KABILANG BUHAY | markhyuck

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Tuloy lang siya sa pagkanta kahit na dinig niyang kakaunti na lang ang sumasabay. Halos lahat ng nanonood ay umiiyak na at hindi na nagf-focus sa performance niya.

This song is the last one. The concert will soon end after this at hindi niya inakalang lahat sila ay uuwing may luha sa mata.

Iminulat niya ang kanyang mata at ibinaling muli sa taong tahimik pa ring nakangiti sa harapan niya.

“’Di ba’t sabi mo hindi mo ‘ko iiwan? ‘Di pababayaan na ako’y mag-isa.”

Kita niya ang mga luhang pumatak mula sa mga mata nito. Hindi pa rin napawi ang ngiti nito sa labi at parang hinihikayat lang si Mark na magpatuloy.

“’Di ba’t sabi mo sabay tayong tatanda? Bakit bigla ka na lang nand’yaan?”

Donghyuck was just standing there and looking at him as the crowd eats him and he slowly disappears. When Mark can no longer see him, he just looked up on the bright light of the spotlight.

“Sa kabilang buhay…”

Mark put his finger up and pointed above. His hand almost full of accessories. The rings that they were supposed to wear on their wedding, the bracelet Donghyuck gave him and another bracelet that holds Donghyuck’s guitar pick.

“Thank you, Lee Donghyuck. To my number one fan, to my first supporter, to my muse. Maraming salamat sa pagtulak mo sa’kin sa entabladong ‘to. Salamat ipinakilala mo sa’kin ang mga taong ‘to.”

He hostled his finger up even higher and bowed down to wipe his tears with the hand holding his mic.

“Thank you for leaving me with thousands of people to hug me when you can’t. People that will cry with me when I miss you the most.”

Mark looked up again and smiled, “I love you, mahal. Fly high, my angel.”

His concert ended with a ment. He thank all of his fans who were there with him on his worst. He thank them for singing with him. He thank them for believing on him and fo supporting him.

Umuwi man silang lumuluha, alam naman nilang kahit papaano ay nabawasan nila ang bigat na nararamdaman ni Mark. Na nang gabing iyon, nasa mata ni Mark ang muling pagbangon, ang tuluyang pagtanggap. Na hindi man siya makabitaw ngayon, darating din ang araw na kakayanin na niya. At ngayon na ang simula.

The next day was another painful day. Mark and their families were crying their heart out as they finally bid goodbye to Donghyuck.

Mark was a wreck for a whole year that he’s away. And now that he’ll be gone for good, hindi alam ni Mark kung mabubuo pa ba siya ulit pagkatapos nito.

He looked at his boyfriend for he last time. His beautiful face smiles at him and silently tells him he can cry, he can cry for as much and as long as he could, but he has to make sure that a day would come and he will wipe all of it away and start a new and happy life.

As they leave the place where Donghyuck sleeps and rests, Mark looked up at the sky and followed the white balloons that flew with the doves.

“I will forever love you, Hyuckie.”