAS
I should have just told you that I—

NADIA
That you don't want me anymore?

It's okay.

NADIA
I don't like this na rin naman.

NADIA
The point is we should both be having fun, di ba?

Getting what we want?

NADIA
You're not getting what you want.

And I don't like what I'm getting from this.

NADIA
I'm not a kid. I know how this works.

Okay na?

ELIAS
Still.

ELIAS
I should have just told you.

That I—

ELIAS
That I don't—

ELIAS
That I don't want to do this anymore.

NADIA
That's what you're doing now na. You're telling me.

NADIA
I'll drive back na.

ELIAS
O—

ELIAS
Okay.

ELIAS
Nadi—

NADIA
Stop kung magso-sorry ka.

You're making me feel like nakakaawa ako.

Na you dumped me or what.

NADIA
Ayaw mo na. I get the message naman.

If it's about not telling me na agad, that's okay na.

Alam ko na naman ngayon. And I can take hints. Don't worry.

NADIA
You're making it sound like you broke up with me.

We're not together.

NADIA
We're on the same page and equal footing.

Ayaw ko na rin naman.

So stop saying sorry like you regret it or you pity me.

ELIAS
I—

ELIAS
I was going to tell you to take care on your way back.

NADIA
Oh.

Sorry.

NADIA
Okay. Uhm . . . thanks?

NADIA
I'll—

NADIA
I'll leave.

Uh—

NADIA
Here.

ELIAS
What's thi—

No.

ELIAS
Akin na 'yang bag. Take this home. Iyo 'to.

NADIA
You can have it.

ELIAS
Nadi. It's a gift—

NADIA
My bed is crowded.

ELIAS
You no longer want it, do you?

NADIA
I . . .

NADIA
I just have no space for it na.

NADIA
B—Baka we'll move na rin ni Yanyan somewhere else . . . or ako lang.

ELIAS
Right.

ELIAS
Okay.

NADIA
El?

You're a good friend.

NADIA
I mean that.

ELIAS
And you're a sweetheart.

NADIA
I know.

ELIAS
Haha.

ELIAS
Nadi?

NADIA
Hm?

ELIAS
We're still friends?

NADIA
Maybe—

NADIA
Maybe we need a break from that din muna.

ELIAS
Okay.

NADIA
I'll go na.

ELIAS
Take care.

NADIA
You, too.

And get some sleep.

You look like you need it.

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