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[Do your best, Dan Heng. Jing Yuan is losing that particular inner battle.]
...I should've kept you two apart from the beginning.
...I should've kept you two apart from the beginning.
It would have been better than doing nothing to stop him.
[SIGHS, leaning against the nearest wall to put a polite distance between them.]
Judging by his reactions, I may have been the first to encounter him. Rather than warn you or contain him, I... ran away.
Even if I wasn't the first, I was still a coward.
Judging by his reactions, I may have been the first to encounter him. Rather than warn you or contain him, I... ran away.
Even if I wasn't the first, I was still a coward.
[He sees where this line of questions is going and moves to shut it down immediately.]
You are not responsible for him. You should run.
You are not responsible for him. You should run.
I'm the one who's known him since before you were a thought.
...And the one he loves.
...And the one he loves.
Of course not!
[This is quickly turning into an argument Jing Yuan doesn't actually want to have. He's pretty openly eyeing the door at this point.]
This is different.
[This is quickly turning into an argument Jing Yuan doesn't actually want to have. He's pretty openly eyeing the door at this point.]
This is different.
I appreciate your concern, Dan Heng, but you don't know what lies between him and myself.
It is truly astounding how little that matters.
It isn't something I can explain to you so easily. But I will refrain from mentioning it in the future. My apologies for upsetting you.
[ugh. UGH!!! Jing Yuan huffs, crossing his arms but trying to look cool and collected.]
Have you ever been in love, Dan Heng?
Have you ever been in love, Dan Heng?
[opens his mouth.
closes it. he won't do either of them good if he's genuinely nasty about this.]
...I would have encountered him anyway. And I brought him back. His affection for you is stronger, but he is still interested in myself. So please don't bear this alone.
closes it. he won't do either of them good if he's genuinely nasty about this.]
...I would have encountered him anyway. And I brought him back. His affection for you is stronger, but he is still interested in myself. So please don't bear this alone.
[He goes quiet at that, staring at the floor as he formulates a response. He knows he's being petulant, and he's irritated at himself for not keeping his relaxed front up. Another mistake. He shouldn't have shown weakness.
And yet he did, and Dan Heng is trying so hard to drag him out of the emotional pit Dan Feng threw him into. But... he doesn't know how to let him do that. He's been bearing everything alone for far too long.
He can, at least, put his smile back on when he elects to lie.]
Alright, I hear you. Thank you, Dan Heng.
And yet he did, and Dan Heng is trying so hard to drag him out of the emotional pit Dan Feng threw him into. But... he doesn't know how to let him do that. He's been bearing everything alone for far too long.
He can, at least, put his smile back on when he elects to lie.]
Alright, I hear you. Thank you, Dan Heng.
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