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[gentledawn]

[Xingchen pokes his head out of the kitchen, brightening.]

I'm here, A-Yang. Did you miss me or are you just hungry?

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[ Xue Yang grins and immediately makes his way into the kitchen so he can wrap his arms around Xingchen, leaning up to kiss him. ]

Mmm, both. Where's Zichen? Is he not home yet?

[gentledawn]

[Xingchen grins and pulls him into his arms, meeting the kiss halfway. Xue Yang gives the sweetest kisses~]

He is tutoring one of his students. I imagine he took a break just to talk to you.

[bringingdowndisaster]

[ Xue Yang pinks a little at that. ]

Oh. I thought he was home. He didn't even mention he was tutoring.

[gentledawn]

He won't be long. [Xingchen chuckles and kisses Xue Yang's cheek.] You're more important than tutoring.

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[ Xue Yang ducks his head down, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed. And touched. ]

A-Anyway, I'm hungry.

[gentledawn]

Then come eat. [Xingchen, amused, moves the plates of food that can be dipped into the broth he had made to the table.] You don't need to worry. If Zichen was upset, he would tell you.

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[ Xue Yang eagerly seats himself at the table. ]

Mm... I know. We talked, he told me he was sorry, that he overreacted.

[gentledawn]

[Xingchen sits too and shakes his head fondly.]

You mean a great deal to him. You mean a great deal to both of us.

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[ Xue Yang blushes a little. ]

You... mean a lot to me too.

[gentledawn]

[He flushes and makes a plate, dipping vegetables into the broth at the center of the table.]

It feels like I've known you for much longer.

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[ Xue Yang smiles softly as he starts to eat. ]

Mm... I feel that way about you and Zichen too.

[gentledawn]

[Xingchen frowns as he eats, thinking it over.]

Have you had any strange dreams, by chance?

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[ Xue Yang frowns a little and then shrugs. ]

I mean, dreams are usually pretty strange. You mean something more specific?

[gentledawn]

A town full of coffins... [Xingchen remarks before looking ashamed of himself.] Maybe I'm not getting good sleep.

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[ Xue Yang looks a little thoughtful. ] You know... something about that sounds kinda familiar. Maybe neither of us are getting good sleep. [ He chuckles a little. ]

[gentledawn]

[The door opens then and Zichen walks in, glancing at the pair shyly. Xingchen smiles and rises, welcoming the other man with a soft kiss to his cheek.]

Sit down and join us, Zichen. A-Yang and I were just talking about odd dreams.

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[ Xue Yang gets up to greet Zichen too, lacing his arms around his neck and pressing a kiss to his lips. ]

You've not had dreams about a house full of coffins, have you?

[gentledawn]

[Zichen pinks under the attention, blinking at the topic. Strange dreams?]

...coffins? [He thinks back and nods slowly.] A place with fog. A place I couldn't leave.

[Xingchen looks startled.]

That doesn't sound good.

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[ Xue Yang startles a little. He hadn't quite expected Zichen to have had the same kind of dreams! ]

Huh. Maybe we knew each other in a past life. [ It's said half in jest, but who knows? ]

[gentledawn]

[Zichen notices their discomfort and smiles faintly.]

Even if we did, this is a new life.

[Xingchen squeezes Xue Yang's hand.]

Mm that's true. This apartment is much nicer than a coffin.

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[ Xue Yang nods and kisses Zichen's cheek and then Xingchen's. ]

Yeah, this is much better.

[gentledawn]

[Zichen looks pleased, unable to look away from them for a few moments.]

How was your day, A-Yang?

[Xingchen touches his cheek shyly and goes back to eating.]

[bringingdowndisaster]

[ Xue Yang grins at them both and sits back at the table. ]

It was good! I finally finished that huge backpiece. Hang on, lemme show you. [ He pulls out his phone and shows a picture of a tattoo on someone's back, depicting a colorful dragon that covers the person's entire back. ]

[gentledawn]

[Xingchen leans in and gasps.] A-Yang, that's beautiful! A dragon that handsome should have a name.

[Zichen hums his agreement, his gaze softening.]

Were they happy?