.:Private Conversations Between Huaisang and Yuri:.

[biyishuangfei]

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[biyishuangfei]

Yes. I needed to speak with you for awhile.

Do you mind?

[ Huaisang will give her a gentle, disarming smile. It's...also tired as well because he was tired due to everything that's happened this week. Seeing the way she looked was in a way like looking into a mirror in of itself. ]

[sempiternel]

[ His words make her tense up even as his smile means to put her at ease. She’s... scared of what he wants to say, especially if it’s about what happened today. ]

I... [ Reaching for words she can’t seem to find, she ends up settling for an automatic: ] Yes, of course. Please come in.

[ She gestures to her vanity, which has the only chair in the room. Various vials decorate it. If he knows anything about make-up, he’ll realize that none of it is cosmetic. Aside from the vials, the only other things out of place in her room are the lounge rugs rolled up in a corner. ]

[biyishuangfei]

[ He knew vaguely enough about make-up to make note of it, but honestly he's tired so he's not going to even so much as comment on it. The same went for the lounge rugs.

Anyway, his smile fell as he let the exhaustion take him a bit, and he made his way to the chair, plopping himself down. ]

...How are you, after all that?

[ He's not really here to scold. He's not the type and he's done that maybe ever once since his time here and even then he's been bad about it (...it ended in tears, let us just say.) ]

[sempiternel]

[ She takes a seat on her bed, clasping her hands together on her lap.

How is she? Well, her arm is all scratched up - she hasn't gotten injured in a while. She's so physically and emotionally exhausted from all that crying and yelling. And her heart is -

The easiest answer would be... ]

Tired, I suppose. [ Her smiling grimace says she knows that doesn't even cover how they both feel. ] And you?

[biyishuangfei]

[ Huaisang had been doing a lot of crying these past two days and though he's used to putting out the waterworks for far less serious situations, having to do so for reasonable ones made him far more tired, to put it simply.

He'll peer at her scratched up arm but won't say anything for now. He assumed she'll know to put ointment on it. ]

...The same. Upset too.

And maybe a lot of other things? I think you might have an idea of what I mean...a lot's happened, after all.

[sempiternel]

[ A lot, yes. All of it happened so fast, really, but in that room - everything had felt torturous and drawn out. ]

Of course... It's hard to believe. You've had it rougher than everyone else these past couple of days. Did you need me to lend an ear?

[ He must have a lot he wants to say. ]

[biyishuangfei]

[ Huaisang will look a little surprised, before his expression shifted...he smiled, though it was a wistful, and soft, sad one. ]

I'm not sure what to say, to be honest. Maybe I was looking for company too, after everything that's happened, but...

Where would I even begin?

[sempiternel]

A good memory, maybe. I don't want to remember - [ A catch. ] - remember any of them as we last saw them. Though facing that truth is important, b-but...

[biyishuangfei]

Well, there was one time I made a terrible peach pun with Nageki and he got really angry with me. I thought the kind of face he made was hilarious...

[ Huaisang, pls. ]

There's also this one other time Wei-xiong made Lan Qiren, who was our teacher at the Cloud Recesses, really angry...angry enough to toss a scroll and Wei-xiong dodged perfectly. It ended up hitting me in the face, though.

[sempiternel]

[ Huaisang going from laughing at someone's face to getting hit in the face. Yuri smiles a little at that. ]

I don't think I've ever seen Mister Nageki angry! What was he like?

[biyishuangfei]

He was like this.

[ Huaisang made a good :| face but it looked funny on him. ]

And he said something like, "Let's not."

It was as if he was about to summon a blizzard, but instead I was just trying not to laugh...

[sempiternel]

Hehe... I can just imagine it. [ A cold anger would fit him, yes. ] When you said "really angry," I thought you meant something else entirely.

[biyishuangfei]

[ He'll laugh a little. ]

...What did you imagine anyway?

[sempiternel]

Something like... THIS! [ See icon! ] Along with pointing fingers and puffed up feathers.

But that doesn't sound like him at all. Haha...

[biyishuangfei]

[ Omg, so dramatic... ]

Oh, I think I get it. I guess he's really not to have gone to go the traditional route.

...It makes me wonder if Professor would do something like t hat, though.

[sempiternel]

The Professor would definitely be loud and dramatic, but dignified I think.

[biyishuangfei]

Yes. And we'd definitely be able to tell if his feathers were ruffled for sure.

[ get it, ruffled feathers... ]

1/2

[sempiternel]

[ Well, she's not sad anymore, that's for sure. ]

[sempiternel]

[ JK ]

Yes, he's quite open about his emotions. Like you, actually.

[biyishuangfei]

Yes, that's certainly something we have in common.

[ A sheepish smile graced his features at that. ]

Though I imagine he wouldn't admit to it if someone said those exact words to his face.

[sempiternel]

He would only admit it if it was time to admit it. I think he’s prideful, but he knows better than to let it become foolishness.

[ But is that something Huaisang knows as well... ]

[biyishuangfei]

...y-yeah, I guess that seems kind of spot-on.

[ He remembered how reckless the other bird was during the execution. But that was natural, in a way, even if it's not something he'd ever been himself...if he could help it, anyway. ]

[sempiternel]

Mm. What other good memories would you like to share?

[biyishuangfei]

Well...I'm not really sure. A lot of it is just immature teenage boy days which are kind of embarrassing.

Maybe one good memory would be when we got the chance to reunite after so many years of being apart. And at that time, Wei-xiong had shown he was still the same kind of person he was when I met him.

I could only really be happy about that, I think, as simple as it sounds.

[sempiternel]

Hehe, the embarrassing stories are the most cherished ones, I think. It means something when a memory is clear enough that the details stand out and embarrass you, no?

[ Blinks. Wei-xiong? ]

You call him by a different name. Is it a nickname?

[biyishuangfei]

Yes, you've got it right.

[ Then he'll blink at the question, smiling slightly. ]

Oh, kind of. It's like...a term of platonic endearment for someone you've known really well? I don't think there's really an apt translation for it...

[ Which is why it doesn't get translated, or so easily. ]