Kaelix was lying on the couch, scrolling social media for recommendations of bridal stores. Among the bridal dresses and tuxedoes, a news story caught his attention:10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dvK8IeL9h
Man Found Guilty of Murdering Spouse of 10 Years10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZGLFCpcbO
Without thinking or realizing, Kaelix clicked into the article. According to the text, the couple has known each other for fifteen years, and married for ten. Which was at least five times the time that Kaelix has been together with Zeal. A chill ran down his spine as he couldn’t help but wonder:10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdik3axLzl4
What if. What if this would be him and Zeal someday in the future?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6pqgWv6Ba
Overwhelming fear flooded over Kaelix at that very moment, he couldn’t shake off the thought of how one day, the couple in the story, may possibly be them. At that moment, Kaelix wasn’t so sure anymore, about the wedding, about marriage, about them. Does he know enough about Zeal to be married to him? To entrust him with the rest of his life? The woman in the article got fifteen years, and she still didn’t figure her husband out. Let alone Kaelix himself and his three years of time.
As fear sinks and floods him, Kaelix curled himself into a ball and buried under the weighed blankets. It was only then did he feel a little safer, not much, but it was something.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPO1RzOfZR
Zeal came home to a ball of Kaelix in blankets on the sofa. He walked over and held the tense ball in his arms.
“Is something wrong, my darling fiancé?”
“What if… what if we cancel- No, postpone the wedding?” Kaelix’s voice was faint, tainted with fear.
“Hmm? Why is that?”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8SuYlABGk1
Kaelix didn’t answer. Zeal looked around the room to find what could be the source of his fiancé’s anxiousness. He looked down on the coffee table, Kaelix’s phone screen was showing something. Zeal picked it up, it was news article about a man murdering his spouse of ten years.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IoEdDFdMi
Ah. That’s why.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6ONQvSN7l
“Kaelix, darling, my dear bouncer. I would never do that.” Zeal hugged the ball tighter, patting what was supposed to be his back. He could feel the person relax a little bit.
“How would you possibly know that…” Kaelix muttered.
“Did you finish reading the article, my love?”
“I think I did…?”
“Then can you tell me what the man’s motive was?”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UPtRWy08v
Kaelix tried to remember, but he was drawing a blank. He didn’t recall reading about that, come to think of it.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG59pvp7bY
“It was because he found out his wife cheated on him.” Zeal answered for him.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdWO2pOje8
Zeal paused for a bit to let Kaelix register the information before he continued.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpJLOHDBu3
“I’m your one and only love, right, Kaelix?”
“Yeah.” Kaelix answered, quietly but surely.
“Then this is why I’m certain that this-” Zeal paused to show the news article to Kaelix “This would never be us.”
“You’re my one and only, and you said that you feel the same. If there’s not a chance of betrayal in this relationship, then there is no chance of this happening.” Zeal said softly as he removed the blanket covering Kaelix’s head and caresses the soft white hair.
“I will say that I love you, again and again, as much as you want me to. As long as it reassures you and earns me your trust.”10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvIIFeovLw
If the last line cleared the cloud of fear by a bit, this one completely lifted it. Zeal could see Kaelix completely relax himself in his arms.
“Thank you.” Kaelix said softly, from the depths of his heart. Nuzzling his head on Zeal’s chest as he spoke.
“Now, do you still want to postpone the wedding? It’s okay if you do.”
“No. Not anymore. Thank you, Zeal.” Kaelix couldn’t help but think about how lucky he was to have found Zeal in his life.
“Anytime, my darling fiancé.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.”
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