LONG - SHORT STORIES

I WILL LOVE YOU TODAY, TOMORROW AND FOREVER

(PLAY DOWN THE AISLE (ACOUSTIC VERSION) BY ISSA RODRIGUEZ WHILE READING THIS PIECE. ENJOY READING!)

"Do you believe in destiny?" I immediately gazed at her direction. Kaagad ding sumilay ang ngiti sa aking labi.

"May mga bagay na hindi natin inaasahang dumating sa mga buhay natin." I said that made her curious out of nowhere.

"What do you mean?"

"Maybe I do believe in destiny, or maybe I don't. May mga bagay na bigla - bigla na lang dumarating sa buhay natin. Mga bagay na hindi natin inaasahan. One thing I believe in, was God's Perfect Time. Hindi tadhana ang magsasabi ng panahon kung kailan at paano tayo iibig. Minsan nararamdaman na lang natin ito nang hindi natin namamalayan. Dumarating iyon sa takdang panahon sa tamang tao na may taong pagkakataon. Mapapasabi ka na lang na ito na, ito na 'yong pag - ibig na hinihintay ko. Paano ko nasabi? When the love feels like home. When everything feels okay. Tipong hindi mo na kailangang mag - alala o mangamba pa. Maybe it's God Perfect time when the time I met you." I calmy said and smiled at her. I really hope that, this is the right time for the both of us.

"Ang guwapo mo naman, that's why I'm falling for you even more even though you're my boyfriend now. " She said while looking at me.

"Aba! Dapat lang," pagmamayabang kong sambit sa kanya.

"Baliw ka talaga Kaito." Kaagad niyang hinampas ang braso ko bago ko marinig ang kanyang pagtawa.

"I want to watch the sunset with you, Watami."

"I love you more, Kaito." Nagulat na lamang ako nang bigla akong nakatanggap ng isang mahigpit na yakap mula sa kanya. Sana ito na talaga 'yong panahon para sa amin dalawa.

"Kaito may tanong ako."

"Yes, misis ko?" I looked at her not as my girlfriend but as my wife.

"Sira ka talaga, pero seryoso. Kung magkakaroon tayo ng anak sa future ano gusto mong ipangalan sa kanya?"

"Maybe..." I take a deep breath before answering her questions. "A name that represents a Beautiful Ocean or maybe a Sparkling Sea. Why did I thought about that? Because your name means Beauty and my name was the Sea and I want our child to be Beautiful as an Ocean or Sparkle like a Sea." I looked at her and I saw her genuine smile.

Sana palagi na lang ganito, sana walang magbago. Ayaw kong mawala pa sa piling ko si Watami. I never knew if it's the last time to be with her. All I know that we love each other and nothing can separate us except for death.

I never expected that Wayne and I will be together at the moment. I thought I'm just an ordinary guy in her eyes.

"Kib, how do you define love?"

"You." I immediately looked at her direction and said, "You are my definition of love. I define love when God let me met you. No matter what happened I will always love you, today tomorrow and forever and even for a lifetime. Palagi kitang pipiliin dahil ikaw ang pinili kong mahalin sa buong buhay ko. Kung bibigyan man ako ng tatlong kahilingan, tatlong beses kitang hihilingin makasama lang kita."

"I know you're my boyfriend now but I'm still falling for you day by day." She's about to kiss me but I stop her.

"Gusto kitang halikan sa harap ng altar kung saan dapat tayo magsumpaan ng ating mga pangako." She smiled at me and immediately hugged me.

I will never forget the times we shared together. The times we pursue our dreams and the time when we planned our wedding. I became a great painter while she became a famous author.

"Love, bakit gising ka pa?" I immediately looked at her direction after she knocked three times. She's carrying a cup of coffee and she offered it to me with love.

"I'm just finishing this art work."

"What is it all about?"

"It's about the story of two people who met at the wrong time and love each other to early. They tend to be lovers but ended up to be just friends. I called it the Flower of Autumn Equinox. Many may define this flower as death or the end of something but for me it's represents a two person who loved each other at the wrong time. They destined to each other but it's not the right time to be with them."

"You should rest, it's almost midnight. You can finish that tomorrow." She hugged me before she left my room. Maraming nagsasabi na ang suwerte ko dahil si Yohanna ang girlfriend ko. Well, I won't deny it. She's a loving and caring partner to the point that she will prioritize me if I'm okay or if I eat at time and sleep at the right time. She always take care of me even though I didn't asked for it.

I really love her and I won't regret loving her.

Ilang buwan ang nakalipas bago sumapit ang aming kasal. We went to a place where the Sky Touches the Sea. Kung saan nagtatagpo ang araw, buwan, at ang karagatan.

"I really love watching the sunset with you."

"It's not the end, it was the beginning for the both of us." Sa araw ng aming kasal, kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng ika - 10 anibersaryo ng pagsasama naming dalawa. Kasabay ng pagsapit ng Araw ng mga Puso.

"Do you take this man as your husband for better and for worst? For poorer and for richer? In sickness and in healthiest?"

"I do, Father."

"Do you take this woman as your wife for better and for worst? For poorer and for richer? In sickness and in healthiest?"I looked at her and genuinely smiled at her. "I do, Father."

"You may now kiss the bride."

"Maaari na ba kitang halikan aking Binibini?" Kaagad na sumilay ang ngiti sa aking labi. "Simula noong naging tayo may permiso kang halikan ako." Dahan - dahan kong itinaas ang belong nasa kanyang ulo upang makita ang kanyang kagandahan.

"May I?"

"Yes, you can kiss me." I gently kissed her lips for the first time. We both shared our first kiss in front of the altar. I will never forget on how we became a married couple, my love. It was the most precious thing that happened to me and in my entire life. They said that, marriage is the end of relationship but I guess it's just the beginning of ours.

We spend our honeymoon travelling together and be happier together. Sana'y ganito na lang palagi. Sana'y hindi na ito matapos. Hindi ko alam gagawin ko kung sakaling mawala pa sa akin si Watami.

We're both happy not until she became a memory. My world shuttered into pieces. "Sir, nanganganib po buhay ng asawa't anak niyo."I was so happy 'cause finally, I am now a father but I might lose her. I looked at her and she whispered in the air. "I love you." 

Did you know whom I chose? I chose them both but Watami didn't make it. She died after delivering our daughter. My world shuttered into pieces when I hugged her cold body. 

"Huwag mo akong iwan, please! Natutulog ka lang hindi ba? Love, please naman oh sumagot ka naman love." I know I won't get any response but I'm still hoping that she was sleeping at the moment. 

Hindi ko pa rin matanggap na wala ka na. Iniisip ko pa rin na panaginip lang lahat ng ito. Bakit kailangang ikaw pa? Hindi ko kayang wala ka sa piling ko mahal ko. Kung bibigyan lang ako ng tatlong kahilingan, tatlong beses kitang hihilingin makasama lang kita.

Maybe in the afterlife we can met again. Maybe in the afterlife we can continue our love story. I will wait until we met again, my love. Always remember that I will love you today, tomorrow and forever and even for a lifetime. Maybe this is not the right time for the both of us but still I wanted to thank you that I met you. Farewell for now, my love. See you in the afterlife.