Bleed Into

"The pain from the past, ancient as it is, still bleeds into the present. And I must be a masochist for staring at the blood---for staring deep into your eyes to confirm the existence of the wound."

Xenon had lived a life thinking that he could get anything if he put his mind into it and Seven, unable to admit how much he was stirred by the student council president's persistence, could only run away. Five years later, they met again and Xenon had transformed into a cautious, perfectionist and a stoic photographer and Seven, now a model, was faced by the photographer's set of rules.

Everything went on smoothly as Xenon kept everything professional and the last thing Seven wanted was to dig the past. But on the course of their contract, the model came to know that there's more to Xenon's past persistence and the present cold gazes than meets the eye and the storm that he thought had visited another island was dangerously stirring on the nearby ocean. Again.