Guilin slammed the door behind him as he left.
The loud sound startled Kui awake. He blinked sleepily, only to find a handsome face very close to his own, so close that he could feel the warmth of the man's breath against his skin.
Aok slowly opened his ocean-blue eyes and looked at him with a small, loving smile.
"Good morning, my love."
Kui blinked again.
For a moment, he honestly couldn't tell if he was dreaming or awake.
Aok looked so much like the man from his past life right now. The familiar blue eyes, the way he looked at him, even the soft voice when he called him my love. For just a second, the two faces seemed to overlap in his mind, making it difficult to distinguish one from the other.
Without thinking, Kui reached out and gently touched Aok's long lashes. The tiny hairs brushed against his fingertip, and that soft sensation finally pulled him out of his daze.
"Aok? What... what are you doing here?"
He sat up straight and stared down at him.
