Zizhen is even happier than usual to allow Jin Ling to snuggle up at his side, since he's feeling pretty miserable himself. He gets comfortable with Jin Ling curled up at his side and closes his eyes as well, oblivious to what's going through his friend's mind in that moment.
Despite that, his thoughts are... not dissimilar, they're simply a much more innocent version. He's thinking about Jingyi, and how much he wishes he could curl up at his side like this, how nice it would be to wake up next to him - and whether or not he should be guilty for how much he enjoys sleeping like this with Jin Ling. He mostly wishes he could invite Jingyi here and they could all just sleep together in a comfortable tangle of limbs, though he'd feel bad leaving Yuan out. Maybe if he's getting settled Zizhen could convince them both to come for a visit, that would be nice.
He falls asleep imagining all four of them sharing Jin Ling's bed - there's more than enough space, after all.
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"Still doesn't make it your fault." Wuxian tells him patiently "There's a dozen different decisions by different people that led to what happened today, and the only person truly to blame is the man who did it, and the woman who paid him to do it, the woman currently waiting for us to go and talk to her."
He frowns thoughtfully at the offer, considering how good of an idea it was. After a long moment, he nods.
"You don't have to do this, but if you really want to, you can. Not alone, though, it's not safe. I can come with you, or you can choose somebody else to accompany you."
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Zizhen is even happier than usual to allow Jin Ling to snuggle up at his side, since he's feeling pretty miserable himself. He gets comfortable with Jin Ling curled up at his side and closes his eyes as well, oblivious to what's going through his friend's mind in that moment.
Despite that, his thoughts are... not dissimilar, they're simply a much more innocent version. He's thinking about Jingyi, and how much he wishes he could curl up at his side like this, how nice it would be to wake up next to him - and whether or not he should be guilty for how much he enjoys sleeping like this with Jin Ling. He mostly wishes he could invite Jingyi here and they could all just sleep together in a comfortable tangle of limbs, though he'd feel bad leaving Yuan out. Maybe if he's getting settled Zizhen could convince them both to come for a visit, that would be nice.
He falls asleep imagining all four of them sharing Jin Ling's bed - there's more than enough space, after all.
~~~
"Still doesn't make it your fault." Wuxian tells him patiently "There's a dozen different decisions by different people that led to what happened today, and the only person truly to blame is the man who did it, and the woman who paid him to do it, the woman currently waiting for us to go and talk to her."
He frowns thoughtfully at the offer, considering how good of an idea it was. After a long moment, he nods.
"You don't have to do this, but if you really want to, you can. Not alone, though, it's not safe. I can come with you, or you can choose somebody else to accompany you."