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[ Now that they are back in the present time, the memories of a life once lived are already beginning to fade. With every moment, he loses the little random details that he could once recall vividly: where he and Chang Geng celebrated their first wedding anniversary, the day Gu Yan's dragon egg hatched, where in the house Gu Yan took her first steps...

What's left behind is the memory of a deep love.

Losing people he's loved, he's used to it. That doesn't make his heart hurt any less.

And then Chang Geng's hand is touching his cheek, and he knows he is being too greedy. He kisses back, and—overwhelmed with gratitude—draws Chang Geng into his arms. Chroma surges into his body, and with it a strange sensation of unfairness and irritation, unhappiness that a perfect day had been ruined.

These are feelings that seem alien to him. But before he can puzzle it out, he can sense a certain unpleasantly familiar pull, and breaks the kiss, panting softly.

Then, still holding onto Chang Geng with one arm, he reaches down to lift the device he'd left by the bed. He knows what he has to do. ]

We have a few minutes before that rift will try to seize us again. Help me.

[ With a steady grip, he points it at the rift. And then he turns to kiss Chang Geng once more, this time deeply, to generate more chroma. ]

[A part of him is reluctant...which surprises him a little.

And yet, it's nothing more than a fleeting feeling, there and gone in the blink of an eye before he's reaching out to cover Gu Yun's hand that was holding the device, a gesture of support but also to show that this was doing to be something both of them do together.]

Of course.

[Anything you ask.

He didn't drag Gu Yun closer, not wanting to affect his aim but he moved closer so they were pressed close and returned that kiss. He kissed the way he knew Gu Yun liked best: sweet and lingering, without teeth in consideration for...everything else unpleasant they had to deal with while his free hand settles on the small of his back.]

[ Usually he closes his eyes when Chang Geng kisses him, letting himself relax into the delight of loving and being loved. A life lived on the battlefield means that he takes pleasures when he can, fully. This time, however, he has to keep his eyes open, to maintain his aim.

Chang Geng reaching up to help him with this, it is a great comfort, as much comfort as it is to be kissed so tenderly and so sweetly. Through the rings, he can sense Chang Geng's loyalty and love, and determination to help him, no matter what he needs.

Thus he is able to remain steady, letting the vast chroma they are generating pass through to the device, as he seals away that idyllic future: ten years of memories together with Chang Geng, and six with their daughter.

When the rift finally shuts, his device makes a soft beeping sound. He drops it, using his arm instead to embrace Chang Geng, to pull him close. I'm sorry, he thinks to himself. For letting you see such a world, and not being able to give it to you.

After a while, his wrist device vibrates. He breaks out of the kiss to glance down at it. ]

Oh. That was the last one. All of the rifts are closed, now.

[ He says this in a matter-of-fact tone, but as he sits on the bed next to Chang Geng, his expression is lost. Try as he might, he can't seal away his grief. ]

[When Chang Geng hears that thought he was surprised but also suspected this was probably something to do with the rings as moonlacing had begun to be...odd since putting them on.

Still, that was hardly the most important thing right now.]

That's good.

[He reached out to take hold of Gu Yun's arm and gently moved to lay them both back on the bed.

It's daytime, but he feels they've both earned a chance to relax properly.]

I love you. [Three simple words and yet they meant everything. And, if he's right about his guess then there's no need to further elaborate since he's taken Gu Yun's hand in his, how Gu Yun was his entire world and he already felt this was more happiness than he should be allowed to hold.]

[ As Chang Geng coaxes him to lie down, he doesn't resist, letting his body relax as Chang Geng takes his hand.

It was a dream, he tells himself. No more than a dream, fragmented and illusory.

Before experiencing this beautiful dream, hadn't he been trapped in a different world, a terrible past where he'd suffered alone? Being here with Chang Geng, being able to tie their lives together with these rings, isn't that more than he ever expected in this life?

The few things he still remembers about Gu Yan he'll keep close to his heart, as a treasured memory.

And then Chang Geng utters those words, and it's as if he's been wrapped up in a thick blanket: glowing warmth suffuses his body, from his head to his toes. He looks up and smiles. ]

My darling. I love you, too.

[ He lifts his hand, settling it on Chang Geng's hip, massaging it slowly, in lazy circles. ]

Naturally, however, a man's actions are more important than his words.

[ His smile, at first sweet, takes on a different look. ]

[He actually hadn't been thinking that when he lay them both down, but that touch and that smile...

He's a healthy young man madly in love. How could he possibly say no to such an invitation?

He swallows, his cheeks slightly pinked.

But still, he brings Gu Yun's hand up, pressing kisses to the knuckles.]

Of course. [He whispers, private and reverent before he moves to straddle Gu Yun.] Let me thoroughly demonstrate how much I adore you.

[He says it so earnestly as if he hadn't already demonstrated this a hundred times over at this point.]

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