After taking a few deep breaths...

"All we need now is the Mariposa song," I remarked to him as he drove me home. He nodded and absently fiddled with the dial. Then he flipped the station and the opening bars of the song flooded the car.
"Ang galing mo! Galing ng radar mo!" He joked. I smiled. "It's our song."
"Oo nga!" He laughed. "Our song."
"Our song..." I mused. "How jologs."

***
Mariposa
Sugarfree

Alam mo bang kanina pa ako magdamag nang nakatingin sa 'yo
'Di mo lang alam, sa gitna ng kadilimang 'di mapakali, ako'y nabighani


REFRAIN
'Di mo lang alam, inaasam
Ang panahong makapiling ka sa una't huling pagkakataon


CHORUS
Dahil dito sa mariposa ay mahirap ang nag-iisa
Dahil dito sa mariposa ako lang ata ang nag-iisa

Nagsisising matatapos ang gabing alam naman nating meron nang taning
Nagsisising gigising sa katotohanan 'di ka naman talaga akin


[Repeat REFRAIN]


Ayoko nang mag-isa
***

And earlier he noticed that my butterfly tattoo had faded. I was perched on a high barstool nursing my Baileys' and he sipped at his San Mig Light and we watched the people. I wanted to bite him. Must be my carnivore instincts rearing their head. But then I wanted to go to a gay bar so maybe it doesn't really count.