Chapter 31 - 31. ...nightmare... (2/2)

He mumbled, ”Linlin”

.............

Qin ZiXuan was still in a daze when he felt the presence of someone beside him.

It has already become a norm, like always, he knew who it was instinctively.

She was the one he yearned for, the one he was ready to die 'with' but not 'for'; because he didn't like the idea of leaving her alone in this world, it was better for them to be always together, even after and during death or so was his line of thoughts.

He was disgustingly possessive but he didn't mind it.

His feelings were warped and dark but he didn't mind.

She was the only one who could make him feel like this, there was no one else.

Another reason was that he was sure that there will never come a day when he has to choose between his life or hers, he won't ever let her be in danger, never again.

Qin Meilin was sitting on the bed beside him, she was probably trying to comfort him by gliding her hand through his hairs, which was now being held with a death grip by him; but she didn't wince nor frown from the pain, she just sat there with a small soothing smile on her face, brightening his whole world and life.

”Linlin...”, he dazedly mumbled.

”hmm....Good Morning”, he heard her reply as he slowly opened his eyes.

”Good Morning”, he smiled at her.

As he let go of the hand he was holding onto, he took out the pain-relief cream from the bed side-draw, it was a sub-conscious and reflex reaction on his part.

She must have seen him frowning and sweating because of that dream or was it a nightmare...

She being who she is, would have come to comfort him from the pain he was feeling.

When he felt that warmth in his dream, he would have taken hold of it like his life depended on it; it was not something new, both were used to it as it has happened many times in the years they have been together.

But of course, that didn't mean that he was fine with hurting her, hurting her was only fine when she also felt pleasured, which was for the future, not like this where he hurt her because of his insecurities.[Sorry, the author has a dirty mind which went haywire even while writing a serious scene...wuwu]

He looked at the reddish bruise on her fair and soft skin, he took her hand close to his lips and kissed it softly, as if, trying to relieve her of her pain or maybe he was licking her wounds, to her, he was a cat after all.

As she saw his reaction, her eyes softened and were filled with warmth.

She used her other hand to softly pat his head, it was her way to assure him that she was fine.....

”You are sweating a lot. Are you okay?”, she asked after he was done applying the cream, worry written all over her face.

”hm...I'm fine. I had kept the heater on yesterday and forgot to close it till morning. I have been sweating since I just wanted to sleep a little more and didn't get up to close it so....” he trailed off.

He lied but he couldn't tell her the real reason for acting like this, right?

”Really?”, she knew he was lying, he has never told her the reasons for his constant nightmares but she never pushed him to answer her.

”hahaha....really. Anyway, I really am sweating too much, I should take a bath.”, he said swiftly changing the topic.

Meilin was still not satisfied with the answer but let it go for this once, she understood that even he had times like this, where he had to hide things, yes, even from her.... just like she does from him.

Though she didn't like it one bit and she didn't mind being called a hypocrite for this still, she didn't want to probe him further....

She was sure that he would share everything with her once the time was right, plus, she didn't want him to think of those bad memories he was trying so hard to bury inside him.

”hmm....You should go and take a bath”, she told him before getting up from the bed to take out some clothes.

”hmm”, he nodded absent-mindedly.

He hadn't seen such a dream in the last few years.

Was this some sort of sign for what was to come in the near future?

He was not someone who believed in supernatural non-sense but his intuitions were also telling him that a storm might be coming and since she was now beside him, he didn't want to take a second chance for anything.....