Foreword: It's not the end..

 

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They've been sitting there for almost an hour now. They can't even look straight at each other.

 

"Hyung.." Kibum broke the deafening silence. "Eotteohke?"

 

"Molla." Alexander sighed half-heartedly.

 

"Hyung.." Kibum called his attention again.

 

"Hm?"

 

"I already bid them goodbye. You should too." Kibum said flatly.

 

Alexander let out another sigh. "I already gave them signs."

 

"But shouldn't you tell it to them formally?"

 

Alexander looked up the ceiling and blinked twice before looking down. "I-I can't. I read my mentions last night and.. I can feel their pain. It's hard for them.."

 

"But it will be harder if you won't make a proper closure." Kibum handed over his handkerchief while looking away.

 

"They were very surprised and hurt. I can't help but to be upset." Alexander said softly as he kept rubbing his eyes.

 

"Hyung. How about Kevin? Have you two already talked?"

 

"Almost two months ago. How about you?"

 

"Same with you.." Kibum confessed.

 

The older sighed again for the nth time. "It's so funny.."

 

"Wae?" Kibum confusedly looked at his hyung.

 

"You were his past. I'm his present. No, I was. But here we are now. We both have to leave him just like this." The older smiled bitterly as he kept his head down.

 

"Yeah. We both had promised him but both of us failed him. But it is not that we wanted to. We had to.." Kibum's words were fierce. Anger and pain evident in his voice.

 

The two sighed in unison. They both looked through the glass window of the cafe they were in. A lot of people were walking on the busy streets.. And cars kept passing by from both directions.

 

"We are just small parts in this big world. People would still live, breathe, laugh and cry..." Kibum said in an audible whisper.

 

"But we have to keep going too. We had to be the best for the people who kept loving us unconditionally." Alexander rubbed again his eyes as he pressed on his shirt.

 

"So what are your plans?" Kibum asked his hyung.

 

"I'll go home in Macau. I'm planning on coming back here after two years. While I'm there, I'll do my best and reach my dreams. I won't stop. You?" The older said as he reached his luggage and got up from his seat.

 

"I'll stay here in Korea and work harder to be better. Let's become the best! Let's make them regret what they did to us." Kibum extended his hands.

 

"Sure. And besides, I promised Kevin I'll find a girl whom I'll marry and will be with me forever." Alexander exchanged hands with his dongsaeng before heading out of the cafe.

 

"I bet you already did." Kibum turned to Alexander and smiled.

 

"Yeah. I'll just have to make her wait again..for more."

 

 

 

**end**