Prince. (Xingqiu x Chongyun)

Part 6: Love

I smile sweetly and something inside me flutters, "Thank you, Chongyun." My heart skips a beat.

"Seriously," he talks through his full mouth, "There's no need to thank me!" He smiles and I swear I see his cheeks get slightly pink again, but, I think I'm just seeing things.

I finish the rest of my food and he finishes his popsicle, we both sit there not saying anything for a moment.

"I'm going to bring my bowl to the kitchen." I stand up and step into the kitchen, taking a deep breath. I can't figure out why but I can't slow my heartbeat down, I can still breathe so it's not like a panic attack.

I see Chongyun standing up from his seat, "Going back to your room?" I say as I walk back to the table.

He turns towards me, "Yeah, it's getting late." 

"Oh, I didn't even realize the time."  I step next to him, "I'll walk you to your room!" I desperately try to find an excuse to spend more time with him and that's the only thing I can think of.

"You really don't need to..." he snorts, "but thank you." He says with a smile.

"It's really no big deal, I don't mind!" We start walking out and into the hallway together.

"You still have training for the rest of this week, right." He asks and turns his head towards me.

I sigh, "Yeah, but it's only this week." I turn my head towards him as well, "Can we hang out every morning before it? It was really nice today." I ask, slightly nervous he may think that's weird.

It looks like Chongyun blushes and he turns his head away, "Y-Yeah! I'd really enjoy that! As long as I don't have jobs early in the morning."

I grin, "Great! Anything works for me~"

-

Six days flew by instead of dragging on, I've been with Chongyun every day before my training except once when he had an early job. It's been really, really nice, I can't figure out what I feel about him. I still have one day left of training for tomorrow, but I finished the one for today.

I lay in my bed, it's well past dinner and thoughts of Chongyun and everything I've been covering float around in my mind. I decide there's only one person I can talk to so I stand up and leave my room, going to their own.

I knock on the door, "Hu Tao?" I gulp down a breath that gets caught in my throat.

She opens it a moment later, "What's up?" I see Yanfei behind her sitting on the floor leaning against the bed.

I shake my head softly, "Is now a bad time? I just needed advice on something, it's nothing urgent though." I take a half-step back.

"Of course, it isn't a bad time!!" She smirks and opens the door completely, holding it for me to walk in, "I hope you don't mind that Yanfei is here."

"Hi!" Yanfei says, crossing her legs and smiling.

"I don't mind at all!" I talk to Hu Tao then I turn to Yanfei, "Hey, Yanfei!"

Hu Tao sits on the floor next to Yanfei and motions me to sit in front of the two of them. "What's on your mind?"

They both look at me with a soft and gentle smile, I laugh nervously. "Well- Uh- How do I... Start this..." My sentence dies off and Hu Tao shuffles closer to me.

She places my hand in between the two of hers, "Take your time," she smiles and I nearly hug her so tight.

I nod and take a deep breath, "So... You know... Chongyun?" I don't move my head but look between Yanfei and Hu Tao nervously.