Killer ♡ Lover [ Stelle x Firefly ]

IX - Nihility

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"I love you."
The man in traditional white robes said, although the blood decorating said clothes were tainting it. Ren strongly believes blood doesn't look good on him. But he won't say it to the man, no, not when his beloved's usual stoic eyes were brimming with conflicted emotions.

Huanxi is dead, Bailu is missing, the halls of the Roiling Deep were filled with dead bodies. Half of the Preceptors were lucky to escape. Half of the Preceptors met their fate. All of these were caused by a single man, Dan Feng.

Dan Feng, in all his glory, was standing in the middle of a pile of corpses. Just that sight was enough for Ren to gladly lay on his knees forever and worship him as if he were a God. But he won't do that, because Dan Feng wouldn't like that.

So he instead stands in front of Dan Feng, whose eyes were showing too many emotions than once, so unlike the Dan Feng he knew.

"I love you." The man said again. This time, his voice was thick with sorrow. He approached Ren and pecked his lips once, too soft for someone who just massacred one of the factions he was supposed to lead.

Ren couldn't bring it in himself to kiss him back. Dan Feng doesn't seem to mind.

With one final smile, the man brought their foreheads together, and almost in a whisper he promised, "I love you and I will come back for you. Just let me finish this one thing and I'll immediately find you. I promise you that." He kissed Ren's lips once again before leaving, as if he wasn't even there. As expected from one of the (former) High Elders of the Vidyadhara Factions.

The weight of Dan Feng's absence made Ren realized how large Imbibitor Lunae's manor truly was.

Dan Feng left. Ren was alone.

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Ren woke up with his head feeling fuzzy. The last thing he remembered doing was dropping Firefly to her house before taking a nap in Dan Heng's apartment. He panicked after not feeling his lover beside him but immediately calmed down once he felt a smaller figure drooling on his chest.

Ren let out a soft smile after seeing Bailu's sleeping figure sprawled out over him. He guesses that the little girl must have woke up after hearing Ren arriving and then slept again between him and Dan Heng. Well- until she naturally climbed over Ren anyways.

"Oh, you're awake." The voice of his beloved was like music to his ears.
"I am." Ren replied, carefully laying Bailu off him and onto their bed.

Dan Heng offered him another shirt in exchange for the one with a small pool of drool on it. Ren gently patted Bailu's head before joining. He changed into his clothes and joined Dan Heng in the kitchen.

The aroma of Dan Heng's cooking filled his senses, and he found himself wrapping his arms around his beloved, placing a chaste kiss right over his cheek. A small pink blush was shown on Dan Heng's pale skin, and a slight smile was framing his mouth.

"There's coffee on the table, with sugar in it. Just the way you like it." Dan Heng said, slightly nudging Ren away.
Ren found himself smiling over the thought, leaving one last peck before detangling himself away from Dan Heng. "I expect you to know that."

Shortly after cooking, Dan Heng joined him, placing down their breakfast. The bitter scent of Dan Heng's coffee filled Ren's nostrils, and he found himself wondering how in the world can he manage to drink it with no sugar.

This is what working with Himeko does to you, he silently muses, taking a sip of his very own coffee.

"Did you came back from a mission earlier?" Dan Heng asks, noting how Ren suddenly called him at the height of dawn just to visit his place. Understandably so, since Ren rarely goes out unless he gets dragged by Bronie or Kafka, and most of the time those were for missions.