[ He's been doing such a good job of not letting himself get too embarrassed—but then Yingxing says that, and his face threatens to light up all over again. Dan Heng huffs, and drops his gaze, picking up his beer and taking a defiant swig of what's left. ]

I obviously didn't forget on purpose, [ he says, and even to his own ears he sounds a little sullen. ] There are just.. there are a lot of things going on with my body right now, and sometimes it's hard to know what to listen to first—

[ And when one of the things he wants is so obviously here, well... ]