[ Xue Yang remains quiet until they get to the fork in the path and casually directs them down the side that has the more interesting effects.
At first he's focused on steering the boat, but it doesn't take long before he realizes that Xiao Xingchen is looking at him. He turns to look in response, but his attention catches on something before he actually speaks. He's not sure what it is, why his words hold in his throat as he looks at Xiao Xingchen framed by the leaves ever-encroaching from either side of them.
The orange contrasts brightly against pale skin and a monochrome outfit, a color palette not much different from Xiao Xingchen's usual clothes. Even in the overcast lighting of the dense foliage he stands out, unmissable, like a single point of light separate from the rest of the world.
Xue Yang wants to own that. He does own it. Xiao Xingchen is his.
If he were paying more attention he probably wouldn't have assaulted Xiao Xingchen with so many branches at once, but he only notices the amount of them when they start to encroach on the tip of the boat, and by then it's already too late. ]
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At first he's focused on steering the boat, but it doesn't take long before he realizes that Xiao Xingchen is looking at him. He turns to look in response, but his attention catches on something before he actually speaks. He's not sure what it is, why his words hold in his throat as he looks at Xiao Xingchen framed by the leaves ever-encroaching from either side of them.
The orange contrasts brightly against pale skin and a monochrome outfit, a color palette not much different from Xiao Xingchen's usual clothes. Even in the overcast lighting of the dense foliage he stands out, unmissable, like a single point of light separate from the rest of the world.
Xue Yang wants to own that. He does own it. Xiao Xingchen is his.
If he were paying more attention he probably wouldn't have assaulted Xiao Xingchen with so many branches at once, but he only notices the amount of them when they start to encroach on the tip of the boat, and by then it's already too late. ]
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