Mutual Anchoring

The story is complete. (Never mind, I probably won't revise it, though I might start another one set in a parallel world.)

[We are each other's inside and outside, and the reason we exist is one another.]

In Luo Ying's memories, none of his encounters with Qiu Yu had gone particularly well:

The first time, he was covered in blood, begging to die like a monster. The second time, the smell of blood still clung to him as he hurriedly fled with his partner. The third time, he fainted from hunger right in front of Qiu Yu, who was still his mission target...

Luo Ying: Oh.

Qiu Yu's feelings about Luo Ying were complicated.

At first, there was surprise: the stubbornness he glimpsed amid the bloodstains. Then came a chance encounter, and the face he caught sight of in the instant he fired. Finally, he looked into the young man's lifeless eyes, while whispers sounded again and again in his ears.

Qiu Yu clearly saw that Luo Ying's lips weren't moving, yet he heard the words distinctly: Save me.

He heard the young man's cry for help.

*

The emergence of supernatural abilities was an unexpected anomaly in this world.

Luo Ying's peaceful plans were thrown off course by the unexpected arrival of Qiu Yu.

To Qiu Yu, Luo Ying's existence was the unexpected answer he had always been searching for.

And this unexpected turn of events seemed to be playing a joke on them.

Qiu Yu couldn't turn a blind eye to Luo Ying's attempts to die, while Luo Ying couldn't accept Qiu Yu's sudden death.

*

"Do you want to save Luo Ying?"

"So there is a way to save Qiu Yu, right?"

The world rewound. The past was changed. Their memories were erased.

Looking into those eyes, both familiar and strange, Luo Ying once again spoke the line that seemed written by fate.

"May I ask you to kill me?"

(A slice-of-life story with a slow-burn romance and a secondary couple. Flashbacks will appear from time to time.)

*A story written purely to indulge the author's tastes, with no regard for logic.

*Please don't bash the characters, lol.

*I'll give it a major revision when I have time, TT.

Theme: You can watch the sunrise by the sea, too.