Text, un: headshaker

[eternalgrief]

It appears there’s no way to return home, no matter. Hopefully someone else that knows what they’re doing is in charge back home.

What’s pressing for me is where does one find the best wines?

And quality paper.

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[eternalgrief]

[ Huaisang is overwhelmed with the rush of emotions, the disbelief, the painful hope. ]

How...

[redblademaster]

The how doesn't matter. Where are you right now, didi?

[eternalgrief]

[ He sends a location near the dormitories. ]

[redblademaster]

Alright. Stay put, I'm on my way to you.

[eternalgrief]

Okay.

[action]

[redblademaster]

[ The device is shut off and he heads off towards the address that his brother has given him. When he does get there, however, he doesn't hesitate to pull his little brother into a tight hug. ]

[eternalgrief]

[ Huaisang is still partly in a state of disbelief that his brother could be alive. That's even more unbelievable than this whole place, than the idea of being out of time. He feels the seams of his carefully constructed mask coming apart after years of being dutifully worn in place. The moment Mingjue pulls him into a hug it shatters altogether.

He throws his arms around Mingjue and hugs tightly, becoming that little brother that could easily fall to tears again, realer tears than he's shown anyone in a long time. ]

Da ge...

[redblademaster]

[ He hugs his baby brother that much tighter, keeping Huaisang close to him. If Huaisang falls apart then he falls apart, he wouldn't say anything about it. ]

I'm here, didi.

[eternalgrief]

[ Huaisang tries to keep breathing so he won't sob. He clings tightly as if Mingjue is nothing but a dream that could disappear without a trace.. ]

Don't ever leave again.

[ It's a childish demand, one that Huaisang should have long outgrown but he never wants to experience that loss again. He needs this to be real. ]

[redblademaster]

[ He could admonish the childish demand, but he doesn't. He may not know everything that happened back home, but he knows what qi deviation does to someone. So, he just keeps his baby brother held to him. ]

I have no intentions of going anywhere.

[ Going anywhere wouldn't be just leaving Huaisang. It would be leaving Xichen and he wouldn't do that. ]

[eternalgrief]

[ It takes a while for Huaisang to pull himself together. He holds onto Mingjue for a long time before he slowly starts to let go. He wipes his face with his sleeves slowly, knowing he looks a mess and in any other situation he would be bothered by it.

He just stares at Mingjue for a long moment. ]

You have no idea how much I missed you...

[ How much he's needed him and had to go without him. ]

[redblademaster]

[ Even when Huaisang pulls back, he doesn't let his little brother go too far. ]

You shouldn't have had to.

[ He wasn't going anywhere if he could help it, not when his brother needed him. ]

[eternalgrief]

[ Huaisang simply nods. He shouldn't have had to but Jin Guangyao.. the traitor. ]

I made it right, da ge.

[redblademaster]

What do you mean you made it right?

[eternalgrief]

[ Huaisang shakes his head, exhaling a shakily. He needs to compose himself. ]

It doesn't matter, da ge.

[redblademaster]

Huaisang.

[ He wants answers. ]

How did you make it right?