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Xiao Xingchen (晓星尘) ([personal profile] stardustofdawn) wrote2021-02-13 06:57 pm

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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-05 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He takes a few breaths to to enjoy that high before Xingchen turns. He looks up at him but before he can speak his lips are captured into a kiss. He closes his eyes as he leans up into the kiss, some of that gremlin energy easing into a softness he isn't used to feeling.

Perhaps some of Xingchen's tenderness is wearing off on him, or maybe he is just tired from the two rounds they have gone through.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-06 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
He wraps his arms around him, still finding being hugged to be unfamiliar and odd territory for him. Any sort of affection is something he saw very little of in his lifetime.

"Of course I enjoyed it, daozhang." He smirks for a moment but then his expression becomes slightly softer. "Happy Birthday."
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-06 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Those words are very foreign to him and sends a shock right through his body. So much so that he has a hard time even believing them. He tries to ignore it, letting himself believe that Xingchen is just having some residual intoxicated feelings from being intimate moments ago.

So instead he focuses on the other things that the man said, unable to form those words himself. At least not yet. He understands sex and the mindless things that go along with it, but feelings and love are just outside of his grasp.

He clears his throat and shifts back slightly, "Daozhang...you should finish cleaning up."

There is a tightness in his chest and it's hard to pretend to keep his cool with those words echoing in his ear.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-06 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
Xue Yang isn't one to feel guilty about anything. He never has doubted his choices in life. There were times when he probably should have felt regret but it merely pushed it aside and confused it with another emotion like sadness or anger. So when that ping of guilt strikes him, it makes him feel sick. He knows he can't give Xingchen what he wants to hear. Those words won't come so easily off his tongue when he has never spoken them to anyone before in his life.

There is silence for a moment, Xue Yang still standing in the same spot as if glued there. Awkardly unsure what to do with himself. He needs to get cleaned up as well but he can't quite move ahead yet. "Daozhang...you're the first person to ever say that to me."

He will admit to that at least. But he knows that if they just let this go the air will be thick with awkwardness in their cabin. There isn't really an escape for them considering they sleep in the same place and they will end up there at the end of the day whether they want to or not.

Xue Yang doesn't want to disappoint Xingchen, but he also can't go against his nature and simply saying something so profound so quickly is impossible for him.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-06 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Xue Yang grew up on the streets not in the comfort of a sect or under the care of a good teacher. He had no one to watch over him or guide his growth. There was no one that even showed him an ounce of interest. He did what he had to to learn and survive and grow. The fact he even lived this long is a miracle and only made so because of his strong will. So of course he never had anyone to tell him that he was loved.

He cares for Xingchen. He knows that much. If it is love, he can't be sure. Not yet anyway. Not until he can sort out what he is feeling and has time to process it. He won't say something that he isn't sure he feels with every fiber of his soul.

"How can it possibly be a long time? You didn't know it was me in Yi City and you haven't been here that long. How can you be sure what you are feeling?"

Perhaps what he really needs is someone to explain what it even is to have those kinds of feelings and how to know when they have formed.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-07 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
He walks up and gets under the water again, he closes his eyes as he lets it hit his face and pour down over his hair. He contemplates that for a moment. He knows that he has cared for Xingchen since Yi City. Perhaps only becoming aware of it the moment he lost him...but knowing the feelings were lingering there beneath the surface before then.

"I liked daozhang in Yi City." He's not afraid to admit that. Even if he can't quite understand love, he knows that much.

"It's already been a long time for me." He turns his face and opens his eyes to look at him. "Are you going to stop liking me if I can't say those words yet?"
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-08 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
"It doesn't matter to me if you can see or not. It's whatever makes you comfortable that counts, daozhang."

He listens to him talk about being a light and wanting to continue. As long as Xue Yangs hesitancy towards the word love isn't enough to scare him off then he is glad to continue walking down this path with Xingchen.

"I'm going to save them and you'll hear them when you least expect them."
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-08 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
He grabs a towel and starts to dry off as well. He pulls on his clothes and tosses the towel into a bin. "Alright Daozhang. I might just head back to the cabin and go to sleep." He has nothing else he desires to do for the day. It's already been exciting enough for him.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-08 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
He leans into that kiss even though it is quick and then takes Xingchen's hand so that he can pull him towards the door.

"We sleep in the same cabin so you must sleep really well every night." He grins as he looks at him. Clearly the train knew what was going to happen before they did.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-08 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
"I mostly ignore them. As long as they stay out of my business, I don't really care." He pulls Xingchen towards their cabin, ready to get some sleep.
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[personal profile] xue_yang 2021-03-08 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Pretty sure that fairy tales would put me to sleep." It's not exactly the kind of story he would actually care about. But since xingchen is telling it he will at least listen to them for awhile. He flops down on his bed, kicking his shoes beneath it.