READ: Megan Young and Mikael Daez reveal details about their intimate weddings

Last January 25, Kapuso couple Megan Young and Mikael Daez set social media abuzz as they announced that after nine years of being together they can finally call each other “Mr. and Mrs. Daez.”

The announcement was made a little in the afternoon one fine Saturday. The couple shared on Instagram that they've already tied the knot 15 days earlier than expected in an intimate wedding at Calaruega with only 10 people as their guests to witness their wedding.

As if the revelation wasn't enough, fans and celebrities alike were shocked to know that Mikael, a smooth talker as he is, popped the question in 2014.

“We were engaged since 2014,” Megan tells Iya Villania in an exclusive interview for 24 Oras.

“We've been engaged for five years and we kept it to ourselves for the first year. So, we didn't tell anyone, it was just us.”

Mikael then added, “And after the first year, we had one rule and that rule was: we can only tell one person. 'Cause she has two brothers and one sister and I have nine other siblings.”

The two then decided to keep mum with the engagement only choosing the right people to share the great news.

“Kailangan isa lang doon so di ko sinabi kay Lauren [Young],” Megan reveals.

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“And automatic 'yung mga nanay namin bawal na 'yun kasi i-chi-chika nila sa mga tita at lahat makakaalam na.”

For the first couple of years, both Mikael and Megan felt the timing wasn't right to get married as the two were busy with each of their own work engagements.

It was only when they wrapped up the hit GMA Afternoon Prime show, Stepdaughters, in 2018 that they felt they were more than ready to say the words “I do” and get the show rolling.

Mikael confesses “We felt na [huge] milestone siya [Stepdaughter] para sa amin kasi it was our first teleserye together, it ran for a year, and 'yun 'yung pinakamahabang teleserye naming dalawa as actors.

“After that we felt a sense of achievement, kaya we decided na alam mo we are both free at the same time now. Siguro 'di naman tayo bibigyan kaagad ng project kasi ang haba ng teleserye.

“So ayun na, that was the start. So 'yun 'yung naisip namin na, maybe we can actually do this now.”

Tying the knot, twice

After more than a year of planning, Mikael and Megan officially tied the knot one Friday morning, at Calaruega in Tagaytay where the wedding was witnessed by 9 people including their priest.

Fifteen days later, the two tied the knot again with more than a hundred of their chosen guests to join them in the intimate ceremony.

The two then revealed that there was no significant meaning behind their chosen dates because they simply wanted to be officiated by the priest of their choice.

Megan utters, “The story was, dapat January 25 lang talaga. And the reason behind the whole date is, we met up with our wedding coordinator and we said give us your free dates in January. And the 25th was one of them so we chose that date. Ganun lang ka-simple, walang meaning.

“And the priest that we wanted wasn't available in the 25th even though we asked him early last year pa.

“So throughout the process, sinabi ko kay Mikael, 'Gusto ko talaga siya 'yung magkasal sa atin because he knows our relationship the best, we had a connection with him, and I felt like it wouldn't be the same kung hindi siya 'yung magkakasal.

“Last minute around December, we decided to book Calaruega and have a ceremony there, 15 days before our actual wedding para lang siya 'yung maging priest namin.”

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Asked what the most memorable moments were during their two weddings, the newlyweds couldn't help but feel elated as they felt the two dates went beyond their expectations.

For one, on their January 10th wedding, Mikael rushed from the airport to Tagaytay to make it to the wedding.

He revealed, “I flew in from Dubai at 6 a.m. and the wedding was 10 a.m. --as in buzzer beater. Kung na-delay 'yung flight kahit kaunti lang, wala na. 'Di na matutuloy kasi 'yung reservation ng chapel was two hours lang.

“And then, when I got there I just wanted the wedding to happen.

“I just didn't expect na magiging cry fest siya.”

This was attested by Megan and the series of photos they've uploaded on their social media sites days after the wedding happened.

“We were crying the whole time. As in pag-start pa lang ng homily, 'yun 'yung start ng iyak namin hanggang dulo umiiyak kami.

“It was so nice and I think one of the reasons why we were crying kasi nung moment na 'yun, parang feeling ko kaming dalawa lang and 'yung priest.” she says.

The second wedding, meanwhile, in Megan's words was “so much fun.”

She explains, “Kasi wala kaming program, kami 'yung nag-host ng sarili naming wedding.

“'Yung naisip kasi namin sa reception is lahat mag-enjoy. We wanted it to be a celebration, ayaw namin ng event na may sinusundan na program. So, really we just went with the flow with everything. Para ultimate enjoyment kami that day.”

But of course there are a few exceptions for the bride.

“Actually tinanong ko si Megan, 'Ano ba gusto mo sa program?' And she said she wanted a first dance kami kasi may favorite song kami," says Mikael.

"Dapat may mother-daughter dance, may mother-son dance. And then 'yun lang, tapos na, and then nag-dinner kami. And wine tasting pero instead of wine we had coffee.”

Hush, hush

If there's one thing to describe the Megan and Mikael tandem, it's how these two have carried out their relationship hidden from the public eye for years.

And the same can be said with their engagement and their wedding per se. But, as the two reveal, it's nothing but natural for them to keep some parts of their lives private.

“We've always been private with our relationship and one of the reasons why is that, we're already in the public eye,” Megan says.

“So there are things we want to keep within ourselves and there are just certain aspects that we want to enjoy together and us getting married and the process of us planning a wedding, sabi ko let's just keep this to ourselves first para ma-enjoy muna natin the way we want to para wala munang extra pressure.”

As for Mikael, putting things in public doesn't justify his love for his wife.

He confesses, “I think another reason why we're so private is that kung ano man 'yung ilabas ko sa Instagram or sa Twitter, is not exactly something that would make me love her more or make her love me more.

“So with our relationship, the things I want to do are the things that will make her happy. And 'pag sa kanya naman, 'di naman sa Instagram or Twitter siya sumasaya, e.

“I wanted to make her happy and that's what I did. It just so happens that tweeting and putting things in Instagram wasn't exactly that made her happy. It was making coffee in the morning, it was taking her out on trips and adventures.”

Their years together as a couple, whether public or not, shows that these two have finally found their match. The yin to their yang, the creamer to their coffee, but definitely so much more.

They were made for each other -- forever.

Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Daez.

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