Wip Wednesday snippet!
I realised that for the first time in a long while I have something I can post as a snippet on this account so here it is! An excerpt from a My Journey To You fic I have picked up again after accepting my fate and letting it become poly xD
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“Are you trying to protect my virtue, Shangjue?” Yue-zhanglao asks once they’re out of ear shot of the stall and Shangjue can’t for the life of him read his tone.
“Apologies, xiongzhang, I didn’t realise you were-” Shangjue falters, not quite knowing how to politely say ‘I didn’t realise you were into middle-aged street vendors flirting with you to get your money’.
Yue-zhanglao hums, nibbling on the rabbit’s ear. “I have taken no vow of chastity. As you well know.”
Shangjue stiffens at the clear jab and he has to bite back a terribly rude response. “This Shangjue apologises for his presumptiveness.”
“I’m well aware of the tactics of street vendors and shop owners,” Yue-zhanglao remarks, seemingly unbothered. “I realise Shangjue-di has done the bulk of purchases for our family so far, but there is indeed a town in our valley and I haven’t been a shaoye of the backhill in a while now.”
Shangjue says nothing, since he has no intention of letting the Elder know that it was Yuanzhi’s plea to protect him that made him act the way he did. He’d never have dared to presume the same naivité if it came to any other of their Elders and he realises now that it was a foolish thing to assume for Yue-zhanglao who had taken the world very much in stride so far.
“Perhaps we should part ways here for now,” Yue-zhanglao says after they’ve wandered aimlessly for a while, Shangjue stewing in the strange mixture of embarrassment and righteous indignation the Elder managed to summon in him.
Shangjue looks up and startles when he sees Yue-zhanglao is eyeing a street lined with red lanterns. “Yue-zhang-” At Yue-zhanglao’s sharp look Shangjue hastily corrects himself, “Xiongzhang, I do not mind accompanying you.”
“Your betrothed is waiting for you at home,” Yue-zhanglao says with deliberate lightness, his gaze burning into Shangjue. “Give them some face.”
Shangjue purses his lips and bows sharply. “Then I’ll return to the inn first,” he grinds out between clenched teeth and doesn’t wait for Yue-zhanglao’s response before he turns on his heel and heads off into the opposite direction with no plans to return to the inn until he isn’t at least drunk enough to ignore whatever state Yue-zhanglao is in when he returns.
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Despite his best attempts to bury his common sense at the bottom of a bottle of wine, Shangjue wakes easily when Yue-zhanglao enters their room late at night. He catches the cloying sweetness of a woman’s perfume, but when Yue-zhanglao lies down, no trace is left of it. Only the scent of the hair oil Yuanzhi had taken to using since returning from Yue manor accompanies the rustle of Yue-zhanglao’s blanket.
“Shang’er?”
Shangjue doesn’t react to Yue-zhanglao’s whisper and after a moment, he feels a sigh stir the fine hairs at the back of his neck.
“This Huan apologises for his earlier harsh words,” Yue-zhanglao murmurs. “I should not be annoyed at you for protecting me, nor should I punish you for doing so. I am your Elder, after all, and our Yuanzhi asked you to keep me safe.”
“Sleep, xiongzhang,” Shangjue says after a long moment. “Our journey is far from over and we leave early tomorrow.”
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[240126] Imnameim Instagram Story Update
*항상 오늘이되면
서로 전화해서 생일 축하한다고 했는데
오늘은 어색하네
날이 많이 춥다 잘
지냈으면 좋겠다
정말 많이 보고 싶다
생일 축하한다
When it comes to today
We called each other and said happy birthday
It's awkward today
It's very cold
I hope we can stay together
I miss you so much
Happy birthday.
*changkyun and moonbin share a birthday, he posted the photo of the moon and a birthday message dedicated moonbin. 🤍
♡ Translation: dailykyun. Please take out with full credit.
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