Pictures of You

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Una't Huling Pag-ibig-Yeng Constantino(I recommend you to listen to this while reading, and read the lyrics too.)

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Ikaw ang una't huling

Pag-ibig ng buhay ko(You are the first and last love of my life)

Kaytagal mang naghintay,

nandito kana aking habang-buhay(I waited so long, but now you're mine forever)

 

"Seungwan, Seungwan, quickly, take a picture of me!"

 

Joohyun excitedly ran to the fences at the very end of the park, where there was a playground for children, and also the sunset that Joohyun has probably witnessed only now, since her release from the hospital.

 

Seungwan ran up to her and quickly, Joohyun gave her the camera. "Picture! Take a picture of me, Seungwan!"

 

Seungwan smiled softly at the twinkle in Joohyun's eyes before positioning herself, "Of course, anything for you, Joohyun."

 

She grinned and made a peace sign, and after a few posts and signs, she jumped on Seungwan and hugged her very tightly.

 

"Thank you. This means so much to me." Joohyun whispered, and Seungwan gritted her teeth and hugged her tightly.

"I love you..."

 

"I love you so much."

 

"Hm."

Sinlinaw ng langit na bughaw,(It's as clear as the heavens above)

hanggang sa dulo ako at ikaw(Until the end, it's you and me)

Iginuhit na ng tadhana(Drawn by destiny)

na tayong dalawa ay maging isa(That we become one)

...

 

Seungwan wore her spectacles while she read a book called, "Every day," and she wonders how could the heroine live with a person that changes every day? A was A. But he had different bodies every time they meet.

 

How could the heroine put up with someone that changes every day for a long time?

 

Creaaaaak!

 

And when Joohyun, smiling from ear-to-ear, came inside their shared apartment, wearing a pretty white dress that looks kind of like a wedding dress, Seungwan understood the girl in the book.

 

"Wan-ah, how do I look?"

Ikaw ang una't huling(You're the first and last)

mamahalin ko ng ganto(That I will love like this)

nais kong malaman mo(I want you to know)

dati pangarap lang ito(At first, it was just a dream)

Even without hair, she looked absolutely-

 

"Stunning. You're so beautiful." Seungwan laid the book down face-front and stood up from the sofa and walked towards Joohyun, giving her a big hug. "What took you so long, Joohyunnie? I was bored." She buried her face in Joohyun's petite shoulders and she giggled.

 

"I'm sorry. At least I came back, as promised, right?"

 

"You did."

 

Seungwan smiled.

 

"Seungwan, take a picture!"

 

"Again? You took a hundred yesterday." She chuckled, as Joohyun pouted.

 

"But I'm wearing a pretty dress, and you said I'm stunning! We must celebrate!"

 

"Okay, Baeby, okay."

"What?"

"Nothing, Hyun-ah."

Sinlinaw ng langit na bughaw,(It's as clear as the heavens above)

hanggang sa dulo ako at ikaw(Until the end, it's you and me)

Iginuhit na ng tadhana(Drawn by destiny)

na tayong dalawa ay maging isa(That we become one)

...

 

"Seungwannie!"

 

"Hm?"

 

Joohyun came back from the hospital. It's been two weeks since her last appointment.

 

Seungwan noticed a slightly dimming of Joohyun's smile when she saw her, but Seungwan waved it off. "Welcome back, Hyun-ah."

 

And Joohyun smiled softly, "I'm back, love."

 

She had a large box in her hands and quickly, Seungwan took it from her hands and placed it on the table in the living room.

 

"What is this?"

 

"Clothes!"

 

Joohyun opened the box to reveal different styles of clothes, "Jessica unnie made them for me!"

 

"Really? What're you going to do with them?"

 

"Wear them, obviously."

 

And then she pointed to Seungwan, "And you have to wear them with me!"

 

"But these are all dresses!" Seungwan did not like wearing dresses.

 

"Exactly! We have to take a hundred by the end of this day!"

 

And Seungwan sighs, but she would do everything to make the girl happy because it made her happy as well.

 

Seungwan wore light colored dresses and skirts that fit her exactly and maybe it was because her height difference with Seungwan wasn't much different.

 

5:47 p.m.

 

They were about to take their last picture, the hundredth one. Seungwan wipes off her sweat, while Irene beamed and checked the pictures in her camera.

 

"Hyun-ah, shall we take our last picture?"

Seungwan wanted to get over with it, but looking at Joohyun made her want to take more, if she was going to smile like that.

 

'Please smile like that every day.'

 

"Oh, right! I asked Jessica unnie to customize our last clothes!" Joohyun went upstairs to their bedroom and took out a slightly smaller red box back down and placed it next to the larger one.

 

"Ta-da!"

 

And Seungwan almost choked.

 

It was an expensive looking black tuxedo-it was for a wedding.

 

And a white long gown with a veil.

 

Joohyun tugged on her arm and smiled, showing her teeth, "Let's wear this for our last photo!"

 

"Anything for you." Seungwan answered.

 

When Seungwan saw how Joohyun looked even without hair, she looks like she was shining with a golden aura around her. She was holding a fake bouquet of flowers in her hands and Seungwan had never felt so happy.

Ikaw ang una't huling(You're the first and last)

mamahalin ko ng ganto(That I will love like this)

nais kong malaman mo(I want you to know)

dati pangarap lang ito(At first, it was just a dream)

It wasn't their wedding, but she felt that this was a special moment to them.

 

...

 

After the end of their 'photo shoot,' they were chilling on the couch, with Seungwan's head laid down on Joohyun's lap while the latter was playing with the younger's hair and singing a Red Velvet song.

 

"By the way, how was your appointment today?"

 

Suddenly, Joohyun froze but quickly masked her expression, and thanking God that Seungwan wasn't looking at her.

 

She forced out a smile, "It's going great! The doctor said I'm finally recovering!"

 

And Seungwan shot up and she widened her eyes and grinned, "Really?! That's great!" She hugged Joohyun tightly and kissed her all over her face making Joohyun giggle.

 

"Thank God." Seungwan muttered and she tightened her hold onto Joohyun who returned the gesture.

 

...

"Seungwan! Seungwan! Seungwan!"

 

Seungwan chuckled when Joohyun ran towards her in the middle of the streets wearing jeans and a large black sweatshirt, and Seungwan let go of her bag and was attacked by Joohyun with a bear hug.

"Oof!"

 

She realized there was something different about Joohyun.

 

"Do you like it?" She asked Seungwan hopefully.

 

Joohyun was wearing a an ebony wig.

 

She was beautiful.

 

Seungwan smiled gently and opened her mouth, "You're beautiful, Joohyun. But..."

 

She gently took off the wig on the older, surprising her. "I prefer you like this. You're gorgeous and natural."

 

And Joohyun became silent and looked down, making Seungwan frown, thinking she said something wrong.

 

"Hey, did I say something wrong?"

 

"No..." Joohyun gazed up at her and she was crying. Seungwan panicked and wiped the tears from her eyes and she kissed her forehead, "Please don't cry, Joohyun!"

 

"...D-Do you mean it?"

Ikaw ang una't huling

Pag-ibig ng buhay ko(You are the first and last love of my life)

Kaytagal mang naghintay,

nandito kana aking habang-buhay(I waited so long, but now you're mine forever)

"Hm?"

 

"Do...Do I really look okay with no hair?"

 

Seungwan captured her lips, gently breaking the kiss after a few minutes and tilted her head.

 

"You're beautiful the way you are. I'll like you no matter what, as long as you stay yourself."

 

Joohyun sniffed, and realized that they were still on the floor. She quickly got off of Seungwan and flushed before getting the wig and throwing it at the younger.

 

"Woah, what do I do with this?"

 

"Wear it, we're taking pictures!"

 

Seungwan sweat dropped but smiled nonetheless. "As you wish."

When they went home and while Seungwan was readying the tripod, Joohyun called out to her. "Seungwan?"

 

"Yes, Joohyun?"

 

"I love you."

 

"I love you more."

 

'So please don't leave me.'

Habang-buhay(Forever)

habang-buhay(Forever)

...

 

"I'm so sorry, Ms. Bae."

 

The doctor lost his stance and knelt in front of Joohyun's hospital bed, while Joohyun gave him a solemn look.

 

"Things...don't look so great, I think?" Joohyun chuckled bitterly.

 

The doctor looked at her helplessly. "I'm so sorry...Your parents-they told me to do everything I can-"

 

He threw his stethoscope to the ground in frustration before continuing with a hoarse voice, "-I called all the greatest specialists globally but...."

 

Joohyun waited.

 

"They...They said it was a hopeless case..."

 

The doctor really was sorry. Joohyun was his patient since 2 years ago and he became her friend. "I'm sorry..."

 

"It's okay, Doctor." He looked up to see Joohyun looking at the window expressionless.

 

"I knew I didn't have any more time anyway..."

 

"I'm so sorry."

 

"But I got to do the things I wanted to do, with someone!" She smiled brightly and the doctor wondered,

 

'How can someone who everyone gave up on still smile so brightly?'

Sinlinaw ng langit na bughaw,(It's as clear as the heavens above)

hanggang sa dulo ako at ikaw(Until the end, it's you and me)

Iginuhit na ng tadhana(Drawn by destiny)

na tayong dalawa ay maging isa(That we become one)

...

Joohyun hummed softly to herself.

 

Everything hurt.

 

Breathing hurts so much.

 

Every inhaling made her tearful.

 

Three steps she takes, and she falls.

 

Everything hurts.

 

"Just a little more..."

 

She went back to doing what she was working on for two years.

...

 

It was three weeks.

 

Three weeks since Joohyun last came home.

 

Three weeks since she last called Seungwan, saying that she was going to stay over at her parents.

 

Seungwan has been anxious since then.

She went to Joohyun's house, but the guards won't let her in.

 

She went to the hospital, but they said that there was no patient named, 'Bae Joohyun.'

 

She was anxious.

 

Until she finally pulled through and ran inside her girlfriend's house. "Where is she?!"

 

That was the first thing she yelled and it seems like people were expecting Seungwan. It was Joohyun's parents and they looked apologetic to her.

 

"Where is...Where's Joohyun?"

 

"Seungwan..."

 

"She's hiding from me, right?" Seungwan clapped her hands and smiled, "Yeah! Maybe that's it! She must be-" She looked around and yelled, "Bae Joohyun, I'm going to get you-Hey what the heck!"

 

The guards have finally caught up to her and held her until Joohyun's father stomped his foot, "Stop that! Do not treat my guest like that!"

 

And they immediately let go of Seungwan who helplessly stared at the feet of her girlfriend's parents.

 

She hasn't eaten in a week. Seungwan was too worried, she couldn't sleep.

 

Has she gone insane?

 

"Seungwan....She's gone."

Habang-buhay(Forever)

habang-buhay(Forever)

Seungwan's gone insane, alright.

 

"What're you talking about, Mr. Bae? Joohyun said she won't leave me!" Seungwan chuckled weakly.

 

The mother sighed and looked at her with sympathy. "I'm so sorry..."

 

Sorry?

 

Sorry for what?

 

"She died two days ago."

Habang-buhay(Forever)

habang-buhay(Forever)

...

 

And Seungwan ran.

 

She ran to the smallest cemetery in Daegu, where they told Seungwan where she was.

 

'Hyun-ah, it can't be true! You promised not to leave, right?'

 

'Joohyun!'

 

'Joohyun, I love you so much.'

 

And reality hit Seungwan hard.

 

 

As she stood face-to-face with a grave with something engraved,

 

" R.I.P.

BAE JOOHYUN

March 29, 1991-March 27, 2017"

Sinlinaw ng langit na bughaw,(It's as clear as the heavens above)

hanggang sa dulo ako at ikaw(Until the end, it's you and me)

Iginuhit na ng tadhana(Drawn by destiny)

na tayong dalawa ay maging isa(That we become one)

In her whole life, she has never screamed so hard to the heavens.

 

She has never kicked and punched something until her fists bled.

 

She has never cried until evening.

 

She has never hit her head hard enough on a tree trunk until now, that it bled.

 

Screaming, "WHY?!" over and over again.

 

...

 

By night, Seungwan started to calm down.

 

That's when she noticed something behind Joohyun's tombstone.

 

It was a rectangular thing-covered by a gift wrap.

 

She crawled towards it and laid behind her grave and took the gift in her hands.

 

'Happy Birthday to me! I hope my parents didn't give this to you while I was still alive.

 

Hi, Seungwannie! I hope you didn't cry that much, because I would be watching you, and that would hurt more than my disease, y'know?

 

I'm sorry...

 

I'm sorry that I told them not to let you in during those three weeks. I heard you cry, I heard you swore, even when you promised never to, and I'm sorry for being the reason for all that.

 

Please....I love you so much, I spent 2 years working on this for the both of us.

 

I have nothing more to say but only one more thing.

 

143.

 

I'm glad I was able to tell you this when I was alive. So for the last time...

I love you.'

 

"You pabo!" And Seungwan was crying again.

 

As she opened the gift, she sobbed louder when she saw what it was: A scrapbook.

Seungwan opened the pages only to see the pictures of Joohyun she took.

 

 

From their very first picture.

 

There were captions here and there, "Remember when...," "This is what we did that day..." "I counted our I love you's..."

 

And when Seungwan went to the last page, she dropped the scrapbook and held the tombstone, hugging it tightly.

 

On the very last page:

 

The wedding picture with the caption:

 

"Maybe next time perhaps, I'll see you soon."

..

 

 

"Happy birthday." Seungwan mumbled when she saw the time. 11:45.

 

It was almost the end of Joohyun's birthday.

 

Her back laid on the tombstone and she stared lovingly at the scrapbook placed neatly again on her lap.

 

Seungwan felt a shiver run down her spine and something.

 

She must be hallucinating because she heard a voice in the small breeze that passed by, "Hi, Wan-ah.."

 

"Hi.." Seungwan voiced out.

 

"I love you."

 

And Seungwan bowed and smiled. Crazy or not, she answered back. "I love you too, Joohyun."

 

una't huling pagibig ko

(You're my first and last love)

 

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A/N: Since I posted a few one shots last week, I thought of doing the same this week. It's a WenRene drought! That's why.

Now, some of you have probably noticed the different style of writing here; it's because this is the first ever fanfiction that I've written that included Red Velvet members, when I had decided on an OTP. So this one-shot is very special to me. It reminds me of how I've improved a lot! I'm proud~

I hope this was angst enough for some of you readers. (You know who you are, people. xD)

And one thing I have to be honest with you guys; this has a sequel. But I'm not good at writing sequels. So even if you guys ask for it, I'm trying my best to think of sequels that are in order in my mind. (Same goes for chapter stories. I'm not good at it :( )

Cheer up though~ If you guys are interested to know, the next story would be a nonfiction story. It will be about how I started liking someone. ;) I hope you guys would look forward to the happiness[pain] that I felt! And I hope you surely feel it too :p Anyways, please continue commenting your thoughts on this, I don't mind for constructive criticism, I love your thoughts :D Subscribe and upvote the story, Thank you!