[ There are delicious smells coming from the kitchen of their new little home when Xie Lian comes in one day. Clearly someone has been cooking! Hua Cheng has recently acquired some superb new herbs and spices and is making full use of them.
And when Xie Lian comes looking for him, there's a small box beside where the ghost king is working. ]
{Smells that lure Xie Lian like a sire's call! His stomach rumbles hopefully and he follows his nose to the kitchen, pausing in the doorway. They both know his cooking isn't the best - mostly because he doesn't mind eating just about anything (it's not like it's going to kill him!). But he can definitely appreciate a delicious meal. He really hasn't had many of those in...centuries...}
San Lang, what are you making? {He spots the box and edges towards it curiously.}
[ Xie Lian was a prince. Who ever thought to dare teach him how to cook properly? Hua Cheng doesn't mind cooking, just as he will always eat anything his god places before him. Even if Xie Lian was the one who made it. He does give pointers, and his beloved had made some improvements...Some.
But Xie Lian is always so happy when Hua Cheng eats what he cooks. That's all the encouragement he needs. ]
Some vegetable soup with steam meat buns. I got some spices today.
[ As for that little box...if Xie Lian opens it, he'll find two rings nestled within. And a small sheet of paper with instructions on how to use the red strings rings. ]
{Another excellent point! Food had been easy for him to order or find in those days. He had taken it for granted and now, sadly, he is a pathetic cook. But it is fun when San Lang gives him lessons! They do make a mess, though.
And of course he likes feeding his San lang! It's just another way to take care of...his future husband.}
You know how to entice me. {He lightly rests a hand on the box, glancing up at San Lang questioningly. When he is given no reason to stop, he opens the box and blinks.}
[ Hua Cheng doesn't mind cleaning up. Ever. It's another form of taking care of his beloved, and he will never mind doing that. Another form of worship, really.
He waits, watching Xie Lian out of the corner of his eye. ]
These rings, if we place a drop of blood or a tear into each and speak a spell, we can always find each other with speaking another spell.
{He isn't alone in cleaning up! Xie Lian has no qualms about scrubbing and sweeping. Their house deserves the attention and working beside San Lang makes it more fun!
The thread...the rings...are touched with trembling fingers.}
Did you ask for these? {He smiles widely.} I will use my blood. It should be stronger.
[ Xie Lian will find a white flower, familiar, waiting on the table when he next goes to fix something in the kitchen. And another, should he head to the room shared with his husband, on the pillows. Perhaps everywhere he looks, in their house, there is another little bloom. ]
{The little surprises are gathered with care and tucked into a vase. He hugs the vase to his chest and sniffs the blooms as he searches for his sweet husband.}
[ Is there a specific number to the blooms or just pure chance? Perhaps only Hua Cheng knows~ He smiles when his beloved finds him and wraps his arms lovingly around the god and the flowers he'd left to be found. ]
{Could it be for an anniversary? Xie Lian loves the white blossoms and the second he sees Hua Cheng, he smiles with all of the love in his heart.}
No. You've always known my favorite flower. {He can't help thinking about all of the flowers his San Lang has given him over the years - including the ones he left at his temple when he was a child. They were always chosen with such love and care.}
[ He claims a soft kiss as he curls around his beloved. ]
One that stood against anything that might harm the white flowers? Yes.
[ Well then! He scoops his husband up into his arms and heads for the door, tossing his dice before stepping through, into that field lush with pure white blooms. ]
{He presses into the kiss eagerly and tucks his San Lang against him.}
Yes, exactly! I would love to care for a little flower like that.
{Then he is lifted and he laughs, hugging onto Hua Cheng without a care in the world. When next he opens his eyes, they are surrounded by beautiful flowers!}
[ This trust means everything to him. Hua Cheng holds his precious one close and secure, nothing can make him drop Xie Lian. Those precious feet only touch the ground when his beloved wants to walk! He grins at that bright laugh as he walks, and watches Xie Lian's expression when those sweet eyes open to see the field. ]
{He is quite comfortable in his San Lang's arms, not making a single peep or motion to suggest otherwise! Xie Lian has spent many, many centuries on his feet, walking through rough territories and at times, remembering the leg he broke leaping from a tower in Xianle. To be carried by the one he loves is blissful.}
It is, you're right. Can we sit here for a little bit? I never spent much time with the flowers and I do miss them.
[ Centuries he hadn't been able to find and keep his beloved safe. Now he has the joy of carrying his precious god. Even with the shackles broken, his husband allows him this joy.
That soft request has him smile and immediately look for the best spot before taking a seat and settling Xie Lian in his lap. ]
Oh! {Xie Lian giggles at the position San Lang chooses for them, immediately leaning in to kiss his love's cheek. He then bows his head, as bashful as one of his flowers fluttering in the wind.}
Ah...San Lang...mm. Our cottage is wonderful. You've built it to withstand the strongest storm. Is... Is there anything you want? From me, that is.
[ Waking up beside his beloved god and husband every morning is a precious gift he'll never grow tired of. He doesn't doubt Xie Lian's love for him, either. Not anymore.
He's just noticed a few...looks, on occasion, concerning their housemate. He knows Xie Lian would do nothing. However.
He waits patiently for those expressive, beautiful eyes to open, fingertips waiting until then to reach out and stroke lovingly over his beloved's handsome face. And smiles softly before leaning in to claim a tender kiss. ]
{He shouldn't. Xie Lian's heart belongs to his San Lang. For always. Ellipsa has been good for them and...a little complicated too. Qinghua, aptly name for flowers, is one of those complications and Xie Lian does feel ashamed.
How can he let his husband ever know he feels affection for their housemate?
Waking comes a bit slowly - their nights are amorous - and Xie Lian smiles a split second before San Lang kisses him.}
{Oh he is gorgeous. Xie Lian has done nothing to deserve waking up to his Ghost King's perfect face! He snuggles in close and wraps his arms around his husband, tangling their legs together. They have no reason to hurry~}
Did you sleep well?
{He shivers and grows warm under those fingers, his smile growing.}
My San Lang can ask me anything.
{Wiggling a hand free from the blankets, he lays his palm against Hua Cheng's cheek.}
[ Even the way Xie Lian snuggles in close wraps around his heart and warms him. Hua Cheng immediately embraces his husband close, content to rub their legs together in the lazy morning. Why rush? No need to! ]
Of course. I slept next to my beloved. Did you?
[ He loves those shivers~ Tracing the beautiful smile, his gaze drops to those lips for a moment. He presses into the hand on his cheek with a quiet hum of contentment. Then he peers back into his husband's eyes. ]
Your San Lang wants to know if you want to bring Shang Qinghua to our bed? He would not mind.
{The sensation of skin sliding against skin makes him tingle all over. Xie Lian peppers Hua Cheng's chest with warm kisses and then smiles up at him, utterly content.}
Mmhm! I've slept well beside you since I first met San Lang~
{His breath catches and he loses the ability to restrain himself. He presses a kiss to his husband's lips, stroking a hand over Hua Cheng's side. Then, only then, does he meet his beloved's gaze.
Only for his heart to drop.}
...San Lang. {He blinks shamefully and looks down at his husband's chest.} Are you... Do you feel I am being unfaithful?
[ He loves making his beloved tingle~ And the peppering of kisses has him arch up, greedy for every last one Xie Lian wants to give him!
A grin answers that statement and he happily presses into the kiss as he basks in his god's attention.
That shame makes his chest ache and he strokes loving fingers over Xie Lian's face. Then he snorts and rolls them to pin his husband carefully under him. ]
My beloved could never be unfaithful to me. Liking Qinghua doesn't change that.
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Date: 2024-02-06 02:56 am (UTC)And when Xie Lian comes looking for him, there's a small box beside where the ghost king is working. ]
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Date: 2024-02-06 09:05 am (UTC)San Lang, what are you making? {He spots the box and edges towards it curiously.}
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Date: 2024-02-06 07:49 pm (UTC)But Xie Lian is always so happy when Hua Cheng eats what he cooks. That's all the encouragement he needs. ]
Some vegetable soup with steam meat buns. I got some spices today.
[ As for that little box...if Xie Lian opens it, he'll find two rings nestled within. And a small sheet of paper with instructions on how to use the red strings rings. ]
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Date: 2024-02-07 01:27 am (UTC)And of course he likes feeding his San lang! It's just another way to take care of...his future husband.}
You know how to entice me. {He lightly rests a hand on the box, glancing up at San Lang questioningly. When he is given no reason to stop, he opens the box and blinks.}
What are these?
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Date: 2024-02-11 09:55 pm (UTC)He waits, watching Xie Lian out of the corner of his eye. ]
These rings, if we place a drop of blood or a tear into each and speak a spell, we can always find each other with speaking another spell.
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Date: 2024-02-12 01:31 am (UTC)The thread...the rings...are touched with trembling fingers.}
Did you ask for these? {He smiles widely.} I will use my blood. It should be stronger.
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:13 am (UTC)Are you planning something?
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:21 am (UTC)Do I need to?
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:27 am (UTC)No. You've always known my favorite flower. {He can't help thinking about all of the flowers his San Lang has given him over the years - including the ones he left at his temple when he was a child. They were always chosen with such love and care.}
Did you visit Spring?
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:41 am (UTC)It's my favorite too.
I did. Do you want to visit the field where I found them?
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:45 am (UTC)I saw a little red flower that reminded me of you once.
{Xie Lian had loved that little bloom, fighting so valiantly to exist in a place where no other flowers grew.}
I do. I would love to see them with you.
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:53 am (UTC)One that stood against anything that might harm the white flowers? Yes.
[ Well then! He scoops his husband up into his arms and heads for the door, tossing his dice before stepping through, into that field lush with pure white blooms. ]
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Date: 2024-11-04 04:58 am (UTC)Yes, exactly! I would love to care for a little flower like that.
{Then he is lifted and he laughs, hugging onto Hua Cheng without a care in the world. When next he opens his eyes, they are surrounded by beautiful flowers!}
They are like the ones in Xianle!
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Date: 2024-11-04 05:17 am (UTC)Better. This world is better to us.
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Date: 2024-11-04 11:48 am (UTC)It is, you're right. Can we sit here for a little bit? I never spent much time with the flowers and I do miss them.
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Date: 2024-11-04 05:58 pm (UTC)That soft request has him smile and immediately look for the best spot before taking a seat and settling Xie Lian in his lap. ]
We can stay here as long as you want.
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Date: 2024-11-04 09:33 pm (UTC)Ah...San Lang...mm. Our cottage is wonderful. You've built it to withstand the strongest storm. Is... Is there anything you want? From me, that is.
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Date: 2024-12-08 03:50 am (UTC)He's just noticed a few...looks, on occasion, concerning their housemate. He knows Xie Lian would do nothing. However.
He waits patiently for those expressive, beautiful eyes to open, fingertips waiting until then to reach out and stroke lovingly over his beloved's handsome face. And smiles softly before leaning in to claim a tender kiss. ]
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Date: 2024-12-08 04:39 am (UTC)How can he let his husband ever know he feels affection for their housemate?
Waking comes a bit slowly - their nights are amorous - and Xie Lian smiles a split second before San Lang kisses him.}
Mmm good morning.
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Date: 2024-12-08 04:47 am (UTC)Hua Cheng chuckles softly and kisses him again simply for the joy of it. ]
Good morning.
[ He does, however, also know his beloved. Xie Lian would never mention it first. Just another reason to love this beautiful man.
Propping himself up on an elbow, he lets his fingers trail tenderly down, admiration and love in every bit of the gentle touch.
How to bring up the suggestion of adding their housemate...? Well. Directly, for this is Xie Lian. ]
Your San Lang has been wondering something.
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Date: 2024-12-08 04:54 am (UTC)Did you sleep well?
{He shivers and grows warm under those fingers, his smile growing.}
My San Lang can ask me anything.
{Wiggling a hand free from the blankets, he lays his palm against Hua Cheng's cheek.}
He can ask anything of me, too.
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Date: 2024-12-08 05:12 am (UTC)Of course. I slept next to my beloved. Did you?
[ He loves those shivers~ Tracing the beautiful smile, his gaze drops to those lips for a moment. He presses into the hand on his cheek with a quiet hum of contentment. Then he peers back into his husband's eyes. ]
Your San Lang wants to know if you want to bring Shang Qinghua to our bed? He would not mind.
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Date: 2024-12-08 05:17 am (UTC)Mmhm! I've slept well beside you since I first met San Lang~
{His breath catches and he loses the ability to restrain himself. He presses a kiss to his husband's lips, stroking a hand over Hua Cheng's side. Then, only then, does he meet his beloved's gaze.
Only for his heart to drop.}
...San Lang. {He blinks shamefully and looks down at his husband's chest.} Are you... Do you feel I am being unfaithful?
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Date: 2024-12-08 05:30 am (UTC)A grin answers that statement and he happily presses into the kiss as he basks in his god's attention.
That shame makes his chest ache and he strokes loving fingers over Xie Lian's face. Then he snorts and rolls them to pin his husband carefully under him. ]
My beloved could never be unfaithful to me. Liking Qinghua doesn't change that.