After We Happened

Simula

Simula

"Daffney Brish Levanidez, are you willing to spend the rest of your life with me? Are you willing to be with me for lifetime and eternity? Will you marry me?" he asked me while he was kneeling.

He's proposing! Ang nararamdaman ko na lamang ngayon ay tanging saya. It's like my heart cannot contain all the happiness it is feeling right now.

Hindi ko akalain na darating kami sa puntong ito. I've never even thought that this day would come. Who would've thought that we would end up together?

Everything just feels surreal.

I love him very much.

He is my first love and will be my last love. I'm more than grateful to share with him the rest of my life.

"Of course, I would marry you! Yes, Darling! Yes! I am more than willing!" I shouted with all my might.

Patuloy nang umagos ang mga luha mula sa aking mga mata dahil sa sobra-sobrang saya.

Everyone's here. I cried more when I saw my mom and dad smiling at me and at the same time crying, they're both emotional.

Tears of joy? Siguro. Sino ba naman kasing hindi maiiyak? Ang bunso pa nila ang mauunang ikasal. Mauuna pa ako sa mga kuya at ate ko.

I'm only twenty-two. It's even my graduation today. Wala akong idea. We were just supposed to celebrate my Graduation Day tonight, but it turned out to be a proposal.

I don't even care if I'm still too young to get married, what matters the most is that I am happy.

We're happy.

We love each other. We're in love.

I looked around to where we are, then I suddenly felt myself smiling.

Sa 6th Avenue. The place where I first met Darling. Where it all started. This is also the place where he became my boyfriend. This bar is full of memories.

Our memories.

He slipped the ring on my finger before standing up. Niyakap niya ako nang mahigpit at hinalikan sa noo. "I love you very much, Daffney! Finally, you'll be my wife!"

I cupped his cheeks as tears continuously cascaded down on my face. "I love you more, Darling ko! You didn't even need to ask. I would always say yes when it comes to you."

Naghiyawan naman ang mga tao, kumpleto ang mga pinsan ko. Even Chino and Kenshin are here. Umuwi pa yata talaga sila para dito. All my friends are here smiling and waving at me.

And of course my two kuyas and ate are present. Kuya Daffin's crying. Kuya naman, e! Many of my cousins were also crying, ngayon ko lang napansin.

I couldn't ask for more. I graduated Summa Cum Laude earlier today and now, Darlin just proposed.

Sinong mag-aakala na darating ang araw na ito? Matututo akong maging sweet? Magkaka-boyfriend ako? Magmamahal ako? Mamahalin ko siya?

And now he's my fiancé. Hindi lang iyon, soon... I'll be a Francisco too.

We're engaged.

Soon, we're getting married.

Wala na akong mahihiling pa.

I have everything I'll ever need.

Well, that's what I thought.

"To have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

Napangiti ako habang tinitingnan siyang maluha-luha. All I can see and feel is sincerity and love. Full of love.

I never thought that this day would come. Who would've thought that he would change?

From a player to a real man.

I guess people do really change.

"I do." sagot niya kay Father na naging dahilan kung bakit tuloy-tuloy na talaga ang pag-agos ng aking mga luha. Damn! I never thought na magiging ganito ako ka-emotional ngayon.

Well, I really love him that's why... no other reasons. Hindi dahil doon. Sino ba naman kasing mag-aakala na darating kami sa puntong ito?

After everything that happened dito rin naman pala ang bagsak natin.

"I do." As I was saying those words my heart just shattered into pieces.

Two words.

Two fucking words.

We were so close to that.

I was so close to that.

We were almost there.

It should've been us.

It was supposed to be us.

Tayo dapat 'yun e.

But what happened to us?

What happened to our lifetime and for eternity?

Why am I here now?

"You may now kiss the bride."

Mas lalo akong naluha habang pinapanood ang aking kapatid na halikan ang kanyang asawa. Then, I just found myself asking this question... what happened to us, Darlin?