Got this idea from the new Yunli trailer
"Hey. Where's your tanghulu?"
Jing Yuan turned to Daiyu, the panthera holding a piece of her candy fruit as her head tilted to one side with one ear down. He smiled fondly at her, finding that expression adorable. His face turned back and motioned ahead. She followed his direction, and her eyes widened to find chaos left behind by Yunli, the young girl leaping all over the place for her treat, chasing Diting.
The panthera shook her head in disappointment at the young sword hunter. "I turn away for two seconds to get my tanghulu, and you let that hot head of a sword hunter steal it." She sighed, taking a seat next to him. "I couldn't ignore that adorable expression of Yunli's. So I gave in and surrendered my tanghulu to her. Diting, however, decided to declare war on our young sword hunter to claim the reward." The white-haired man explained, and he held his hands up when his girlfriend pointed her tanghulu at him as if it were a sword.
"If I didn't know better, I'd say you did that on purpose for your amusement." She pointed out, waving the candy a little. Beneath that relaxed dozer of a general, there was a slightly mishevious and playful side within the general. That half-lidded smile of his made Diayu feel infuriated and enamored at the same time. On one hand, she wanted to slap that smile off his face. On the other hand, she wanted to just grab his face and kiss him.
With that smile still worn, Jing Yuan leaned down, and his teeth snatched off the sugar-coated strawberry off the stick. "Hey!" Daiyu pulled her treat away from the sweet stealing general as he chuckled amusingly m, turning away to cover his mouth in case the fruit fell out while he was laughing.
Daiyu's green eyes glanced at her tanghulu, where the strawberry on top was. Growling annoyed, her eyes narrowed at him as he leaned back against the chair, still maintaining that look on his face. "Oh, you're gonna pay for that." She threatened, sinking her teeth into the strawberry in the middle and tearing it off the stick as she swallowed it, hoping to intimidate him.
That backfired on her, and she felt the fruit lodge into her throat. Leaning forward, Daiyu choked harshly, alerting Jing Yuan. He immediately smacked against her back, and she felt the fruit climb up, and Daiyu was able to spit it out. The cloud knight stared at her worriedly as her airway cleared out. His hand gently patted her back to help.
She glanced at him and nodded to assure him she was alright. "Yip yip!" The two glanced over the table to find Diting there. The little ingenium looked up at them with his tail wagging, holding the strawberry thar nearly choked Daiyu. "Looks like Diting came up with a different strategy." Jing Yuan commented as he leaned back on his chair.
Daiyu shook her head, having a feeling that a report about Yunli and Diting's antics would pop up later. Her eyes went back to her tanghulu, widening in interest as her mouth leaned down to take another bite.
However, a thought crossed her mind, and her eyes glanced at Jing Yuan, who stared at her with the same dazed look. His eyes went to the fruit for a brief second before they went back to her eyes, and that's when it hit her. Daiyu gave him a flat look as if to say 'really?'.
"So heartless, Daiyu." His hand went to his heart, feigning a wounded look. "I just saved you. Don't you think I deserve a reward?" He attempted to reasoned with her. Daiyu thought about it, and she did recall he had already given his tanghulu to Yunli and Diting.
Sighing in defeat, she brought the candy to his direction, directing her eyes away when he wore a satisfied grin. "Fine. Here you go." She reluctantly obliged, but her eyes snapped back to him when she felt his hand gently grasp her wrist and tugged her closer so he could lean in and take a bite of the strawberry As his teeth sunk into the sugar-coated fruit, his eyes went to hers, smiling a little.
Daiyu felt her face heat up, and she turned her face away. 'The nerve of that guy!' She thought agitated, seriously plotting revenge on him in some way. Her ears perked when she felt the stick slip from her fingers, and her face turned back and found the fruit held in front of her face.
Her widened green eyes looked up at his bright yellow ones as he smiled at her. "Want some?" He offered, waving the stick. The shimmering sugar did tempt her, and she wanted to actually enjoy that sweet taste of strawberry instead of blocking her airway.
"Pst pst pst." He teased, succeeding in that when her eyes widened and ears flatten in annoyance. Snarling at that, her pupils shifted into slits and she tried to bite on it. All she felt was her teeth making contact. A chuckle hit her ears, furthering her agitation.
"Jing Yuan...." she growled, hands lunging for the stick like a cat, letting her panthera side take over to get her treat back. The general chuckled amusingly as he kept holding the stick out of her reach. She had to stand up from her seat to snatch the tanghulu out of his hand and finally bit the last strawberry.
Daiyu hummed, satisfied to have gotten her treat as Jing Yuan leaned on his hand, chuckling softly at her as he thought in his head.
'She is so cute when she's peeved.'
