Xiao Zai and Chu Yun returned to the party for their children's 30 day celebration, and acted as if nothing was out of place. As always Gu Wei noticed, but for once didn't try to find out more.
It wasn't until later that night, together in bed that Chu Yun brought it up:
"I didn't realise, when she first told me the tale, how devastating it sill was, all these years later," he admitted, his face buried in Xiao Zai's chest. "For both of them. Neither of them really moved on."
Xiao Zai ran his hand down the back of Chu Yun's hair. "Would you?"
Chu Yun shifted in the silk sheets, and looked up into Xiao Zai's eyes. "No. Not if it was you and me."
Sometimes he had trouble believing it had been less than a year since he and Xiao Zai met. He couldn't imagine how his life would be without him, worse, he couldn't imagine how he would survive if anyone took Xiao Zai away from him.
