THE SHIFT

Five years

Mira and El have been together for a long time.

Five years.

Five years full of love. They love each other so much.

Mira is beautiful. Not just on the outside. Her heart is beautiful. She is kind, caring, sexy, and smart. When El is tired from his duty, Mira is the one who gives him strength. Just one smile from Mira, and all his tiredness disappears.

"El, have you eaten?" Mira always asks every time she passes by the gate.

"El, I have some food, let's share." Even though Mira has little money, she always shares.

Mira also works at the resort, at the front desk. So they are together every day. In the morning, they go to work together. At night, they go home together to the staff house.

They are perfect for each other. That's what everyone says.

And El, he is quiet but he loves so deeply. He is not rich. He is just a guard. But when it comes to Mira, he gives everything.

They have been together for five years and they are about to get married.

Under El's pillow in the barracks, he hides a small box. A red box. Inside, there is a ring. It is cheap. Not gold. Not diamond. But he saved for it for one year. Every extra peso from his salary, he saved.

His plan is, next month, on their anniversary, he will kneel in front of Mira on the beach.

"Do you really want to marry me even though I'm just a guard?" El sometimes asks Mira.

Mira hits him on the shoulder.

"What are you saying! We have been together for five years! I don't love you because you are a guard. I love you because you are El. The kind El. The loyal El. The El who even when tired, still smiles at me."

And Mira hugs El so tightly.

In a world surrounded by rich people in the resort, the two of them have the real treasure.

Their love for each other.

They don't know that in the coming days, their five years of love will be tested.

Because someone will come who has everything that El doesn't have.

But for tonight, let it be peaceful first.

El and Mira, hugging each other under the stars in Coron, dreaming of a simple wedding, a simple house, and a lifetime together.