1998: Blossom In My Heart

We met on spring day, we separated on spring day, then we met again but this time it wasn't. Leaves were scattered everywhere, the one's green turned into orange, brown,and dark. The one's full of wonderful flowers started to fall out yet they were so lovely to look at. Sun's about to set to the north, looks appealing to see, people are taking pictures of it. A couple from a distance, they looked so in love with each other, I tried to take a picture of them but when I did, I realized something. When did it start? How did it end? Will I be able to go back to where it was? 1998?

1998

"Why are you crying, handsome brother?" A young boy wearing a pink shirt, white shorts full of soil, asked while handing the teenager a handkerchief. The said teenager looked at him, eyes filled with tears barely wiping it. The boy crouched down, leveling the teen, slowly wiping the tears away without being told.

"Don't cry brother, my mother told me that boy's don't cry" the boy said, the young man just looked at him dumbfounded, barely moving his eyes away from the latter. It was spring day, flowers were slowly blooming, sakura trees started to bloom. Under the Yoshino cherry tree, they sat down, consoling each other.

"Baby? Where did you go? Look at your shirt! Oh! shorts too?" The woman asks towards her young boy, flipping the shirt and short in and out, sighing every movement she makes.

"I'm sorry mommy" The boy said, almost crying as he realized his mistake. The mother went towards his son, she crouched down, wiped those thick tears and kissed her son's head.

"Dear, Mommy's not mad at you alright? I'm just upset that you made your dad's new bought shirt full of mud. " The mother exclaimed, to which the young boy replied "I didn't mean too mommy" The woman just sighs and looks at her son, tears started to fall but she refrained as to avoid questions. Their conversation lasted till dinner was served.

Morning came the young boy dressed up in his usual attire during the spring season. Wearing a shirt and short pants and his favorite bunny slippers. Going down through stairs taking his baby steps, dragging his bunny stuffed toys along with himself. Looking in every corner of the house and couldn't find his mommy. He goes towards the butler of their house.

"Where is mommy uncle?" He asked. The said man ruffled his hair and crouched down.

"Young master, master Xiao's were on a trip and couldn't accompany you throughout this season" The boy just nodded his head, hugged his bunny and bit his lips, he ran away towards the park. What can he do? He was just a young boy, seeking for his parent's attention but what could he do when they couldn't afford the attention he wanted. Suddenly he bumped into someone that caused him to fall down. He cried loud enough to create a commotion.

"Hey don't cry, I'm sorry I didn't mean too" the young man console, crouching down and lending his hand for the latter to stand up. The young boy was shocked.

"Brother it's you!" He exclaimed, the teenager boy chuckled and ruffled his hair.

"We met again but this time it was you who were crying". The young man said while patting the dust out of the boy. The young boy looked at him then made a grabby hands, this made the teenager chuckle and lift the boy up.

"Mommy, daddy, they left me and lied" the boy said and cried out, everyone looked towards them as if the teen were bullying him. A cry that looks like he was being pinched multiple times when he was a newborn. The young man couldn't help but chuckle.

"What is your name?" He asked, the young boy stopped crying and looked at him "Zwhan! My name is Xiao Zwhan! What about you Gege?"

"Yibo, Wang Yibo"

Night came and it's time for them to separate and send the young boy to his own house. The teenager came towards the young boy who was happily picking up flowers.

"Hey there bunny, I think we should go home now" He asked, the young boy looked at him.

"Brother, are you sending me off? Can I just live with you please?" He pleaded. The young man looked at him.

"Are you not scared of me?" He asked.

"NO" The boy simply answered.

"No? Why? Everyone was afraid of me, they were afraid of my family. Everyone doesn't like to play with me, everyone thinks that I'm a bad boy. Every day, every night, hundreds of people died through my father's hand, everyone thought that I would follow my father's path. There's no single day that I'm at peace. My mother would do the same thing too, twenty of my nannies come out unalive of our house. Ten of my nannies came unrecognizable, my uncle died because of my father, cops can't abduct my father nor put him in prison. Why can't you?" He asked, taking steps backward and ready to run if the latter would say go away but instead the young boy came forward to where he was.

"Because you weren't a bad boy, you wouldn't hurt me right?" The young boy asked, tilting his head. This made the teen man pinched his chubby cheeks "of course!"

The teenager walks the young boy to his house and to make him safe and sound he couldn't afford the consequences if he couldn't get home safe and sound. Upon sending off the young boy a loud scream and gunshot was heard towards the mansion. This made the boy drop all the flowers he held in his hands and ran towards their house. The teenager trembled in fear, hugged his knees and covered his ear. Tears started to flow down to his cheeks.

"Mommy!" The young boy screamed, upon entering his own house blood scattered everywhere, the whole place was a mess. Bodies of their servants drenched and bathed with their own blood. The young boy didn't seem to understand what was happening but the blood he saw. He slowly understood what was happening.

"B-baby, r-run!" a weak voice that he seems to recognize who owns it. He ran towards the sounds but couldn't find where it was, upon searching the whole surrounding an explosion happened.

"Breaking news! One of the well known families in Beijing, sends everyone a shocking news, the Xiao's household were ambushed last february 14, 1998, spring season. Mr and Mrs. Xiao's scattered parts are currently searching for and for the last time. The heir of the Xiao's Family currently missing"

That day I lost it, I lost my sanity, I went beyond my control, they sent me to states to recover. If only I didn't let my fear control me. If only I didn't let my past take over my mind. If only...I was there to prevent it. If only I was strong as my father then none of it would happen. If only...

"I want to protect him, I want to be with him, to be by his side all the time. To be his Alpha"