Fireflies || Xingyun ᯓ ᡣ𐭩

P7. Black cats

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As winter approaches, the sky gets gloomier, the school windows get foggier, and rainfall is often.
Xingqiu didn't mind the rain, not one bit.

In fact, he loved the rain! He found it calming, and he was glad that sometimes it could shut out his loud thoughts.

Chongyun, however.. he didn't like the rain at all. But, he did like the cold weather.
The thought of getting soaking wet annoyed him.

"Ahhh, we've got to have our lunches in class now, huh?" Xiangling groaned, stretching her arms out.

Xinyan tossed her food around in the container with a fork, yawning. "This weathers so boring! It makes me feel so down."

Xingqiu laughed, patting the two girl's backs. "You two are so dramatic. You all need to learn to enjoy the rain sometimes."

Chongyun sighed. "I can't agree with the rain, but I do enjoy the cold. I'm finally not overheating every second in school."

Xiangling smirked and glanced at Xinyan, before snatching her fork and picking up a spicy piece of chicken and waving it around in Chongyun's face.

"Hey, hot weather doesnt mean youve escaped hot food!!" She chuckled.

Chongyun recoiled back in his seat, eyebrow twitching and his lips shut tightly.

Xiangling only hovered over the table, bringing the fork closer and closer. "Cmon Chongyun, here comes the choo choo train!~"

Chongyun was about to shriek something at Xiangling, before the classroom door was swung open.

"Ohohoh~ What's going on here? You guys annoying Yun again, without me?!" Hu Tao questioned.

Chongyun turned to her with his eyebrows furrowed, and his arms crossed. "Don't call me that."

Hu Tao pouted, resting her arm on Yanfei's shoulder. "Oh come on! Xingqiu calls you that all the time."

Xingqiu laughed before raising his shoulders. "What can I say? Guess Yun gives me special privileges cause he likes me so much."

Chongyun then turned to him next, with bright red cheeks and fumed angrily, you could almost see smoke coming out of his ears.
"Shut it, Xingqiu!"

Yanfei rolled her eyes at Hu Tao and stepped forward, causing Hu Tao to fall sideways due to the fact she was leaning on Yanfei's shoulder.

The group laughed loudly at Hu Tao's pout as she leaped onto Yanfei's back, causing the pink haired girl to fall along with her.

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As school ended and the bells rang throughout the school, heavy rainfall poured down from the gloomy sky.

"Awh, man. I forgot my umbrella.." Chongyun thought to himself, standing under the shelter at the front of the school, watching as people ran from shelter to shelter covering their heads with their bags.

Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder.
He turned to see Xingqiu, umbrella in his hand and smiling at the boy.
"Forgot your umbrella? You can have mine."

Chongyun shook his head. "What about you? You'll get sick."

Xingqu shrugged and handed the umbrella to him anyway. "You know I love the rain. Such trivial matters such as getting sick do not bother me."

Chongyun sighed, annoyed. "Oh be quiet. We're sharing it, cmon." He said, embarrassed.
He grabbed the boys arm and led him out of the shelter, opening the umbrella and sheltering the two with it.

Xingqiu's eyes widened as he walked along closely behind Chongyun.
He looked down only to see Chongyun's hand still tightly wrapped around his arm.

"Why hasn't he let go yet?" Xingqiu thought to himself, his cheeks growing a slight pink.
Usually, Chongyun wasn't a fan of physical touch, so Xingqiu kept it minimal at times, but for once Chongyun had grabbed him first and on top of that, hadn't let go...

Chongyun realised the silence behind him and turned around as they were walking, only to see what Xingqiu was looking at.
He quickly retracted his hand, letting go of Xingqiu's arm.
"M-My bad. I forgot." He muttered, his hand twitching at his side before he quickly balled it into a fist.

Xingqiu slightly gasped at the sudden change, but he then smiled.
"Aw, man! It was nice while it lasted." He said, moving his arms behind his back and leaning forward to look at Chongyun's face.

Chongyun let out a "Tch.", turning away with a noticeable blush on his cheeks.
Just then, Xingqiu looked forward at the bushes nearby a familiar park, and gasped.

He ran out of the umbrella and crouched down beside the bush.
"H-Hey, idiot what're you doing?" Chongyun said, rubbing the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

Xingqiu turned around and held up a cat in his arms.
It was fluffy and black, and had beautiful green eyes that were big and vibrant.
"Look at him! He must be so cold."

Chongyun sighed, before walking up to the boy and holding the umbrella over his head.
"Why do you have a thing for caring so much about every single black cat youve ever seen on the streets?"

Xingqiu looked up at him and smiled softly. "They're adorable. I mean, look at them. They're so misunderstood, everyone thinks of them as bad luck, even though theyre just regular cats like all the others."

He exhaled, a cloud of air coming out of his mouth.
"And they're often feeling lonely. I can just feel it. Even though they pretend like everythings okay."

The cat cluelessly meowed and licked Xingqiu's face, purring in satisfaction.
Chongyun unballed his fist and placed it on Xingqiu's head.
"Remind you of yourself? I guess I can see why you care so much."

Xingqiu's mouth was open slightly in shock, before he looked back down at the cat with a weak smile on his face.

"So why don't you take him home?" Chongyun said emotionlessly, though Xingqiu knew he was probably red on the cheeks.

"Unfortunately, you know my household. I can't. And even if I could, I wouldnt want to burden him even more by having to live in a place like that."
Xingqiu muttered so quietly, that Chongyun could tell how much this meant to him.

Chongyun tapped his foot, thinking hard about this, before he sighed and lifted his hand off Xingqiu's head.
"Okay, fine, you win. Ill take him home."

Xingqiu stood up almost immediately, cat still in his arms, with eyes so shiny that Chongyun was almost blinded.
"Really!? You mean it?" He said, his voice high and full of happiness.

Chongyun smiled ever so slightly, before turning around and continuing to walk. "Yeah, yeah. Now come on, the faster I drop you off home the faster I can get him washed and fixed up."

Xingqiu tagged along happily, smiling widely.

As the two reached Xingqiu's house, Chongyun took the fluffy cat from his arms and waved him goodbye at his doorstep.
"See you, Yun!" Xingqiu exclaimed, walking up the steps.

Chongyun nodded, then walking away down the street. He looked down at the black cat in his arms and smiled to himself. "Guess you're coming home with me, kitty."

Xingqiu turned around and watched Chongyun walk away with the cat in his arms, smiling.
He, too, smiled.
Gosh, why did Chongyun have to be so sweet?

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