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Rose's POV Liu has been acting... strange lately. He has been looking at himself in the mirror with this uncomfortable and somewhat disgusted look in his eyes. And he's been wearing his scarf over his mouth even when it's just the two of us, he only wears his scarf like that when we are near society.
We were both in the bedroom and once again he was looking at himself in the mirror with that same look. I noticed this as I cleaned my dagger, that look in his eyes told me that something was bothering him. He turned around and saw me staring, I looked away quickly hoping that he didn't notice. But he did, judging by a sad sigh coming from him.
"I'm... sorry darling..." I muttered loud enough for him to hear me.
"It's..... fine......" he said as he picked up his scarf and was about to wrap it around his mouth. As he was halfway done, I stood up and walked towards him and placed my hands on his scarf to prevent him from finishing.
"Liu... why have you been doing this?"
"Doing what?"
I lightly tug on the fabric of his scarf. "Covering your face, even when we are alone together?"
"It's... it's nothing..... I'm... just cold......"
"Cold?" I asked furrowing my brow.
"Y-Yeah....." he stuttered. One thing I know about Liu is that he often stutters when he's lying. There's something he's not telling me. I gave him a look that said 'I don't believe you' but with a concerned look mixed with it. Liu huffed and looked at me.
"Be honest with me..."
"Always darling....." I assured him.
"Do you find my scars... hideous?" He asked as he averted his gaze to the ground.
"Of course I don't..." I answered placing my hands over his. "Why would I think that your scars are hideous?"
"I..... I don't know..." he said avoiding eye contact with me. "I tend to get very insecure about them at times, whenever I look at my reflection, I see..."
He stops for a second then continued.
"I see Jeff... his smile... I could still feel the blood from the gashes on his face dripping onto my face... and the feeling of the blade cutting the corners of my mouth....." he said as he placed one of his hands on his stitched cheek. I felt my heart ache, I know how he feels about his scars, knowing that I have them too. But the ones on my face were made by my own hands.
"Liu... look at me..." I placed my hands on both sides of his face and made him face me.
"Do you think my scars are hideous?" I asked.
"No... your scars aren't hideous in the slightest, but....."
"Hey, at times I feel insecure about my scars, but when I do I think of one thing." I ran a finger over one of his scars on his face. "You don't find them hideous."
I leaned in and gently locked my lips with his, we stayed like this for a few seconds and then pulled away.
"Next time you feel insecure, think about what I said. Your scars are not hideous..."
After saying that, he leaned in and we locked lips again for a few seconds. He pulled away with a small smile.
"Thank you love....."
—————- HC: Liu often stutters when he gets uncomfortable or nervous. Even before the incident he would stutter.
