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"lately I have been having this dream frequently, I don't remember most of it, only that I felt hapiness...

Hapiness I never experienced before...

But when I woke up my pillow is always soaked in tears..."

Wei Xuanyu woke up to the sound of his alarm. His eyes blurred by the tears which hadn't had the chance to fall. This had been happening ever since he met that weird man on the street.

Those dreams he could vaguely remember... The feeling of his lips pressed again each other... the sound of guqin and a flute together in harmony...the symphony of that tune...and the lonely back of a man in white with trembling shoulders...

Wei Xuanyu got dressed for the cold weather,put his slightly disheveled hair into a ponytail near the nape of his neck with a white ribbon with cloud patterns he found in his room while cleaning a few days ago.

Wei Xuanyu rubbed his eyes and checked his newly acquired phone for the weather. He had recently brought it with the money from his part time job .

He was grateful to his owner who willingly gave the job to someone like him who didn't have a degree or a full education.

Wei Xuanyu looked at the time sns opened the door to be embraced by the cool wind and left his small decrepit apartment behind.

The cafe was in walking distance from his apartment. So it didn't take him long to reach there. On the signboard, it displayed the new special dish...

* spicy porridge *

Wei Xuanyu laughed" pfft ,which kind of cafe sells porridge",he thought.

He opened the door to the sound of cofee grinding and slow jazz music. He made his way to the counter and glanced at the seat near the window.

He was here again...

Amidst the warm atmosphere a lone man sat there elegantly at the table. He visage bearing such mobility and grace,his hai hair perfectly in place,his two piece suit was impeccably pressed. And hia aura extremely cold.

All the people in the cafe were staring at him but no one dared to approach as his demeanor screamed,"don't come close".

Suddenly the man gazed upon Wei Xuanyu and caught him staring at him. Wei Xuanyu blushed " ahhh...man...he is too good looking " ,he hurried away and went behind the counter putting his apron on.

The owner came around and smiled at him "Wei Xuanyu ,welcome,rush hours will start soon,so be prepared".

"Thank you Nie Huaisang,I'll start the next orders,so please take a break".

Immediately Wei Xuanyu heard the ring of a bell signalling a table ordering,Wei Xuanyu looked over the counter and found out that the table ordering was the table of the elegant man...

"Again.."

Wei Xuanyu took a deep breath and looked at Nie Huaisang's sympathetic grin before grabbing a menu and headed off to see him.

Nie Huaisang smiled while nodding his head. He casually took his folding fan, like he was in ancient times and fanned himself,half of his face covered " if Wei Wuxian has been reincarnated perhaps..." He trailed off.

Meanwhile Wei Xuanyu neared the man's profile figure. This man was really too good looking. Ever since he has been hugged by him two weeks ago,he has that itchy feeling of hiraeth. Like he was missing a very important part of his life,but for the life of him,he didn't know.

Wei Xuanyu remembered that the man called him someone else's name when they first met. The voice cracking with emotions,eyes reddened with unshed drops of water. This had made Wei's heart beat fast for that man.

But now the man in front of his seemed a entirely different person. He no longer bear such expression.

Wei Xuanyu approached him with a loopy side grin and asked for his order. The man stared at him,his eyes focused on the top of his head...???

"Loquat tea",the man's duclet voice carried a velvety tone. He reminded Wei of the dream. That feeling of familiarity. But Wei Xuanyu reminded himself that the name of the man spoke wasn't his. And for the same reason it bothered Wei more than it should have.

As Wei was making the tea he had a sudden flair of inspiration. Sure ,this might get him in trouble,but he thought it was worth it if he could see the man's flustered face.

He slowly approached the table, set down the tea and leaned his body over the table. His breath getting husky with excitement. As he face came inches away from the man's ear, Wei Xuanyu new some air slightly and whispered,"it's on the house..."

A heartbeat...

Then two....

Silence....

Wei Xuanyu thought it worked...however to his dismay...his adversary proved to be powerful for him to conquer.

Wei Xuanyu drew back and shrugged. His little joke held no yield against this man. He walked away. But after some distance something mad him turn back...and what he saw made him surprised more than ever.

He looked in bewilderment as the once elegant and calm man was staring at his cup with the biggest blush he had ever seen.

And this sparked the itchiness in him again.

That cumbersome feeling that slowly grew all of a sudden,a large wave of emotion engulfed him. Filled him to the brim of excitement, elation and hooefullness.

Wei approached the man...he felt a force dragging him toward tat man...for whatever reason he felt the urge to speak up...

As if by phantom memory from a long time ago, Wei Xuanyu whispered out a name...

" Lan Zhan?? "

Story to be continued...

5th August,2020 (Wednesday)