Beyond the boundary (Complete)

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"Let's give a round of applause to our newly weds...Mr. and Mrs. Agapito. Congratulations and God Bless the two of you together."

Sabi ng pari na nagkasal sa amin. Nagpalakpakan ang lahat. Kumpleto ang lahat sa araw naming ito. Maluha luha naman ang mga nanay namin ni Paul. Best Man ni Paul si Kurt at Maid of honor ko naman si Diane. Isa din sa Groom's Man si Benedict. Bride's maid ko din si Nika at iba pang mga malalapit kong kaibigan.

Matapos ang kasal ay dumiretso kami sa reception. Sa Agapito hotel na din namin ginanap yun. Magsubuan ng cake. Uminom ng champagne...ginawa na namin yun lahat. Nakakapagod man pero di pa rin matutumbasan yung saya na nararamdaman ko. 

Umupo muna ako dahil pagod na ako sa pag-iikot para magentertain ng mga bisita namin. 

"Mean." 

Tumingin ako dito. Ngumiti ako dito. "Nika."

Yumakap naman sa akin ito at niyakap ko din pabalik. Umupo ito sa isang silya sa tabi ko.

"Congratulations. I knew it. You and Paul are really good together." nakangiting bati nito.

"Thank you Nika. Hindi ka ba galit sa akin? Kasi nasira yung engagement niyo ng dahil sa akin."

Nakangiting umiling ito. "Of course not. Actually, I'm so glad that he called it off cause I'll do it soon anyway." ngumiti ito. "And besides, I should be the one asking you that. Aren't you mad at me cause...you see.. I did things that will make you jealous of us. I even hurted you. I know you were there when he porposed to me." nanlaki ang mga mata ko sa sinabi nito.

Umiling ako. "Of course not. Wala akong karapatan noon dahil una, hindi naman kammi noon. Wala kaming romantikong relasyon. Saka, paano mo nalaman na nandoon ako? Nagtago naman ako."

Ngumiti pa din ito. "When we had our dinner, Paul keeps on talking about you. Like how you prepared  this place, the flowers, etc. He told me that you make sure that everything there was perfect. He keeps on talking about you. And on my mind, I was like...Maybe you should just Mean here instead of me. I know that he will propose to me back then because of our parents' promises. I only said yes because I don't him to be embarassed infront of his employees. I know you saw that. That hurt you a lot. I'm sorry." sincere na sabi nito sa huli. Kinuha ko ang dalawang kamay nito at tinitigan ito sa mga mata. 

"I should thank you. Dahil sa ginawa mo, nagkalakas ako ng loob na sabihin kay Sir Paul yung nararamdaman ko. Dahil dun, nagkaroon ng linaw yung nararamdaman ni Sir Paul. Dahil dun, naging kami at heto, kasal na. Malaki ang pasasalamat ko dun." nakangiting sabi ko dito. Ngumiti din ito.

"Thank you Mean. I'm sorry I did somethings to make you jealous. I just want to know if you have feelings for Paul. And I was right. And coincidentally, Benedict was there and I saw how Paul got jealous at him. It was so...funny." napatawa ng mahina ito. Tumaawa din ako. Ngayon alam ko na kung bakit ang sama ng tingin nito kay Benedict noon. Nagseselos lang pala si Paul. Lumapit naman sa amin si Paul. Nagkwekwentuhan kami ng biglang may tumawag kay Nika.