"Of course," Zizhen reassures softly "I'm worried about him too, and I want him to know we both care about him. I'll let you know as soon as I've seen him, okay? I'll write you a letter and send it with his fastest courier."

There's no judgement or criticism from him, just a comforting arms wrapped around Jingyi and a soothing hand running up and down his back. He'll stand here forever if be needs to.

"It's okay," he murmurs "I'm here. I'll always be here. I mean.. except when I'm not. But. You know what I mean, right?" He laughs awkwardly.