where the sun sets | cbx

Chapter 11

One night.

"Grandma."

A quiet whisper resounded in my ears.

"Grandma."

Eddy brought me back to reality when he began to joggle my shoulder softly. With a questioning stare he studied my confused movements.

Where were I?

I could spot some silhouettes of grey shapes moving in front of my eyes. Frantically I looked around me trying to identify the people around me.

My grandchildren, all of them, were sitting like sardines around me and smiled at me.
They could see that it was a big challenge for me to tell them this unusual story.

Did they know that it is a true story, that it has happened, about 50 years ago?
Did they know that it was my story, even if I sometimes could renounce it.
Even if it has not been a simple life, there have been beautiful moments, and I captured all of them, I was so hungry for them.

I'm still hungry.

"Grandma. What will happen next?"

I startled up, as I was rapt in thought again and finally smiled at Eddy peacefully.

"Do you like the story so far?"

He nodded enthusiastically as if it was the best thing he has ever heard of.
I will go on telling them what happened then, because I also saw the sparkles in the eyes of Eddy's sisters.

But suddenly I paused.
Was it a good idea?

Worried I had a look at Eddy, who was like a son to me. He was still so pure and young. Is it justified, to tell him a story, where things are happining that could make him feel sad or scared.

"Grandma. Please keep on reading."

I will...
Even if I had such a bad feeling while narrating.
I hope this won't have a bad influence on them.

Maybe not, most likely yes.
But they have the right to know about their
Origin and their history.

In shock I gazed at my watch and saw the clockhands showing the time. It was already 10 p.m. and my grandchildren were still sitting on the ground and were wide awake.

"Not today, Eddy, it is already late at night."

As I noticed their desperate faces, I appeased them with a simple: "Tomorrow you will hear more of the story."

As I had brought all my kids, that were sleeping over at my place for today, to bed, I also scuffed to my own bedroom, exhausted of the busy day and the upcoming memorys.

As I was placed under my fluffy blanket, staring at the white ceiling, the memorys flashed back in my mind.
I especially remembered the night, before the wedding, that I also spent in a bed like mine. But this day I wasn't alone.
Sometimes I still wonder how it would feel like to have Xiumin lying next to me. Would he also caress my head, like he did years ago?
Would he also hold my blushed cheeks, like he did that night?
Would he also give me shivers from his cold fingers gliding down my back, as he hugged me?
Would he also be that confident about what he was doing to me. He held me in his strong arms and saved me from all my fears.
He held me and where his hands touched my skin felt so good.
I wanted his hands to experience my whole body. I wanted these shivers everywhere.

I still can feel this shivers today. It were shivers of trust. Trust and pure love.
Everything has been so pure.

"I love you, Jia."

He has whispered that in my ear, before he started showing me how much he loved me. And he loved me a lot, I can tell.
My lips were always starting to tremble, when he said this. But soon he had my lips under control. He controlled them with his own lips, pressed on mine, moving to the rhythm of our hearts. And they were beating together this night, and every other day we spent together.

"I love you too, Xiumin"

This short time, where I had my lips free to speak, was ended again by a second kiss. The second one was more intense, and while driving me crazy with his soft lips he moved his body over me. I felt so save, he was there to protect me, but also to show me how much he loved me.

And he loved me a lot.

The next day my kids woke me up, and all of them were standing around my bed, excitedly staring at me, as if they would wait for something.

"Grandma, can you tell us the story of the girl and little Bo again?"

I bursted into laughter, as I realized how impressed Eddy was of Bo. They have lots of things in common, though.

But did I really want to go on with the story now? It was so early in the morning, and we didn't even have breakfast.

But that hopeful sparkles in their eyes made me sigh quietly and so I opened my mouth to tell them about the day, when my life changed. In a good way? I don't know. Still thinking about that.

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