I never even realized that I was pulling my legs close to me and resting my head upon them as I sat on the floor next to Kai, drowning in my thoughts, until my eyes grew heavy. My body surrendered to its exhaustion, and sleep overcame it, while my consciousness kept fighting alone against a painful and old dream that used to haunt me frequently. Then it vanished, and here it was visiting me once again with Adrian's return—Adrian, who remained absent from the company for a year and did not return until I was hurt.Adrian, who was always at the edge of the horizon, pressing upon my feelings and never forcing me, waiting for me to choose him even just once, but I never turned to him. Yet I return again and again to Kai...Kai, who resembles a hedgehog, giving me warmth once and withdrawing into himself, wounding me with his thorns a thousand times. Yet I hold him close every time. I do not know why there is all this struggling from my side; is this love?Loving Kai was an affliction wi
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