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[Jing Yuan is not helping. He's laughing too hard, and enjoying the misunderstanding too much to redirect it.]
Oh, how I wish I could see your faces right now!
Oh, how I wish I could see your faces right now!
[rounding on jing yuan, putting a hand gently on his forearm.]
You - ! [he gives dan heng a determined look.] Jing Yuan! You should be ashamed of yourself! Did you not court him properly?! This is highly inappropriate-
[he starts ranting. you see, dan feng is a born and bred traditionalist.]
And you! [gesturing with his other hand at dan heng.] You should not be consorting without- without-
You - ! [he gives dan heng a determined look.] Jing Yuan! You should be ashamed of yourself! Did you not court him properly?! This is highly inappropriate-
[he starts ranting. you see, dan feng is a born and bred traditionalist.]
And you! [gesturing with his other hand at dan heng.] You should not be consorting without- without-
[Jing Yuan reacts to this scolding by flopping backwards onto the bed and wheezing.
Help. They're both adorable.]
Help. They're both adorable.]
[He may be blind but he's got a strong enough sense of his immediate surroundings to find a part of both of them to pinch.]
Honestly, you two.
[He's still amused, but he supposed he may as well be the grownup here...]
Dan Feng, we are neither married nor lovers of any kind. Sharing a bed is no different than sharing a bunk on the field, you know. And you shouldn't complain, given I moved into Dan Heng's room because you were prowling outside my window.
And as for Dan Heng, you are very much marriageable! If you continue to put yourself down I shall force you to stand in the middle of the green and recite your virtues five hundred times.
Honestly, you two.
[He's still amused, but he supposed he may as well be the grownup here...]
Dan Feng, we are neither married nor lovers of any kind. Sharing a bed is no different than sharing a bunk on the field, you know. And you shouldn't complain, given I moved into Dan Heng's room because you were prowling outside my window.
And as for Dan Heng, you are very much marriageable! If you continue to put yourself down I shall force you to stand in the middle of the green and recite your virtues five hundred times.
[jing yuan catches him by the arm, and it startles dan feng enough that off-balances and just barely misses crushing dan heng with his weight. he favors jing yuan with an annoyed look that yingxing is the usual recipient of.]
Oh. [uhhhh. scooting to the very edge of the bed.] I apologize for any skulking. [his tail does poke dan heng’s, unsure.]
Dan Heng. Objectively you are a man with attractive qualities, even if you have the most annoying tendency to ignore your own well-being. [sorry he is bad at this.] Cease your self-flagellation.
Oh. [uhhhh. scooting to the very edge of the bed.] I apologize for any skulking. [his tail does poke dan heng’s, unsure.]
Dan Heng. Objectively you are a man with attractive qualities, even if you have the most annoying tendency to ignore your own well-being. [sorry he is bad at this.] Cease your self-flagellation.
[what a nice, peaceful morning.
dan feng lifts his head a little bit. twines his tail gently with dan heng’s, across jing yuan. sinks back down, into the warmth, luxuriating in their combined scents.
and then he leans in to slot his and jing yuan’s mouths together, in the same way he’d done centuries ago, in the same way he’d seeded jing yuan with the mara than ran through him then.]
dan feng lifts his head a little bit. twines his tail gently with dan heng’s, across jing yuan. sinks back down, into the warmth, luxuriating in their combined scents.
and then he leans in to slot his and jing yuan’s mouths together, in the same way he’d done centuries ago, in the same way he’d seeded jing yuan with the mara than ran through him then.]
[The worst part, in retrospect, will be that for a few brief seconds in the haze between sleeping and waking, Jing Yuan kisses back. What a nice dream, says a foggy thought in the back of his mind. A dream he's had for seven hundred years.
But then his body registers that the contact is real and he jerks away with a gasp, sitting up all at once with a bright red face. Too bad for Dan Heng, who most likely gets shoved off of the bed entirely. At least Jing Yuan can see now?]
Wh-- Dan Feng! What is the meaning of this!?
But then his body registers that the contact is real and he jerks away with a gasp, sitting up all at once with a bright red face. Too bad for Dan Heng, who most likely gets shoved off of the bed entirely. At least Jing Yuan can see now?]
Wh-- Dan Feng! What is the meaning of this!?
[this room has no windows, but now dan feng knows where it is in the house layout. knows that there is one way into it. one way out.
and his side of the bed is the one closest to the door.
dan feng had taken his hair down, before sleeping, and it falls over his shoulders as he sits up, too. sleep-rumpled is, unfortunately, a very good look on him.]
Do you not want me? [he cants his head in dan heng's direction.] Look at what you did to A-Heng.
and his side of the bed is the one closest to the door.
dan feng had taken his hair down, before sleeping, and it falls over his shoulders as he sits up, too. sleep-rumpled is, unfortunately, a very good look on him.]
Do you not want me? [he cants his head in dan heng's direction.] Look at what you did to A-Heng.
[Dan Feng is so beautiful it makes his heart clench painfully. "Do you not want me?", he asks, as if Jing Yuan has ever wanted anyone more.
But that was a different time, and a different Dan Feng. This Dan Feng is frightening, and Jing Yuan does not want him at all.]
Dan Heng is fine, and you're disgusting.
[Jing Yuan grumbles, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He glances at Dan Heng, at Dan Feng, and at the door... The gears are turning.]
But that was a different time, and a different Dan Feng. This Dan Feng is frightening, and Jing Yuan does not want him at all.]
Dan Heng is fine, and you're disgusting.
[Jing Yuan grumbles, wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He glances at Dan Heng, at Dan Feng, and at the door... The gears are turning.]
[Jing Yuan is a fast thinker. When Dan Feng gets up, he leans forward and grabs for his wrist. He can see what this jerk is up to!]
Wait--
He has returned to how he was the first day, Dan Heng.
[So like. Go get the door before this dickhead can make things worse??]
Wait--
He has returned to how he was the first day, Dan Heng.
[So like. Go get the door before this dickhead can make things worse??]
[his wrist is caught, because quite honestly jing yuan will always be the one single person who can command his attention wholly and immediately-
dan feng twists the hand in jing yuan’s grip abruptly, moving to dig his nails viciously into jing yuan’s forearm, trying to pull him close with a fanatical smile.
but he has enough peripheral awareness to at least whip out his tail, a little late, to try clothesline dan heng.]
dan feng twists the hand in jing yuan’s grip abruptly, moving to dig his nails viciously into jing yuan’s forearm, trying to pull him close with a fanatical smile.
but he has enough peripheral awareness to at least whip out his tail, a little late, to try clothesline dan heng.]
[Jing Yuan is going to be kicking himself for letting his guard down for the next year. Absolutely.
For now though he's letting himself be pulled on, because he's doing his best to distract. And also that's his not-busted forearm, so he'd rather it not get mangled too badly. He keeps his eyes on Dan Feng, but is still Aware of Dan Heng.]
Cease this tantrum, Dan Feng.
For now though he's letting himself be pulled on, because he's doing his best to distract. And also that's his not-busted forearm, so he'd rather it not get mangled too badly. He keeps his eyes on Dan Feng, but is still Aware of Dan Heng.]
Cease this tantrum, Dan Feng.
You’re not my Jing Yuan. We’re strangers. Why should I listen to you?
[but dan feng’s pupils are huge like this. a different jing yuan is still jing yuan: he is unable to make the distinction. he sways close, his free hand crawling upwards to -
he pauses, eyes crinkling like he’d thought of something amusing. (jing yuan had always been careful to never have personal relationships, simply because dan feng had the tendency to slaughter them, just to see jing yuan’s face twist in despair.) his eyes slant towards where dan heng is crumpled against the wall.
that’s all the warning either of them are getting before he lunges for the other vidyadhara.]
[but dan feng’s pupils are huge like this. a different jing yuan is still jing yuan: he is unable to make the distinction. he sways close, his free hand crawling upwards to -
he pauses, eyes crinkling like he’d thought of something amusing. (jing yuan had always been careful to never have personal relationships, simply because dan feng had the tendency to slaughter them, just to see jing yuan’s face twist in despair.) his eyes slant towards where dan heng is crumpled against the wall.
that’s all the warning either of them are getting before he lunges for the other vidyadhara.]
[Jing Yuan was braced for whatever action that hand was going to take, so the pause is alarming. He can't read Dan Feng's mind, but he can see the change in his expression, and he knows something is about to happen--
When it does, he reacts swiftly, scrambling off the bed to chase after Dan Feng.]
When it does, he reacts swiftly, scrambling off the bed to chase after Dan Feng.]
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