Rebirth

A memory from a dream

"A-Chen look"

A beautiful boy with pale white skin, green shining eyes, and long black hair was pointing at a couple of Phoenix in the high of the fire mountain, one of them was making a kind of courtship, so when the young boy understand its actions that make him blush.

"They are like us, Don't you think A-Yue?" the man next to the boy approached him to whisper him that.

"A-Chen! don't say that lou…"

The words of the boy with green eyes called Lan Yue were cut off with a kiss from his lover Lan Xichen, a handsome, tall man with golden eyes and black long hair, they were horse-riding before their engagement ceremony which was held that afternoon.

"A-Yue, I love you"

"I love you more... A-Chen"

They kissed with all that love they feel for each other forgetting everything around them while while the time was running fast, unfortunately, that would be the last time they can see each other.

Present Day

Lan Xichen wakes up covering in a cold sweat, his eyes had some tears that fell for his face, he struggle his clothes with one of his hands, dream about sea death lover increase that unbearable and unstoppable pain in his chest that appears of nowhere, it feels like if his inner fire was frozen and unable to ignite again.

All say that the death of Lan Yue left a big imaginary hollow on him but Xichen feels it so real.

The knock at his door puts him on alert, he took his sword and gets up from his bed ready to attack the person outside.

"Who it is?" he asks fiercely.

"I’m Lan Li, young Master”

“Ahh.. What do you need?” Xichen sights relaxing his body knowing it was one of the clan members.

“Your father is calling for you"

"I'll go to see him". Xichen frown his eyebros, he has a bad feeling about that.

Liehuo Pavilion

After he dresses up Xichen arrived at the entrance of his father's studio where he saw Lan Zhao the actual doctor and counselor of the imperial court, waiting for him.

Lan Zhao has been the right hand and the best friend of his father since they were children, and even when they were trying to hide from all Xichen was the first to discover that they were dating before they speak with him and his siblings.

“Good morning Xichen” Zhao smiled at him.

“Good morning mo..”

"Waa... Your majesty, the young master is here" The man interrupted Xichen announces him to Xichen’s father.

"Let him in A-Zhao" The strong voice of Xichen’s dad was heard and as he was ordered Lan Zhao let Xichen entered the room.

"You call for me, Dad?"

"Xichen..." The Fire king looks at his younger son and sight. He can understand the pain of losing someone loved but seeing his son suffering makes him feel bad.

"How long are you going to hide your heart?" he says rudely

"Father…"

"You have to let him go"

"He...is with me... He is still here..."

"He DIES! When are you gonna accept that? he's no longer in this word" the king shouted slapping his hand on his desk

"..." Xichen squeezes his hands and bites his lips, the loud voice of his father shouting puts him down to earth, he knows the best that Lan Yue died but how can he let him go when he can still feel Lan Yue near him? How could he love someone else? That was not easy.

"Your ascension to be the crown prince is in two days, you have to get married to the son of the Water leader, he loves you and he helps you a lot at that time, remember? think carefully about this"

"Yes...your majesty" Xichen answer a little angry and with that respectful title

Lan Xichen as the official crown prince of the Fire's kingdom has to continue with the tradition, without an official lover a marriage between the Fire and Water kingdom has to be settled for peace but how could he forget the boy who was with him in any up and down in his life?

Xichen leaves his father’s studio without saying goodbye to anyone, a boy who was waiting outside siting on the stairs get up quickly following the prince.

"Wow, you look tired A-Chen"

"I am tired...What do I do now?" Xichen whispered in a low voice

While Xichen was walking to his secret place that boy wearing a white hanfu was following him.

"What did your father say?"

"I have to marry him...”

“What? Did he arrange your marriage? But...”

“Why? Why did you do that? Why did you leave me? A-Yue...”

"What are you saying A-Chen? I'm right her..."

Xichen ignores the voice of his lover, Lan Yue who was in front of him and goes through the boy making Lan Yue remembered that he dies and since his soul leaves his body he stays near Xichen as a ghost because he couldn't leave him alone.

Lan Yue sigh with sadness and follow Xichen in silence to that peach tree where his ashes rest.

"A-Yue..."

"I'm right here A-Chen... If only you could see me"

Lan Yue as a ghost only could try to hug Xichen for his back but he knows he couldn't touch him.

He was about to say something to cheer up his couple but a strange wind made Lan Yue push him far away from Xichen, in an impulse he shout to his lover "I love you more" before he suddenly disappeared into the air.

The prince could hear that shout like a whisper in his ears, Xichen was shocked to hear his dead lover's voice so he stands up looking every corner for him.

"A-Yue!"

ChaoMei Pavilion

"Shuoyue, Shuoyue, SHUOYUE!"

A woman was calling the name of the unconscious boy, several times.

«Shuoyue? Why are you calling me like that? Where... Am I?...»

"Is he alive?" she asks the doctor next to her almost crying.

"Yes madam, he is still breathing but his pulse is weak, he needs to rest”

"Shuoyue... My dear..."

After a few hours the boy with the long white hair, pale skin and delicate features laying in that bed starts to open his beautiful green eyes looking all around him confused, the first thing on his mind was, Where was he?

"He opened his eyes! Call the madam" the doctor shouted with excitement at the guard standing at the door.

The room quickly was full with all the workers of the brothel, the owner of that house came running while the doctor was checking his pulse.

"Thank goodness, my dear! How is he, doctor?" she keeps her tears on her eyes while sitting on the bed waiting for the doctor to answer her.

"What happens?"

The sweet voice of the boy surprised himself, he didn't know where was he but when he sat down at the bed a bunch of memories came to his mind and the moment where his soul was exchanged with that boy's soul came to his mind,

He remembers seeing a beautiful boy with white hair and blue eyes smiling at him while quietly whisper to him.

"I'll allow you to see him again but you'll forget everything..."

The name of that beautiful boy was Shuoyue, a guy from the Ice's kingdom who was abandoned to die at the age of five after the death of his parents in the previous war, now a courtesan well-known as the Divine Moon in the all the Fire's kingdom capital, a professional prostitute with extraordinary beauty and a new soul on his body.

Yinying Pavilion

"Is he alive?" a man hiding on the shadows growls in fury

"W-We are sorry, your highness"

"How could that be possible? I'll give you the most mortal poison in all the WORLD!"

He shouted to the two men who were kneeling in front of the mysterious man.

"We don't know how can he survived... We swear, please have mercy"

“Mercy?”

One of the man's head flew away with a movement of the white sword the hidding man was using.

"You, clean this piece of shit"

"Yes, your highness"

"When can we kill that trash?" the angry voice rumble in the cave.

"For now we can't make any strange movement, the security in the brothel has increased after the poison attempt”

"One day that boy has to disappear, do you understand?"

"Yes, your highness"

To be continue