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The apartnt that always greeted him subrged in the darkness that he had made his own sanctuary looked different tonight. Because tonight, it wasn't the darkness that greeted him. Instead, it was candlelights spread out. His slumped posture straightened up in curiosity and equal confusion.
As he took a further step inside, candlelights making the arc of brilliant gold in the darkness seed to have made his heart beat faster. His eyes darted around the living room before they settled on a box lying on the glass surface of the coffee table. His flashed with astonishnt and happiness as he noticed sothing else. Or more precisely, soone else.
Since the candlelight gave far less illumination that the blaring electric bulbs, even the furniture's shape were barely discernible. And just like that, Xiu's figure was also hardly discernible to him. Using her arms as her pillow, she was leaning against the coffee table as she sat on the thick carpet.
Darren took small but a bit hesitant steps towards her and kneeled down right beside her. He didn't make a single sound, only stared at her face in the dim candlelights. The flickering yellow flas might have muted every other color in the room, but as he sat beside her, he was srized by how she seed to be basking in the warm light.
Her skin looked llow like peach, her bones seed sharp and her hair... Oh, how badly he wanted to run his fingers through her long hair. But he didn't lift his hand to touch, scared that he might wake her up and mostly because he was afraid that she was just an illusion. And if he touched, she'd vanish.
With fascination palpable on his face, he kept his eyes on her. Suddenly, he noticed her eyes fluttering a little and she furrowed her brows before lifting her hand to rub her eyes like an adorable kitten. After rubbing her eyes when she lifted her eyes, she was t with the most beautiful orbs she was most familiar with. And noticing those grey orbs looking back at her, her sleep went out the window while her lips lifted up in a bright toothy grin.
"Hi, baby!" Xiu waved both her hands at him in happiness. "When did you co back? Why didn't you wake ? I've been waiting for you here." She kept talking and talking while Darren didn't say a word in reply. His eyes just followed her every gesture or her every single expression.
Under the dimness, he could say that her brown eyes seed black, each pupil quite undetectable. And yet they shone so brightly like stars in the dark sky. She looked strangely different in that shallow light like she didn't even belong to that era.
Xiu clicked her fingers before his eyes when she didn't hear anything from him and pouted, "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you angry with ?" Xiu slid closer to him and held both sides of his face in her hands saying, "Don't be mad at . I know I was not supposed to drink when you're not with . But..." Xiu looked downward guiltily as she went on, "I had sothing to talk to Dylan and I couldn't do it sober. Besides, I promise I only intended to drink one or two glass." She even raised her three fingers to show her solemn stance but it waivered soon enough.
"Baby, you know that I was literally an alcoholic in my previous life. So, when a drop of alcohol went into my system, my nervous system had a short circuit and I lost count of how much I drank." Xiu was trying hard to explain herself as best as she could in her half-drunk state. But even then Darren didn't speak which made Xiu's heart beat like a drum in fear. "Baby, are you that upset that you won't even talk to your Sweets? Can't you forgive your Sweets just this one ti? Please!" She tugged at his sleeve as she continued, "Even if you want to stay angry, please say sothing. Don't be so silent. It's scaring ."
Darren finally spoke, "I'm trying to figure out whether you're really here or I'm dreaming again." Xiu's eyes widened as she heard his response and stared at him unblinkingly as he continued, "But you don't talk to this much in my dreams. I've been looking for you for hours and when I couldn't find you anywhere, I honestly thought you're gone. You left again. The thought of losing you again scared the hell out of . That is why I don't dare to try to see whether you're really here or not." he sighed heavily, "Because even if it is my dream all over again, let live in this dream a bit longer. At least, you're here with m-"
His words were cut off by Xiu's lips. It was for just a mont, a fraction of a second, incredibly risky and yet painful for Xiu to see him doubting. But the mont she pulled away, she felt him trembling against her and it clenched her heart in her chest terribly.
Slowly and carefully her arms wrapped around his neck as she looked into his eyes and said, "This ti you're not questioning my will to stay. This ti you're actually doubting your own love." Darren raised his brows at her as she continued, "Baby, it's our love holding us together. There is no way around it." She leaned her head a bit and bit his cheek making him flinch a bit in surprise. "This is to remind you that I'm very real. This is not a bloody dream. I won't let this be one. When this reality is better than the dreams why would I let you think about so lost dream?" she whispered against his cheek before her lips slid to the corner of his lips to drop a kiss.
Xiu almost pushed him as he fell on his back while she kept hugging him as if to transfer all her warmth to him. He wrapped his arms around her, her scent mixed with alcohol overwheld his senses and he rubbed her hair with a content smile as he said, "Yup... This reality is far better. You're right here with ."Please go to
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