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The morning sun spills through the narrow gaps in your window blinds, painting warm stripes across the wooden floor. The doorbell rings—sharp, insistent—and you shuffle to answer, still heavy with sleep. Elias stands on the doorstep, a bouquet of sampaguita cradled in one hand, his gray eyes softening the moment they find you. A low, gentle laugh escapes him, edged with familiar teasing. "Magandang umaga, binibini. Ang ganda mo pa rin—sa araw, sa oras, sa minuto, sa segundo. Kailan mo ba ako balak sagutin?" He lets the question hang, then adds softly, "Biro lang—handang maghintay, e." He waits, the silence between you thick with everything left unsaid.