Until We Meet Again (English Translation)

prologue

Chapter 0 : Intro

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(Flashback)

Except for the sound of rain and the continuously roaring thunder, everything was deathly still. There was just the incessant sound of water hitting the ground down below. In a room at the top floor of an 8-story condominium, two young men sat hugging each other on a wet sofa; trying hard not to make any sound. Sobbing, the smaller body of the two, curled on the other's wide chest.

"No matter what, everything's going to be okay," one of them comforted the other even though inside his heart he too cried.

"Don’t leave In,” a voice whispered.

“Shhh...we have to stay together P‘ Korn" the younger voice continued, both arms wrapped around his lover in a firm hug.

It was forbidden love, one that was unaccepted by both parents. They fought and quarreled with both their families only to make the situation worsen when their parents finally forced them to separate. But they managed to escape.

Korn rubbed at the bruised cheek of the boy in his arms. His heart felt pity for the young man who was usually cheerful but because of him, had to fight with his parents until he was hit.

"P’is so sorry In" he whispered gently into his partner’s ears and kissed the temples of the trembling boy that so filled his heart with so much love. "P’ loves In. Always remember that I love you very much."

The boy looked up with a tearful face, "P’, don't say it, don't ever leave In," both hands grabbing tightly at his lover's shirt until his body trembled.

"In will always be with you. We will always together, forever."

A flash of lightning striked followed by a deafening crash of thunder but the distraction didn't even take the attention of the boys as they continued to cling to each other; oblivious to the rains. Korn kissed In's pressed lips, already pale from the cold and fear.

Bang!

The huge door suddenly slammed as one of the boys screamed.

"Let him go! Damn you, I shouldn't trust In to meet with you.” The angry voice of the man who barged in was directed towards Korn.

“In, come here!" The middle-aged man went closer to where the boys were trembling and pulled at his son's arm only to feel the resistance as In fought back and grabbed at his lover's body, afraid to let go.

"Dad, I love P’ Korn. Please, let us love each other Dad,” came the small boy’s plea, his voice cracking with emotion.

"Do you think he's better than your own father? Do you think I love you less?" In’s father snarled in anger. He tried to hit his son's hand but found that the bigger boy whom he despised was blocking his strike.

"Don't hit him na. He's is not wrong. He is not making a mistake. I am sorry," the young man protectively hugged his lover tighter, trying so hard to cover him even from those he loved. Awkwardly, Korn tried to raise his hand in respect (wai), his eyes brimmed with tears as he implored.

"I love him. I love your son. We love each other."

"Bastard! I don’t need your respect,” The angry man took a stick that was lying around and hits Korn hard. The sound of the strike echoing above the din of the storm from outside.

"Dad…No!!" In screamed as he saw the blood that began to flow from his lover's head.

“He will die… Please, Dad, don't hit P’ Korn na!!"

Behind In’s father was the shadow of his mother. She had silently followed her husband in and was looking at her him as he was continuously hitting at the taller boy; her son’s lover. She was silent, standing like a statue. The boys continued to scream; one in pain, one to make his father stop.

"Korn! Son! I told you not to mess with that boy!" the angry voice of another man told Korn that his father has arrived.

"You bastard, you hurt my son like a criminal and he is not even fighting back! I'm your enemy here!" Korn’s father shouted as he pulled his son to his feet. Away from the striking wood that was making him bleed.

"Come! Do you think I am afraid of your mafia family?” In’s father’s voice roared in the darkness of the room.

“This is why I don't want my son to have anything to do with mafia blood like your son. Intouch, get away from that gangster’s spawn!"

The two older men began to fight, both trying to separate the two boys who continued to cling to each other until the strength of the two young men fail them and they both dropped to the floor as they screamed their lungs out in despair and hurt. Crying out for both their fathers to stop.

The rain outside continued its downpour and the tension inside continued to grow. Korn finally stared into his lover's eyes. The glint that burned inside his own dimmed as if he has decided to give up but his love remained as strong as ever. Korn suddenly turned to his father and bowed.

"Dad ... I am sorry," the tall boy jumped towards his father, grabbing at the gun that was strapped at the waist and puts the end of the barrel to his temple. With a quick movement of his fingers, he clicked opens the lock, smiled towards Intouch and gently says, " P’ loves Intouch…"

Bang!!!

"P’ Korn!! P’… P ‘Korn!!!!" Intouch’s scream filled the room. Everyone looked in shock at the smaller boy who has covered his lover's bloody body in a tight embrace. The surprise has silenced everyone except for the continues wailing of the boy who kept on trying to stop the flow of blood from the gaping wound at the side of the other young man's head, Korn’s eyes stared blankly at the shadows.

"I love P’... In loves P’na… loves P’Korn.” Intouch cried as he kept on kissing lips that were already dead.

“P’… we promised… P’ we promised we will always stay together forever,"

In's small hand trembled as it gripped at the body a lover already dead until his fingers inadvertently foundthe gun which has fallen beside his lover. Intouch’s swollen eyes stared at the metal in his hand, back to the face of his lover as if engraving it into his memory

"In luk (son), No!!" In’s father yelled when he saw the gun in his young son’s hands and saw the resolve in Intouch’s eyes.

Another shot fired like the sound of the thunder outside.

Another life lost as the small body of the other boy fell right on top of his lover’s; a final embrace.

The sound of the rain became deafeningly loud. Until a mother's scream pierced through the sound of falling water right before she collapsed and all was finally silent.

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We will be together, forever.
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end Intro