Xiao Yu's heart was beating so fast when Milo finally responded to her kiss. Oddly enough, she was more nervous that he liked her bold move and responded to it over not having a response at all. Rejection was easier to deal with and make excuses for than acceptance and the mutual need that was obvious between the two of them. maybe she shouldn't have kissed him but the way that he accepted her only confirmed that she had been right to kiss him. In fact he was encouraging her to continued as his hand slid down her back. And then the universe intervened. The very first thought that entered her mind was: after all this time, you are still trying to keep us apart!! How cruel of you lao tian ye (The heavens often referred to as old man sky). But she couldn't help but laugh that the laptop was what cock blocked the both of them. "I'm sorry, Milo. It seems your laptop has spoken. She doesn't like me this close to you." She smiled up at him. "A cup of tea would be nice. We have a lot to look into and I think I know where to start. Can I use your laptop?"<br/><br/><br/>-----------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><br/>What could a man do when he was utterly in love with a woman that he knew he would lose forever? Nothing. That was how Lengxue felt inside as her pushed the wheelchair with his put every now and then with a kick. He could have made it easy on himself and put her into the wheelchair and pushed her home but he was being selfish and he wanted to hold her for as long as he could. In a few days to a week, he would not be able to hold her at will or without resistance the way that he was now. He would never be able to look at her peaceful beautiful face in the serene way that it was at the moment. he hoped that in the future An Bo would not give her any reason to exert herself like that, that when she needed to recoup he would hold her close and watch over her like he was. His heart brok as he thought of the lonely nights that laid a head of him. How many moons would it take for him not to lay awake in his bed wishing that her pretty head was laying on his chest listening to his heart beat?<br/><br/><br/>His heart....the thought made him chuckle. What heart? He was a guairen living and breathing without a heart.<br/><br/><br/>He stopped for a moment in the shade of a tree and awning and just looked down at her. She was breathing steadily, her chest rising and falling with ease. Her cheeks moist because she had been crying over that man. he would only admit to himself that she cried for that man and not himself. He wouldn't be able to let her go if he knew that he even had a chance. He couldn't face he to say good bye so he was going to do it while she was conscious in his own way. He pulled her closed to him and kissed the top of her head. "We're almost home, niangzi." A tear rolled door his cheek knowing that she wouldn't ever look up at him and caress his face and return his affections by calling him xiang gong. She would never be his wife, but in the dead part of him, he was her husband.<br/><br/><br/>If he could have stayed in that moment forever because he didn't want to loose the feeling that over took his body and jump started his heart when he called her wife. She nuzzled into him. His mind was telling him that she was dreaming of Lin An Bo but his heart wanted desperately to believe that she was reacting to him and him alone. He whisper softly, "If the world was smaller and Heaven and Earth were fair, you and I would never part." He caressed her face but did not allow his finger to touch her. His was so close that he could feel her soft skin even before his eyes were closed. In his mind's eyes she saw her press up against his palm nuzzling into him. "I use to think that I was a mighty prince and you would someday be a loyal general in my grand army but now I know that I'm just a lone wolf without a pack of his own and you are a delicate swallow that cannot be a caged bird. You belong to another and I know I have to let you go but..." His voice broke and he could not hold his tears back, "I don't want to. Do you love me? Have you ever love me? What do I have to do so you will stay with me?"<br/><br/><br/>He would have said more but he was acutely aware the Tieshou and Zhiming were present no doubt having overheard his secret confessions. Both of his brothers firmly patted his shoulders. They understood his pain. They loved Wuqing as their little sister too and understood that the two of them had always been closer, so close that she was the only one that could reach him in his frenzy. They had always that Lengxue and Wuqing would marry.<br/><br/><br/>"Is she okay?" Zhuiming asked.<br/><br/><br/>"She will be."<br/><br/><br/>"And you?" Tieshou asked.<br/><br/><br/>"No."<br/><br/><br/>"I don't understand why you can't just get your god father to marry you guys right now." Zhuiming was frustrated.<br/><br/><br/>"You know why." Lengxue wanted to snap at him. "It's not me she loves."<br/><br/><br/>"She loves you." Zhuiming insisted, "Wuqing mei has always loved and doted on the most."<br/><br/><br/>"She made her choice." He replied holding her tighter.<br/><br/><br/>"So you're going to go through with your plan then, Lengxue?" Tieshou asked.<br/><br/><br/>He nodded.