[ If he were more lucid, perhaps he'd ask the important question—Are you familiar with Vidyadhara physiology?—instead of just deciding he's made the wrong choice. It's true that it was dangerous to come here, but a friend can help him, and Yingxing is a friend—
—Yingxing is someone to whom he's attracted, someone to whom he'd give everything—
Regardless of anything, this is a mistake.
He's on the verge of flight when that cool, roughened hand reaches for him, pushes his hair back from his skin in a way he can't help but lean into. His eyes close, and somehow through the clouds of fog and scent that make up the whole of his brain now he hears Yingxing offering him a cool bath, and he nods into him, sinks into it with a trembling sigh. ]
I—okay..
[ No. No. Not when—
He shakes his head, looks up at Yingxing as he does. There's a turquoise gleam to his eyes that shouldn't be there, a glow the magic usually hides, and yet they're still murky and confused, swimming with something more than normal. ]
No, I... Yingxing, I can't. This is... it's the first time, I...
[ He shouldn't be here, not when he has no idea how much self-control he'll have. ]
no subject
—Yingxing is someone to whom he's attracted, someone to whom he'd give everything—
Regardless of anything, this is a mistake.
He's on the verge of flight when that cool, roughened hand reaches for him, pushes his hair back from his skin in a way he can't help but lean into. His eyes close, and somehow through the clouds of fog and scent that make up the whole of his brain now he hears Yingxing offering him a cool bath, and he nods into him, sinks into it with a trembling sigh. ]
I—okay..
[ No. No. Not when—
He shakes his head, looks up at Yingxing as he does. There's a turquoise gleam to his eyes that shouldn't be there, a glow the magic usually hides, and yet they're still murky and confused, swimming with something more than normal. ]
No, I... Yingxing, I can't. This is... it's the first time, I...
[ He shouldn't be here, not when he has no idea how much self-control he'll have. ]