*JIANG CHEN'S POV*
When I gave Xiaoxi a cotton candy, everything went back. I could feel the nostalgia. Xiaoxi never really changed. She's still the silly, dumb, petite, cute, annoying and the sweetest person I know. From being a childhood neighbor and friend, she ended up to be my lawfully wedded wife. I don't know what she liked about me. I was just a cold, silent and strange-looking guy. But for her, I was more than that.
Xiaoxi's happiness while swinging really fills me up. That sense of joy for me is priceless. I may have hurt her from the past years, but never this time. I want myself to be her source of joy, and I will never be tired to put a smile on her face every single day. Yes, she may be moody sometimes, but I still love her.
After the nostalgia hit me, I went off to sit beside Xiaoxi on another swing. Her short bobbed-hair flew graciously as she swings back and forth. Her eyes were shut as she enjoys the feeling of being a little girl playing at the Park.
¨Xiaoxi, come here.¨ I signaled to her by waving my hand.
We sat by the bench that we used to sit before. The perfectly-round moon added up to the romantic atmosphere the both of us were feeling. The stars that were blinking in different colors made her gaze. I can look to her this way without stopping.
¨What is it, Chen?¨ She asked while seeing me dazed at her.
I snapped out, and said, ¨I just love seeing you happy. I feel like I already paid my debt of not making you happy from the past years. Seeing you happy like this, makes me feel like I have already accomplished something.¨
Tears dropped from my eyes.
Xiaoxi hugged me tighter.
¨You know what? Those days that I was avoiding you was like a stab to myself. I acted like I wasn't still in love with you. And I thought that the only way to forget you was to avoid you. But everytime I did, it keeps me thinking about you. Like, did he already ate? Is he sick? Is he alone. And there, I knew, I wasn't still completely over you. It just proved that I still love you very much.¨
It was a bit awkward to see Xiaoxi seeing me cry like a baby. But I couldn't help but feel emotional in this state.
Xiaoxi wiped my tears with her hands.
"Enough with the crying! You'll make me cry too, you know." She said.
I giggled a bit. I checked my phone and it was already half-past 9. It's getting late. We'd better get going.
"Come on, I'll give you a piggyback ride till we get to the car."
She agreed. Walking till we reached the car, we looked like a middle school couple rather than a married couple.
"I hope you get emotional always. It makes you sweeter to me." she teased.
"Stop taking advantages of my emotional states."
And we drove till we got home.
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A 'Married-Life' So... Beautiful?
FanfictionLiving together under one roof was nothing easy for both Chen Xiaoxi and Jiang Chen. They thought the challenges were already done, but little did they know that something worse was about to come.
