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[cultivatingsin]

[For someone who already has a poor view of nobility, this next task...might not go well for him.]

I bet I can find this king in five minutes.

And when I do...

[He makes a fist at the camera, smirking.]

He probably deserves it. What an ass! Getting lost on a train and expecting us to pamper him...

Disgusting!

[With a breath, he calms himself.]

If anyone else is nobility around here, you better keep it to yourself.

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[bright_moon]

[ Xue Yang gets another kiss for being so sweet! Sharp and prickly to those who threaten Xingchen, but soft and sweet too. ]

We protect each other, A-Yang. That is how we keep going forward.

[cultivatingsin]

[Don't they deserve his sharp and prickly side? Or, rather, his sharp and stabby side? Xue Yang whines quietly, smiling into the second kiss.]

I've never really done that before. Protected someone, I mean.

[bright_moon]

[ The whine has him giggle and he nudges their noses together. ]

You're good at it.

[cultivatingsin]

Am I? [He worries with how badly things had gone... But he hadn't really protected Xingchen back then, had he?]

I'll learn.

[bright_moon]

[ He reaches up and cradles Xue Yang's sweet face in both hands. ]

You've learned. You learn a little more each day. We both made mistakes before, but we're doing better now.

[cultivatingsin]

I... I was the mistake back then. [Xue Yang answers gruffly, rubbing over Xingchen's arms.] You were a victim, A-Chen.

I'm really ashamed of...all of that.