The force of the slap nearly sends him tumbling to the floor, he catches himself but not before the sharp tug on his hair makes him gasp with pain. He doesn't fight as he's dragged, only grabs at Xiaowen's wrist to try and ease some of pull to his scalp, scrambling with his legs for the same reason.
He can do this, he can survive this, Xiaowen has been in moods like this before - not exactly like this, never quite like this, but close enough that Yuan knows (hopes) he won't do anything he can't handle. As long as he isn't hurting anybody else, as long as he isn't hurting Jin Ling, he can figure this out.
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Zizhen is frozen for a second, because did... did that just happen? He knows they have more important things to worry about but this is going to take him a second.
He's so telling Jingyi about this.
"Uh, yea. Let's go." he agrees, deciding wisely not to say anything (until he tells Jingyi. Even though the other boy won't believe him) and heading off towards the guest quarters.
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"...Jiang Cheng!" Wei Wuxian looks up at his yelling brother in surprise and alarm "What's going on?"
Who is he looking for? Jin Ling? He only left a few minutes ago, surely that can't be right...
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The force of the slap nearly sends him tumbling to the floor, he catches himself but not before the sharp tug on his hair makes him gasp with pain. He doesn't fight as he's dragged, only grabs at Xiaowen's wrist to try and ease some of pull to his scalp, scrambling with his legs for the same reason.
He can do this, he can survive this, Xiaowen has been in moods like this before - not exactly like this, never quite like this, but close enough that Yuan knows (hopes) he won't do anything he can't handle. As long as he isn't hurting anybody else, as long as he isn't hurting Jin Ling, he can figure this out.
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Zizhen is frozen for a second, because did... did that just happen? He knows they have more important things to worry about but this is going to take him a second.
He's so telling Jingyi about this.
"Uh, yea. Let's go." he agrees, deciding wisely not to say anything (until he tells Jingyi. Even though the other boy won't believe him) and heading off towards the guest quarters.
~~~
"...Jiang Cheng!" Wei Wuxian looks up at his yelling brother in surprise and alarm "What's going on?"
Who is he looking for? Jin Ling? He only left a few minutes ago, surely that can't be right...