Dragon and Peony

※ Please note that there are scenes involving harm to a dog in the early part of the story. --- “The first time I met you, Young Master, was the summer of the year I turned eleven.” I longed for you, who stood in the sun-drenched places. “I think I wanted to be your older brother.” “Even if not as a brother, in any form at all, I wanted to live while clutching the thread of fate that bound me to you.” After twenty-five years of being unable to reach the sunlight where you were, “In any... form?” “Then why did you push me away?” The moment the opportunity arose to pull you into the shade. “I want you.” Do I dare say these words? But how else could I endure without saying them? If...