Author: Bai Kuang Liang Tai Zi The tattoo on the back of Mason's neck was the initials of his ex-girlfriend's name.He noticed me in the crowd because I had similar eyebrows and eyes to hers.1It was raining heavily in Riverville for the past few days. When Mason got home, the rain was dripping down the umbrella.As always, I had a dry towel for him.He lowered his head and stared at me with his starry eyes."Did you miss me?" he asked gently.The towel rested on his short black hair, and once again I unintentionally glanced at that tattoo when I dried his hair.It was a tiny tattoo. And It was dotted on his neck like an abrupt ink blot on a piece of white paper.Mason was always a good student growing up. Normally, he would not have anything to do with tattoos."Let's wash it off someday," I pointed at the tattoo.It took him a while to react. He touched it softly with his fingers, and his eyes were watery."Okay," he answered, rather lightly.He changed the subject
4I felt that Mason was more cautious with me.Washing a tattoo hurts more than getting a tattoo. After the first time he washed it, there was still a little bit left.The skin on the back of his neck was crusted with a thin scab, making it look more eye-catching than before.I knew something had changed between us, but we didn't mention it even though we both knew it.He came home less often, and he wouldn't let me check his phone anymore.I didn't know what the hell he was doing, but I knew I was losing him little by little.He was going to be taken away by someone.I was afraid that his increasing tenderness and indulgence towards me came from the same emotion.That was guilt.Mason came home late that day.He came in with the typical gloom of autumn. He frowned as if he was tired, but his expression relaxed the moment he saw me."Why are you still up?" he asked.He came over, put the blanket from the couch over my bare feet, and then touched my forehead.His hand was
8I took my annual leave and wanted to go back to my hometown.Before I left, I needed to move into my new rental house. I picked a day when he was probably not there and sneaked back to his house.I blacklisted everything about him and didn't want to see him again. But, it turned out that you got what you feared.This one-meter-long bear doll was a birthday gift from my best friend. I had a little trouble carrying it, and when I got to the door, someone helped me hold it up."Where are you going?" He asked me as he stood by the door.His eyes looked emotionless."I rent a new house.""Do you share a house with someone else?""Yeah." "Do you have all the utilities?""Yes.""How is the landlord?""Nice.""How many people do you live with?Are they men or women?"There was a moment of silence."Mason! Are you finished?"I pushed him and shoved the bear into his arms. Then, he squeezed the bear's paw and stopped me."Since you want to take the bear away, why don't you
10I never thought I'd see him here. Actually, I thought we would never see each other again.There were mottled marks left on the old elementary school railings.Mason was still frowning. I thought he wanted to smoke, but finally, he didn't do it after he dug in his pocket for a while."I miss you," he said in a husky voice, which startled me.He acted so straightforwardly that he didn't even look like him.I ignored him. At that moment, the sun was setting just above the horizon, while the white birds hovered freely in the far sky.He blurted out, "After you left, I miss you like crazy.I threw away everything about you, but I still think of you no matter what I do."When he looked at me, his eyes were as clear as ever.I felt like I lost the ability to tell if his words were true or not long ago, so I just watched as the night breeze blew the hair on his forehead."I never admitted to regretting anything until I met you.I should have caught up with you that day. How cou
14Later, Mason was asked to leave the hospital because of the loud noise. A little while later, my dad passed away. His face was covered with a white cloth when he was taken out.The words in front of me were so blurry that I couldn't see them clearly. After quite a while, I realized that my hand holding the death notice was shaking.Yes, I did think about the days when my father left me. When he was in ICU, I thought about it all the time. But sometimes, people refused to believe in those sorrowful things that happened.I listened numbly to the doctor's instructions. When he asked me if any of my other family members could be there, I shook my head. He then asked me if I wanted to see the body again, and I still shook my head after I gazed at the white cloth for a while.I feared I would think of my dad again if I saw his face. I would recall the morning dew on his brow as I drove him to school that morning. And I would recall his firm and reliable back as he walked in front of
Author: Bai Kuang Liang Tai Zi I awoke to find that I was imprisoned by my childhood sweetheart.Ryan Wilson stood in front of me, checking the chains on my wrists. He had a serious expression on his face, and it seemed like he was completing the scientific research he was obsessed with.I moved my wrists. The chains collided with each other, making a series of noises.His eyes were cold and had no tinge of lust, looking down at me expressionlessly."Ryan?" I whispered."What?" He bent down and gently kissed me on my left ear. His voice was lazy and deep."Why did you..."Before I finished my words, the place where his palm touched aroused goose bumps.Ryan didn't answer my question and gently pressed his index finger against my lips."Sh!" He said.I got used to listening to his words, so I really shut up for a moment. After a while, Ryan suddenly kissed me on the lips before I reacted.There was a smell of mint between his lips and teeth, with a sense of abstinence, but
4The most difficult thing in the next semester was the choice between literature and science. I asked a lot of people for opinions, including my parents, teachers, friends, and... Ryan."Go with science."His answer was the clearest. He didn't ask me to do it according to my own thoughts, nor did he ask about my specialty.I thought it was probably because he loved science."But I'll have to go to another campus if I study science," I pouted.I sat next to him, and the wind in the lab was still blowing. There were only the two of us, and his voice was cold and pleasant."Oh, you finally won't come to swipe my meal card?" Ryan said.I was speechless.I didn't eat too much. He was so petty.There was a knock on the door of the lab, and a girl came in. I had seen this girl before. She seemed to come to see Ryan frequently those days because they were working on a project.Every time she came here, she would ask some academic questions. But today, she dressed up very beautifull
7I have been lying on the bed for almost an hour and found that the reason why I couldn't fall asleep might not be because of Ryan, but because I was simply used to sleeping in my own bed.Since I couldn't fall asleep, I gave up sleeping. I opened the door on tiptoe. It was quiet in the living room, and no one was there.I'd like to get some water. I went to the kitchen in the dark and glanced at Ryan's room. The door was closed. He seemed to be asleep.I didn't know why I acted like a thief, and I was not used to the darkness innately. I didn't know where the water dispenser was."What are you doing?"A cold voice sounded in the darkness. I looked up and found that Ryan was sitting on the marble table in the kitchen. The moonlight outside the window lit his face, and he looked down at me quietly."I... I'd like to get some water," I said in a low voice.It seemed that Ryan was shaking a medicine bottle, and the sound of medicine grains rolling was very clear at night. We just