Thread by @alljiangzongzhu

“Shi Mei please wait you don’t have to leave!” Xue Meng never thought chasing a blind man would be so hard, Shi Mei’s movements hand’t been hindered by his lack of sight in the slightest. If anything it seemed his rage only made his steps lighter and faster.

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Xue Meng’s breathing was heavy, he’s chased Shi Mei from across the main sect hall after seeing him standing at the entrance, as if he could see the ridiculous Mei Hanxue manhandling Xue Meng. It was more likely that he heard Mei Hanxue making his depraved jokes again.

Always at Xue Meng’s expense, the youngest Hanxue twin would make inappropriate comments, despite knowing where Xue Meng’s heart lay. All in good fun, he had promised, until Shi Mei had had to of heard them. Shi Mei had turned as swiftly as a breeze, and all but flew from them.

Xue Meng had smacked Mei Hanxue in the arm, too hasty to really hit him, chasing Shi Mei and yelling all the while. He had chased him across the sect and the top of the stairs that led down the mountain. Shi Mei only paused there, he was unsure of his footing here.

Xue Meng usually walked him down. But once Xue Meng got close enough to try and reach out to Shi Mei, the other batted his hand away, and took one unsure step. It landed, yet he made no further movements. Xue Meng swallowed the nervousness in his throat, reaching forward again.

His hand shook, and any other time he would have been so angry at himself for his weakness, but this was Shi Mei, this was his shixiong, he couldn’t let him get hurt because of something stupid like a misunderstanding that Xue Meng hadn’t even refuted.

“Shi Mei—“

“Young Master, please save it. There’s nothing for you to clear up, I just need to go.”

Xue Meng wasn’t that stupid. He had to make this right. “What Mei Hanxue said was nothing! He talks like that to everyone, I’ve told him so many times to stop!”

“And yet he still calls you so intimately, Young Master Xue.”

Xue Meng wanted to cry, he wanted Shi Mei to stop calling him Young Master, they were closer than that surely he knew!!

“I don’t want him to call me that way! No one, I don’t want anyone to!”

Shi Mei still didn’t turn, instead taking one more step, still unsure. Xue Meng’s mind began to panic. He had to stop him, he had to! Just say it! Just say it no matter what!

“Only you!!”

Shi Mei’s next step missed at the jolt his muscles made, Xue Meng reaching forward,

to snag him, pulling Shi Mei back up the stairs to flat ground and refusing to be shaken off when he struggled weakly for a second.

Xue Meng swallowed again before adding, “I should have told you a long time ago! That I only want you to call me that way! No one else!!”

Shi Mei was very still, no longer struggling to get away, letting Xue Meng’s trembling fingertips clutch his robes as if Shi Mei would vanish if he let go. Tears welled hot in the corners of Xue Meng’s eyes, hiccups betraying the silence of his crying.

Shi Mei was still for what seemed like forever, before reaching up, placing his hands on Xue Meng’s cheeks. Xue Meng flinched at the warmth, but let his head be tilted, eyes slamming shut, unsure of what to expect.

He never expected soft lips, like petals, pressing against the corners of his eyes, trailing the tear stains, and then landing on his lips. Xue Meng froze, uncertain he was even awake anymore, until Shi Mei spoke, a chill running down his spine.

“Alright then, my sayang.”

-end 😍