"Hua !!! "
"You came quite early didn't you ?" Hua Cheng said as he kept on helping his batchmates in the theatre.
"Dude it's about to start in thirty minutes what are you talking about ?" He Xuan replied.
"Ah yes ." Hua Cheng replied in a mellowed tone.
"Dude are you alright ? did something happen ?" He Xuan said in a concerned tone, as he placed his hand on Hua Cheng's shoulder.
"Yeah I am fine , let's go we are going to watch this together right?" Hua Cheng said as he faked his smile.
"Yeah let's take some good seats." He Xuan said while his eyes sparkled in joy.
"Oh yeah isn't Shi QingXuan coming?" Hua Cheng asked as they took their seats in the anticipation of the commencement of the play.
"Yeah he was , i don't know , he told me he was gonna call me when he would reach here but it seems he won't be coming ,only half an hour is left for the drama to begin." He Xuan said as a slight frown appeared on his face.
"Since when did you become such an emo , there's still thirty minutes left." Hua Cheng replied in a comforting tone.
"And since when did you become someone who isn't a cold hearted bitch ?" He Xuan replied as he slightly chuckled.
" Not my fault your boyfriend didn't show up." Hua Cheng replied teasing He Xuan.
He Xuan flushed at hearing "boyfriend" .
"S-shut up." He Xuan replied in sheer embarrassment.
" Yeah whatever." Hua Cheng said as he slightly smirked.
As both the males continued to wait for the commencement of the drama which was supposedly a big deal , since many art critiques came here, so it was no wonder.
Even though thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye , He Xuan still couldn't stop thinking about Shi QingXuan , he really wanted him to come.
Soon the red curtains fell , spotlights fell on the stage , the entire theatre fell into darkness. Hua Cheng couldn't help but admit he was curious for the play.
[ narration for the drama ]
( Hua Cheng's thoughts )
[Eight hundred years ago , there used be an ancient kingdom called Xian Le , whose kingdom was called BingWen, The prince cherished his people and was well loved his people, His figure was fixated in people's memory , He was loved by his citizens and was considered the darling of the world. He ascended to the Heavens at a young age; however, due to unfortunate circumstances, he was quickly banished back to the mortal realm.
Years later, he ascends again–only to be banished again a few minutes after his ascension.
Now, eight hundred years later, BingWen ascends to the Heavens for the third time as the laughing stock among all three realms. On his first task as a god who ascended thrice, he meets a mysterious demon who rules the ghosts and terrifies the Heavens, yet, unbeknownst to BingWen, this demon king has been paying attention to him for a very, very long time.]
( Xian le ? where have I heard of this name ?)
( oh yeah , it's quite familiar to Xie Lian's name )
As the drama proceeded slowly yet stunningly catching the attention of each of it's audience , each scene reflecting the in depth narration with stunning visuals heightened by the breathtaking costumes , unreal acting of each performer. This drama indeed preceded it's reputation.
[ Being in a huge debt , BingWen had been given a task to compensate for his debts ]
[ he was accompanied by the subordinates of his fellow heavenly generals ]
[ Recently tons of northern worshippers were praying for help from the heavenly officials to get rid of some ghosts , in order to get merits to quickly repay his debt , the crown prince headed out to the North.]
With each dialogue being delivered , Hua Cheng couldn't help but feel his heartbeat slowly but surely beating faster .
[ The Crown Prince had to conceal his real identity and in order to find the ghost bride , he decided to dress as a bride to use himself as bait to lure out the ghost bride]
[ As both of Crown Prince's subordinates set out to fight the magical wolves , the crown prince was left alone in the carriage looking extravagant in the rich crimson attire , cautious of any danger .]
[ slowly but surely the wind began to come to a halt , what seemed like silver luminescence surged from the bushes , there were hundreds of silver butterflies fluttering it's way to the Crown Prince's carriage]
[ Crown Prince became even more alert and got ready to get into a combat anytime , but what he saw was a hand , a picturesque sculpted hand with a red thread tied to one of his fingers , it had seemed the hand was a gesture for help not of any harm ]
[ the crown prince remained still , he couldn't feel any evil aura seeping from the male , he felt protected , he felt devotion which he had forgotten to feel since the last eight hundred years he spent in hell. ]
[ The Crown Prince couldn't help but reach out to the male , the male gently held his hand , no intension of ever letting go , The Crown Prince felt as if he heard light showers coming from night sky but it wasn't raining ]
[ 800 years ago , When the Crown Prince was at the pinnacle of his grace , it all began when he saved a falling kid on Shenwu Street. ]
As the drama visualized the spectacle of a falling kid rescued by the Crown Prince , it hit him , it hit Hua Cheng . He instantly stood up . His voice trembling , his hands over his mouth , an endless surge of tears fell from his crimson eyes, his ears echoed with voices.
"San Lang don't forget me "
"Forgive me "
" you are my eternity"
" if you don't know how to live anymore , then live for me"
"it's been so long since someone listened to me , won't you stay ?"
All those eight hundreds years of devotion , love , grief , agony , hardships came flooding back to Hua Cheng . He remembered everything , everything .
Hua Cheng wouldn't spare a single moment waiting , he ran out of the theatre , He Xuan following him , Hua Cheng's tears constantly falling , he hated himself for forgetting his gege even for a second , how could he forget him , he could he ? He ran as fast as he could , he had to find Xie Lian , he would go anywhere , do anything but he had to find him , he had to see him , he wanted to hug him and never ever let go , not till forever falls apart .
"HUA!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ?" He Xuan yelled as he ran after Hua Cheng .
As they reached the exit of the of the university , He Xuan finally got a hold of his best friend.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HUA ? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND ?" He Xuan said as he caught Hua Cheng's arm.
"LET GO OF ME RIGHT THIS INSTANT." Hua Cheng said as he gave bone chilling stares to He Xuan , he immediately let go , this wasn't the usual Hua Cheng , this murderous intent was not something to be joked around with.
"HE XUAN !!!" Came a voice right across from where the two males were quarreling .
"SHI QINGXUAN ? YOU CAME ?" He Xuan asked.
Hua Cheng couldn't care less for them right now , he had to meet his gege , he didn't think about anything and proceeded to run away when but stooped when he heard ,
"He left , Xie Lian went to America."
As soon as Hua Cheng heard this , he stopped in his track , his crimson eyes widened , he rushed back to Shi QingXuan and held him by the collar.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU SAYING ? " Hua Cheng asked with visible murderous intent in his eyes which sent a spill down both the other males.
"THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HUA ? LET HIM GO." He Xuan yelled as he tried to free Shi QingXuan from Hua Cheng's grip.
"WHERE IS HE ? " Hua Cheng yelled.
"He called me and told me that he was in the flight to America , he won't be coming back." Shi QingXuan replied.
Hua Cheng's grip loosened on Shi QingXuan as he fell to the ground , he wanted to see Xie Lian right now , he wanted to apologize to him , he wanted to kiss him , he wanted to never ever let go .
"Gege why would you leave ? why did you leave again?" Hua Cheng said as tears fell from his eyes.
He Xuan and Shi QingXuan couldn't understand what Hua Cheng meant by calling Xie Lian "gege".
Then it hit Hua Cheng , he had to go , he knew his gege would be there , he was sure , the place where he promised to Xie Lian that he would always find him there. He stood up and ran to his car.
He got into his car and drove to the unconcealed place with tears falling from eyes.
"Gege wait for me ."
As Hua Cheng reached the suburbs , he ran to the river side , he prayed and prayed that Xie Lian would wait for him.
"You said you won't forget me."
"GEGE!!!"
Xie Lian's eyes widened at hearing gege , he couldn't move , his body became paralyzed , tears falling from his eyes , was it really his San Lang? , or was he hallucinating.
Hua Cheng ran and hugged Xie Lian from the back tears falling from both their eyes .
"GEGE !!! IM SORRY , FORGIVE ME , I FORGOT YOU." Hua Cheng said as he tightened his grip on Xie Lian , with no intension of letting go.
Xie Lian remained still , with tears falling but no words coming from his mouth, he couldn't believe this was happening , he still believed he was hallucinating. He slowly broke away from Hua Cheng's grip.
"Is it really you ? if I am hallucinating , then this is really cruel you know ?" Xie Lian said as he slowly backed away with his hands on his face.
"Tormenting me again and again , I can't even look at San Lang , he really did forget me."
After hearing this Hua Cheng went to Xie Lian and kissed him. Xie Lian couldn't help but fall deeply in the kiss , he didn't care even if it was fake. The touch of Hua Cheng was what mattered to Xie Lian.
"Gege , look at me , I am not a hallucination and i won't forget you ever , not until forever falls apart." Hua Cheng said as he held Xie Lian's cheek.
Xie Lian realized this was real , His San Lang really remembered him.
"I-it's really you right San Lang?"
"It is me gege."
Xie Lian went and fell into Hua Cheng's embrace , he felt whole again , the emptiness in him slowly vanishing away , his fears were all gone . He never ever wanted to let go.