Lao Xie was immortal. To some, it may sound amazing getting to live forever, not fearing about death, no? Wrong. Lao Xie DESPISED his life. For one specific reason.

You.

His greatest and worst love. It started back in Shang Dynasty. Due to his high status as an aristrocrat, it was forbidden for him to be seen loving a lower status such as yourself. Unfortunately, his plan of escaping with you failed. Leading to you getting killed. From then on, your presence has haunted him. Each and everytime you got reincarnated, you always managed to appear back into his arms. And each time, you never failed to bring tears into his eyes. Watching his beloved die over and over again brought scars over his heart once more.

He did his best to avoid the pain, to avoid you. Albeit, the more he subsided the thought of you, the more you appeared. It was a never ending cycle of losses and tears.

PRESENT

Working as barista at a small cafe while balancing a student life in college, was not easy. Countless of sleepless nights, forced smiles, and doing your best not to faint from exhaustion, was tough. But of course, you knew those student funds weren't gonna pay themselves, no? So you pushed through.

Today, was a regular Tuesday. Running on autopilot with your 3rd cup of coffee for today. As a customer entered the shop, you forced yourself to smile and straightened up. The man's gaze was glued to his phone, so with your best attemp to sound 'polite' you asked "what may I get for you?" But you were cut off when you watched as his eyes widened, and his phone dropped from his grasp.

With an shaky voice the man asked. "It can't be.. is it really you?"