Justin's POV
"We are very sorry to announce A'Tin, that we, SB19, will be on hiatus." Pinuno said during our live today on Facebook.
After he said those words, we read a lot of comments.
"Why????"
"Until when??"
"It's sad, but we'll wait for you!"
"I'm crying, wait a minute"
"Guyssss don't be like that, it's April Fools!"
"Hey, there's nothing like that! Huhuhu"
We were silent for a moment.
I know we're all here trying not to cry.
"We'll only be gone for a moment, A'Tin! It's really you! We'll be back for you!" Stell said happily. I knew she was just trying to lighten the mood.
We all know that she cries too. Is it Stell?
"Wait for us A'Tin. SB19 will come back as soon as possible!" Sabi ni sir Robin.
"We love you so much guys!" I told them and smiled wholeheartedly.
"I hope you're still there when we get back!" Josh said.
"Let's all stay strong A'Tin. Don't leave anyone behind! We will definitely come back for you. That's our promise." Even Ken, who only gets loud sometimes, had a lot to say today.
The teacher signed in front of us to end the live.
We don't want to do anything, but there's nothing we can do. We still have to fix something.
I still need to fix something.
"Bye A'Tin! Again, we love you so much, don't forget that!" said the leader.
"THIS HAS BEEN..." -Pinuno
"SB19!" We all said at the same time and the live broadcast was turned off.
Be quiet again.
A few seconds have passed.
I couldn't hold back my emotions anymore and I started crying.
"I'm really sorry." I apologized to them.
And we all cried.
Four people hugged me.
Josh - Stell - Ken - Me - Sejun
That's our position on the chair.
"It's okay, youngest, how are you?" Josh said to me.
"Jah, don't cry. We're crying." Ken said even though he was already crying.
Sejun didn't know what to do, who to comfort, me or Stell. But he was crying too. He comforted both of us, one of his hands stroking my back and the other one on Stell's. We were also in a group hug so he could easily reach Stell.
Sir Robin came to me and wiped my tears.
He also wiped away the tears of the four of them.
"It's okay Justin. We are here for you." Sabi ni Sir Robin.
I felt relieved because of that.
I have my family. I have ShowBt. I have SB19.
The thing is, I have a heart condition and I need immediate heart surgery.
I'm waiting for a heart donor. In the meantime, they said I should rest. I told them that they should continue our planned concerts and events but they still canceled everything.
"Ano kaba bunso. We can't go without you. SB19 is all five of us." Sabi ni Sejun saakin.
So according to...
It's been 5 months already. Time flies. I've lost so much weight and now I'm walking to the hospital for a check-up.
I wore a mask, contact lenses, and changed my hair color so people wouldn't recognize me. I also lost a lot of weight so they wouldn't think a Justin De Dios was walking around here.
I was so floating that I bumped into a woman and even dropped her cellphone.
"Hala, sorry." I said but I changed my voice a bit as I looked at his cellphone and noticed that he was browsing about us, SB19. When is the comeback?
When I gave her the cellphone, I saw that she was crying. It felt like my heart was stabbed.
I gave her my cellphone.
"I'm really sorry." He nodded and left.
Sorry.. It's because of me that we went on hiatus..
I continued walking to the hospital and got checked. The doctor said there was a heart donor.
He didn't tell me who it was because of course that's not allowed.
I called Sir Robin and told him the news.
After a few minutes, the four of them arrived, each in their own disguise. Including my family, Sir Robin, and the teacher.
"Many of you will just book a room so I can sleep here." I told them laughing.
"Do you want to eat egg whites, my youngest?" Sejun asked.
Stell punched him.
"What kind of eggs are you talking about? It's hospital food, right? Because only the doctor can say what's allowed and not allowed for him." Stell said.
"Let's go, Pokemon Maya Jah. I'll sleep here too." Ken said.
"He'll go to bed early, Ken." Josh scolded Ken.
"Thank you guys. You're really here for me." I told them.
"After your surgery, everything will be okay. We'll be back on stage!" Stell said happily.
The nurse came over and said I had a room. So we all went in.
Even if everyone wanted to sleep here, it wasn't possible. That's why in the end, only brother Yani was left and they all went home.
"Your surgery is tomorrow, Jah. Go ahead." Kuya Yani told me and hugged me. I hugged him back.
"Yes, brother. You're right there." I said and went to sleep.
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Sejun's POV
The youngest is having surgery now.
The four of us stayed at a nearby hotel so we could get there quickly.
I was the first to wake up so I woke up the three of them.
"Hey, go take a shower! It'll take you a while to get ready!" I told them and the first to get up was Ken.
"HALA JAH'S HAS SURGERY NOW!" He said and ran towards the cr.
And that's when Stell and Josh finally woke up.
They first prepared their clothes and belongings so that after taking a shower, they could go straight away.
Ken finished taking a shower and got dressed.
And when the two of them finished, we left for the hospital.
We entered Jah's room and saw him looking nervous.
Justin's POV
"The risk of this surgery is also quite high." The doctor explained to Kuya Yani and me.
Brother Yani was about to answer, but I beat him to it.
"It's okay, doc. I'll take the risk." I told him and smiled.
When the doctor left, brother Yani spoke.
"Jah. We can wait until your condition is really okay. Before you have surgery." He said worriedly.
"Brother. I don't want SB19's time to stop for me. I don't want to be the reason why they're not performing anymore. It's our dream, brother, so I don't want to be the one to ruin our dreams. Don't tell them that the surgery is risky, brother. They'll stop me, it'll be a while before they can perform. What if I really have no hope? They're just wasting their time on me." I said, crying but I just held back.
Brother Yani nodded.
"You're mature enough to think, Jah. You're not our baby Palachikong anymore." He joked and hugged me. I knew he was just trying to make me feel better.
"But don't deny it either. You'll get through this," he added.
The door opened just then. The four of them were here.
"JAAAAAAH!! Don't be nervous, we're just here for you." Stell said.
"Do you want chicken Jah?" Ken asked me.
"Don't feed Jah anything!" Josh disobeyed Ken.
The leader just looked at me as if he wanted to ask me something but remained silent.
They didn't have much time to joke around anymore because the nurse came in to say she was going to pick me up.
While I was on the stretcher to be taken to the operating room, they came with me. The four of them, including my brother Yani. The teacher and my family followed.
"I love you all so much. No matter what happens, promise me that you will continue the dream of the five of us, okay?" I turned to my family and also to the four of them.
They were all crying.
"Hey Jah, what are you talking about?" Ken said to me, crying. Josh elbowed him.
"I promise, Jah." Sejun said. I smiled and took him into the operating room.
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After 7 months...
Sejun's POV
We're making a comeback now. And here we are making a co-comeback at Araneta where all the tickets were sold out within a minute.
Of course we made a promise to Jah. We will continue to pursue all our dreams. We will walk with glass on our feet even when it is difficult.
"Guys! This is it! Let's make a comeback!" I told them and the four of us gave a group hug.
"We promised Jah, right? So let's all do our best out there!" I hyped them up.
"Let's take back our one year hiatus for A'Tin!" Josh added.
"Yes, those are our loved ones. I miss them." Stell said.
The three of us looked at Ken and waited for what he would say.
"Uhm hehehe. Let's go!" He said. We laughed at that. He just waved me away, I said, this is really our chicken.
"HOY!" Sabi ni Jah.
"What a disrespect! You just survived a risky heart surgery, is that how you're making a comeback, my youngest?" I lectured him.
We walked with glass on our feet because we thought we were back from the start. But the A'Tin didn't leave.
"Hey! WHY ARE YOU THE ONLY ONES GROUP HUGING THERE!" He said and grumbled.
"You're so tall. Where are you from?" Josh said.
"Come here Jaaaah. You're here between Joshhhh and me." Ken said sweetly.
"Sir Robin scolded me for not moving too much. He told me a lot more." He said as he approached us to join the group hug.
"Okay, so that's it! Let's all do our best today!" I said to the four of them and while we were group hugging, we prayed. We thanked the Lord because Jah was saved.
We found out too late that the surgery was risky, Jah didn't want to tell us because he knew we would stop him but he still went ahead with the surgery. We all cried so much because of his sacrifice and we felt that the only thing he wanted was to perform in front of the stage.
With us, in front of A'Tin.
"Let's all welcome back our P-pop kings! SB19!" The MC shouted hysterically and the A'Tins cheered.
"Let's do this guys! Get in the zoneee!!!!" I told them while we were still in a group hug.
"Break!" The four of them shouted and we went up on stage to perform Go Up first.
Then our performances followed one after another, including individual performances.
We also showed a new dance and song that we first performed here.
Since we found out what happened to Jah, we've all been busy and have disappeared from social media. We haven't been posting on IG, FB, Twitter, and other social media accounts because Jah doesn't want to let A'Tin know about his condition because he knows they'll be worried.
We see a lot of A'Tin crying while making videos.
And so our performance ended.
"How are you, A'Tin!?" I asked them.
"IT'S OKAY, CHIEF!"
"Are you okay, my loves?" Stell whispered.
"YES!!!!"
"You missed us, right?" Josh, another passerby, also said.
"SOOO
"We missed you all too!" Jah said.
"YEEEEEE!!!"
"We love you all!" Ken said, "This one is starting to fall apart."
"So that's all for now, but don't worry, we'll get back to you all!" I told them and they screamed.
"Bye for now A'Tin!" We said our goodbyes to them and were about to leave the stage when the lights suddenly went out. All the lights. Even the ones on the stage, the faded lights on the side. Everything was off.
Right now all we see are A'Tin's lightsticks.
"Oh, so there's a blackout here at Araneta?" Jah asked innocently, but he was still wearing a mike so everyone could hear.
We all laughed, including A'Tin.
Suddenly, the screen behind us turned on.
And what's on that screen are our pictures from pre-debut until we debuted, Tilaluha Era when few people even noticed us.
And while our pictures are there, only one gives me goosebumps.
The A'Tin. They sing Go Up. They all wave their lightsticks together even without a cue.
The five of us cried because of that.
I thought their trick was over, but it wasn't.
Because after Go Up, after the pictures of us before we were famous, a picture came out of us outside the operating room, carrying Jah.
Hey, maybe this is not allowed. Before we could panic, Sir Robin came up to us and said...
"They know all along. But they pretended that they did not know about it because they want to give privacy to all of you during Justin's surgery." He explained because we were all really surprised. Sir Robin also said that the A'Tin admins told him to do all this. Sir Robin agreed.
And after he explained, more pictures appeared.
Pictures of Jah going to the hospital. Pictures of us going to the hospital. Pictures of us at the hotel.
And while the pictures were displayed on the screen, they sang again.
(Chorus of Hanggang sa huli tune)
"And even if the world changes
We are always here
We will not leave
The heart will not change
No one else, no one else
There's nothing left to look for.
Love is with you
"With you until the end"
We started crying. They could hear us crying because of the mike. And after they sang, the lights came back on.
It's really bad that we have to make it up to them because we had a one-year hiatus but they are still here and continue to support us.
"A'Tin." Jah said softly, still crying.
"YAAAAHHH!!"
"HOOOOH!!"
"WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!"
"WE LOVE YOU ALL!"
"THANK YOU TO ALL!"
"T-thank you." And we hugged him, crying again, the five of us doing a group hug on stage while still crying.
We couldn't express our feelings into words, so we just cried. That's probably why Jah only said a simple thank you because he was really in tears.
Lord, thank you very much.
A'Tin, thank you all very much.
We love you very much.
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