[ The kiss shifts the world around him, the very fabric of reality changing into something softer, brighter, more kind. By the time they break apart, everything is different for Jiang Cheng, outside and within. He gazes after her in quiet reverence as they part, breath stalling anew at the fair flush across her cheeks.
Her smile is every star in the sky, is the first lotus blossom of summer.
She speaks of walking him home, his home, a place he could not invite her within alone where they are sure to part, and he responds with an immediate shake of his head.
...still, he takes her hand and rises, his own face pink and warm as he gazes down at their clasped fingers. ]
—dinner? [ he blurts out, breath catching as though rejection is still possible after what they've just sworn. ] And you.. And you still require a place to stay. Let me help you get settled, and then— ...then we—
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Her smile is every star in the sky, is the first lotus blossom of summer.
She speaks of walking him home, his home, a place he could not invite her within alone where they are sure to part, and he responds with an immediate shake of his head.
...still, he takes her hand and rises, his own face pink and warm as he gazes down at their clasped fingers. ]
—dinner? [ he blurts out, breath catching as though rejection is still possible after what they've just sworn. ] And you.. And you still require a place to stay. Let me help you get settled, and then— ...then we—