Him & I

ChaoMei Pavilion

When Shuoyue opens his eyes, madam Li ran to the boy’s room freaking worried.

"Shuoyue, thank goodness, my dear! How is he, doctor?" she asks urgently keeping his tears in her eyes.

"He seems to be fine and stable now, but his pulse is weak, he has to rest”

"What happens?" Shuoyue spoke quietly but his sweet voice surprised him, he didn't know where he was or who was that woman who take care of him.

"Don't speak my dear, you are still weak"

Li Wei was the name of the madam of that brothel but all call her madam Li, she sat near to him and took one of his hands. Shuoyue doesn't speak anymore as the madam asked him not to do it, when the doctor finished checking on him he started to give the recipes of his medicine to the madam.

They were talking a lot but Shuoyue was uncomfortable so he sat on the bed when nobody was looking at him, when he did that a lot of memories came to his mind. With his right hand, he tries to comfort his head's pain for that bunch of information.

"Don't move so fast!" The doctor shouted a little angry when he saw him sit down.

"I'm sorry..."

"You were poisoned, I'm surprised you're still alive" The doctor gets mad at Shuoyue for his rash behavior and scolds him.

"Was the poison that bad?" the madam asked worriedly.

"It was the Red Dream Poison"

"Oh my... How come..."

She was shocked to hear that name, all knew very well that the Red Dream Poison was extremely rare and mortal in all the world. One drop can kill ten immortals at once.

"I recommend total rest at least for the next two weeks, Madam"

"I understand, thank you so much doctor Gao"

After Shuoyue received all the instructions he was left alone, his mind was blurry, even though he knew that his real name was not Shuoyue he also remembered his life as Shuoyue; it was something difficult to understand.

The only memory that was clear enough was the image of that handsome man with golden eyes and long black hair crying while he was holding him in his arms. His sad eyes made his heart feel pain even though he couldn't remember the name of that boy.

«What are you to me? Who are you?»

He tries to find the answer to his memories but he only gets a big headache. Without any more to do, he intended to go back to sleep but before he could do that, madam Li came into his room whit some food.

"A-Yue, Is everything alright?"

The sweet voice of the woman who always takes care of him sounds tired and low. She came to give him a chicken soup she prepared for him, Shuoyue smiled gently and sat on the bed again to eat it.

"I'm alright madam"

"My poor child… You don't have to act, you have suffered a lot"

"Don't worry too much, it was only… An accident"

"Yeah, an accident... Remember that if you need anything you can call me at any moment, understood?"

"Yes madam, thank you"

The conversation was short, she gave him the food and he ate as if he hadn't had any food in months, which was more strange but she didn't ask anything. He remembers her but something was off, he felt as if he wasn't Shuoyue at all.

After he eats, she leaves the room quietly when Shuoyue fell asleep, she was a mother to him since Shuoyue was sold at the brothel and she hast to order him to do housework, she always takes care of that pretty kid as if he was his child.

That night Shuoyue dreamed about places he had never visited, with faces of people he never met before but still knew who were, but In the middle of the night he woke up with fear, with a lot on his mind.

He couldn't go back to sleep and however the doctor told him that someone had poisoned him so his body was very frail at that moment, curiously he felt better than before.

Jingdi Pavilion

A beautiful boy was brushing his hair in front of a mirror while he was singing a song.

"Now.... you don't have any reason to refuse me... Xichen"

Lan Castle

"You are so rude to your son" Zhao scolds the king.

"A-Zhao I'm doing this for him"

"It's only been two years since... His death"

The Fire's king sight, his lover was right; he lost his wife when Xichen was born, and he knows very well how many years he waited until he recognized his feelings for his best friend Zhao.

"A-Zhao... Could you...?" the king looked at his couple asking for help.

“Speak to him? “ Zhao completes the sentence of his partner with a smile on his face.

“How did you..?”

"You don't have to ask, I know you the better"

"You always know everything” the king says making a funny face

Lan Zhao only laughs at his partner's expression, he was a pretty adult with long light brown hair and golden eyes, however, he is a member of the Fire clan, his parents were from the Wang family, but since all the members of the clan receive the surname of the principal family to be a part of a union, and this principle which was settled down for all the clans a lot of decades ago can not be changed; that's why his name changed from Wang Zhao to Lan Zhao.

After that conversation, Lan Zhao left the throne room looking for Xichen, however, he wasn't his mother Lan Zhao takes care of Xichen since he was born and loved him as if he was his child. He was the nearest image to a mother in Xichen's life.

When A-Zhao found Xichen he tried not to laugh at his angry face but he ended up doing that.

Xichen was more than angry, after that conversation with his father he took his horse and went on a ride. He was thinking about the voice he heard telling him "I love you more" he was confused, it was the voice of his beloved Lan Yue and that whisper he heard was like a goodbye from his couple.

Xichen knew very well he wasn't with him anymore because since the day his lover Yue died he felt that energy attached to him like glue but after that whisper, he couldn't sense it anymore ... The presence he always feels near to him disappears in the air.

"A-Chen, You are going to make a hollow on the floor"

"Mo-... Lan Zhao... Why are you here?"

"Oh... Are you not gonna call me mom again?"

"You always stop me... I don't dare to call you like that..."

"My child, I saw you grow up, I educated you... For me, you are my child even though I'm a man but... You know in public it's a little complicated"

Xichen sight because he understands him, he was the son of the previous queen and Zhao was the new lover of his father, it wasn't so good on the other eye that he calls Zhao his “mother”

Xichen keeps silent for a couple of minutes trying to stop the tears from his eyes but they start running fast through his cheeks. Being with him relaxed him and show that vulnerable side of him.

Lan Zhao hugged him and Xichen hugged him back, he was crying like a baby in his mother's arms.

"It's alright…everything is going to be alright"

"I miss him, mom… I still love him"

"I know babe"

Yinying Pavilion

"Father, they send the invitation"

"Just as I thought, Did you make all the preparations?"

"Yes, everything is ready"

"That's good"

ChaoMei Pavilion

After that little nap, Shuoyue woke up and at that moment he couldn't recall his real name, his past life was locked up inside his heart, he only remembered his life in that brothel as a dancer.

"Do you want to know the most recent news"

On the streets a small boy was selling newspapers, Shuoyue who was watching the dark the sky felt curious about the news, he buys one of those papers and started reading it.

"The prince, Lan Xichen is gonna have his ascension ceremony as crown prince at the fire palace tomorrow, everyone is invited to see and watch the event."

"Ah...I don't think I can watch the event…"

Shuoyue saw the name of the prince and felt something in his chest. Somehow he knew that name or heard it before but why does it make him feel uncomfortable?

«How is the crown prince?»

That thought came to his mind. He doesn't remember him at all but he remembers the others members of the royal family.

"How strange"

To be continued