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/my brain melted from the heatwave so only bants for now 😖

020

So noisy this morning... So slutty...

030

Good... I won't let them take you from me this time. (Even if she had to tear everything apart, she wasn't going to let Baiheng slip from her grasp again. But for now? She was content to be close to the Foxian again, just enjoying this peaceful reunion.)

000

Mh, indeed... We have a lot of catching up to do. (Jingliu leant closer, a soft hum leaving her as they pressed their foreheads together. A warmth in her chest, something she hadn't felt in so, so long. Baiheng was back within her reach, something she'd never expected in all these years...)

100

Haha, still as arrogant as always.

100

I have not even touched him at all.

000

Indeed, it will catch up... It feels like many lifetimes since we were last together... (She doesn't know exactly how Baiheng came back, but Jingliu does not care about how. As long as she was here beside her.) I remember... But I do not wish to have to fight you, in any case...

100

You committed an atrocity because you let yourself get arrogant... trying to change fate...

000

You are still not going to beat me.

000

Even for the long-lived species, it really did feel like the blink of an eye... (She remembered the last time she saw Jing Yuan, before they met again after the incident on the Luofu. The one who'd stopped her rampage before she was exiled... It must have been so rough on him.) You say that now...

100

You're still a brat, even after all these years. 😤

000

... . . . . . . . . . . . . Touche.

000

The fact that Baiheng came back is the only reason I won't turn you into a handbag, old man.

010

Okay but my gayness never almost destroyed everything.

000

He's grown up so much, I still remember when he was barely past my shoulder... (Jing Yuan certainly avoided a worse fate, unlike the rest of them... she didn't like to think about it, not right now. Jingliu's Mara had been suppressed by her won methods, but it was not perfect...)

100

I went to go check on a few things and you two are still gay as ever...

000

I have become homophobic but specifically for that fucking lizard.

030

I think it's because he has fallen into a sleepy state when he is not in battle... (Whatever Jing Yuan had gone through, he deserved to rest at least. He was so stressed, and the stresses would only pile up with the plans Jingliu had, what she had dragged Luocha into and needed to convince the-

100

Oh, yes. He's under a lot of stress, so it's best not to give him a shock. He's done quite well avoiding the Mara despite everything... (Soft chuckle) The mara would've still come for me in the end. And old age for Yingxing...

100

I'm sure you'll be able to. Jing Yuan has... come out surprisingly well-adjusted. Yanqing is certainly a lively young man, if a bit overzealous. (Well, well-adjusted if you compare him to the rest of the former members of the High Cloud Quintet, but that is another story for another day.)

100

He even has his own little student. (Baiheng's presence is comforting, familiar in a way that makes her heart ache. So many years apart, but she's back. Jingliu doesn't know /how/, but considering how Yingxing and Dan Feng randomly appeared one day, she is not as surprised.)

000

(She nodded, holding onto Baiheng's hand.) It has been a good few centuries. Did you know Jing Yuan is all grown up? He's a General now.

000

Staying by my side... would be ideal... (Releases a soft sigh, finally lets Baiheng go, but is still close) I do have to warn you... I am not as close to the Xianzhou as I once was...

000

(If not from Jingliu, one of the others would be able to tell her, she was sure. But right now? She just wanted Baiheng close to her.) Mh, exactly... You are not going anywhere...

000

(Maybe one day, but not this day. Jingliu had only just got her back, she wasn't about to let her know the full extent of what happened. What Dan Feng did, what happened to Yingxing...) I won't let them take you from me again...

000

(She closed her eyes against the memories, feeling that horrible crawling of the Mara in her chest as Baiheng asked her to tell her all about it. Remembering was... painful. Seeing what their friends had done, seeing what became of her...) Not yet... it is... too much.

000

Every day without you was a living hell... (She held her close, resting her cheek atop Baiheng's head.) I missed you so much...

000

(She was careful with her touch, knowing how cold her skin had become in all these years. Running her fingertips over Baiheng's cheeks for a while, she was focused, a soft exhale leaving her, shaky.) Baiheng... (Jingliu pulled the foxian into an embrace as she let her tears turn to quiet sobbing.)

000

(She was silent for a few moments, before moving forwards, closer. A hand was raised, hesitant before touching the Foxian's cheek with a gentleness she hadn't found in so long.) Baiheng... I... (For the first time in centuries, tears tracked down pale cheeks) It's really you...?

010

Ah... (The air around the former Sword Champion has dropped by a few degrees. Her blindfold remains on, but she knows who is stood before her nonetheless... though she is not sure whether to believe it or not, after everything.) ... I must have truly lost my mind...

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