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Epilogue

3rd person's POV

After six years...

It has been six years since Kei and Jaze passed, Life hasn't been easy for their friends and family after that horrible nightmare. Still, they have to accept everything even though it had hurt them so much.

CJ and Aeron finally became a doctor to their very own hospital. CJ is now married to Miko, Aeron and Xan were still going strong, While Rhyden became a famous actor and currently focusing on his career and friends.

Liane is now engaged, Luan is happy married and is now expecting their first kid, and Amyra was focused on her grandmother for now. A lot had changed and happened but all of them didn't fail to tell those interesting stories to their loved ones.

Busy si Aeron sa pagluluto ngayon, It's Jaze's and Kei's 6th year death anniversary. Tahimik lamang siyang nagpprepare habang hinihintay niya ang iba pa niyang mga kasama.

They're planning to go sa cemetery to visit the both of them, Tatlong taon na ang nakakalipas noong bisitahin sila ni Aeron, a lot of things happen to Aeron that he clearly didn't want, and for sure his bestfriend wouldn't want it too.

After Kei passed away, Aeron was so lonely and depressed, he couldn't move on, he couldn't accept that his bestfriend passed away and he couldn't do anything.

He started harming himself, he refused to talk to his friends and family, he felt like he had lost the person who was always with him ever since he was born but he's wrong.

He didn't lost him, He just gained another angel. After a lot of failed attempts from Aeron, Xan decided to help him regain his life back, his smiles back, and eventually he did.

At ngayon, muli siyang pupunta sa lugar kung saan tahimik na namamahinga ang dalawang kaibigan niya.

"Hey, We're here!" Xan said and he was with Liane, Luan and Rhyden. Habang si CJ, Miko, Amyra, at si Lola ay nauna na sa pupuntahan nilang lugar.

"Hey... tapos na rin ako lutuin to, Magbibihis lang ako sandali." He said and when he was about to go the room Liane pulled him into a long tight hug and planted a kiss on his forehead.

"You're so strong, I am so proud of you." She said and Aeron answered him with a smile and nodded before he went to the other room and wore one of his favorite clothes. He looked around the room and saw the box.

It was the box containing Kei's gifts for Jaze before both of them passed away, the ring, the necklace, the clothes, everything was there, still, He couldn't open it.

"Let's go, Tapos na po ako." Aeron said after he closed all the lights sa bahay at dinala ang isang malaking paper bag na may lamang mga pagkain.

Xan held his hands tightly before all of them walked out of the house and went to Luan's car.

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"Lola! Ako na nga po kikilos umupo ka nalang dyan please!" Amyra said. Kanina niya pa pinahihinto ang Lola niya sa pagkilos dahil ayaw niyang mapagod ito.

CJ and Miko laughed at the sight of them. Hindi magawang paupuin ni Amyra ang Lola niya dahil gusto niyang kikilos nang kikilos para daw hindi niya magmukhang tamad sa paningin ng lahat.

"Sige na, Lola, Umupo ka na. Baka pagalitan kamo ni Aeron pag nakita niyang pinapakilos ka namin." Miko said and CJ answered with a nod. Suddenly, a car stopped behind them and Amyra looked at it, She then waved when she saw Liane.

Everyone greeted each other talking and laughing, while Aeron was peeking trying to look at his bestfriend's tombstone. He smiled as he walked closer to it and sat on the grass.

Magkatabi lang halos ang puntod ni Kei at Jaze. Aeron was smiling widely as he realized that no one can really separate them even death.

Aeron

It was hard, Hindi ko alam kung paano ko kinaya itong nakikita ko ngayon, both of them, Kei and Jaze's tombstones... it was too painful for me to handle and I just wanted to scream and cry.

Their passing was one of the worst thing that happened to us, to everyone, to me. Silang dalawa ang naging matalik kong kaibigan, specially Kei. I saw how he changed from being hopeless to extremely positive when Jaze arrived and became a part of his life.

And now... They're together, since then, now, and forever, they will be together forever and no one could ever judge, hurt, or even separate the both of them.

I could feel my heart aching, not until my Kuya CJ and the love of my life, Xan held my hands habang ang iba naman niyakap ako. Unti unting tumulo ang luha sa mga mata ko dahil sa ginawa nila.

"Alam mo apo, Kung ako sayo... titigil na ako sa pag-iyak, Alam mo namang ayaw na ayaw ni Kei na umiiyak ka, hindi ba?" Lola said and still, I bursted into tears pero napalitan iyon ng ngiti noong makaramdam ako ng malamig na simoy ng hangin.

I wiped my tears away and nodded at them and they celebrated that I had stopped crying. Everyone started doing what they have to do not until Rhyden spoke.

"Look at the cats, They're lovers." Rhyden said all of us looked at the cats walking towards our direction, I was about to say something but I didn't want to ruin the moment not until Kuya CJ said something, the thing that I have been thinking of.

"It's Kei and Jaze."

A smile creeped up on our faces, the cats were now infront of me and both of them started sniffing and licking my hands enough to make me feel happy.

I decided to pet them and the white cat who was infront of me suddenly sat on my lap and I could feel like it was hugging me, I could feel someone was hugging me.

And it was a very familiar feeling, Just like the feeling when Kei hugs me.

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After a while, We're still at the cemetery talking to Jaze and Kei's tombstones, hindi sila nawawala sa mga kwento namin, pati na rin sa buhay ni Kuya Luan.

We found out that him and his wife named their first baby Kiel Gabriel. It was close to Kei's name and he took Jaze's first name, and it was the most beautiful thing ever.

We are all happy being together here, we're complete, we're with each other again, ang pinagkaiba lang ay hindi na nagagawa pang magingay ni Kei at Jaze. We decided that Kuya CJ and Miko will keep these two beautiful cats.

I looked back at the tombstones again and remembered what happened, six years ago... Jaze died without Kei being beside him while Kei died without his family next to him.

Both of them died without the person they cherished most, both of them died with too much pain. But now... they're finally at peace, they're finally happy, They're now finally at the paradise where no one would hurt them, where no one could make them feel miserable, they're now at the place where they could be together forever.

End