"If your worried we've discovered springtime, let me lay that to rest," he says, more a grumble than anything else as he picks up the tea leaves and measures them into the teapot, checking that it's been cleaned.
He does not add, not for lack of trying. Their timing has continued to be miserable, but Lan Xichen doesn't really need to know that. If anything, the mumble is meant jestingly, which he matches with a smile that says, don't take me seriously when he accepts the cups.
"Two years is a long time to find ourselves. Lan Zhan hasn't been the only one determining his own way, or how we choose to walk the world in step." It'll be some time for the water to heat, so he shifts to one side, holding the cups in hand and leaning back against the wall. "What you want to ask, Zewu-jun. Ask him directly. He's somewhat better at speaking when you bring his attention to what you want to hear, ah?"
Two years of struggling with communication, and he can say that much confidently now. It had hardly been a one sided struggle, and no one sided improvement. They learn together.
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He does not add, not for lack of trying. Their timing has continued to be miserable, but Lan Xichen doesn't really need to know that. If anything, the mumble is meant jestingly, which he matches with a smile that says, don't take me seriously when he accepts the cups.
"Two years is a long time to find ourselves. Lan Zhan hasn't been the only one determining his own way, or how we choose to walk the world in step." It'll be some time for the water to heat, so he shifts to one side, holding the cups in hand and leaning back against the wall. "What you want to ask, Zewu-jun. Ask him directly. He's somewhat better at speaking when you bring his attention to what you want to hear, ah?"
Two years of struggling with communication, and he can say that much confidently now. It had hardly been a one sided struggle, and no one sided improvement. They learn together.