By the time you figure out the rules I broke

It's him.

It's really him.

He's not alone here again.

Each of those kisses reassures him that this, in fact, is real and he's not going insane. The island in the other world hadn't been just a dream after all. Everyone there had been as real as everyone here. What had happened between the two of them and with Shi Qingxuan had been real. He wasn't alone anymore. He wasn't alone.

After a while, Huaisang lifts his head, lips seeking the other man's in an almost manic kiss as his hands move restlessly over Jin Ziyao's naked body, the stress of the time they've been apart combined with the stress of their final days on the island finally catching up to him.

"A-Yao, please, I need you. Right now, I need to make sure this is still real."