by my side for the past 12 years

The melodious voice of the chirping birds was heard in the distance, on a sunny morning at the residence of Phoenix. The calmness that always includes the residence of Phoenix is ​​a characteristic that will always be there, as long as this residence exists. Or rather the owner of this residence exists, even if she is inside.

Everything like returning when Phoenix was still alive before she left and ended up being born as a human being today. But Phoenix's soul is still attached to her, even though she is now in human form.

Phoenix is ​​still leaning on Xuan Ti's chest. Her eyes were still closed, enduring the pain and heavy head. She did not want to do a movement that could make her head more painful. So, she decided to lean against the man she felt comfortable when she was near him.

The calm that fills the room, there is no sound other than the heartbeat of the two of them. Even the movements that can be seen are only the movements of their chest, and even then, because of the movements of the breath they breathe in and breathe out as a symbol of their living.

Phoenix besides enduring the pain in her head. She tried to calm down by breathing with a certain rhythm. This is used to her when she was still living as a phoenix. And she always trains this movement every morning. You could say as a meditation of calmness.

And she did it from every position that she said could make her much calmer. Instead of sticking to a cross-legged sitting position, which people generally know and practice.

According to her that position actually made her stiff and make her uneasy. There is even a sense from within him wanting to rebel and end the calm session she did.

Phoenix in her calm attitude is still waiting for an answer from Xuan Ti on the question she asks to him.

On the other hand, Xuan Ti is in an abandonment, should he tell her the way she can get all her memories back? Which leads to her will return her crazy decision and disappear. And he doesn't want that to happen again.

He did not want to find phoenix in madness again, like she did so far. And he continued to believe she was still alive out there. And that makes him uneasy because he will always think, is she in a good condition? Is she in danger that he is not with her to help her. And there are many other thoughts that haunt his mind as long as he searches and has not found her.

And now after she returns, he will not let it happen again, not under his supervision.

If he doesn't tell her, Phoenix will be in the dark and he is sure she will always see wrinkles on her forehead, a sign she is in thinks hard, finding a solution to the problem she is facing.

He knew very well the nature of Phoenix, she would always think hard until she found a solution to the problems she was facing. And she did not stay idle until she found a way. But if he doesn't tell her now, at least he can buy time for her to be able to think calmly and clearly, and not take careful and extreme steps by swallowing the darkness itself.

He did not know how far Phoenix was in absorbing and holding back the extreme darkness and full of madness. And did not live in it, until she forgot the initial purpose why she took that crazy action.

When he heard this news from Ru Jing alone, made his heart feel squeezed by sturdy and muscular hands that were ready to squeeze dry what elements were in his heart, water, blood, muscles, whatever it was and turned into a dry fiber slab that was dry out is like a desert in the middle of the day, with the hot sun ready to scorch the dry grass that is dry because it has not been tasting water for a long time.

"Ru Jing, waiting for you outside, she was very worried about you" he decided to postpone her by diverting to another topic. At least with her interacting with Ru Jing she forgot her question.

"Ru Jing?" Phoenix forehead furrowed deeply.

"Yes, Ru Jing ... I give information to her that you are here" he tried to speak in a flat voice so as not to be seen if he tried to avoid her question.

Phoenix opened her eyes, the eyes clearly looked faintly in tired. Maybe if she rests longer, when she wakes up much fresher than her current condition. Although a moment ago he was very relieved to see Phoenix already aware of her stupors.

Phoenix looked into Xuan Ti's eyes with a frown, she was not sure if she heard clearly. Because last time she came here together with Xuan Lung, Ru Jing was not here. In fact, she did not feel her presence at her residence for a very long time.

She did not see the doubt from his eyes that was a sign that what he said had truth. Then she turned her face to the door of the bedroom and focused there. And there she felt her presence. Her face turned cheerful, smiling broadly.

She sat straiten from her leaned position to Xuan Ti. She frowned, because her head still hurt a little. And spontaneously her left hand supported her head by putting her palm on the left side of her head.

Seeing a smile on Phoenix's face just now, Xuan Ti concluded that she could not wait to meet her close friends. He took the initiative to call her, because he did not want Phoenix to move from her bed to welcome her at the door of the bedroom. "Ru Jing ... come in"

The sound of the creak door of the bedroom was heard after a few seconds waiting in silence. The door slowly swung open, one foot stepped in and follow the other one and there the figure of Ru Jing came with a smiling face, but it was very clear that there was anxiety there.

"Ru Jing!" Call phoenix excitedly. While lifting and stretch out her hands in a position ready to hug the person who was still standing stiff at the door of the bedroom.

"Qing Yang!" exclaimed Ru Jing, raising both her hands in the same position as Phoenix then running over to her on the bed and then hug her.

Both hugged each other, removing longing. Like two people who haven't seen each other in a long time. Even though they meet every day at Xiao Hai's house. But not in the position of knowing each other like when they lived together in the phoenix residence thousands of years ago. But know in other circumstances.

"Ru Jing, how are you? Where have you been all this time" the first sentence made her heart happy because Phoenix always paid attention to the people around her, but the last sentence made Ru Jing's lips pursed, because she should be the one asking this but now the opposite is happening.

"I'm fine, I've been by your side at least the last 12 years" she answered her question with a smile but after the last words she clenched his upper and lower teeth with her lips parted slightly revealing her white teeth. Embarrassed. Like a child who is embarrassed when caught telling a lie.

"How about you? Oh… you know how anxious I was when I got the information from Xuan Ti. I immediately left all the activities I was doing and came here as fast as I could." Ru Jing couldn't wait to find out how she was and asked excitedly and didn't leave enough time for Phoenix to cut her off.

Phoenix pursed her lips into thin air could be seen from the answer to her second question. "What do you mean that you have been by my side for the past 12 years?"