The Signature
Chan was impatiently waiting for the traffic jam to make a
progress. His hands were shaking, gripping the stirring wheel as hard as
he can. He couldn’t help himself not to bite his lower lip, it has been his
mannerism whenever he’s nervous or something is bothering him.
“Finally!” He beamed as he drove as fast as he can, on his way
to Korea University Medical Center.
——
Sejun waved his hand calling Chan’s attention. “Big bro, Hyun
had another seizure, Suho is talking to his attending doctor right now.”
After hearing Sejun’s remarks, Chan ran to find Suho. His
hands were shaking, his heart’s beating fast. He doesn’t want to deny;
he’s scared…he’s damn scared to lose Hyun.
He saw Suho coming out from Hyun’s attending doctor’s
office. “Bro!”
“Oh, Chan! Glad you’re here.”
“Bro, what did the doctor said?” He nervously asked as he sat
down on a nearby seat on the hospital’s hallway.
“I don’t want to hide everything from you. This would hurt
you but you deserve to know the truth.” Suho couldn’t find nicer
words that could console his friend. He knows how devastated he is
already, how he’s slowly falling apart. Hyun is Chan’s first love, that he
dedicated his life looking after Hyun.
Hyun on the other side, was born weak and have a problem
with the heart. He needed extra attention and care that Chan never
failed to give him those.
“His condition is getting worse. The medications and methods
we did are not making him well. I am sorry, but he only got days to
live. His disease is really incurable in the first place. It only extended
his life to pass his supposedly due.” Tears are flowing down from
Suho’s face, patting Chan’s back. He’s hurting, but it is not comparable
with the pain Chan dealing with.
“It is better not to tell him what’s going on. It will just make
his condition worse.” Suho added. “Start making things memorable.
We have no choice but to let him go.”
——
“Channie! Channie!” Hyun enthusiastically greeted when
Chan entered his room, showing a piece of paper with something
written on it. “Look, I’ve finally decided what would be my new
signature look like. The one I had was very lame and boring, and ugly.
So I decided to make one.” Hyun said.
Chan, setting aside the bad news he heard, smiled as he
scanned the paper. “This is the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen, of course
next to you. Your dream is to publish a book and have your own
signing event right?”
Hyun nodded with a wide smile plastered on his lips. “Get
well then love, so you can work on your soon to be novels, that one
day your signature will be called autograph. People will go crazy for it.
And I promise you, I will be the first person that will get an autograph
from you. For now, I’ll keep this.” He placed a kiss on his forehead
as he fixed his blanket. “Rest for now, Channie loves you, always.
Remember that.”
——
Eighteen days later…
“Coffee Chan?” Seojun asked him while leaning on the
counter. Chan is currently on Seojun’s café, working on a novel that
Hyun never got a chance to start. He’s overdoing himself to finish
what his first love couldn’t even start. “Yes please. Thank you hyung.”
(Hyung/hyeong is the korean term for big brother, that is being used
by male speaker to address someone who’s older than them.)
He fished out a frame out of his bag, caressing it. It was
the paper where Hyun did his new signature. HYUN. Remarkable, it
reminds him everything. “Soon love, people will go crazy over your
signature. And it’s an honor to do it on your stead. I’ll make your
dream come true. I love you, please wait for me.”
