#bastard;

MEME:         accepting ( thread partners + ship partners )

           His heart felt as though it was about to burst from his chest,            or rise up his throat and threaten to choke him to death.  He           saw the love shining in her eyes, and only if she had come here            ready to marry him, if he had been the one she had been promised            to.    So many things could have been swayed and they could have            been together, properly, without a hinderance. But she was a queen,           and he only a bastard. No matter if his father claimed him, no matter            if the line of succession was to be changed, though he knew it never            could, it wouldn’t change anything, not at the core.

                  He stroked a hand over the curve of her jaw, down her throat,                  across the collarbone that pressed through soft, pale skin and                  cupped her shoulder.   “You are so beautiful,” he said softly,                  so tempted to lean in and kiss her, but he couldn’t not with eyes                  watching from all angles, not with the judgment,  he could never                  be sure that they were alone.

           “And I love you too, Mary.         So very much.”

     “I was hunting in those woods, that’s all.        You’re oddly relentless, you know that?”

    “I thought that your guard had lost his senses when he came to    inform me that I had been summoned for a meeting with the Queen,    but seeing as I see no execution block and I wasn’t dragged off in    shackles by your men, I’m assuming that you have a reason for            calling on me -- - Your Majesty.”

            “Forgive me, but you must be lost. Most highborn ladies              don’t venture so close to the Bloodwood.”

      “What do you know of the     castle ghost   ?”

   “  You’ll have to do much better than that, brother, if       you ever hope to track game as well as I do. ”

It's 23:54 p.m and we're finally laying in bed enjoying the view of the city at night. 

It took us 45 minutes from the airport to the hotel. Blessedly I had visit the restroom at the airport before we got into the taxi. The taxidriver hadn't been very happy if I would have opened the window and peed out of the car.

Although the pee problem was of no disturbance, we still had a hard time because we were starving very badly. The food we got in the plane had been awefully tasteless and we were looking forward to eating at the hotel's restaurant. Imaging the delicious food we'd probably get once we were at the hotel made it even harder to bear the pain. Good thing was that we were finally distracted by the amazing sight of Shanghai at night as we passed some areas by taxi. Oh yes, one thing is clear: we definitely are going to visit these areas the next days. 

Here are some pictures:

Shanghai at night is incredibly beautiful and I can't wait to take that damn bastard laying next to me there.

Isn't it just amazing?

Some thoughts about the hotel's restaurant:  Omg, it's huge and incredibly impressive. There were hardly any guests around at 10 pm. I wasn't even wondering... 

Haha. I just remembered that Toki almost dropped the plate with the chopsticks at the buffet. 

After we had eaten sushi (oh yes, SUSHI what a surprise) we changed location and visited the hotel bar before going back to our room. 

First résumé: IT'S AWESOME HERE! I already feel comfortably good here in China because the BEER IS TASTY! 

Good night for today. Bastard's already waiting for me to "lull" him to sleep. >D