My 419 Nightmare

42. When We First Met

The angel is panting, tired after the vigorous activity that just ended a few moments ago. He is now lying within his devil's embrace, leaning his head on the latter's shoulder.

"Thank you, angel. For not giving up on me."

The devil drops a kiss on his angel's crown, oblivious on how his angel stiffens listening to him. Facing his front, the devil can't see the pained expression on the angel's face.

The angel slowly turn around, embracing the devil's front, hiding his face on the crook of the latter's neck. The devil keep holding him tight, loving the feeling of his angel within his arm.

"Where you want go, angel?"

"Anywhere, Ming. I just wanna be with you."

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Ming's POV

Only God knows how my heart flip in boys when I heard those words escape from his lips.

He wants to leave with me.

Is he really going to be with me?

Or this is just a rouse to escape his marriage?

His marriage...

"Angel, can I ask you something?"

He nods on my shoulder, snuggling closer to. Suddenly, I don't feel like asking. I just want to stay with him, like this, for eternity.

But... I know... this must be done.

"Are you going to get married?"

Silence shroud the night for a lounge time before my angel break the embrace, pulling back, and look up on me.

"No."

I hold his palm that is running on my face, turning it in before dropping a kiss on it.

"Then..."

"Ming, do you remember how we met?"

Of course, that was the day I finally land my eyes on you, my angel.

Letting out a small nod, I urge him to continue.

"I'm proposing that day."

Creak.

Even if I already deduced it before, it still hard for me to face it. I can feel my heart breaking when I realised I might not be able to meet my angel, if somehow everything goes the other way around.

It hurts.

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Kit's POV

I can see a slight pain in his eyes, when utter that word.

I fall back within his embrace, continuing my story. I want to tell him the truth. He deserves it.

How about tell him everything, Kitty?

"I love her. At least I thought I was. I was so sure that I want to be with her forever that I leave my restaurant and fly thousands of miles to her. It was on her birthday. I thought of surprising her by showing up, planning to get on my knee to propose, and perhaps, just perhaps, when she said yes, I'll finally let myself free with her."

I can feel his breath hike a bit; his body stiffen, perhaps rigid with anger. I slowly rub his back, trying to calm him down, before I continue.

"Who would have known, I was the one that would get surprise instead. I get to her room and some man open the door. I thought I get to the wrong door, but... She was there. A quick glance to the room is sufficed to know what have happen before I come."