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There really was no problem, infact they were very much happy—going on dates, staying at home together, and taking care of their precious children. But these are all just a facade, it keeps the wall standing when 'not' tiny cracks have formed on the base of their foundation.
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How much longer can Onex hold on to the love they have that's been long gone?
Will Leo eventually realize that everything's wrong? Or will he run away and stay with Onex even with all his unfaithfulness?
Only they can tell.
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Onex can't even remember how it came to this. How his ever so loving husband, who didn't even bat an eye to anyone else turned into the man he himself once hated. No circumstances can explain Leo's mistakes, nothing was wrong, it's just he who had a change of heart.
The pain he felt when he found out was as expected, horrible as being cheated on can be. Questions arose in his brain, why? When? And How? Why because Onex knew that everything's perfect, yes small fights can happen but small fights are... Small, even with how stubborn and frustrating Onex can be sometimes, Leo would still understand him just as how he always does. When because when was it that Leo got tired of him? Have he had enough of Onex's personality? But that's how he fell in love with him, with his adorable sulky attitude, he courted him and married him knowing how much of a hassle Onex is as a lover. And lastly How, How could he ever do that to him? Onex warned him not once but many times before, that if he were to get tired of everything that they have, he is allowed to end things with him, not to cheat on him with who knows how many women.
Unfortunately, love is painful. It's like a rose with it's thorns hidden behind the beauty of it's flower, a pain feared by all, but not all can have the courage to turn away from it nor have the power to overcome the pain. Just as how captivating a rose can be even with it's thorns, Onex still loves Leo even with all his betrayal.
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Every night when the full moon is seen, he wonders and asks to himself— "Does he still love me?" A question he knows the sad answer of. The answer that he runs away from just as how Leo runs away from his mistakes, betraying his husband again and again, knowing how much pain it causes them. Numbness and emptiness, sensations Onex knows the both of them feel. He is stuck in a place where his past once again exists.
The sad truth behind love, and it's victims to never recover. Poor Onex for he has experienced betrayal from his loved ones, twice in this lifetime. There are just some people that have no luck with love, even with how much they deserve it.
In the end, Onex still continues to love Leo, and Leo still continues to betray Onex.
This is a story of how love can turn into what we call trauma, no matter how hard we try to escape, it still comes back to us, dawning and hunting us with our pasts.