Thantophobia (Joel Pimentel & Yoandri Cabrera)

Chapter 22

December 31, 2015

I watched as we all sat in the small living room in my house. Joendri was on the floor playing with the toys he had gotten for Christmas, looking happier than ever. Richard was on the ground looking very frustrated because he couldn't put the puzzle pieces together. Joshua was concentrated sketching something on his small sketch book. And Johann was sitting near the stairs drinking tequila out of the bottle.

Yoandri sat by my side as we watched everybody do their own thing. It somehow felt right. We were a few hours away from the new year and I was very excited for it to come. 2015 was filled with ups and downs, but I thought of them as blessings. Looking back, everything that has happened was for a reason. It didn't matter now, this is all I could ask for.

Yoyo and I have been an official couple for a year and a half. I told him yes a few days after Joendri was born. I think that I am finally in love with him, it was bound to happen. I'm glad that I am, I owe everything to him.

I barely think of Joel now, but when I do it's because I'm telling Joendri one of our crazy stories. I want Joendri to grow up with some sort of image of Joel. Everyday, I show him a different picture of us. I have thousands of those, so I don't think that I'll ever run out.

"Mind if I take him away from you for a bit?" Johann asks with a teasing smile.

"Nope, you can have him." I replied back as I pushed Yoandri towards him. They both left and went to the kitchen. Johann probably already realized that we ran out of alcoholic drinks.

I went to the floor and picked Joendri up. He was supposed to be asleep hours ago, but he was being stubborn and didn't want to sleep. I tried to put up a fight, but he won when he bit my finger.

He looked just like Joel. He had the same eyes, same nose, same smile. He even had the same curly hair as him. It was like looking at a smaller version of Joel and this made my heart melt.

"YES I FINISHED!!" Richard yelled causing all of us to jump.

Joshua groaned "You almost gave me a heart attack man." I couldn't help but laugh a little and nod in agreement.

"It's about time Richard. It's been 84 years." I lightly teased him.

Richard glared at me, but childishly stuck his tongue out. "You're just jealous of me." He said in a little kid's voice.

This caused Joendri to giggle uncontrollably. It was a beautiful sound that would always come out of his mouth. Joendri would laugh at everything anybody would say. He was always happy, except when he was hungry. Then it would become World War 3.

I tickled him even more causing the small child to laugh even louder. I started laughing myself as I hugged him closer. I looked at the door and I saw Yoandri smiling fondly at us. Then he walked over and gave me a small kiss.

"EWW!" All the other guys said in unison. I flipped them off as I continued to kiss Yoandri.

"Hey! That's not very nice of you!" Johann slurred and then started laughing, a new tequila bottle in his hand.

"Can we tell them now?" Yoandri asked.

Yoyo and I had finally decided who was going to be the godfather of Joendri. It was a tough decision, all participants had put up a very great fight. But in the end, we chose the one who we trusted the most.

"Yes." I smiled. Joendri was entertained playing with my necklace, but I put him down on the ground. He quickly grabbed his potato head and started pulling the pieces apart.

"You start off." Yoandri said as he grinned at me.

"Alright" All three guys were looking at us in curiosity and I felt very excited myself.

"Yoandri and I have very amazing news!" I said as I looked at Yoandri waiting for him to continue.

"Mari and I are getting married!"
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