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Darkness...

That was all Yin could taste, all she could see, all she could hear and feel. The world was closing in on her and the void was calling out her name. But she couldn't heed its cry, there was something... no someone she needed to get to.

Hei...

The name itself breathed new life into her. It tore at her heart and she clawed at herself, bleeding inwardly. She had to get to him. Yin was tired, exhausted beyond measure but she could not allow this weakness of body dictate to her what she should do. She didn't want to be without him. Not again. Never again.


He didn't know how far he had walked holding her in his arms. All he knew was that he had get her somewhere safe. Some place where they could be together, without fear of being found.

His heart stopped as he felt her shift in his arms and let out a soft moan.

Glancing down at the slight figure he was carrying, he whispered her name, in disbelief, only to receive no response. Fighting against the dryness in his throat he asked, "Yin, can you hear me?"

Hei laid her down on the ground and watched in stunned silence as she fidgeted and twitched, like a child caught up in a bad dream. He didn't know how long he stayed there watching the moonlight illuminate her beautiful, pale, elfin features but as the minutes slowly trickled by, he noticed the frantic movement of her eyes behind her eye lids slowing down and her breathing becoming less laboured.

Hei cupped her smooth cheek in his gloved hand, giving himself over to the hope that she may yet return to him, "Yin... can you hear me?"


"Yin... can you hear me?"

Yin wanted to respond and feel his arms around her tight, keeping her safe and together.

So she fought it. She fought against the nothingness that sought to keep her imprisoned. She fought it with the passion and ferocity only Hei could inspire within her.

By God, she would make it back to him.


As Yin began to open her eyes, she could feel the warmth of the moonlight encouraging her and welcoming her back to consciousness. Her fingers moved slowly across the dirt until she encountered soft leather and slowly, joy flooded her being as her mind became aware of who was crouched down beside her.

She could hear Hei let out a small breathy sound that was half-laugh, half-cry as he buried his face in her hair, lifting her up off the ground and into his lap. She felt tears roll down her cheeks and along her neck mixing with his. This was it, they were finally together now. After all their hardships and struggles, after all the years they had existed without each other, fate had brought them together once more. They had found each other, as they had in the past and would again in the future.

Hei brushed slowly and carefully brushed aside loose strands of hair from Yin's face and gazed into the eyes of this doll who had stolen his heart and thrown away the key. It never ceased to amaze him how she was able to look right into the very core of his being, despite being sightless. As he watched those violet orbs drinking him in, he knew two things for sure- he loved her with every fibre of his being and he would never endure the torture of being without her again.

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