Xuyun - Part 15

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Xuyun's eyes grew widen. But he wasn't surprised. He didn't give a damn about what the future would turn out. He grabbed Sui's hand. "Don't worry about that. I'm here before you now, in this moment. Don't think about anything else."

His eyes looked so soft when he was looking at Sui. Sui never seen his eyes looked like that before. It made him felt so touched. He laid his head on Xuyun's shoulder. "How can I not worry about that? Senior, your ability is a rare one, it takes too much toll on your body. Don't overexert yourself."

Xuyun fell silent. It wasn't like he didn't know the risks of his ability, but again, he didn't give a damn about that.

"I wouldn't. This is the last time." He lied. He would still repeat, repeat, repeat the August 20 after Sui died, no matter how many years the ability would take away from his life.

Just after he said that, smile could be seen on Sui's face. "Let's make this day memorable, senior," he said.

Sui asked what did he do after confessing to Xuyun before, and how did he die previously. Xuyun told him everything. Hearing that he had skipped class, went to the arcade and even fought on the colosseum arena, he couldn't help but grinned foolishly. When Xuyun asked him whether if he wanted to go there again, Sui shook his head.

"You might not know this, senior, but I'm a weird person. I got tired easily of habits. When I like or hate something, it wouldn't be long. Yesterday, I might like visit arcade and colosseum, but today, I prefer going to planetarium and movies instead!"

So he's a moody guy, huh? That would explain why he seemed full-spirited when facing the arcade's gang, but then he slouched like a wimp in colosseum's arena.

They jumped off the school wall and walked to the planetarium while wearing hoodies, covering their identities as student. When they arrived there, three striking yellow-colored school busses could be seen at the parking lot, and a lot, lot of children were waiting outside the ticket counter.

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It was a grade school field trip.

Feeling dejavu, Xuyun, who hated crowded place, urged Sui to leave and went into another place, but this time, Sui was persistent.

After waiting for half an hour, they finally got their tickets and then went inside, along with crowds of grade schoolers. Xuyun held Sui's hand all the time, to avoid getting separated.

The planetarium had a magnificent interior design. Inside, they felt like they were nowhere on earth. A lot of star-like lights shone from everywhere, yet it was not too bright. The hallway were all black glass, reflecting the starlight like the outer space. It was wonderful.

Sui acted like the grade schoolers around. His eyes were like the hallway, reflecting all the light like it were the outer space itself. He listened carefully of the guide's explanation. Sometimes, he touched the constellation screen and followed the line with his fingers. He jumped around, but still holding on Xuyun's hand tight.

He likes this place that much?, Xuyun thought. What was special about this place? Except if he didn't go to grade school, every school had planetarium as their permanent list of field trip destination. In other words, every children surely had went here at least once.

They entered a big hall with high, round ceilings, like a dome. After all the visitors had been seated, the lights turned off. It was dark for awhile, before another lights flashed, making all the visitors mesmerized.

Above them, the round dome ceilings turned into a galaxy, a wide galaxy with numerous stars. It felt like they really had been thrown into a rocket, then were blasted into the space. They were so close to the so-called moon and mars, they were basically in space now.

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Xuyun could feel Sui's grip tightening on his hand.

"I'm so glad that I can't look into the future now, senior," he said, while still staring at the galaxy.

Xuyun couldn't see his expression clearly from the side. He remained silent while thinking carefully what did Sui mean. He glanced into the direction Sui looked at. It was still the same galaxy. Dark blue space, filled with million of stars. Like the night sky.

Suddenly, he understood the reason why Sui wanted to go there. It was because he couldn't watch the night sky with Xuyun. They could never watch the same star together, because the stars hadn't come out yet at 6 PM.

Yet here, they could defy the truth. They were now had passed 6 PM. It was night time now, it was alright now. They finally could live in this moment, not knowing what the future would bring.

Xuyun slowly released his grip, then gently intertwined each of his fingers with Sui's, filled all the gap between Sui's fingers. It was warm, it was too comfortable, if only he could freeze this time.

Sui could felt something touched his cheek and turned his face to the side. It was his senior. It was dark, but he could find Xuyun's eyes, that got close and closer to his face. He felt his lip touched something as tender, for a short while, then parted. Xuyun watched Sui's reaction, feeling rude. Sui was not feeling wronged at all, instead, he wanted to do it again, longer. He was about to peck Xuyun's lips again, before his ears started ringing so noisily. He heard screams. Then pain all over his body. The starlights disappeared.