"Maybe we should let go."
Tila nagpintig naman ang tenga ng lahat sa narininig ... Hindi sila makapaniwalang tumingin kay Jihoon
"W-what??" Kunot noong tanong ni Joshua..
"—or maybe YOU should let us go."
"Jihoon tsk tsk tsk. Magpapakatanga ka pa rin ba? After what all he have done to you, mas pipiliin mo parin talagang ipagpilitan ang so-called lovestory nyo?" Baekhyun asked while gently caressing Jihoon's cheek.. "You can do better than this.. You can do better without Seungcheol."
"Maybe i can really do better without Cheol." Jihoon said firmly— cold eyes staring intensely with Baekhyun's. "But my best will just be shown when he's with me.. Listen here cupid, Wala akong pake kung ano mang pinagdaanan nyo ng Chanyeol na yon at kung bakit kayo pinaghiwalay. Pero pwede ba? Wag mo kami idamay sa ka-bitteran mo dahil magkaiba tayo! Kung ano mang nangyari sa inyo ni Chanyeol, kasalanan nyo na yon! Don't blame us on what happened nor divert your anger on us! Hindi porke't hindi maganda ang kinalabasan ng istorya nyo ni Chanyeol ay ganun na din dapat ang kahantungan namin! You're not the one who'll decide on how our story and ending will be! You may control us now pero tandaan mong kami parin ang magde-desisyon sa tapos naming dalawa! And we both chose not to!"
"Oh dear... You still don't get it don't you? Im not doing this to make your relationship end like ours, ginagawa ko to para hindi kayo magaya samin— sa akin. Jihoon, you're precious to me.. I was your first guardian before i was declared and passed as the new cupid.. Alam ko ang lahat tungkol sayo, Nasilayan ko lahat ng pinagdaanan mo! Kahit na noong pang si Anael na ang nagbabantay sayo ay sinubaybayan parin kita! I don't want you to end up hurting like i did! I don't wanna see you as fragile as you are before!" Seryosong saad ni Baekhyun, his voice is full of sincereness.. He sighed heavily before he held Jihoon on his shoulders. "I care about you... Your like my own child."
"I care about you. Bullshits hyung! If you really do care about me edi sana hindi mo to ginawa! If you treat me like your own child then you should have trusted me! Ayaw mo kong masaktan? Bakit? Ano ba sa tingin mo ang naramdaman ko noong pilit mo kaming pinaghihiwalay ni Seungcheol? Tuwa? Ano sa tingin mo ang naramdaman ko nung namatay si Yoongi hyung? Pagka galak? Ano sa tingin mo yung naramdaman ko nung iwan ako ng pamilya dahil sa nangyari? Excitement? Sa tingin mo ba naging masaya ko sa lahat ng ginawa mo? Sa tingin mo ba nagtatatalon ako sa tuwa nung naging miserable ang buhay ko? Two years Baekhyun- hyung..... Two years akong na-coma, i woke up with no one beside me. I recovered with no one but my friends supporting me. I felt so helpless, i couldn't talk nor remember anything.. Alam mo ba kung gaano ka sakit yun? When you feel the emptyness but couldn't get why it's there kasi ang pinapaalala lang nila sayo yung mga masasayang alaala.. You only knew how it felt to be separated by someone. Minsan ba naisip mo kung anong nararamdaman ni Chanyeol? Hindi diba? Kasi you only focus on your own pain na hindi mo na iniintindi kung nasasaktan din ba sya. Do you know how painful it is to forget someone special? The feeling like there's something missing in you but you couldn't figure out? It was harder than what you thought hyung."
"Exactly! Ikaw lang ang nasasaktan sa inyong dalawa Jihoon—"
"Tapos sinisiraan mo si Seungcheol? Atleast he tried fixing it right? He tried and he did. Kahit na nagkamali sya noon sinubukan nyang ayusin yung relasyon namin.. Kahit na wala akong maalala ni isa sa mga pinagsamahan namin he approached me and started a new beginning.. Naging matapang sya unlike you! Hindi sya katulad mong umaasa nalang sa tingin! Baekhyun-hyung hangga't kaya pa pwede pang mabuo ang nasira.. Hangga't buhay kayong dalawa pwede pa kayong gumawa o magsimula ng bago." Jihoon said sincerely this time.. His voice was turned into a soft one as he held Baekhyun's hand. He care about Baekhyun, of course he do! They're quite close back then.. Parang kuya narin ang turing nya dito.. He remember every summer days he spent with the two; Seungkwan and Baekhyun— at ang mga kalokohang tinuro nila sa kanya. "Hyung hindi pa huli ang lahat.... You can get what you deserve.. You can get whatever you want. You're Byun Baekhyun right?"
"Ji, i didn't get what i deserve. I didn't get Chanyeol.. Para saan pa at hahabulin ko sya kung hindi rin naman nya ko maaalala? Para saan pa't ipagsisiksikan ko ang sarili ko kung may Kyungsoo na sya?"
"Sayo na nanggaling yan hyung.. Kaya please, wag mo ng ipagsiksikan ang ibang tao sa pagitan namin ni Seungcheol.. They deserve to be happy too — We deserve to be happy too. And you, You deserve to be happy hyung.. Let go please.... Let go of us." Pagmamakaawa ni Jihoon. Baekhyun looked at him with disbelief...
"Pare-pareho lang kayo! You! My Family! My Friends! And My father! Lahat kayo gustong masunod! Lahat kayo pinarurusahan ako! Why----- Why can't somebody just accept me as who i am?? My mom wants me to follow Dad.. Dad wants me to be greater than him.. Seungkwan wants me to forget Chanyeol! My friends pushed me to be somebody else! And you! You want me to stop caring for you... You want me to let go.. Bakit ba ang hilig hilig nyong diktahan ako? Hindi pa ba sapat ang pagiging ako? Only Chanyeol understand me." Baekhyun scowled at them.. Taking a step back. His eyes judging every person he sees.
"Hindi hyung.. I understand you. Yung pakiramdam na pinagkakait sayo ang kaisa-isang kaligayahan mo.. Yung pakiramdam na iwanan ka ng mga mahahalaga sayo.. Did you forget? Hindi ba't ikaw pa ang dahilan ng mga yun?"
"If you do then you should have listened to me! Dapat nakinig ka sa mga payo ko! But you didn't right? Wala naman talagang ibang nakikinig at umiintindi sa akin katulad ni Chanyeol! Siya lang naman ang nagti-tiyagang makinig at umintindi sakin! Sya lang ang may lakas ng loob para kampihan ako! Sya na nga lang ang meron ako! Tapos nawala pa! Tapos inilayo pa sakin!" Tears started to form on Baekhyun's eyes.
"CHANYEOL! CHANYEOL! PURO KA NALANG CHANYEOL,HYUNG!" Hindi na napigilan ni Seungkwan ang sarili nya. "Kung magsalita ka parang si Chanyeol lang ang mahalaga sayo! Na para bang walang kwenta lahat ng ginagawa namin para sayo! Hyung ano na? Anong year na oh! Disbanded na ang Wonder Girls hindi ka pa rin makamove on!"
"Saka na kapag disbanded na ang SNSD! Pero matagal pa yun dahil #StayingStrong sila! Saka pwede ba? Anong pahahalagahan ko kung wala naman kayong ginagawa para sakin?" Ganti ni Baekhyun.
"WALA HYUNG!? BAKIT!? SINO BANG NAGTANGGOL SAYO KAY EOMMA NUNG SINABI MONG MAGPAPAKASAL KAYO NI CHANYEOL HYUNG!? HINDI BA AKO!? SINO BANG TUMULONG SA INYO SA PAGPA-PLANO NG KASAL NYO!? SA PAGAAYOS NG BAHAY NYO!? SA PAGPILI NG BATANG AAMPUNIN NYO!? HINDI BA'T KAMI NI JIHOON HYUNG!? ASAN KA BA NUNG MGA PANAHONG KAILANGAN KA NI CHANYEOL HYUNG!? HINDI BA'T NASA LANGIT KA AT NAGPAPAKAKUPIDO !? TAPOS SASABIHIN MONG WALA KAMING GINAWA PARA SAYO!? EH KUNG PEKTUSAN KAYA KITA SA LUNGS!?" nanggagalaiting saad ni Kwan. "MAYGAHD! NAKAKAPANOT KA HYUNG! STRESS!"
"EH BAKIT MO KO SINISIGAWAN!? INAANO BA KITA!?"
"LAKAMPAKE HYUNG! NAKAKAGIGIL KA!"
Nagtataka nalamang napatingin ang lahat sa dalawa..
"Magtigil nga kayong dalawa! Ano? Storya nyo? Feeling Bida. Kajirits kayo ah. Umayos kayo, malapit na epilogue." Pagsingit ni Jeonghan na gising na pero damang dama parin ang pagyakap kay Scoups.
"Wag ka ring epal. Boyfriend mo? Boyfriend mo? Makayakap ka..." Jihoon said irritatedly..
"Eh kung magaaway nalang tayong lahat dito para ebribadi happy hano? Iniistress nyo ang beauty ko." Minghao butted while gently massaging his temples.
"Hao walang maiistress sayo. Hindi ka naman maganda."
"Eh kung sampalin kaya kita Baekhyun hyung? Naiirita nyo ko wag kang ano dyan."
"Cupid...." Kalmadong saad ni Joshua dahilan para mabaling ang lahat ng atensyon sa kanya. "Kung.... Kung babalik ba sayo si Chanyeol— would you set them free? I mean hahayaan mo na bang maging masaya si Seungcheol at Jihoon?"
"No. Hahayaan ko sila pero kahit kailan hindi sila magiging masaya. Are you that confident na mababalik pa ang buong tiwala nila sa isa't isa after knowing all their lies? Sa tingin mo ba magiging masaya pa sila matapos ng nalaman nila ngayon? Sabihin na nating, oo , papakawalan ko sila, oo , mas pipiliin parin nilang maging magkasama, sa tingin nyo ba hindi na nila mauulit pa yung mga pagkakamali nila? Sa tingin mo ba hindi nila pagdududahan ang isa't isa?" Natatawang saad ni Baekhyun. "A liar is a liar. A broken trust is equivalent to a broken relationship."
"Paano mo naman nasabi? You're cupid yes. But you couldn't see what will happen in the future. Hindi naman malalaman ang isang bagay kung hindi mo susubukan. Kung ano mang mangyare after mo silang pakawalan, it's their decision. Sila ang magdedecide sa gusto nilang mangyare. Ngayon if ever nga na hindi magwork. Wala na silang pwedeng sisihin kundi ang sarili nila. Hindi ba't mas masarap yun sa pakiramdam? Yung magkamali sila ng hindi ka nasisisi, yung iisipin nilang sana sinunod nalang nila yung payo mo?" It's like he's convincing Baekhyun into a business proposal, sobrang seryoso ni Joshua sa pagsasalita. "I know something na makakapagpabalik kay Chanyeol sayo. Alam ko kung paano matanggal ang spell ni Eros."
"Then let's make a deal Mr goody two shoes. Papakawalan ko sila, basta ibabalik mo sakin si Chanyeol." Baekhyun answered fiercely.. Ilang segundo din silang nagsukatan ng tingin ni Jisoo.
"Deal." The latter said bravely taking Baekhyun's hand before shaking it.
Bago pa man may tuluyang magsalita ay tumunog ang door bell kasunod nito ang otamatikong pagbukas ng pinto.
"Pizza delivery for Mr...........Byun— B-Baekhyun?"
Tila naestatwa naman si Baekhyun sa kinatatayuan nya.. That voice, he finally heard it again.. Hindi sya nagdalawang isip na humarap sa kung sino mang nagsalita and there stood his love, Chanyeol, Wearing a red and green uniform with matching hat, 6 boxes of pizza in his hands, and he looks as shocked as him.
"I've done my promise. Please do yours." Joshua said while smiling. Hindi napigilan pa ni Baekhyun ang pagpatak ng luha nya..
Speechless. That's what he is right now. Sobrang daming salita ang gusto nyang sabihin pero hindi nakikico-operate ang bibig nya.
"I missed you." 3 simple words but has tons of meaning.. Isang simpleng salitang binitawan ni Baekhyun pero sapat na para magbigay ng milyong rason at dahilan.
"I missed you too, Baek. Akala ko hindi mo na ko babalikan."
Pero bago pa man sya makapaglakad patungo dito ay may humarang sa daan nya.
"Wait lang kunin ko lang yung pizza bago kayo magdrama." Walang habas na sagot ni Seungkwan bago kinuha ang pizza kay Chanyeol. He once again faced his brother. "Hyung, just remember that no matter what happen i will always be there for you. Please be happy."
Napangiti si Baekhyun dahil dun.. He happily accepted the hug his younger brother offered.
"Thank you. And im sorry." He whispered to his ear. Agad namang napailing si Seungkwan.
"Wag ka sakin magsorry, hyung." The younger said.. Agad namang humarap si Baekhyun kay Seungcheol at Jihoon— the two people he have hurted the most.
"You're both free."
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"Jisoo-hyung.... Paano mo nalaman yung pangkontra dun sa sumpa?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Chan.
They're currently on their way back.. Napagdesisyunan kasi nilang bigyan ng quality time si Baekhyun at Chanyeol sa isa't isa. Malay ba nila kung anong gagawin nung dalawang yun. Quota na sila sa panonood ng liveshows noh!
"There's no spell." Sagot naman ni Joshua na ngayo'y nakadamit na, his wings no longer visible. Napa-huh naman ang marami.
"It's not a spell. It's a trial. Nakalimutan nyo na bang God si Eros ng Love? Hindi nya pwedeng tutulan ang isang bagay na kumokonekta dito. At mas lalo namang hindi sya gagawa ng paraan para masaktan ang mga anak nya. Yung ginawa nya kay Chanyeol — it's not really a spell. Binura lang nya ang alaala nito, pero hindi nya tinanggal ang pagiging demi-god nya. Sinusubukan lang nya kung hanggang saan ang kaya ni Baekhyun at Chanyeol para sa pagmamahal nila sa isa't isa. Kung maalaala ba ni Chanyeol si Baekhyun kahit wala na syang alaala? Kung maipaglalaban ba ni Baekhyun si Chanyeol..." Chan Neul butted .
"So you're saying na matagal ng naaalala ni Chanyeol hyung si Baek hyung?" Nagtatakang tanong muli ni Chan
"He only remembers the memories but not Baekhyun himself... Ang hindi lang alam ni Baekhyun ay sa oras na magkita muli silang dalawa, ay sya ring pagbabalik ng lahat ng alaala ni Chanyeol.. Hindi ko nga alam kung bakit tumagal yun ng ganun eh." Sagot naman ni Joshua while shaking his head.
"May pagka-Tanga rin kasi yung kapatid ko na yun. But atleast magiging masaya na ulit sya, god knows how much i miss his old self." nakangiting saad ni Seungkwan. Napatango nalamang ang iba.
"So babalik ka na ng langit Chan neul?" Nagaalinlangang tanong ni DK.. Agad namang napatawa ang anghel dahil dito.
"Stupid... Hindi ba't nakita nyo naman yung video kanina? Im stained already.. Hindi na ko pwedeng bumalik.. Jihoon already took my purity." She said as if it was the funniest thing she have experienced. Pero imbes na matawa ang iba ay natahimik ang mga ito.. She internally blamed her mouth for talking without thinking.
"Im sorry." Biglang saad ni Jihoon na kanina pa tahimik..
"Sus ok lang ano ka ba! Saka..... May paglilibangan naman ako dito eh." She said while wiggling her eyebrows. "Eh ikaw Josh? Babalik ka na sa taas?"
"Nope. Alam ko na kasi kung bakit ako nandito.." The latter answered while combing Jeonghan's hair who is currently sleeping with his head on Joshua's lap.
"Finally natapos na din noh? Biruin nyo, ilang years rin yung nakalipas simula nung maging kayo, tapos ngayon... Finally, pwede na kayong magkasama" masayang saad ni Hoshi while looking at Jihoon and Seungcheol who barely talked since umalis sila sa bahay nila Baekhyun.
"Ano nang balak nyong dalawa?" Excited na tanong ni Seokmin. Napangiti naman si Seungcheol dito, setting his worries aside, he reached out to grip Jihoon's hand.
"We'll probably get married as soon as po—"
"I think we still need time to heal." Naguguluhan namang napatingin ang iba kay Jihoon dahil sa sinabi nya. "Baekhyun hyung is right nung sinabi nyang hindi natin maibabalik agad yung nasirang tiwala dahil sa nakita natin kanina. That's why— that's why sa tingin ko kailangan muna nating i-heal yung sarili natin."
"That's good Baby. We can spend our time on the beach together. Maybe travel the world for a few months—"
"No cheol. We need time to heal ourselves— alone. You see the past years has been the worst for both of us. Masyadong maraming nangyare. Masyadong maraming nasaktan. Hindi ba't mas maganda naman kung bibigyan natin ng time ang sarili natin? Nalagpasan na natin ang lahat ng magkasama Cheol. Hindi naman siguro masama kung susubukan natin ng wala ang isa't isa diba? We just needed time to think, to heal. Pagkatapos pwede na tayong magsimula ulit.. We'll get married, like how we planned back then. At gusto ko sa araw ng kasal natin, wala ng bakas ng nakaraan, wala ng pagdududa sa mga mata natin, wala na tayong sakit na nararamdaman. Just pure happiness. Ok lang naman sayo yun diba?" Jihoon looked at Seungcheol with hopeful eyes.
They both needed it. They both needed time to heal.. Para rin naman iyon sa ikabubuti ng relasyon nila. Kung pipiliin nilang sumugal ulit mas malaki ang tendecy na hindi magwork. That's why he wanted to take it slowly, to just simply appreciate everything.......
"Kung sa tingin mo yan ang nakabubuti para sa relasyon natin then im willing to wait Jihoon. Im willing to wait you heal and trust me again. Im willing to do anything as long as alam kong sa huli, tayo parin." Seungcheol said sincerly though hindi nya fully naitago ang sakit sa boses nya.
"So what's your plan hyung?".
Hansol chirped.
"Im going to find my family first."
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