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[zichen]

Zichen sighs and leans into the kiss, scratching his nails lightly over Xue Yang's scalp. He doesn't want to think either. His heart and his head are sore and exhausted. When the kiss ends, he curls around Xue Yang and rests his head on his shoulder.

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang puts his head on Song Lan's shoulder in response. They can't stay in the bath forever, but right now this is... nice.

He snakes his arms around Song Lan's waist and just lets himself rest. After a short moment, he starts to doze off.

[zichen]

They can rest for a little while. Zichen keeps watch and lets Xue Yang sleep, occasionally stroking over his back and hair. When the water is growing too cold, he lifts them up and sees to drying Xue Yang off first.

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang starts to wake up when Song Lan carries him out of the bath. He's too tired to do much other than just staying cuddled up and letting the other man dry him off.

It's nice to just kind of let someone else take over for a little while.

[zichen]

Zichen settles Xue Yang in a chair after he redresses him in his robe. Then he dries off and gets dressed, brushing through his hair and then Xue Yang's. This is actually enjoyable and it isn't difficult for him to pick up the other man, when he is finished, and carry him back to his cabin.

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang chuckles a bit as he's dressed and has his hair brushed. "Wow, I'm getting spoiled here," he teases when Song Lan picks him up again.

[zichen]

Zichen snorts softly and enters Xue Yang's cabin, depositing the other man on the bed. Then he finds his communicator and smiles faintly.

"I thought you were asleep."

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang doesn't protest when he's dumped back on his bed, and just stretches out on it.

"I was, but your fussing woke me up."

[zichen]

"The water was cold!" Zichen frowns and gets himself dressed the rest of the way - save for his boots. He then sits on the edge of the bed.

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang chuckles a little and puts his legs on Song Lan's lap when he sits down.

"So... now what?"

[zichen]

He lightly rests a hand on said legs, his brow furrowing.

"I don't know."

But.

"We are alive. We aren't going anywhere. We have time."

[bringingdowndisaster]

"Well, technically, we're not alive." Xue Yang chuckles a little and wiggles his legs. "But... we do have time, I guess."

[zichen]

"Conscious, then." Zichen arches a brow and pats the wiggly legs, "Do you have regrets?"

[bringingdowndisaster]

"About what? Letting you fuck me?" Xue Yang chuckles and presses his foot playfully against Song Lan's thigh. "No. It was good."

[zichen]

"Obviously." Zichen rolls his eyes and tickles the bottom of Xue Yang's foot. The answer makes him feel hot again.

"I react to you. I don't know if I would to anyone else."

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang lets out a giggle and tries to pull his foot away. He's ticklish there too!

"Really?" He doesn't want to bring up Xiao Xingchen again, so he doesn't. It's not like he'd know. Neither of them had gotten that close to him.

[zichen]

Good. Zichen chooses to lay beside Xue Yang then, facing him on his side.

"I've never tested it." but he has felt nothing but numb and cold since Xingchen stabbed him and Xue Yang's spell took hold.

[bringingdowndisaster]

Xue Yang lets himself scoot closer then. "Well, now you have. You felt warm inside me..." And he doesn't want to admit it, but it had easily been the best sex he's ever had.

[zichen]

Warm. Zichen is touched by the description. Gods above, he wants to be warm and alive again!

"You were warm too." and welcoming. And sweet.

"Is it always like that?"

[bringingdowndisaster]

"Not always. Only when it's good." Xue Yang's had enough sex in his life to know the difference.

"You really should consider getting your tongue back," he adds, half-teasing, half-sincere. "Makes kissing even better."

[zichen]

What a reason to want his tongue back! Zichen rolls onto his back and stares up at the ceiling. Only when it's good, hm?

"I am getting tired of typing my every thought."

It's such a nuisance. In a way, he can be more cautious what he says, but he also can't communicate effectively when he is emotional.

[bringingdowndisaster]

"There's a woman named Ulla who should be able to give it back to you. She returned my arm. She's a warden. There's a ritual involved, and it's not painless, but it's really not that bad. Worth it, anyway."

It's not just about the kissing! It would be nice to be able to communicate more effectively with Song Lan too.

[zichen]

Ulla. Zichen pales at the thought of more magic and he glances at Xue Yang uncertainly. But he has seen that the other man has his arm back; that isn't any trick.

"I'm not like you. What if it doesn't work?"

[bringingdowndisaster]

"I don't think that'll matter. Just ask her about it."

For all his previous taunting, Xue Yang is starting to feel a little bad for cutting out Song Lan's tongue. It had seemed necessary in the moment back then, but... even before they ended up on the Barge, he had sometimes wished that Song Lan could talk to him. He'd only had himself to talk to for a long time...

[zichen]

Zichen hesitates and then nods, obviously unsure. He might even be frightened, though they are both incredibly stubborn when it comes to that emotion.

"Will it be my tongue? It's not someone else's, right?"