Destinies : Connected by Fate✔️

Chapter 22

Though Zhang had figured out the situation almost in its entirely, he hears YiHuang out patiently. He notices the small details he had not been able to catch or had dismissed, thinking them to be unimportant.

The prince leans back on the chair. The events he had witnessed had left him drained and demotivated. Head hanging low, he sighs, "Now you know as much as I do."

Zhang knew that there were more things YiHuang had not touched upon, for the human had caught glimpses of them in what he had concluded were visions. The answer to why he was seeing things was something that had stumped him as well; thus, he had chosen to not come clean to his companion yet. "What prompted the professor to start this facility when your father did not believe in it?"

YiHuang's eyes widen for a second, 'How did he catch on to this detail!?'
"I spent a substantial part of my childhood here in Kynlun. My mother...the queen, was not very fond of me. She believed that I was bad luck. To maintain peace, I was sent here." With his eyes cast low, he adds, "I am not hers. Father refuses to tell me who my mother was. I was the reason father lost his gift."

Zhang nods, waiting for YiHuang to go on.

YiHuang eyes brim with tears,  "Anyway, I inherited father's gift of sight. When I was nineteen, I saw a vision of XudianJi invading Earth through the wormhole that we saw yesterday. I went to warn father, but he dismissed it. He said that I had an overactive imagination." YiHuang scoffs, "When I returned to Kynlun, I was restless for weeks. The vision...it was gruesome. One day I bumped into Professor Kwan. I looked up at him. He noticed that something wasn't right and urged me to speak my mind. That's when I told him what I had seen. He was one of the few who knew about my gift of sight. Unlike father, there was no doubt in his mind that it would come to pass."

"I presume you guys have been collaborating since then?"

YiHuang nods.

"One last question, why did you save me? Don't give me a vague answer like you did last time. What you did for me...no one would have done it unless, either they have a hidden motive, or they are familiar...close to that person."

"What if I told you that I have a hidden motive?"

"Then I will ask you to reveal it to me. Ah-Huang, there is nothing you can tell me that will make me leave you...as long as you allow it, I will be here for you...with you."

"Then," The Yuanjian hesitates, "what if I tell you that when we met, I was already familiar with you?"

"If that's the case, I would ask you to open your heart to me. Ah-Huang, there is something I need to tell you too, but I can't till I know that you are the one I know."

The human's words confuse the prince. Nonetheless, he was sure that this was the chance he had been waiting for to come clean about his feelings towards Zhang. A part of him already believed that Zhang would not reject.

"The day I rescued you was not the first time I saw you." Color rises to YiHuang's cheeks. "I have been seeing you in my visions for a long time. The day your vehicle crashed into our sanctuary, I could feel you...your pain." The prince gulps thickly and dares a glance at Zhang. A smile, radiant like the morning sun, is what he is met with. YiHuang's heart picks up pace; encouraged, he finally confesses. "I saw us...together."

As the last syllable drops from his lips, he is pulled into Zhang's arms. It's a grip both gentle and possessive.

"Ah-Huang, why didn't you say anything before?" Zhang demands, breathing into the nap of the latter's neck. "Nevermind, I guess it's for the best." Moving his hand to YiHuang's cheeks, he holds his gaze, "Ah-Huang, I have been dreaming about us too. It feels like forever. You taught me to love even without meeting. It seems our hearts met before we did. The reason I took on the mission in the first place was that I knew there was life beyond stars...there was you, you were waiting for me just like I was waiting for you. But when I landed, I lost all my memories of you. It all came back to me when I woke up in your arms-"