My Idol, My Brother

Chapter 17: Us + Epilogue

Jesse stood up, his gaze locked at the figure walking down the isle. He could feel the tears building up in his eyes. He tried his best to hold back his tears but he failed. For ten years, he waited, he endured the pain of being faraway from her, now, she's right in front of him. She looked so different but she's still very familiar to him. Her hair was longer, and the color was different, form jet black, it became brown. Her way of clothing changed, from the carefree, a bit boyish style of clothing, she now looked elegant and feminine. It was obvious that everything she's wearing were expensive, but her style of simplicity was still there. She still doesn't wear flashy jewelries, instead, just the simple, and can be easily over-looked ones.

"Hey," Aya smiled at Jesse, acting so casually in front of him while he's already bursting into tears because of happiness.

"Don't you hey me so casually like that," Jesse pulled her in an extremely tight hug, almost squeezing her that made the fans cheer for them. Aya wrapped her arms around Jesse's trembling body to calm him down, "There's so many things I want to tell you but... I'll just start with I missed you so much..."

They didn't really care about the fans surrounding them, as well as the media. It seemed like they have a world of their own, with only the two of them there.

"I waited for you... I did my best in my career, I did everything you told me, and even if you didn't tell me to stay faithful to you, I did... I never loved anybody, only you," Jesse told her, while everyone was just either taking video of them or pictures.

"I know... I watched you from a far,"

"So..." Jesse held her hand and looked at her, "are we...."

Aya nodded, "Yes, I guess we're back together, if that ten years didn't take our love for each other away, then I cannot imagine anythin else that can... that's why I returned, cause it's the right time... look around you, we're finally accepted,"

"I don't have to look around, I don't want to look around," Jesse leaned his forehead to hers, "I want to see only you..." then he cupped her face, kissing her sweetly and passionately in front of his fans and the media. It looked like a scene from a romance drama, where there were lots of cameras, fans keeping their distance from the shooting, but it wasn't. It was really happening.

When Jesse pulled back, he smiled at Aya, held her hand, and quickly pulled her out of the chapel, straight to his car, and drove off away from everyone.

"Where are we going?" Aya asked. Jesse wasn't letting go of her hand even though he's driving. He's afraid that if he let her go, she'll disappear again.

"Mom and dad's place,"

"You moved out?"

Jesse nodded, "Just two years ago, but I often visit them... I moved somewhere closer to work,"

"I see," Aya smiled, looking at their hands. It's a sensation she missed so much, and she's just glad that she came back. She wanted to come back long time ago, but she saw Jesse's really doing great with his career, and it'll be better if she comes back when Jesse's already a huge name in the industry, so that his foothold will be strong, even though he becomes distracted because of her.

"There's something I need to show you,"

Aya nodded and started stroking the back of Jesse's hand with her thumb. They didn't need to speak to know how much they missed each other. Aya leaned her forehead towards Jesse's shoulder. When they stopped for a while because of the stop light, Jesse turned to her to kiss Aya's head.

"It's green already," Aya reminded Jesse that he needed to drive.

When they reached their old house, Aya stared at it for a while. Jesse approached her, holding her again, "You missed it?"

"So much,"

"They're not home right now, you know, it's their anniversary, but I have the keys," Jesse was quick to let Aya in their house. He let Aya look around first, let her reminisce. Aya sat on the sofa and touched it.

"We spent lots of times here,"

Jesse knelt down in front of Aya and placed his head on her lap, "You have no idea how I longed for this,"

"I guess I have some idea.. cause I longed for this as well," she stroked Jesse's head and smiled. As she stared at Jesse, she realized how much handsome he had become, though she's always seeing him because of his shows, it's always so different when he's right there in front of her, "So, what is it you want to show me?"

"It's upstairs in your room, let's go?"

"Un,"

They got up and went upstairs to Aya's room where she saw boxes of gifts on her room. Aside from those, she noticed how her room was kept the way it was ten years ago. It was properly cleaned, seemed like it's been regularly maintained by someone.

"I come here every week to maintain your room, no matter how busy I am," Jesse told her, "and every Christmas, I buy you a gift..."

"That's why there are ten boxes..."

"Do you want to open them?"

"I'll open them on Christmas,"

"That means you'll finally spend Christmas with me?"

"Oh sweetheart, I won't be leaving anymore, and if I leave, I'll tell you where I will be going because I'm pretty sure it's business related," Aya smiled, "but if you're really that paranoid, why don't you tie me to you," she told him, as if giving him a hint or something.

Getting the hint, "I've been ready for so long to tie you to me," he took something out of his pocket, "I've been planning to do this... that I will do this when you come back, and it might be not so romantic but, I still will do it," Jesse knelt down in a proposal way, opened the small box to offer her the ring inside, "Aya... will you give me the honor of being your husband in the VERY VERY near future?"

"Of course, I will... I'll marry you," Aya smilingly accepted Jesse's proposal and gave him her hand for him to wear the ring. When Jesse finally put it on, he first kissed her hand, stood up, then kissed Aya lovingly.

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"Mama~" a baby in his cradle giggled as he tried to get the attention his mother.

"Oh hey there baby, you miss mama already?" Aya held her baby lovingly as she let him hold her pinky, something her baby needed for him to be able to sleep. When the baby fell asleep, the door opened and a cold-looking Jesse entered. He was wearing his complete winter gear, his scarf, winter jacket and even two layers of pants.

"Woo, so cold outside," he said, but Aya quickly told him to stay quiet, "he's asleep?"

"Yeah, he just fell asleep," Jesse approached them and smiled, "aw isn't he handsome like dada?"

Aya chuckled, "So conceited, anyway, how's work?"

"It's okay, photoshoot here, photoshoot there, as usual," he gave Aya a long light kiss on the lips, then planted a kiss on her forehead like how he used to, almost twelve years ago, "thank you,"

"For what?" Aya looked at him, confused.

Jesse stayed quiet for a while. He smiled and planted another kiss on her forehead. He didn't know what to answer because honestly, he has many things to thank her and he'll probably take another ten years to finish enumerating the things he's thankful for.

Though no one can say if they life will be happily ever after, well, they're happy right now and that they faced their problems and came out strong. After their ten-year separation, they felt that nothing can separate them anymore if that ten years wasn't enough for them to fall out of love. Now, their love finally has an offspring in the form of a handsome, healthy baby boy. When he grows up, they'll be able to share to him their own love story, and hope to have a love story of his own.

-=The End=-