Second Chance At Love | RuanLin | GuangJie

8.

A WEEK LATER--

Qiushi was brought back home and he was quite okay. All the family members squeezed in the penthouse, which already had like 3 bedrooms, not to mention the 2 big couches in the living room which looked like a bed.

There was a lot of pampering and love being showered. And Qiushi was at the centre of all. And he was clearly enjoying it, now that his beloved husband was back and everything was fine.

Same night, after everybody slept, Ruan woke Qiushi up and they both went out. Getting in the car, they went down the lift and out of the gate. The people they assumed to be asleep all sat up exchanged looks before bursting into laughs.

"These kids...." said their parents.

"It's alright, 10 years weren't a jsut a day or two. Let them have fun. Also, let's go back tomoro. It's been a week now. He should be fine." Yu Liang said taking advantage of the good mood.

Meanwhile, the two who had sneaked out were having a time of their life.

Ruan was driving and Qiushi was the passenger 'princess' as Ruan called him. The other simply replied, 'i don't mind, if you're the prince' and the topic ended with both of them laughing.

Upon reaching an open ground, Ruan got out of the car and got in the backseat, Qiushi followed him as well. Only when both of them looked at each other after closing the door did they realise that the tension in the room had gone up.

No one spoke for a good while. Qiushi was the first one to reach out and hold Nanzhu's hand. He played with his fingers, taking his time, tracing the lines and finally interlocking both their hands.

"What's holding you back?" Qiushi asked Ruan who was looking at him with his normal poker face.

Ruan Nanzhu was only soft for his lover and their families. And even now, when an ocean of feelings was crashing against the walls of his heart like the tidal waves, he still kept a calm face.

"Lin Lin, I am holding back, because I don't want to hurt you anymore. Tell me everything about us. I want to know. Let's revisit all our memories. I feel like a zombie. Alive and dead at the same time." Ruan spoke for the first time and Qiushi leaned forward without any signs of interrupting.

"You know, when Yu ge handed me the marriage certificate days ago and said you are my husband, I was so happy. I was happy because I had married my best friend. What I didn't know or didn't remember was that I was also crazily in love with this best friend and so we got married. It feels so empty without the memories of us both." Ruan said then looked at Qiushi who was looking at him already.

"Why are you looking at me like this?" Ruan asked and Qiushi instead of answering him, directly claimed the lips he had loved kissing.

Ruan's body trembled and he only gasped with shock, but Qiushi took this opportunity and slid his tongue in. Ruan felt his scalp go numb and his hands found Quishi's back of neck and he brought them more close. Qiushi, realizing that Ruan had relaxed, he continued kissing him until they were both out of breathe and felt like they were really losing oxygen. 

With both breathing heavily, the car was filled with just the sound of their breaths. Both were holding each other by the neck and head while their foreheads were still attached to each other.

"Ruan Nanzhu, it does hurt me that you don't remember me or our love or anything that was between us." Qiushi said and hot tears flowed out of his eyes burning his cheeks. 

"But, more than that, the fact that you avoid touching me, pulling me in your arms, kissing me, petting my head, hurts me more. If you are doing it all just because you don't remember anything, than I would rather you forget everything. Let's start again. Atleast you know we're married, and that I was your best friend. That's enough for me. But please, touch me more, hug me more, kiss me whenever, just don't avoid me. I have been longing for it for 10 years, so much that I thought I would die." Qiushi confessed and Ruan heart started trembling once again.

"Lin Lin" Ruan pulled him into a tight hug. With every drop of hot tear that stained Ruan's shirt, he felt his heart bleed, little, by little.

"I have missed you a lot, Nanzhu. I missed how you called me Lin Lin. I missed how you touched me and were so clingy. I missed how you sneaked up on me and hugged me while I was cooking. I missed how you behaved like a baby, just so that I would forgive you and not get angry. I missed you being possessive, I missed you being obsessed over me. I missed those little sneaky kisses and also those which made my knees go weak. I missed the feel of us being one, feeling one, cuddling in bed hours together. I missed how you loved to pat my head and called me a small puppy, when the real pup was you. I missed us arguing, our little fights, you coaxing me. No one, absolutely no one understood me the way you did." 

"Yes, I became a Top Star and many people confessed to me." At this sentence, Ruan's whole body went stiff along with the hold on Qiushi.

"And it--" Quishi was cut short while talking and the only thing he realised  was a pair of soft lips capturing his own.

Ruan felt jealous and it was obvious with how hard he kissed Qiushi, biting his lower lip until he felt a metallic taste in his own mouth. Quishi, of course didn't say anything. Because he knew why the other had acted like that. 

"I never felt anything for anyone. I never even kissed or had any intimate contact even during teh filming of scenes. Up until now, I only felt disgusted and almost even vomited when anyone got too closer to me." He explained and only then the other who was drinking vinegar relaxed.

"Lin Lin, you're my husband. Which means you're MINE for life." Ruan said in a low growl stressing the word 'mine'.

"I know, I am yours, and yours alone. I love you, Ruan Nanzhu. Welcome back home. Welcome back at our second chance at love." Qiushi said licking his lower lip.

"I love you too, Lin Lin. I will do my best now that I have this second chance at love." Nanzhu replied and then kissed the other very gently that Qiushi almost felt he was in heaven. 

Not long after both of them watched the sunrise  and returned home with breakfast for all. Everybody had breakfast together and then except for the two just reunited love birds, all left to go back home, but only after making the two promise to return home soon. 

Yu Liang and Shunxi, instead went to some other place, where they would find evidence about the rumors against Qiushi to be falsely made up. Don't underestimate this duo, because they were only a step away from proving that Qiushi was falsely blamed and forced to leave the entertainment indsutry. It was high time, and now that Nanzhu was back and about to take over the company, this matter will only be resolved with one statement by Nanzhu. And that was him and Quishi were married for 10 years. And with the evidence supporting the news, all should be fine and back to normal.