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when the gates of the sacred land closed after them, the gust of wind brushed past song lan's hair.
walking side by side again after an indescribable amount of time felt suddenly so right. even though xingchen now carried his sword with a scoff so unlike his face, and attempted to actually dump it in the bush, song lan resolutely picked it up and forced back on xingchen's back.
they soon discovered they got quickly exhausted. perhaps it was because they were dead for a little too long and lost all their stamina, which made a lot of sense after all.
so they rented a room in a village, and immediately collapsed. no talking, no apologising for once, and they slept three days and nights in a row.
the next time they woke up, it felt a bit more normal, although song lan couldn't understand why he woke up in the first place. that is, until he hear a loud grumble coming from somewhere behind him.
xiao xingchen was buried in covers, his head nuzzled in the pillow as he slept soundly and breathed deeply. for a long while song lan just sat there, staring at the beauty and listening to the comforting sound of air being inhaled and exhaled.
xiao xingchen breathing was the biggest treasure in this world, or in any other world for that matter. song lan refused to think otherwise.
and then, completely out of the blue, the same loud grumble came from xiao xingchen's belly, and song lan's cheeks hurt from smiling so wide.
he rested his for once warm hand on xingchen's shoulder and delicately shook him, "wake up."
xingchen, being xingchen, didn't even think of paying attention to him.
"xingchen... wake up," he shook his shoulder a little harder. "don't be ridiculous, have you not slept enough."
"five more minutes, zichen..."
song lan immediately leaned down and kissed him on the lips before his rational state would make him freak out before doing so.
it was a quick innocent peck, but xingchen's eyes shot open and the first thing he saw, being a smiling song lan right above, made him immediately duck under the covers in embarrassment.
"ah? no! come right here, i said wake up."
xingchen's muffled voice came from under the sheets, "and i said five more minutes."
song lan felt like screaming. first, because he was so happy his emotions didn't know how to come out in a normal human way anymore. and second, because xiao xingchen was once again bargaining with him like he knew song lan would get pissed; and xingchen enjoyed the times song lan was pissed because then song lan would result in doing interesting things.
