It was the first time he’d used her real name.
“But you’re still here.”
For a long moment, he just stared at her. The setting sun slanted through the broken dome, illuminating the dust motes dancing between them. He didn’t threaten her. He didn’t call for his F4 backup. He just looked at her like she was a ghost he’d been expecting. meteor garden -2001-
It started, as these things often do, with a popsicle. It was the first time he’d used her real name
Dao Ming Feng’s smile was the scariest thing Shancai had ever seen. It didn’t reach her eyes. “Then you’ve just declared war, little vegetable. And I have never lost.” That night, the storm came. He didn’t threaten her
Shancai thought of the meteor garden. The cracked dome. The dry fountain. Si’s mangled Bach.