Started with a Lie (ON-HOLD)

SWAL08

Alam ko namang natural na may vows sa kasal, pero aren't we exemptions? Kasi diba, we're not really couple tapos, deal lang 'to kaya kailangan ba talaga?

Sabihin mo hindi ka lang ready.

Of course I am not ready. Hindi ako prepared.

Nang makuha ni Aldrich ang singsing ay ang kaliwang kamay ko naman ang inabot nito.

Tiningnan ako nito sa mata.

"I, Aldrich Clyde Hazuelle, take you, Yrza Belle Dela Cruz, to be my wife, as my friend, and my love."

Seryosong-seryoso ang mga mata niya. Isinuot niya sa akin ang singsing at hinawakan na lang ang kamay ko.

"On this day I affirm the relationship we have enjoyed,looking to the future to deepen and strengthen it."

But I can see care and-love? Is it really love, o nag-iilusyon lang ako?

"I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph."

Ang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko. Bakit ganito?

"Together we will dream, will stumble but restore each other, we will share all things, serving each other and our fellow humanity."

Why is my heart pounding so hard? Maniniwala ba ako? Naniniwala ba ang puso ko sa sinasabi niya?

"I will cherish and respect you, make you happy, comfort and encourage you, be open with you, and stay with you as long as we shall live, freed and bound by our Love."

Totoo ba 'to? Lahat ng sinabi niya, totoo ba 'yon? O gawa-gawa lang? Bakit parang totoo? Bakit damang-dama ko?

Bakit... Bakit ganito ang nararamdaman ko? Ba't gusto kong maniwala sa vow niya? Bakit nasasaktan ako sa isiping, hindi totoo ang lahat ng sinabi niya?

Aldrich squeezed my hand that made my senses came back.

Kinuha ko ang singsing at inabot ang kaliwang kamay niya.

Anong sasabihin ko? Hindi ko siya mahal. Anong ipapangako ko.

Shems! Gather your thoughts, Yrza!

Isipin mo na lang na, ang lalaking kaharap mo ngayon ay ang lalaking mahal mo. Isipin mo na lang na na-advance 'yong vow mo sa kanya.

Tama. Thank you other self. Iisipin ko na lang na mahal ko siya.

Huminga ako ng malalim bago sabihin ang mga bagay na tumatakbo sa isip ko ngayon.

"I, Yrza Belle Dela Cruz,promise you, Aldrich Clyde Hazuelle, before our fami-friends, to stand by your side, to share and support your hopes and dreams."

Isinuot ko sa kanya ang singsing at hinawakan ang kamay niya.

"I vow to always be there for you, when you fall, I will catch you."

When I'm actually afraid that I'll be the one falling and you're not there to catch me.

"When you cry I will comfort you."

Hoping that you won't gonna make me cry.

"When you laugh I will share your joy."

I'm keeping your promise to make me happy.

"No matter what lies ahead of us, I will see it as a journey, that can only be completed together."

Now, I'm trusting you wholeheartedly not to do something that'll break me. Because I know, starting today, you'll be the only one who can break me.