Heartbeats

Mei Shu was really sad and upset. Both of them stayed quiet and didn't say anything for some minutes.

" Am I not trustworthy? For you am I just a stranger? Did you always see me like that? " , Mei Shu asked Shou in a low voice.

Shou reamined quiet and still didn't say anything.

" I don't want to tell you the reason. This may interfere with your Life. I am sorry." , Shou apologize from his mind.

Mei Shu couldn't hold back herself anymore and she cried again.

Hic hic # Sound of crying #

As soon as Shou heard her crying, he immediately got up and tried to calm her down. But Mei Shu couldn't stop crying.

Shou couldn't hold back in the end and said, " WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!!??? YOU AND I ARE NOT THE SAME!!! I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT MY PAST AND WHO I AM. BUT YOU ARE DIFFERENT!! YOU HAVE YOUR FAMILY , YOUR KINGDOM AND PEOPLE NEED YOU.. IF YOUR REPUTATION IS RUINED BECAUSE A REGULAR GUY LIKE ME, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I CAN DO. SO PLEASE I BEG YOU... " , Shou's tears started to fall down to his cheeks, " I... don't wanna ruin your future. I love you and that's the problem... "

Mei Shu was really surprised to hear such a thing. Shou turned back and prepared to leave. But Mei Shu pulled his hand and kissed him.

Shou was really surprised. She broke the kiss and she breathed hardly. In fact, Mei Shu has never kissed anyone before so she doesn't know how to breathe while kissing.

Shou was stunned and he couldn't say anything. " Y..You.. ", after saying nothing for minutes, he finally said a word.

Mei Shu was blushing as a tomato. She has never done things like this before.

She looked at Shou and said with a shy face while smiling, " It is future. We should only focus on the present, you know. And I love you too. Thank you for telling me this. And I don't care if my reputation is ruined. We love eachother right? That's the most important thing. "

Shou waa happy to hear that. However, he shook his head and said to Mei Shu, " You can't do it Mei. Although you don't care, but I care. Think about your citizens who need your help. And think about the people who gave their lives for the kingdom and hoping you will be able to stop these wars. The Mei Shu I know won't do such a thing that would put her citizens in danger right? So please don't risk anything for me. I don't want to see you hurt. "

Mei Shu nodded and told him , " I won't. Then I won't make our relationship public. We can at least date in secret. "

Shou didn't want Mei Shu to get hurt so he agreed as well. From then on, Mei Shu and Shou have been dating in secret. However, Su Ying knew about their relationship as Mei Shu told her. But no one except her knew. Mei Shu decided not to tell her sister, Mei Yan. If Mei Yan knew , then it wouldn't be nice. Some people might find out about it and if that time comes, Mei Yan also might be in danger. So Mei Shu decided to hide from her.

Mei Shu and Shou hang out together sometimes in disguise. But they would only stay as servant and Princess in front of Mei Shu's dad and the others.

Their secret was safe and no one was suspicious about it. They both had their best moments. However these days , Mei Shu became busy again with the preparations for the coming war. But Shou didn't mind. He could understand Mei Shu's problems.

It has been six months since Mei Shu started to get busy. Shou didn't have anything to do. So he thought, " I have been here over a year and have been eating the food that I get free. Although I am Mei Shu's boyfriend, I am just a secret one. And I should pay back the light kingdom's gratitudes. However, I have no money so I should start earning money myself first and live on my feet. I need to get a good job that suits me well. But I have been testing myself and discovering my weak points and good points. I can't do cooking. I can't do any housework. And I can't work as a seller and so on. All I can do is fighting and I can do the things that need to work with swords. And the most suitable job for me is soldier or jobs like bodyguard , spy and others. Maybe I should ask Mei Shu about the jobs. I just hope she will agree. "

At night, Mei Shu came back and she and Shou agreed to meet by the river last time so she went there immediately. Shou was also waiting for her.

When Shou saw Mei Shu, he smiled at her and waved at her. Mei Shu went and sat near him. Then Shou said that he wanted to find a job. Mei Shu didn't agree no matter how many times he asked.

" You are my boyfriend and I can give you anything. You don't need to work.".

These were the words Mei Shu said everytime Shou asked her.

In the end, Shou decided to stop asking. Mei Shu said properly, " I know why you want to find a job. But don't worry. You are a guest here. So no one will complain about you getting free food from the kingdom. And I am sorry. I can't spend time with you beca- "

Before Mei Shu could finish her sentence, Shou pulled her and kissed her on the lips. The moon was shining in the sky. The water in the river was sparkling by the moon. And there, the love of two people was bright together with the moon and the stars. The night was quiet but you could hear the heartbeats of two people in the middle of the night.

[ Do you know that you can't laugh too much... or you will have a very very sad moment waiting for you in the very soon future .. ]