pcs with wang lu

[diabolizes]

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[diabolizes]

[ He’s a little affection sponge, having received so little of it during large parts of his life. Whatever he gets, he’ll happily take.

Fixing Wang Lu with an assessing look, he has a sip of his beer. ]

Alright. I’ll bare my heart to you as well. It’s only fair.

[chosenwang]

[ Since he's given an inch, he's going to take a mile and stroke his hair instead. ]

You know, anyone overhearing this might think it's a confession of sorts.

[ Don't read too much into that. ]

What do you want to know? How I'm doing with just this incident?

[diabolizes]

[ You know what? The hair stroking is fine. It reminds him of simpler times anyway.

And he chooses not to read into that little comment either, taking it as solely a jest instead. ]

We can start with that.

[chosenwang]

[ The one thing they can agree to deflect on. ]

While I am angry, I'm more upset about being unable to do more for Temenos. Comforting people in way that actually matters has never been one of my strengths.

[diabolizes]

[ He frowns. ]

…I struggle with that myself. I’d rather do things for someone than provide words of comfort.

[ But he sure likes receiving those words! ]

Play to your strengths instead. There’s plenty else you can do.

[chosenwang]

Exactly! [ This is quite the double edged sword. ] I did stick around him until he was ready to put himself together.

[ He just has no idea if that's enough ]

I have been considering just sticking him in a closet with Beel, but that will have to wait for when everyone is in a better place. [ Is he joking or not ]

[diabolizes]

[ Wei Wuxian thinks that’s enough, honestly, but again… he’s bad at this too. ]

Ah, so you see it too. I think you should lock them in together soon, especially if you tell me how it goes.

[chosenwang]

[ They can be bad at this together... in a totally just friends way ]

Temenos hasn't really been subtle with his crush, but Beel is pretty oblivious. It does look like some progress was made though, but not sure how much as of yet.

[ Giving a grin. ] I will tell you all the details.

[diabolizes]

[ Totally. ]

Temenos is incredibly obvious. It’s actually cute.

[ He grins. ]

They would make an attractive couple.

[chosenwang]

Never thought he would be quite the blushing maiden. [ He ducks his head a little as he snickers. ]

Speaking of attractive couples, you looked pretty good with a couple others at the party.

[diabolizes]

[ Honestly… Wei Wuxian isn’t surprised. Temenos is a priest and he seems rather closed off. It’s the natural, cute conclusion. ]

Of course I did.

[ He grins, giving Wang Lu a wink. ]

Who are these others?

[chosenwang]

[ He does chuckle at that. ]
Skipping past the obvious answer that is me... Waltaquin seemed to enjoy playing with you. [ Also time to tank his chances: ] But you definitely looked good with Psyche.

[ Here's hoping Psyche never finds out about this ]

[diabolizes]

[ He laughs. ]

Believe it or not, that’s the first time I’ve really spoken to Waltaquin.

[ But… ]

Psyche, hm? We are rather close, actually.

[chosenwang]

Really? I have recently learned we both have similar tastes.

[ Enough about that since now it's about Psyche. ]

I could tell. You both looked like you were having a good time.

[ He did catch sight of it in the middle of those bottle spins ]

[diabolizes]

[ Oh. He looks confused for a second, but the reason why soon becomes clear: ]

…I wasn’t even aware.

[ He’s stupid. ]

[chosenwang]

[ So stupid. So so stupid. He will let his hand lower from his hair. ]

Aware of how you looked? Or that you were obvious?

[diabolizes]

Aware of how I looked.

[ Hm. Just… give him a moment to process this. ]

I suppose I didn’t realize it was obvious to other people either, but then again, I always make my feelings known.

[chosenwang]

I think the only one it might not be obvious to is her. What a pair you two make.

[ Time to just watch his own beer as he swirls it. ]

When did it all start?

[diabolizes]

[ He’s so lost in thought that he doesn’t even realize Wang Lu is staring at his drink. ]

I believe… the second time we met. It was easy to tell her things about my childhood, and stories about my siblings… and she never judged me for what I’ve had to do. I think it scares her in some way, but she doesn’t let that get to her.

[chosenwang]

[ It's for the best. ]

You did say that was important in a partner. She's the type who would overcome things if someone is there with her.

[ So any thing that scares her will be gone. ]

[diabolizes]

She very much is. Honestly, I think she’s much stronger than she gives herself credit for.

[ Wei Wuxian sighs. ]

I’ll have to remind her of that.

[chosenwang]

She definitely tends to undersell herself, and denies it when you point it out.

[ Pausing for a moment before he gives Wei Wuxian a pat on the shoulder. There there ]

You do have your work cut out on you, but I'm sure you both will make each other happy if you choose to pursue it.

[diabolizes]

She does. I hope I can help her get used to accepting it instead of denying.

[ It’s starting to work, at least! He smiles when Wang Lu pats him on the shoulder. ]

I appreciate your blessing. [ And he really means it. Wang Lu is special to him, even if he was wary of a fellow cultivator at first. ] I’d be happy to extend my own blessing to you as well, should you ever need it.

[chosenwang]

[ Time to just down his beer.

Ha ha. ] No need to worry about that ever occurring. [ His luck is pretty atrocious. ] I'm grabbing another drink. Want anything?

[diabolizes]

[ WANG LUUUUU :crymeow: ]

You have a lot going for you, so don’t discount anything just yet. [ He pauses. ] Ah, I’m alright. I don’t know if getting drunk around here is a good idea for me.

[ Just in general. And he wants to be able to properly comfort anyone else he comes across. ]