"THE ten years we spent together as a couple was not all filled with rainbows and butterflies," Shen Yi Mu said. "It would probably be easier it we were just an ordinary couple. But we're not. We're a gay couple living in a country where people would immediately condemn us the moment they found out about our relationship. So, we kept it hidden. As if we're doing something immoral.
"It was fine at first. Because we were still high on the fact that we were in love, we didn't care about much else. Everyday felt like we were on cloud nine. It continued on like that for a year. A year full of bliss. Everything was going well. I established my gaming company and was just about to launch the PC version of Arcadia. Ah Yue was doing well in his studies. Then we were suddenly hit by reality.
