Full Circle

Epilogue

Wayo POV

It's early in the morning and I'm up to do my most favorite thing. It's been a few days since I last did this because I was in Stockholm for an award. I missed doing this.

I make my way outside, coffee in hand and sit in the porch facing the beach. I look to the horizon and the sun is about to rise. I sip my coffee and put it down on the table. I sit back, letting my arms rest on the wooden armrest. I inhale a deep breath and let it out.

Thinking back, I couldn't help but smile. Life has been good to me. I've lived up to my father's legacy. The Panitchayasawad Group is doing well and I've handed it down to my brother's good, capable hands. My friends were also successful in their chosen fields, but most importantly, they're very successful in love. I could say the same for me, too. Though cut short, the love I had and felt is enough to last me this lifetime. I never dreamt of falling in love again, because once you fall too deep, there's just no way of getting out. And I fell way too deep, indeed, that I didn't want to get out.

We molded our own legacy, too, and were able to help people through the Phana-Wayo Kongthanin R&D Organization. I was able to accomplish what I know he would have had fate not robbed him of time. It is my greatest accomplishment - I was able to keep his memory alive, and it will continue thriving, helping people long after I'm gone. We made an impact in other people's lives. We made a difference in this world. Two gay people, a biologist and a doctor, bound by love and tested by fate, initiated a movement that changed the global medical landscape.

I smile to myself feeling content as I watch the sun rise in the porch of our little beach house. I slowly close my eyes as I inhale a deep breath, smelling the salty air. I feel the warm ocean breeze brush my skin and ruffle my gray hair. I rest.

I feel a tug in my hand. I slowly open my eyes and look at the direction it's coming from. I look in disbelief and amazement. My agape mouth starts to quiver as I feel the warmth enveloping my hand. I can't hold it in anymore. There it is again, that all too familiar skipping of my heartbeat, the butterflies in my stomach. I missed this. I look intently and a tear falls from my eye.

"Good morning, baby."

It sent a shiver down my spine. It's that voice. The voice I've been longing to hear again. Those eyes. That smile. This warmth. This love.

"I missed you so much."

Hearing those words, I couldn't fight back the tears anymore. I stand up and get pulled in for a tight hug. The hug I've been missing for the longest time. He's giving off the feelings my body has been craving for. He's here. He's here with me.

"P'Pha...," I finally manage to say, still in his tight embrace.

"I'm here now, my love," he tells me, while stroking my hair.

"Ho-how?"

"I promised you, didn't I?" he pulls away from the hug and looks at me, caressing my cheek. "It took a while, but here we are in our little beach house, watching the sun rise together," he says as he wipes my tears with his thumbs.

"P'Pha..." I let out a sob. "Don't cry na, love," he soothes me. "P won't leave you again." He pulls me back into his arms and I greedily accept.

We release each other and I turn to my chair earlier. I see my old, wrinkly self sleeping peacefully with a smile. I look back at P'Pha and ask, "does this mean..."

He doesn't let me finish my question. He just smiles at me and holds my hand, pulling me away from the porch. "Let's go," he tells me.

We're walking along the shore hand in hand as P'Pha begins talking nonsense.

"Did Carty take good care of you? I talked to him before he was conceived. I told him that he should take very good care of you or else I will haunt him," he tells me. I can't process his words well because I am still in shock.

We continue walking as he rambles on. "Hey, Yo, why did you let that Tao hold your hand, huh? I saw all that. That bastard! I wanted to punch his face to oblivion!"

Tao? Is he talking about the son of my dad's business partner? P'Tao wanted to court me when we were working together for a project before.

"And don't get me started on all the other guys ogling at and courting you! Why didn't you tell them off? Wait, why didn't Carty tell them off? I will really haunt that kid!" What is he rambling about?

"Oh, but wait, don't think I didn't see when you were being naughty and moaning my name every time you touched yourself, huh," P'Pha stops walking and faces me, snickering, while still holding my hand. "You won't have to do it alone anymore, baby, I'm here now," he says seductively as he gives me the look. Oh, I know that look all too well.

Geez! This man really! But I missed this.

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Phana POV

My wife blushes as I tease him about his naughty activities. I missed this.

I cup his chin and lift his face to look at me. "I love you," I tell him.

"I love you, too, P," he shyly answers. So cute! I pinch his cheek.

He swats my hand and glares at me. "Wait, P'Pha. If I'm already dead, does this mean I'm in heaven?" he asks, tilting his head.

I look down at our intertwined hands. I rub small circles on the back of his palm with my thumb and smile. I look back up at my Yo's face and stare him deep in the eyes, expressing all my love to him.

"I don't know about you, love~" I begin to answer as a single tear falls from my eye. I brush it off with my free hand and smile, "~but I know I am now."

He blushes and shyly smiles at my answer before tiptoeing to kiss my cheek.

"I'm home now, P'Pha."

~~End~~

A/N: I love the last two dialogues because I like the idea of Phana being Wayo's home and Wayo being Phana's heaven. 😁

Thank you soooooooooo much for reading and sticking til the end! ❤❤