Chapter 101: The Oasis To My Desert

The two of us rested on the couch, my fingers tangled in his silky locks as I stroked through them gently. Aries wraps my waist in his arms, his cheek leaning against my chest.

"How have you been feeling?" I dropped my hands to his shoulders, pressing my palms lightly against them as I propped myself at the right angle to look at his face.

"I've... Seen better days." Aries smiles weakly at me, the corner of his eyes rising as his lips tugged to a smile.

"... I know you left because you didn't want to hurt me but..." I cup his cheeks in my hands as his gentle gaze fell on me.

There... The warm look I remember so well...

I caressed his cheeks fondly, my thumb pressing against his pallid cheeks as he leaned into my touch. I watch his eyelids flutter shut, lightly brushing against my thumb as I pondered how they could be so long.