Siyun

You've never dreamed about a guy in your life. You didn't really know why. Maybe because you rarely talk to them. Or maybe because you didn't even have a boyfriend at nineteen. But you wanted love so much... that real, tender love, like in the movies. You looked enviously at your friends who had been in relationships for a long time.

One ordinary night, you just went to bed. As always, without expectations, without thoughts. You rarely dreamed, but that night everything was different. You dreamed of a guy. A long, seemingly endless dream - but in the morning there was only one picture left: him lying on your lap. Blonde, with bright blue eyes. Tall, with pale, almost porcelain skin. And you - stroking his hair, softly, tenderly. When you woke up, you could not get him out of your head. You wanted to fall asleep again, to see him again - but the dream did not return. The whole day you tried to remember more. His face. His voice. His touch. But everything was foggy, as if someone had torn out pieces of the dream and carried them away with them.

In the evening, you went for a walk with friends. They said that they met a new guy and wanted to set you up with him. You just shrugged, not paying attention. Another attempt - well, so be it. When you got to the usual place, he was not there yet. But about ten minutes later, he came. And when you saw him ... your breath caught. It was him. He looked eerily similar to the same guy from the dream. Blonde, with bright blue eyes. The same features. The same soft movements. Even his gaze - as if he already knew you. Recognized you. You froze, unable to tear your eyes away. He was looking straight at you. And in this gaze there was something inexplicable, strange. Weightless. As if you had already been together ... in another time. In another world.

Your friends called out to him and brought him closer. Your heart was pounding in your chest. You stood rooted to the spot. He approached.

“I’m Xiyun,” he said quietly. The voice… you’d never heard anything like it. It was soft, deep, mesmerizing. Like the whisper of a dream that doesn’t want to let go.

You opened your mouth to answer, but couldn't utter a word