A chapter closes. The new one is yet to begin.

Love. So much power vested in such as short word. So many meanings to a word that only has one syllable. The word has engulfed cities in flames, brought empires to ruin and whole civilizations into oblivion. It has also built gardens and monuments and palaces. The most beautiful pages of history were not borne out of anything but love. Its power spares no one and no one can escape its power. It has the power, pardon the cliché, to make the world go round.This story is about love. It is about love in all its aspects.

It was only supposed to be a vacation for Oni since his life was ten thousand miles away in the Philippines. Jeff was supposed to be just the "gay tour guide". Still, life has a way of turning into the least likely of stories.

A week after they first met, they were in love... And a week after that Oni was back in the Philippines.

After a couple of months filled with love songs and lonely nights, Oni was back in Jeff's arms. This time though, they both had no plans of letting go.

There are other faces of love strewn here and there, but mostly it is about one love in particular. It is the type of love that, when handled properly, fertilizes the seeds of possibility and lets all other forms of love to blossom. It is of course the blossoming of love for another human being.

Five days after being introduced, Oni and Jeff went to Disneyland for Gay Days. It was there that they learned more about each other. By days end, both were smitten with each other. That night, the first of Jeff's friends bore witness to their unfolding story. They were Scott and Ed. The next night Jeff and Oni were at their house for dinner as a couple.

Now the wedding will happen in that home, the first home to bear witness to their burgeoning love affair.

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