Read to me ~ Xingyun

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Xingqiu POV:

I sat there on the bridge with Chongyun, stroking his soft hair.

He called me his friend...

I looked down at the blue haired boy who was laying his head on my lap, his eyes were still red and he still had tears rolling slowly down his face, I wanted so desperately to make all his sadness dissapear but then I knew it wasn't possible, so I would just have to do my best to make him feel better!

I slowly moved my hand to his face and wiped away some tears with my sleeve, drying his face in the process,

"Chongyun, you should probably get home, we have school tomorrow..." I whispered,

"I know... I'm just, really comfy right now so..." he seemed unsure of his excuse but then I'm no lie detector,

"Haha, that's sweet but you can't stay here forever." I laughed, assuming it was a joke,

"I wish I could..." he whispered sleepily,

The comment caught me off guard and I felt my face get hot,

"Well- uh- is there a reason you don't want to go home?" I asked, trying to brush over how flustered I was,

"I just... dont like it there."

"How come?"

"..."

"You can tell me. You don't have to but you can.."

"It just... being there reminds me that I'm a faliure.. my whole family are out, travelling the world, exorcising demons, if that even exists, and im just here... left behind..." I felt more tears pricking my eyes,

"Hey, your not a failure.. your amazing! Just because you can't 'exorsise demons' or whatever, doesn't make you a faliure! But if it's really that upsetting for you... you could stay over at mine if you'd like?" I instantly held my breath waiting for a response,

"...really?"

"I mean yeah if you want to, my parents won't mind and I have a really big bed- and a window seat I can sleep in! ...if you want..."

"I wouldn't make you sleep in the window seat, if your bed is big it can fit us both in it, I mean you're tiny." He slightly laughed at the last bit,

"Hey, we are the same height!!"

"We may be the same height wise but your still tiny!" He laughed, now smiling,

"Just because I'm not all buff and strong like you doesn't make me tiny!" I huffed,

"Haha, ok.. Well if the offer is still standing after I offended you like that.. staying at yours sounds quite nice..."

"Yeah, come on then, we can't lay on this bridge all night!" I smiled before standing up and offering my hand to chongyun as he sat on the floor,

He took my hand and stood up, I led him to my house and up the stairs as he looked around in shock at the fancy ornaments and furniture, when we finally got to the top floor, my room, he seemed even more in awe at the big bookshelf and the gigantic bed and then the luxurious window seat and just everything!

"So you really are rich then huh?" Chongyun whispered,

I looked at the floor, I hated that question,

"My family is... you probably knew that already..." I whispered looking up at him only to see a blank expression,

"Nope, I never would've guessed actually."

"Oh... sorry.."

"Don't apoligise! If you don't mind me asking, what's your family name?"

I smiled before jokingly bowing and formally introducing myself,

"Xingqiu Guhua of the feiyun Commerce Guild, and you, my liege?"

Chongyun laughed a little before returning the gesture,

"Chongyun of... uhh.."

"Haha, it's ok my liege, you don't have to have an important title to be welcomed into my home." I spoke, still being jokingly formal, but chongyun seemed to go a little red,

"Thank you." He smiled trying to cover his blush,

"Why are you blushing my liege? Is it something I said?" I asked slyly, walking up to the now flustered mess that was Chongyun,

"No- I just- is it hot in here, is it just me?"

I laughed a little, teasing chongyun like this proved to be more fun then I had thought,

"I think that may just be you." I smiled, putting an end to the teasing,

"Really? Oh shit, can we open a window, or go to bed or just... yeah.." he smiled, he knew I knew what I had done, I could tell,

"Cmon, let's go to bed, it's 5am we have to get up in 2 hours."

I took his hand and lead him to the bed, he followed along and then stopped,

"Sorry xingqui I didn't bring any night clothes.." he whispered,

"That's ok, I'm sure I have something you can borrow..." I scanned the room before running to the closet and pulling out an old hoodie, it was way to big so I had never worn it, "here, use this!"

He took the hoodie before pulling off his shirt right in front of me, it caught me by surprise but I kept quiet, though his physique was quite....

ANYWAY.

He put the hoodie on and it was only a little big on him, then he climbed into the bed, we both lay there in silence attempting to sleep, and eventually, I felt my eyes close and I slipped into a peaceful slumber...

For 2 hours.

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Chonyun POV:

I lay in Xingqiu's bed, wearing his hoodie, it was more relaxing then I thought it would be but I still couldn't sleep, I turned on my side to face Xingqiu and to my surprise he had already fallen asleep, his face seemed much softer when he slept, usally he has a seemingly permanent look of nervousness on his face but now... he was calm and relaxed... it was beautiful..

I watched as he breathed softly and every so often his hand would twitch,

He was quite pretty...

I suddenly found myself reaching out to touch his face, but quickly stopped when I realised what I was doing,

But then something happened that caught me extremely off guard,

He moved his hand...

To hold mine....