The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

Kurt's surprisingly caring statement seemed to be exactly what Vivian needed.

She immediately stopped crying, and her devastation quickly gave way to joy.

“You're staying, then?”

Kurt sputtered, “I'm going to school.”

Wiping her tears, Vivian reasoned, “You won't have classes every day. My brothers told me that university class schedules are shorter and more flexible. Plus, you won't be going there on the weekends. That has nothing to do with you staying here.”

She looked like a child who had emerged triumphant in a play fight.

Kurt was speechless, and his heartbeat was quicker than he would like to admit.

He heard himself asking, “Sure you want me to live here?”

Vivian's eyes reddened with tears as she replied, “Of course. You said you'll protect me, right? Shouldn't my bodyguard live in the same place as me? And you've always lived with me in the past.”

It had taken her a lot of courage to plead with him to stay. If he refused, Vivian did not think she could ever bring herself to utter these words to him again.

Her case made, Vivian waited nervously for Kurt's reply.

Thankfully, Kurt did not protest against her wishes. He turned his head away, communicating his agreement with his silence.

happy she could walk on

household staff to prepare dinner for two and clean up one of the rooms for Kurt. She also asked a maid to stock up the room with some daily

door, he was struck silent by the sight of clean sheets, a neat desk, and a

silence alarmed the maid, who wondered if he despised the pink lace-trimmed bedsheets they had

“I must apologize, Mr. Lopez. Ms. Vivian did not inform us about your stay until today, so we only have her bedsheets available for use. Rest assured, she has instructed us to replace these

the least of Kurt's

upon learning that he had a tidy

how I've pulled through the past

the moment he admitted his identity in front of Vivian and took his stance, he had

been wandering through life like a

and lonely soul who believed that he would spend the rest of

was beginning to overturn his bleak outlook on

he kept his arms stiffly

muted feminine scent of the frilly sheets soothed the tension

himself to relax, and he quickly fell into a

Buzz! Buzz!

answered groggily, jolted awake by an early call to

voice greeted her

farm today? We're almost outside your house. Please don't tell me you're still lying