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INBOX TEXT ► un: jueyun chili

AUDIO ► call: "Hello, this is Chongyun. Please leave a note and I will respond as quickly as possible."

VIDEO ► facetime

ACTION ► [ a small mailbox with a rusty latch, with the characters 重云 scribbled across the front plate in neat handwriting; the worn old door has #19 blazed across its wood, in a building just off one of the main streets in Tamamo territory. ]

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No. I don't think I will.

[ It's a swift reply delivered in a firm tone, confidence ever his companion facilitates the ease through which he navigates the predicament they're in. Though he may be physically restrained by Chongyun's weight and grip he continues to hold the reins. A tight grip that he won't easily relinquish. Amusement dances across expression delighted as he witnesses a flicker of awareness in familiar eyes.

Slowly he withdraws his hand, brushing away the hair across his face before he lays his palms against the coolness of the sheets underneath him. While his pose reflects chaste modesty, his face says something different. He's on the verge of laughter without the help of hands tickling his skin. ]

I'll be staying right where I am, and you'll be staying where you are too.

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[ If what he had before was an inkling, Xingqiu stretching out beneath him like that against the sheets is like a brick to the face. A brick that still feels far too dangerous to acknowledge, but it's pretty hard to not at least feel the bruise afterwards.

Heat surges through Chongyun again. It prickles across his skin, nerves on edge with wanting to touch. With it, restlessness stirs, and the young exorcist swallows again. Sandpaper. It's all sandpaper. And hot. Which is exactly why Chongyun flops over on the bed, completely and utterly defeated. ]

You're unfair.

[ Sighed into a pillow, since his face is now pressed into it for protection. Truly ... Chongyun is the loser. ]

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Am not. You're just sore I won.

[ Complete and total victory hasn't been achieved; this is a single battle won on the terrain that is his bed. The sight beheld as defeat settles its burden upon his friend is amusing enough that finally, he can't help a soft laugh. It's humor rather than malice, light-hearted sentiment as opposed to pride. There is no denying he is having fun and yet that comforting weight is gone.

He sits up, leaning ever slightly over Chongyun to peer down at the other teen. Face obscured leaves Xingqiu with nothing more than a guess to the expression worn by his friend. Before he actually makes contact with Chongyun's shoulder, Xingqiu withdraws his hand ultimately deciding against pestering the other boy further. ]

Next time, perhaps then, no I am sure you will come up with some tactic to defeat me.

[ He settles himself back down on the mattress his gaze firmly fixed up towards the ceiling. ] For now, I deserve a prize. Wish me good night, Chongyun.

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[ Finally Chongyun turns his head to peek over at his friend. He's calmed down a bit, face mostly rid of the pink of embarrassment, but that image of his friend is going to be one that sticks in his mind for a while.

As for coming up with a tactic to defeat Xingqiu...? The exorcist is much less sure than his friend. Even if there existed a way to best this boy, Chongyun isn't even sure if he'd use it. ]

A win is a win. [ expression softening, he does as his friend asks. ] Good night, Xingqiu.

[ Of course ... he'd have said it regardless. ]

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[ A deep breath isn't what causes the ache that settles within his chest, words alone convey the image of Chongyun's gentle expression. Though it is tempting to turn his head to catch another glimpse of the other boy, Xingqiu does not; nor does he give in to the appeal of holding his friend's hand once more as they did that time they walked together through the rosy glow of that cherry tree grove.

What he opts to do instead is to settle in for the night. Eyes flutter shut, the brush of lashes against his cheeks before he exhales some words only for Chongyun to hear. ]

Good night, dear Chongyun.