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Long Years Apart; Lonely Souls Fate Intertwined
In Eastern Han period, there was an Emperor and an Imperial noble consort who fell into an melodrama of ignorant love.

In a palace's garden adorned with plum blossoms and peaches, a swing was delicately swinging, a gift for a lovely concubine that has been specially prepared by the Emperor's order.

‘ Sweet smiles and vibrant eyes has a guarded heart.
Genuine smile and a rare warm feelings made its way to a great height. ’

Days became months and months became years. They silent teased each other, not knowing they have scattered their fragments of memories that is dazzlingly beautiful; and yet will grow into a scorching sorrow that will yearn for each another.

Furthermore, deep inside the hearts laid a suppressed feelings; delicately sprouted feelings that unexpectedly grown inside. Not being noticed for it's buried by the tall grasses that has been let to wildly hide the beauty of their emotions.

Then so at the last breath of the imperial noble consort, she left words she never knew would slip from her chapped lips: “I am unreconciled, your majesty. I didn't know spring could last amidst the winter storm inside these walls.”

Not long after that, the Emperor with a lonely heart, followed his spring and also left the world.

His last words were, “My beloved, I am also unreconciled. A pity, we met in a wrong time. Still, I wish to meet you again in our next life.”

Maybe a hundred years later.

In the modern era, a woman stood in awe while looking at the man in front of her. He's holding a basket of peaches under the plum blossom trees. Unknowingly, the rim of her eyes turned red.

Something tugged her heart and her soul.

The woman stared at the overly familiar black eyes.

Ahh… they finally met.

“This hopeless man's wish has come true. However, I am not sure if your heart has changed?” The man asked, hopeful. His eyes glistens with tears as he lovingly stares at her.

The woman choked in her emotions, disregarded everything, and thrown herself into the man's welcoming embrace, “It was only you who has such a tsundere heart.” she sobbed.

“En, it was my fault.” The man paused before he tightly hugged the woman in his embrace, “There's something I always wanted to say.”

“Hmm?”

“I love you” he softly whispered, his emotions are visible in his cracked voice. He whispers like a soft brush of spring's awaited breeze.

“I love you.” the woman replied. Her heart's overflowing with sweetness.

Finally, the loneliness is filled after such a long years apart.


© Trisha Ancuna