( is there anything he wants? xingchen takes a moment to reflect on the question, to think back across his life and the things which he has treasured most throughout it, all the while taking a drink of the cider to fill the contemplative pause.
then he shakes his head, followed up with a reassuring smile. ) No, I'm not sure that there is. ( a flicker of his brow, considering. ) Or I suppose it's more fitting to say that we already have. ( as much as it was all one more facet of xue yang's overarching trickery, after his first couple of months in ryslig found him living alone, xingchen couldn't help but miss the odd domesticity of their strange little life in yi city. runyu's presence within his home has all but alleviated that ache altogether. )
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then he shakes his head, followed up with a reassuring smile. ) No, I'm not sure that there is. ( a flicker of his brow, considering. ) Or I suppose it's more fitting to say that we already have. ( as much as it was all one more facet of xue yang's overarching trickery, after his first couple of months in ryslig found him living alone, xingchen couldn't help but miss the odd domesticity of their strange little life in yi city. runyu's presence within his home has all but alleviated that ache altogether. )