All Things The Untamed

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Would you like to meet for coffee sometime this weekend?

[ Is that too much? Yes, that's probably too much. ]

To talk about the details?

[eternalgrief]

[ God, could his stomach not do that stupid fluttering thing? ]

Yeah, of course. I can be free for that.

[equivocations]

[ No, if Xichen's is doing it then it's only fair that Huaisang's is too. ]

Wonderful. Saturday, at noon? I can pick you up, if you would like.

[eternalgrief]

Definitely. Call and make sure i'm up?

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Of course. Planning a late night already?

[eternalgrief]

You know me.

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[ Not as well as he'd like to, but he can't say that. ]

Is it a silly question if I ask if you're getting enough sleep?

[eternalgrief]

Depends on why you're asking

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Because I care about you, and I want to make sure you're taking care of yourself. I would want to offer to help if you were not.

[eternalgrief]

[ His heart definitely isn't speeding up, no, nope. Why does Xichen do this to him? ]

lol how would you help?

[equivocations]

That depends, I suppose. Are you having difficulty getting to sleep, or are you purposefully putting it off?

[eternalgrief]

Mostly putting it off?

[equivocations]

[ There is a slight delay before this message comes, because he'd gone back and forth a dozen or so times about including the second part, eventually just hitting send before he could take it back again. ]

In that case, I would bring over tea that helps me sleep, and remind you when it gets too late that whatever you are doing can wait until the next day. Perhaps even carry you to bed myself, if needed.

[eternalgrief]

[ ... He doesn't like Xichen at all. Nope. No feelings at all. Nope. Never. Because he's best friends with Mingjue and that definitely doesn't work. ]

Oh.

Okay mom.

[ Because he has to break the way the other's making him feel with all that. ]

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[ It is hardly the first time that someone in their friend circle has teasingly called him mom. It has never bothered him before.

And he should let it go - it doesn't matter how Huaisang takes what he said, when Xichen's actions would be the same. And yet - ]

If that is the way that you would prefer my intentions to be, then yes.

Regardless, I would like to make sure you are being taken care of properly.

[eternalgrief]

What do you mean?

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A-Sang. I just told you that I would like to come over and take you to bed.

[eternalgrief]

[ God. Xuanyu would be insufferable if he hears about any of this. ]

When you say it like that it really sounds like you're not talking about sleep... You're talking about sleeping right?

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I am not only talking about sleeping.

[eternalgrief]

Xichen... You're like my brother's best friend.

[ God he's panicking a little because dammit he wants Xichen so badly. ]

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Are you concerned about what he would think?

[eternalgrief]

Aren't you?

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I have not exactly been subtle, Huaisang. He knows.

[eternalgrief]

Wait. What? How???

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He is my best friend. Do you think he does not know me well enough to tell?