Shun gasped and realized it was just a dream, but the dream felt so real. Sitting up, he felt something wet across his face. He touched it and saw blood. Quickly getting up, he went to the restroom to see his nose was bleeding again. He wasn’t sure why that was, but he really didn’t want to see a doctor.
‘Maybe I should…’
Wiping his face, he returned to the empty bed and removed the sheets to clean up the blood. Jin didn’t need to worry about him again. No one needed to.
“You are an idiot,” Prince Peter’s voice tsked.
“Witch, could you at least use your own voice,” he frowned scrubbing the blood.
“Fine,” the old witch’s voice filtered in, “I told you. You will need to return soon or else you’d die here for good. You think you are only affected? Selfish boy, Xiong Shun is also hurting.”
‘Xiong Shun is alive then… I thought he was dead.’
“Yes, he is alive and living quite well actually,” the old witch grinned, “Your parents are quite proud of him. He had accomplished much there, as much as you have here.”
Shun didn’t say anything as he finished cleaning out the stains. Putting them in the washer, he entered the kitchen and ate the left over Jin made. His lover had brought Gina to the hospital before meeting with his lawyers. Although CEO Hosh was now exiled from their country, it didn’t mean there won’t be people upset with the female still.
‘If… If we agree to stay where we are… would that be an issue for you, Witch?’
“…”
‘Witch? I… I love my family, but… If Xiong Shun is happy there and my family is happy, then I rather have him stay. I also… I love it here too. I don’t want this world to die because I didn’t complete all my tasks. Is there anything I can do to change the rules? I’ll do almost anything. Please.’
Shun was desperate. The old witch could hear it in his voice and see it in his behavior. She rubbed her forehead and sighed. The only reason she agreed to doing this was Prince Peter offering up his current life to meet Shun in the future. She was old and felt her heart mourned for the boy, so with her weak heart for love, she did as he asked.
Now this Shun wanted to stay in this world.
'I should have known,' she sighed to herself.
“If Xiong Shun agrees, then so be it.”
‘Thank you, witch. I know… I haven’t been nice to you, but I thank you for giving me life here, giving me Suu Jin… He is… Prince Peter, isn’t he?’
“Now you get it,” he could hear the witch smirk.
“I can’t believe it…” Shun breathed out a smile.
“You should,” the witch snickered, “That dream of yours-”
“WHAT! No! Get out of my dreams! It is… It is personal!” Shun shouted aloud with his face beet red.
The laughing of the old woman sounded, before the pressure of her left his mind. He took a shower and prepared lunch, ignoring his dream... a really really good dream.
Going live, he smiled and said hello to his fans.
“Ah, I know. I am sorry! Please forgive me for not coming on in so long,” he bowed and read the chat, “Ah yeah. We do have a lot to talk about.”
He nodded and went over what he would say. He had to think before speaking or else he would end up putting his foot in his mouth like before. He didn’t want to do that again.
“I took a break with Gina because we had to talk about our relationship. We are still figuring things out and there are a lot of things that you don’t know. I am sorry, everyone, but I can’t tell you. I hope you all can respect this decision of ours until we are ready to speak up.”
He smiled and saw some hearts in the chat.
“I am very happy for my friends and their accomplishments. I hope I can start recording and singing again. I miss you all so much!” He send love fingers. He laughed seeing the teary face emotes and hearts.
“Hopefully soon. But how about I sing you a few songs?”
A few became hours of music. He truly missed it.
He sang songs from Symmony, Shinny Girls, Mix4U Boys, BestTwo, and a few others he enjoyed. There were requests from him to sing Jin’s song and he laughed with a nod. Singing one of his favorites from Jin, he imagined his lover before him like when they first met.
“Just looking into your eyes, I found my home. In the depths of the space, I know your hold-ing my hand always. Cause I am no longer lost with you by my side. You’ve found my missing puzzle piece, now I am completed.”
He closed his eyes and finished the song. Ah, he loves Suu Jin so much, his heart was melting just thinking about the pinkette. He glanced at the chat to see everyone writing Jin’s name. Confused, he wondered why they were saying his lover’s name. Was it because he just sang his song?
The text notification came through the top banner of his phone and he read it to himself.
“Send me a link, babe.”
His cheeks warmed and he sent the join link to Suu Jin. When his lover joined, the chat went so fast, he couldn’t even read one word from it.
“Ah Shun,” Jin smiled at him, “Did you sleep well?”
“Yes,” Shun smiled, “You?”
Jin’s lips curled into a secretive one that only made Shun’s heart pitter patter harder against his chest.
“Lately I have been sleeping really well. I wonder what it could be?” The pinkette chuckled and Shun had to force himself to swallow.
“I missed you singing, Ah Shun. I love your voice. You singing my song… Do you want to sing your version of my tracks?” Jin questioned before looking away from the camera to answer a question.
“I couldn’t,” Shun shook his head, “They sound beautiful with your voice. But… maybe we could sing together?”
“Yeah, let’s do that,” Jin’s smile softened, “I can’t wait, Ah Shun.”
“Ah Jin…” Shun almost forgot he was live, “Haha~ Ah Jin is so nice, isn’t he? Ah, I am so lucky.”
“I am the lucky one,” Jin spoke softly and Shun had to squeeze his knees or he’d end up saying all the things he wanted to say, like, ‘I love you.’
'IloveyousomuchwhenwillyoubehomesoIcanholdyoukissyoudoeverythingwithyou.Iloveyouloveyouloveyou!'
Yeah.... That wouldn't go well, would it?