it doesn't matter.

if only lying to himself would work in this case. )

what is your plan for the rest of the day?

♡⃕ he xuan

( "but am i truly?", he longs to ask, remains silent instead as the words tear at his heart. words from the past cloud his mind, words from which he xuan learned that he is not the one to come first in hua cheng's priority list.

( he doesn't look away once - barely even blinks - in fear hua cheng could vanish again, despite holding onto him. )

help, no. this was just insignificant paperwork that can be done at any other time. you're being useful by just... holding me. a part of me is scared i'm dreaming again.

he xuan and i kept things here as close to how you knew them, so nobody knows you were gone except us. a few new gods ascended, some have lost their status as god and vanished, as it happens every now and then.

♡⃕ yin yu

( he's reluctantly looking up, would rather keep his face pressed against the other, although seeing his face is a comfort in itself. )

not much has happened. well, aside the - ah - obvious, you already know about.

"then you should go sleep. i will join you in a moment, i'll have some tea first."

♡⃕ mu qing

"it'll be different, going together."

although, a good kind of different, and mu qing would enjoy sharing those memories, after years of always going alone.
huffing lightly as his cheeks light up, he crosses his arms then.

( majority of them were gods, which was already straining a possible.... relationship? oh hell, he xuan hates to admit, but he is confused about certain things.

so, instead of thinking about those things, he merely sinks deeper into the water, almost laying down. )

♡⃕ he xuan

( it does make him happy, admittedly, although it barely shows on his face. he does smile - almost invisible, but he knows hua cheng can see. )

i could name a few people who could be. not that you would even consider being with them for a longer time.

but nothing else will convince him to. )

i love you too. words do not suffice to tell you how much. you cannot imagine how much i've missed you.

♡⃕ yin yu

you would've waited longer, for me. we both know that.

( he breathes in the other's scent, still faint from just having returned, although it gains in strength with each breath yin yu takes. for the next days, he will not let go. not once. unless hua cheng asks him to.

"tomorrow? nothing so far, we...", he begins, then nodding his head.

"we can do that. i haven't paid my respects in too long either."

♡⃕ mu qing

not answering to that, mu qing would rather not think about how he treated hua cheng back in the old times. instead, he indulged in the kiss, caressing the other's cheek, letting himself be held. 𑁋