*** OUR WEDDING ***
EPISODE 1
~ THE PROPOSAL ~
It was a month ago, when Hiro found out about my cancer, he found me lying unconscious right after I told him that I never loved him and he should be with his fiancee. He finally found out the truth, and from that moment on, he never left me alone, he was always there when I was in the hospital, doing some research about my illness and trying to find the best doctor that he could find. Oh...I would never want him to be burdened like that, he could find any other women that he wanted rather than just being with a sick girl like me. But whenever I saw his face everytime he looked at me...I saw HOPE.....his hope...my hope.....he's always become the light in my darkest time....I don't want anything else in this world than just being with him...making him happy...as long as I could....as long as my heart still beats....oh I love him so much!
When I got out of the hospital, he knew that I don't wanna be home, being a helpless sick girl. I just wanted to be with him, and he knew it. He took me to this amusement park, that he booked already so that there was just gonna be the two of us because he knew that I don't like crowd, he always knew me....even when I didn't know myself, I don't know what I have done in the past, to be able to meet such a perfect man like Hiro....sometimes I thought he was cursed to know an ill-fated girl like me. But sometimes I'm so thankful to know a man like him in my life...I don't know what my life would be if he's not around.
I was playing around and enjoying myself, when he was just looking at me in silence. When I asked him, why he didn't wanna play...he said that just seeing me playing around...smiling happily...and still breathing are the things that made him happy. I always wanna cry whenever he said something like that...cause what if someday I'm not here anymore ?...what if someday I'm not breathing anymore ? will he still find his happiness ?...will he still be able to move on..... ? this is the reason why I wanted to leave him and made him hating me...so that when my time comes...he won't be that sad....
We were in front of the carrousel when it happened....the proposal....suddenly everything was so beautiful...the fireworks....the stars.....the moonlight....everything! as if it was all planned by him.
It was when he asked for my hand, "Yuko...my love...will you be the one who accompany me for the rest of my life ? will you be the one that I could always run into whenever I'm down ? will you be the one with whom I will share the happiest moments in my life ?" Hiro proposed to me while kissing my hand.
"Hiro....are you sure you wanna marry me ? are you sure you want to marry the girl with no future ? 'cause I don't think I'm worthy of your love...." I said it with tearful eyes.
"Yuko, I'm 100% sure want to marry you, without you there will be no future for me, without your love I'm not worthy in this world..." he replied my words with smile on his handsome face.
I just couldn't say anything, tears kept falling down my cheeks, I nodded in the end. Then he pulled me into his arms and held me close so I wouldn't let go.
"If only I could stop the time...I will choose this very moment....holding you in my arms...seeing happiness in your face...oh I would trade anything in this world just to be in this moment forever" he whispered in my ears.
I didn't say anything, I was overwhelmed with tears of joy and sorrow at the same time. Happy for having him in my life, loving me, wanting me to be his wife....Sad for knowing that this moment won't last forever.....my life is a ticking clock...it could stop anytime...and I'm not ready yet to leave him...
The next day, Hiro took me home to meet my parents and also he wanted to inform my parents about his good intention to marry me.
"Oh Yuko...you're back!" My mom welcomed us by hugging me.
"Okaasan..." I hugged her back, oh I missed her so much, I hadn't met her ever since the fight between my father and Hiro.
"Hi Hiro!" my mom then smiled at Hiro. Hiro smiled back at her.
"Oh so sorry if our house is very dirty....if I know you will come by, I will clean this house first" Mrs. Kitagawa blushed.
"It's okay Mrs. Kitagawa, I'm not that shallow. Your house is very lovely for it is the place where you raised Yuko" Hiro smiled politely.
"Oh....you're so charming young man. Thanks for the kind words" Mrs. Kitagawa blushed even more.
"Why are you coming back here ?" Mr. Kitagawa entered the so-called living room with a cocky voice.
"Otousan..." I said with shaky voice.
"Mr. Kitagawa...I come here with good intention, I want to take your daughter Yuko as my wife" Hiro greeted my father.
"Oh okay....I have nothing to say anymore, honestly I want Yuko to marry Sho NOT you! but Yuko had made it pretty clear last time about the man she loved. Since you're a rich boy, I will accept your good intention, but as my future son in law, don't forget to help us financially, look at this place....." Mr. Kitagawa made it pretty clear about the situation of his house.
"Otousan...please forgive me, I never wanted to hurt your feeling, I was just telling you my real feeling. And please don't ask Hiro like that, I never have intention to marry Hiro because of his money..." I cried, I didn't know why but I tend to cry a lot under any circumstances.
"I was just joking Yuko...." Mr. Kitagawa blushed.
"It's okay Yuko...marrying you means marrying your whole family too, and it would be my honor to help your family...." Hiro smiled when he hugged me from behind. I cried even more, this is the moment when I think God is really mean, for giving me such a perfect gentleman only to make me leave him in the end....
The next destination was Hiro's house, and it wasn't as easy as I thought, well...being with Hiro was never easy, but yet our relationship managed to survive all those obstacles in the past.
"I DISAGREE!!!" Mr. Matsuda yelled out loud with his son's decision to marry me.
"Hiro...why do you want to marry her so bad ? she's gonna DIE soon!" Mrs. Matsuda tried to find the answer from his son.
"Otousan...Okaasan....I'm begging here to ask for your permissions....." Hiro suddenly kneeled down before his parents.
"Hiro......please don't be like this.....listen to your parents, I'm going to die Hiro....you don't have to marry me..." I cried as I put my arms around his neck.
"Yuko...can't you feel my love for you? is there any reason for you to doubt it ?!" Hiro turned his gaze on me, making me felt guilty deep down inside.
"I'm sorry Hiro.....I won't doubt you anymore...." I rested my head on his shoulder.
Hiro looked at his parents again, still begging, "Otousan...Okaasan....please forgive your son for not being a good son. But for the first time in my life, I'm very sure....Yuko has and will always be the love of my life. She was the one that I love and my feeling never faded away ever since we were kids...she was the one I want to share my happiness and sorrow with...I never beg for anything in my whole life, this is the first time I'm begging you...please give us your blessings...please let your son find his own happiness...please let your son become a man with hope and love...." for the first time in my life, I saw tears running down his cheeks, my heart cried even more...he was willing to sacrifice anything just to be with me....and it was in that time, I promised to myself...I will always be by his side no matter what will happen!
"Oh Hiro......" Mrs. Matsuda started to cry too seeing his son like that. She looked at her husband, still with his angry expression.
"NO! You WON'T GET a blessing from me! You can only marry with the woman I choose for you, no one else!" Mr. Matsuda yelled out loud.
Suddenly Mrs. Matsuda kneeled in front of her son, hugging him and whispered these words "Hiro...my son, even though you don't get your father's blessing today, you get mine Hiro. Go Hiro...go find your happiness, be the man with hope and love...don't repeat the same mistake that I did in the past."
"Okaasan....thank you for your blessing" Hiro hugged his mother tightly.
Mrs. Matsuda suddenly turned her teary face at me, "Yuko...I give my son's happiness in your hands. Please make him happy...love him so that he will never feel lonely in his heart" with those words, she put her hand on mine, giving me her blessing. I didn't know what to say, I just nodded in tears.
The Interview :
Do you get along with his family ?
Yuko "With his mother yes, with his father....unfortunately no..."
Do you want children ?
Yuko "I always like children, that's why I become a Music Teacher. So of course....I really want to give him children, so that someday when I leave him, he will have them to accompany him in the moments of his life...."
Tell us something romantic that the two of you share
Hiro "There was this time, when we weren't dating yet. I was still engaged with my ex, I asked her out to an amusement park. There was this granny who approached her and asking her so many questions on how to get a handsome boyfriend like me. Yuko was like this cute little girl who was about to cry when she can't answer a teacher's question. She stared at me with her cute puppy eyes, and I answered all those questions. I didn't know why but ever since that moment, I was like being able to read her mind whenever she needed someone to help her in any situation, just by staring at her eyes...I just know what I have to do"
Yuko "Yes, it's true. I don't need a telepathic ability just to be able to communicate with him. I just look at his eyes, and he will know what he has to do. It's something that both of us haven't figure it out yet until now...on how we can communicate like that....the funny thing is, after the granny asked me so many questions...she told me this date September 10th. I didn't know what was so meaningful about the date until now....September 10th was the date Hiro proposed to me at the Amusement Park!"
