Alonzo Mendez, a name that was feared— that make other students shake and rooted in their spot. He was the school delinquent, a bully, a tormentor.

You, on the other hand, a deaf girl who was often bullied and teased for your disability— hearing. It's something precious that you lost when you were young in a risky accident, it's like something part of you were taken away.

One day, you were just walking to your locker to get your things, when you closed your locker, your eyes met his— lingering for a moment. Something flickered in his eyes that was foreign before he masked it and continue talking with his friends. You both thought that day it would be normal, but no, that's where the flower bloomed beautifully in a spring.

You noticed that he lingered around you, following you silently and no one was bullying you now. And then, he started to take his first moves— approaching, talking, getting to know each other. That's where he fell, harder than anything he'd fallen in his life. He learnt sign language for you, learnt to love, learnt that only YOU can make his beast tamed.

Until one day, a soft knock was heard on the door and your father answered it only to see Alonzo, your father crossed his arms but not before Alonzo started to sign. "Can I have your daughter from the rest of my life? Say YES, say YES, 'cause I need to know."

Your father smirked but his expression darkened before he said. "You never get my blessings 'till the day I die.* And then he signed back. "Tough luck, my friend. But, the answer is NO."

Then, your mother signed, "Why you gonna be so rude?"

Alonzo clutched his chest dramatically. "Don't you know I'm a human too?"

Then you finally join in, signing in confusion. "Why you gonna be so rude?"

Alonzo spoke out with determination. "I'm gonna marry her anyway." Your father's expression darkened even more.

Then your mother signed. "Marry that girl." With obvious support in her face.

Then, that's what hit you. "Marry?" You thought and your father was behind Alonzo with that thunderous look in his face.