A smile in purgatory 火海一笑 (Bx...

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Spoiler: This is a boy's love story with a happy ending. In this story, Zhou Zishu is a very emotionless, col... Lebih Banyak

Life without a purpose
Why did they hire him
He will give up soon
He's my problem
Drill Sergeant
What the Hell is wrong with you!?
First Phone Call
Crush
Morbidly Cold
God help me
No backing out
Yes/No Questions only
New Assistant Tom
I'm sorry for my face
I take that as Yes
Tony
Heartbreaking Howl
This is my excited face
A drunk fight
How do I hold you?
If you don't ask him out
Lao Wen baby
I'll endure you
Sex talk
Better than sex
Get a room
You did the right thing
Let me be selfish
You're my purpose ~ The end ~

A star too bright

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Zishu, Kexing, Yang Yang and Tony decided to go to the adult store together, with Zishu driving his car.

Zishu opened the passenger side door for Kexing. After he sat down, Zishuu then closed the door for him. It made Kexing feel extra special. Yang Yang and Tony hopped in the back seats. While driving, Zishu had one hand on the steering wheel, and the other holding Kexing's hand. Kexin was smiling the whole time.

Tony couldn't help but catch glimpses at Kexing through the mirrors. He was happy that Kexing was smiling, but a part of him felt jealous too.

About 20 mins later, they arrived at a 5-point intersection with all stop signs. Since Zishu made his stop, and was the first to arrive at the intersection, he drove into the intersection, but one of the cars on the right side did not do a stop or slow down at all. The driver simply sped through the busy corner, hitting Zishu's passenger side door very violently, crushing Kexing's rib cage.

The impact caused Zishu's car to spin 500 degrees clockwise, jerking Tony's head onto the passenger's seat neckrest, knocking him out. Yang Yang's face hit the window so hard, the glass broke and cut into his cheek and neck artery. Blood splurged everywhere.

Zishu however was unharmed, mysteriously so.

He quickly called the police and within minutes, the Emergency Services arrived and took all 3 victims, along with the driver of the car that neglected to stop at the intersection. The driver actually broke his neck and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

When the police got to the scene, the damages on the cars looked so horrible, they thought everybody involved in the accident had died or were severely injured. They were stunned to see that Zishu was unscathed.

~ ~

Later that day, at the hospital, Zishu sat by Kexing's bed, holding his hand. Although the doctor said the surgery was successful, and that Kexing would fully recover, he also told Zishu that Kexing should not be doing heavy work after his recovery. Raw Material handling would put too much strain on his rib cage. This meant, Kexing would need to change job.

Tony would require to wear a neck brace for the next 6 months, in order for his spinal injury to heal, in addition to the 2 herniated discs he would have to endure going forward. Yang Yang on the other hand, received 17 stitches, ten on his cheek, and seven on his neck. He also lost a lot of blood and had to get several transfusions.

~ ~

Since Zishu was uninjured, he went home. The hospital did not allow visitors to stay overnight.

Zishu went to Kexing's apartment to take care of Ziggy. He had searched Kexing's pockets and retrieved the keys so he let himself in.

Believe it or not, when Ziggy saw Zishu, he cried. Some dogs could just sense things in ways that researchers still can't figure out. There are dogs that could detect cancers, predict strokes, smell heart attacks. And Ziggy knew that something very bad had happened to Kexing. His nose running, his almond-shaped eyes filled up with tears, each drop rolling down his little cheeks, soaking into his lips, which he licked off along with his snots.

He just sat there whimpering in front of Zishu, who tried to comfort him without success. Zishu gave Ziggy his pill for his skin allergy, but the dog refused to take it. He attempted to feed the dog, but to no avail. He then offered the animal some treats, but Ziggy turned them down. Not knowing what else he could do, he decided to walk the dog around the neighborhood. Ziggy usually wags his tail whenever he goes out for a walk, but tonight, his tail was down, curled in between his back legs.

It was a very dark night, almost pitch black. Extremely quiet for a town that is usually full of people and traffic. There was no moon in the sky. While walking Ziggy, Zishu looked up and noticed only one star, despite it was extraordinarily bright, its shine still could not light up the whole sky.

Then suddenly, it hit him like lightning.

He remembered why he was lonely all his life. Because he was born under Sirius, the brightest star after the Sun. Legend has it that people born under Sirius are destined to live in total solitude and isolation all their life, without family, friends, or any kind of human interactions. According to beliefs, those people also lived a very long life, healthy and successful, perched on top of the world, but void of any happiness and feeling. Anybody who dared get close to them would perish one way or another.

Since Zishu had lived most of his life alone, he did not mind it a bit. He got used to it already.

But now... Now that he tasted what it felt like to have somebody to kiss, to make love to, to miss, a name to call, a person to hold and hug, the warmth of a human body - not that of a sex worker - but someone he was emotionally connected to, he could not imagine living another day alone, or without his Lao Wen.

Yet deep down, he knew he was being selfish for holding on.

He couldn't help but wonder if the car accident, that killed one and injured 3, yet left him unharmed, was God's way of reminding him, that he should back off, back away, back down, and keep his distance from the people he had started to form a bond with.

Tony - a friend he would definitely want to connect with

Ziggy - a dog that stole his heart the very first time he laid eyes on him

Kexing - the only human being in the world, that could spark the fire inside of him and make him feel sensations that he never even knew existed.

Why did God let him meet Kexing only to remind him that Kexing was not his to keep and to own?

Would it be wrong for him to deny the signs and premonitions and ignore the warnings and continue to just hold on to Kexing blindly, knowing very well that worse things could keep happening?

Would that be too selfish?

Would it be wrong to be selfish though?

Or should he just ... walk away... before permanent damage is made, which meant that he would end up losing Kexing one way or another - anyway and - forever ?

Should he go now, before it's too late? Leave Kexing and let the boy live a normal life, allow him to move on and meet somebody intended for him, and stay healthy and happy? Or should he insist on having a relationship that goes against his dark lonesome fate?

A big part of him kept convincing himself that this was just an accident, a pure accident. Not his fault. Nothing to do with his birthdate. Contemplating the idea of sticking around no matter what.

But a bigger part of him - the more reasonable, clearminded, and honest one - realized the things that had happened to Kexing since they met, showed already early signs, which he had chosen to dismiss all this time.

Until now.

The signs were always there... As his new friends got closer and closer to him, more and more unfortunate things started happening...

1- Kexing lost his job at work...

2- Kexing nearly got raped at the bar...

3- Tony got severely beaten up that night...

4- Kexing broke a couple ribs in the car accident...

5- Tony would become partially disabled for a half year in addition to his life-long back injury he would have to endure...

6- Yang Yang got disfigured...

7- Ziggy won't take his pills or eat his food anymore...

~ ~

A warm tear dropped down Zishu's eyelids. It was the first time he cried that he could remember. He never knew what tears tasted like since he didn't remember ever crying before.

That tear stopped at his lips and slowly found its way to the tip of his tongue.

It was salty.

Bitter.

Acrid.

Sour.

Burning.

~ ~

獨流浪  影隻單
癡心愛  緣何有限 
只怨情緣  多劫難

~ ~

Lyrics from an old song ... In short, the words mean:

I'm wandering alone
A single shadow only
Crazy in love
But fate is limited 
I only complain about my own unfortunate destiny


~ ~


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