I’ve been thinking so much about Pangzi and Xiao Hua actually becoming a Thing™ during shahai... they start off as just friends, comforting each other as they worry about and miss their partners, becoming slightly more than friends as they find comfort in each other’s touch and presence and from there on it grows into something more until they cannot deny this isn’t just comfort sex anymore. thinking about the fallout when after they deal with the Wangs they have to tell their partners...