🎶 NO MATTER WHAT 🎶

Chapter 09: An Year Later

Win's POV

"Win come here quick. Brighty is about to sing the next song."
Davi almost dragged me to our table helping me with the drinks that I have been struggling to tackle because it was a lot since Prim and her boyfriend Phuwin, P'Mew, P'Tay and P'Tul are also at our table.

We are now at "Palm Leaves", the University bar. Not exactly the University bar, but this is where all the students hang out in the evening.

Many things have changed in this one year and the most significant ones would be, Bright opening himself up and letting go of his demons and a kind of responding back to my feelings. Yes. Now he knows that I love him. I didn't actually say anything to him but I can feel he knows it and I can feel him feeling the same for me. At least we have mutual understanding on that and therefore even the things ahead of us won't be easy, still it gives me hope to try and one day... I am definitely going to open up his heart towards me.

Another thing... now Bright sings in public again and he loves it. He has been attending a lot of gigs in the past four months and now he is the major singing star of our Uni once again. To tell you girls and boys are all over him is an understatement but to tell that Bright is polite yet neglective towards them is a happy statement. Not for them but for me. This handsome man is mine.

I sat along with the rest in the table while both me and Davi placed the drinks as well and just when I slid into the chair P'Tul winked at me. Trust me when I say this. He teased me this whole year and he will definitely tease me in the years to come. He will just never get over with the fact that I am head over heals whipped for his brother and that Bright also reciprocates those feelings back for me. P'Tul said it is the first ever time Bright fell in love even though he had a few random crushes before. I love how supportive P'Tul is but he is such a pain in the ass when he always smirks and whispers teasing remarks on my ear.

All my thoughts got cut off the moment, Bright's fingers strummed on the guitar and the music started playing and just like us, the rest of the bar fell silent to make sure they hear Bright's angelic voice. He really has a mesmerizing feel in his voice which makes me forget the rest of the world until he finishes a song.

🎶 Bracing that freedom beneath all walls
Sparks now fly just like my soul
Has been a journey of demons and dolls
No more cause I'm filled with hope

Falling into feelings
I never knew would exist
Not knowing why
Not knowing how
Learned to be grateful
To live up for a purpose
It's in my blood
The resilience to scars

There's joy in the morning with the dancing light
There's joy in the night with the calming skies
There's hope in the hopeless for those who strived
It's peace that's reaped after painful times

Falling into feelings
I never knew would exist
Not knowing why
Not knowing how
Learned to be grateful
To live up for a purpose
It's in my blood
The resilience to scars 🎶

~ Aqua Say ~
(Resilience to Scars)

The moment the last melody from his guitar was heard, my heart got overwhelmed with everything that I am feeling from inside right now. Those songs have always been his way of expressing his inner feelings and today's one has light which defeated the dark. I cannot help but feel so proud of him for being this strong despite the agony he went through and what I appreciate the most is that he chose to overcome. He chose to set himself free, to try to heal himself. He was willing to let go of his inhibitions and held our hands and trusted in the path we were trying to take him. He was ready to take the risks, break all over again, cry and wail and then finish it for once and for all for better good and let me tell something, this year was not easy for him.