Yunlan has forgotten Shen Wei because of the water of forgetfulness by the time Shen Wei finds him and realizes he is the reincarnation of his lover Kunlun. This is a prequel to Take Me Home. It is not about them being lovers, it is about them beco...
Yunlan had frequent nightmares, sometimes several per night. During one where Yunlan was kicking and screaming, Wei reached for him, and Yunlan hit him in the stomach with his knee, followed by an elbow to his face. Yunlan was pushing him off the bed with kicks before Wei could stop him.
He got up and said Yunlan's name loudly several times. He knew not to touch him. Yunlan woke up.
"You had a nightmare, Sweetheart." Wei laid down and took him in his arms and felt the cold clammy skin, goosebumps and shaking hands. It was time.
"Yunlan, Sweetheart. I can remove the memories of the torture so you won't have these nightmares. I asked the psychiatrist at the hospital. She said people suppress events that cause PTSD in order to protect themselves. There's no harm to it. Since you have not blocked it out, It could take decades for something like this to fade and stop hurting you. Do you want me to remove the incident from your memories?"
Yunlan found and softly held Wei's face with both hands, touched by his thoughtfulness. "I want...Why is your cheek so hot, Xiao Wei? The other cheek is cool. Just one is hot, so I know you aren't blushing. Why would you?"
"It's nothing, don't worry." Wei had forgotten about his cheek.
"I hit you in my dream, didn't I? What else did I do? We promised not to keep things from each other."
"Oh. You hit me in the stomach with your knee and pushed me off the bed." He thought, "I hate telling him everything. I don't want to, but he thinks honesty is best."
"Let me think about it. Right now I don't see a downside to removing the memories."
The next day he asked Wei to remove the memories of Yezun torturing him so he could sleep peacefully again, and so he won't hurt anyone.
He'd had daytime scares too, jumping at noises in the apartment, and having an impossible time walking with Wei outdoors. Everything felt too close, like people following him, and he constantly thought Yezun would grab him, so he asked to go back to the apartment after a few minutes outside, genuinely afraid.
His heart raced in fear frequently. He curled up on the couch or bed with a pillow over his head and shook with tremors when he heard running water in the kitchen and shower. Wei ran baths for him and brought him in when they were ready.
Wei put him on the bed and laid over him and said, "Don't be afraid, this won't hurt you." He concentrated, finding the memories. What hurt Yunlan the most was the saltwater, and the sound it made running over his body just before the severe stinging and burning, but all of his memories of Yezun's torture were painful and were erased.
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Yunlan went to sleep immediately, and Shen Wei took off his glasses and whispered in his ear, "Sleep well. I love you."
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When he woke up, an hour later, Yunlan told Wei to go to the fort. "I have guards and can feed myself, so you get back to work. I will be fine in here, listening to music or books on tape you got me." Yunlan's cell phone rang. He answered and handed it to Wei. "It's for you, it's Da Qing."
