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“The world is ours!”
The voice rang out, pure and strong, through the quietness of the empty road and dark night. Music came into earshot, pulsating in the air as it mixed with the thrum of dragging tires against the tar road.
“God, you are so cheesy,” Yangyang was laughing, eyes bright with joy as he watched his boyfriend stand in the passenger seat, shouting for the empty sky to hear. Yangyang’s hand rested leisurely on the driving wheel as they drove past fields flourished with dandelions, painting their surroundings golden. “Sit down , you’re going to end up flying away and hurting yourself.”
Renjun plopped himself back into the seat with his beautiful vivid laugh, sparkling with exhilaration. His laugh always sent sparks through Yangyang’s bones, and Yangyang wanted to kiss it from his lips. “Well, at times like this, when it’s just us, I feel like we’re the only people in the world.” Renjun smiled as he leaned his head back against the car seat, and Yangyang watched as the wind rippled through his already tousled hair. “So who cares? There’s nobody here to judge me in this world of ours. It’s just you and me.”
“Just you and me,” Yangyang agreed quietly, glancing at the empty road that pressed on for as far as his eyes could see. He turned his eyes back onto Renjun next to him, who was flexing his fingers over the side of the car as though he could capture the wind. Renjun caught his eye, and Yangyang beamed as brightly as he could, “I’m happy. Are you happy?”
“I’m happy.” The sentence lay unfinished, the words hanging in the air, unsaid. But Renjun’s smile said it all. With you . Yangyang’s heart clenched with the love that wrapped around it, seeping into every pore as he looked at Renjun. His beautiful Renjun. He surged forward to kiss him, and the car swerved. They broke apart quickly as Yangyang panicked to get the car back on track, Renjun was cackling loudly beside him, clutching at his stomach. “Now who’s being cheesy?”
“Oh shut up.” Yangyang was smiling so widely he felt as though his face was going to split apart. Renjun smiled softly and leaned over to press a kiss to his cheek.
“Hey, would you look at that.” He said in awe, pointing to the sky before them. Yangyang followed his finger to see that the murky night sky had begun to fade, and the sun had begun to rise, bleeding tangerine shades into the sky and spreading like coffee on paper.
Yangyang turned the car off the road, stopping at the base of a small hill. “What are you doing?” Renjun asked, confused.
“We’re stopping to watch the sunrise,” the younger replied, hopping out of the car without bothering to open the door and offering his hand to Renjun. Renjun only grinned and ignored his hand, vaulting over the door with ease and sprinting towards the hill before Yangyang could even begin to react, hand suspended in the air where Renjun had just been.
Letting out a surprised giggle, Yangyang raced after him, wrapping his arms around Renjun’s waist as they both reached the hilltop. Renjun burst into giddy laughter as Yangyang spun them around with enough force to nearly send them toppling to the ground. He set him down, and Renjun’s lips were on his own before Yangyang could even say anything. Renjun’s hands held Yangyang’s face as though he were something precious, his kiss soft ad pure. It only lasted a few seconds before Renjun pulled back, pressing their foreheads against each others.
Yangyang turned to look at the sunrise, breathless as he watched the sky bleeding pinks and orange, speckled with clouds catching the soft colours. Renjun was looking at Yangyang, his eyes flickering like flames under the reaching rays of sunlight.
“Thank you for loving me Yangyang,” his voice wavered, as though he couldn’t quite believe that Yangyang was there in front of him. Yangyang felt the same. He didn’t know what he did to deserve Renjun, but he would thank every last god for allowing him to meet this man.
“You said it yourself, the world is ours. My world isn’t complete without you in it.” Yangyang took his hand, sidling up against Renjun’s side and squeezing his fingers. “Thank you for finding me.”
They bathed in the deep blushing colours of the sunrise, a halcyon escape from everything else, where there was nothing other than them in the world, even as the world woke up around them.
It was them, Renjun and Yangyang. Yangyang and Renjun. Only them.