To My Knight in Distress

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TO MY KNIGHT IN DISTRESS

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That's how it all started, Sylvester Chen.

Running away means we have to leave our lives behind. Mas malaki nga lang ang kailangan mong isakripisyo-- pamilya, yaman at apelyido. Ako, okay lang sa 'king iwan ang trabaho dahil bayad na ang mga utang ko sa bangko. I don't own that much but I can sacrifice what I have just for you.

You saved me so I thought maybe, I can save you too.

You were my knight in distress, and I can be your damsel in shining armor.

To tell you honestly, when you asked me to runaway with you, I took it lightly. Nagbibiro ka lang din siguro tulad noong kung paano kita niyayang magpakasal. I waited for you to laugh at me but you were dead serious. You always mean everything you say.

Turns out, you had it all figured out. Kaya isang buwan kang hindi nagparamdam sa 'kin noon matapos kitang yayain magpakasal ay dahil inaayos mo na ang magiging buhay natin.

You broke up with your flings. And by flings, I meant the demon that is always by your side-- the same demon that dragged me out of your place. Tanginang 'yon, hindi mo naman pala jowa pero kung makaasta parang pagmamay-ari ka niya. I promised that day to get my revenge when I met her again. And you know what? I did, three years after. But we'll get to that later.

Binigyan mo ako ng isang linggo para mag-resign, para ayusin ang mga gamit ko at magpaalam.

Noong una, hindi ako makapaniwala. It doesn't make sense. Makikipagtanan ako sa taong hindi ko naman mahal at hindi gaanong kilala? Hindi ko alam kung anong gayuma ang pinainom mo sa 'kin, pero sobrang effective nito.

I resigned from my stable job, left my apartment and went back home to see my siblings. Tulad ng pinag-usapan natin, wala akong pinagsabihan kahit na sa mga kapatid ko.

Nilagay ko rin sa resignation letter na urgent ito dahil nakahanap ako ng mas magandang opportunity abroad. Pinilit nila akong mag-stay pero dahil buo na ang loob ko, itinuloy ko ang resignation.

For the whole week before we ran away, a lot of questions were on my mind.

Can we really take the risk?

Can I actually save you?

Will you take responsibility for my life... until the end?

But before I knew it, we're already catching our flight to Davao. Wala sa 'ting dalawa ang marunong mag-Bisaya pero hindi ito naging hadlang para sa gusto nating bagong buhay. Si Mayor Duterte pa ang nagkasal sa 'tin noon at siya rin ang nag-iisa nating ninong.

It was November 11, 2014 when we got married. You took my surname and we became Mr. and Mrs. Zamora. All we have is each other to celebrate our wedding, but we don't mind. Tayo ang pinakamasayang nilalang at walang makakapigil sa 'tin.

Natatakot pa rin ako noon at naguguluhan pero nang ikasal tayo, pakiramdam ko naging tama ang lahat. We don't have the grandest love story ever. We were not Romeo and Juliet, or Jack and Rose. We may not be sure about how we really felt but at that time, we both knew it's the only right thing we've done our entire life.

I cut my hair short and you started growing out yours. We were like totally different persons.

Nagtayo ka ng bakeshop sa Davao malapit sa bahay natin. Ikaw ang panadero at ako ang store keeper. You may not be as rich as you were, but you always assured me that you were the happiest.

We lived like normal married couples do.

We protected each other.

We lived for each other.

We created our own fairy tale.

But we hadn't considered the fact that not all fairy tales ended happily... ours included.

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