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[Ignoring that! Ignoring that!]

I want to have you too!

And that is exactly why you won't.

You are so cruel to me, your darling, your beloved...
Let me see you so I feel BETTER

how bold of you to try to manipulate me

But fine. I'll let you in as long as you don't try to eat anyone.

HOW AM I MANNIPULATING YUO WHEN IMM SAYING TEH TRUTH...!!

[10 minutes later.]

i am outside. i brought you tea...!!!

[Sometimes a man must remember that his fiance is merely a big baby and being in pain isn't a great reason to project. But also pls why is Dan Feng.

Jing Yuan takes the entire 10 minutes to get out of bed without waking Dan Heng and being given The Look for moving around, and drag himself to the door. When he opens it he's pale and clammy, breathing shallowly with bandages around his ribs, padded on the left side. Bailu did a good job but he's Not Well.]

Come in. I apologize for being grumpy at you.

[Dan Feng doesn't look any better off, honestly; he has his hair down, under the blanket he'd filched as a cape/coat/cloak/security tarp. He's paler than usual, and he's carrying a wrapped bundle in his arms, and-]

Are you hurting? [He sounds very invested in this, even as he steps in, toeing off his slippers.] You look like you've been run over by a starskiff, you're so beautiful. You can do anything to me. I could have broken a window to get in instead of you getting up.

[Jing Yuan closes the door behind Dan Feng, notably only ever moving his right arm. He's too exhausted to think, so he answers every erratic statementwith the same soft and breathless tone.]

Yes, I am hurting. I'd rather you found me more beautiful when I'm hale and whole, as I find you. I don't want to do anything to you but take care of you. Please do not break windows.

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[Barefoot, he's going to pad into Jing Yuan's personal space, nosing into his jaw to inhale his distress, before tiptoeing to kiss him in greeting.]

Then why did you say you were fine? No secrets between us. [His tail swishes under the blanket, and he does not have enough control over his face to hide the way his mouth tightens.] I can heal you, but you need to be lying down for it.

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[He returns the greeting kiss of course, and takes a moment to pet Dan Feng's hair for both their comfort.]

You also said you were fine, didn't you? I won't have you healing me when you're wounded yourself.

[He leans into Jing Yuan's touch, cupping his cheek and smiling at him and - wait he's getting distracted.]

...Tinea healed me? [Question mark? Kind of dodgy for a healer? He steps further into the house, his free hand gently prodding at Jing Yuan's shoulder.] And I am the healer of the two of us, so it is my word that you should follow.

Uh-huh...

[He steps out of the way, letting Dan Feng get shoulder-to-shoulder with him...

...then reaches over and pokes his tail.]

[The sound Dan Feng makes is the exact same as the one feral stray you leave out food for make when you accidentally step on its tail: a combination of betrayal, indignation, with an undercurrent of pathetic owww? Make it better?.]

Jing Yuan!

You weren't going to admit the truth on your own.

[Still, he puts his good arm around Dan Feng and plants a comforting little kiss on his temple.]

Come. You can rest with us, but you won't be doing anything to push yourself.

[There's an ominous silence that, coming from Dan Feng, always meant I'll do what I want, but he leans into Jing Yuan anyway.]

Let me take some of your weight. Is Dan Heng up?

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He is not, but he won't mind being woken up.

[He ignores the request to let Dan Feng help him, because he's a stubborn shithead when it comes to taking care of himself.]

[when they enter their shared room, dan heng is, in fact, asleep! good job, jing yuan, you did it, you snuck away successfully.

he tends to sleep in his true form, these days, so dan feng will at least get to see his horns... along with the intensive bandaging on his left shoulder and upper arm.]

[Dan Feng Knows the look Dan Heng is going to give the both of them (he has the ability to radiate disappointed judgement with his face completely neutral. how does dan heng do it.) so he tries not to make too much noise (yet) (maybe) (he doesn't know how much of a light sleeper dan heng is) (fuck) ushering Jing Yuan back into bed.

Which is. Very large. Huh? Dan Feng stares at it, before hissing at Jing Yuan:] Lie down or I will make you.

[Jing Yuan pads softly into the room, and obediently sits at the edge of the bed. But it's inevitable their talking will wake Dan Heng, and he already told Dan Feng not to try healing, so rather than lay down like a good boy he reaches out to tug Dan Feng down with him.]

You couldn't make me if you tried.

[he is, as one might suspect, an extremely light sleeper. sharing a bed has not actually reduced this much, because he's generally the last to sleep and first to wake, between the two of them.

but it does help that it's jing yuan's voice he wakes to, so he's stirring slowly rather than bolting for the spear by his side of the bed.]

Mm...?

[Dan Feng's balance is shot by virtue of a) double and b) gnawed tail, so he flumps down on the mattress, barely saving himself from toppling over.]

Your disobedience is appalling. [Sitting next to him, then, thighs touching, and he can't help looking away from Jing Yuan for a moment to look at Dan Heng stirring. This makes him feel some kind of way; to have someone who can take away Dan Feng's attention from Jing Yuan without even trying.]

I outrank you these days, darling.

[He sits and runs his hand through Dan Feng's hair, leaning against him and following his gaze to Dan Heng.]

He's beautiful when he wakes up, isn't he?

[the glow of his eyes makes it very obvious when they slit open for a moment, then slowly blink fully open.

some small part of his hindbrain wants to panic, having dan feng here. the rest of him wants to lay down on him and purr like a contented cat so he won't leave again. the latter is winning by a landslide.]

How long was I out?

[soft and drowsy.]

It is my face, is saying yes not narcissistic?

[Or more specifically, the face of Imbibitor Lunae, but Dan Feng reaches out all the same to cradle Dan Heng's cheek, eyes crinkling. The tip of his good tail wags several times before he realizes what he's doing and stills it.]

You've both been naughty.

So have you. We are all too soft, and Sett is too lovable.

[Jing Yuan pats Dan Heng on the knee, just as a point of contact while he's got his side glued to Dan Feng's.]

Don't worry, Dan Heng. It's only early morning.

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