"Well, maybe not yet he grins wickedly. He doesn't think he could talk Jiang Cheng into fucking him in the main hall here, however much the idea thrills him, this isn't their home. The main hall in the Unclean Realm, on the other hand... in fact there's a few places in Qinghe he can think of, and a few in Lotus Pier, too.
But that can wait.
"I know you're not," he says, expression softening - he likes to hear it though, the gentle reassurance stills the worry in his heart "but I'd never forgive myself if I tarnished your reputation. We can be more open about it once a suitable amount of time has passed."
If he still feels the same way, by then.
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"Hey I can take charge! I want to take charge! I just... well we only just kissed and I stayed in the dormitory rather than the guest quarters so we didn't exactly have a chance to do anything more and then I came here!"
(And he's going to ignore the implications of that statement because he doesn't need to think about his friend's sexual preferences, thank you)
"...thank you." he says, genuinely, because he doesn't actually know where to get something like that and it would be good to be prepared "Maybe I'll arrange to visit Cloud Recesses on my way home... or invite him to visit Baling, maybe... I'd like to make it special."
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Huaisang laughs.
"Well, maybe not yet he grins wickedly. He doesn't think he could talk Jiang Cheng into fucking him in the main hall here, however much the idea thrills him, this isn't their home. The main hall in the Unclean Realm, on the other hand... in fact there's a few places in Qinghe he can think of, and a few in Lotus Pier, too.
But that can wait.
"I know you're not," he says, expression softening - he likes to hear it though, the gentle reassurance stills the worry in his heart "but I'd never forgive myself if I tarnished your reputation. We can be more open about it once a suitable amount of time has passed."
If he still feels the same way, by then.
~~~
"Hey I can take charge! I want to take charge! I just... well we only just kissed and I stayed in the dormitory rather than the guest quarters so we didn't exactly have a chance to do anything more and then I came here!"
(And he's going to ignore the implications of that statement because he doesn't need to think about his friend's sexual preferences, thank you)
"...thank you." he says, genuinely, because he doesn't actually know where to get something like that and it would be good to be prepared "Maybe I'll arrange to visit Cloud Recesses on my way home... or invite him to visit Baling, maybe... I'd like to make it special."