Chapter 43 (1/2)
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at 29th of April 2019 06:00:11 AM
Chapter 43
Chapter 43: Waking up
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I sit on the bed and gaze at Rajiva in silence
Yesterday was a tiring day, but still I could not sleep very well due to the presence of another person besideselse in the room that I could lie on, so I had curled up next to hiht filled orries—I was afraid that I’d wake him up if I turn, that I’d accidentally touch his aard if I wake up later than him Because of that, I lay very still next him, to the point where my body cramped up from the lack of ot up and walked around the room, but still careful to not h he is thirty-five now and not as young as he was eleven years ago, he is still as handsome and otherworldly as before Co, probably because of his lifestyle as a Buddhist monk The barest hints of wrinkles on his forehead and at the corners of his eyes only ht of rest, his coard as before There is a slight s up his face—heat him, the idol of my heart It’s almost noon and yet he still sleeps This must be the first tiht up andheavier and heavier Unable to help myself, I lie down and fall asleep just like that
Sofast when I catch a pair of light grey eyes as clear as a lake in autu back at me The same pair of eyes that have appeared countless times in my dreams, they’re now in front of et up and ask, “Are you hungry? I have asked the-”
I reach for the bowl at the head of the bed but find it cool to the touch, “Oh, it has gotten cold Let me ask someone to heat it up-”
But before I can leave, I feel a pull atwith my sleeves, the expression on his face fond and filled with unbridled nostalgia The sight makes my heart ache I call out his name:
“Rajiva…”
“That you’d be back every ten years…it’s really true”
Still lying on the bed, he closes his eyes and lets out a soft sigh, lips quivering slightly:
“It’s good that you’re back…”
Kneeling down next to the bed, I take his hand and put it on my cheek With a smile, I reply: “Yes, I am back”
Rajiva’s hand tre his away across hter with every moveht eht atop , which , teary sound instead
“Gautama Buddha is really too kind towards Rajiva…” he says with a shaky voice, “to allow you to coo and places two hands oned in the slightest…”
“I have, actually I’m noenty-five…”
I look at hi
“One year above equals ten years down here?”
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He brushes a hand througha treasure
“The first time we met, you were older than e as me And now, I am older than you by ten years”
His hand , did you know that this “ten” signifies fate in the real has been orchestrated by the Gods
My eyes land on his bare chest Meaard, I say to him:
“Ah…you should wash up and eat-Your head ht? I have asked theover soup-”
As soon as the dawn broke, I have asked the water and quietly washed myself I wanted to help him, but I was afraid I’d wake hie to do such a thing anyway He eating last night, plus all the alcohol he had to drink the past three days—the so of me with a startle Thethe spots of dried blood on the rabs my arery, the injury is prettya shty the Buddha is, to turn your arain like this!”
He looks up at ether: “So then where are you hurt?”
It’s only now that I understand he’s been talking about that spot of blood Embarrassed, I stammer:
“I’m not hurt T-That, that is from a woman’s f-first ti in front of him “Anyway, I’m all fine now, so you don’t have to worry—”
“First time?”
He only seems to be more confused Could it be that he does he not re?
I don’t want to think tooto do I stand up to get water, but the suddenme hiss
“Where are you hurt?”
Rajiva pulls me back and looks all over me with those clear eyes of his
“I’ently take his arrab the basin of water The towel inside is a product froh I wring the towel and give to Rajiva:
“Use this to wipe down your body”
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He doesn’t rab it and instead pulls the blanket aside Upon looking, his face suddenly burns as hot as the summer sun Rajiva seems to blank out for a few seconds as his eyes become cloudy It takes him a moment before he turns around to ask me
“I hurt you, didn’t I?”
I aent person, why is he so slow in these things? How am I supposed to explain it to hi participant!”
He looks dazed, then his face beco, when did you return? How did you get here?”
“I arrived yesterday”
I think it’s time I tell hiht an audience with Lu Guang to persuade him to switch me with Asuyamati”