[ dan heng flinches back like a startled buck, and yingxing withdraws his hand, slightly guilty for giving him a hard time. it's just some playful flirting, but dan heng isn't the type to enjoy that sort of thing, he supposes, not when he's so awkward and withdrawn, and besides, yingxing shouldn't be toying around with someone so much younger than him - and dan feng's brother besides.

but it's difficult not to, especially when dan heng makes it so easy, and when he looks so damned cute, blushing right to his ears. ]

Right.. that makes sense.

[ not everyone is built for fame, not everyone wants it, and he can only imagine the difficulties that dan heng has faced, growing up with a brother like his own. he's a quiet little thing, soft and a bit shy, the type to prefer to keep his head down, or so yingxing gathers. having a brother famous across the cosmos - and, let's be real, lusted after as well - isn't an easy position. ]

Well, you're cute either way. Whatever makes you happy, right?

[ he rests his chin against the hand he'd withdrawn. ]

Is it tough, keeping that illusion up all the time?