There comes a moment in our life when the time actually freezes for us. Not literally though. Perhaps it feels like it that time is stuck.
But in reality, those moments are the one we'd never forget. Because they are the ones ever vivid in our mind and unforgettable. Good or bad, happy or sad... It doesn't matter. That moment just carves itself in our memory so deeply that one can't possibly erase it.
Right now, Ru was going through one of those moments. When Xiao Zhi Ren's hand made contact with her skin ever so lightly, Ru was frozen still. For her, even time was frozen but there was something which was not frozen... The way his skin brushed against her own left a burning trail.
"I don't want you to leave."
As his words registered in her mind, Ru stared back into his eyes. There were plenty of complicated emotions in his gaze. There was sadness, pain, loneliness, fear, and something she couldn't decipher.
