Author: @CrimsonSky17
Prompt: Runaway Groom RJ x unknown Writer Maine / We were in the wrong place but it was perfect timing
Prompter: @nataliagrace02
Happy ka ba?
These words went over and over inside of his head since his father, who was also his Best Man, asked it this morning. He took another glance at the man standing beside him. He was smiling a rehearsed smile, one that did not reach his eyes.
Happy ka ba?
The words, like poisonous vine, crept slowly yet steadily until he felt like he was suffocating. He adjusted his stupid bowtie, the one she forced him to wear, for the nth time.
Happy ka ba?
The door to the cathedral opened and the sudden flood of light blinded him. He squinted his eyes and tried to adjust to it, sorting through the shadowed figures and light spots that exploded into his vision.
Happy ka ba?
He held his father's hand with an iron grip, looked him in the eye, and said,
"Hindi... hindi ko kaya." and even before his bride took a single step into the flower littered aisle, he was gone.
