The Darling Of The Realm (ON- HIATUS)

XVI

Feng Jiu wakes up at dawn and when she opened her eyes she saw Dijun sound asleep beside her. She smiled and stared at his peaceful handsome sleeping face. She held and twirled in her fingers a part of his silky white mane then said in a whisper,

"You're too handsome for your own good."

Feng Jiu caressed his face and decided to prepare breakfast. Since there is only two of them in Bihai Canglin, she took it to herself to cook. She remembered the day Dijun brought her in Bihai Canglin and Dijun cooked for her. She's happy when she saw a sweet and sour fish he cooked for her but her happiness and expectation plummeted when she tasted his horrendous cooking ability. She realized that at last, there is something Dijun can't do and it is cooking.

"Dijun, is there something wrong with your taste buds?" she asked.

Dijun looked at her with innocence in his face then he replied,

"No. My taste buds are fine. Why? "

Feng Jiu put down her chopsticks and she seriously eyed Dijun and said,

"I'm sorry to tell you but your cooking is bad. How about starting tomorrow, I'll cook for us?" she suggested.

Feng Jiu saw Dijun nodded back at her happily. He seems not offended with her and so, her cooking for him and them started on that day. Feng Jiu is fully clothed when she decided to sleep in Dijun's room. Dijun's scent calmed her senses, she realized that and so she sat at the bed and held Dijun's purple robe around her shoulders. She felt cold and so she decided to put on the thick blanket on Dijun and decided to move but before she could take a step off the bed, she felt a hand that pulled her back to the bed and when she looked, she saw the sleepy face of Dijun and she saw him frowning. In his sleep voice, he asked,

"It's still early Xiaobai. Where are you going?" 

She released a sigh of relief and she sat then look at Dijun and replied,

"I'm going to make us some breakfast."

Then she heard Dijun groaned and she's surprised when he snaked his arm on her waist and he pulled her down beside him. His face snuggled on the side of her neck and Feng Jiu can feel his breath fanning on her neck. It brought a shiver on her body and she blinked her eyes to dispel the familiar sensation that is resurfacing. She tried moving away but Dijun only tightened his hold on her waist and he whispered,

"It's still too early Xiaobai. Let's take a break today okay? I know you're still tired. Let's go back to sleep."

Feng Jiu only smiled. This childlike man really can make wonders to my heart. She solemnly thought and then she said,

"Okay, your majesty. I'll follow whatever you'll say. Let's go back to sleep then."

Feng Jiu didn't hear a reply from Dijun as she caressed his head down to his shoulder blades. She heard a silent snore from him and she smiled. Never in her whole existence, she imagined hearing Dong Hua Dijun snore and she found it adorable. The more she spent her days with him, the more she's going to that place she thought she'll never experience again.

Feng Jiu wanted to tell Dijun her hesitations and her painful experience but she's afraid that although Dijun likes her today, how about tomorrow and in the near future? The thought only brought dread to her and she silently and mentally castigated herself for bringing this issue up. She can never truly be happy unless she'll tell Dijun whatever that she's hiding. The more she spent time with Dijun, the more those buried memories are starting to resurface and that's what she dreaded the most. It's a blessing already from the almighty that she forgot the faces of the people who hurt her back in the mortal realm but the feelings she experienced are all too real and if she will really dwell on it, she might bleed this time.