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[laughitoff]

[a soft huffy laugh]

Lan Zhan, give yourself some credit.

[strikingchords]

I will endeavor to care for it well.

[STUPIDLY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS]

[laughitoff]

All right…all right. I’m glad you like it.

[strikingchords]

Mm.

...

Very nostalgic.

[laughitoff]

Ha.

[doesn't stop the bunny when it finally protests being in an unfamiliar lap and crawls over to Lan Wangji's]

[strikingchords]

[he stops noodling with the guqin to pet it with his own fingertips, gravely]

...

[laughitoff]

...

You do like it.

[strikingchords]

[continue petting '-']

Lying is forbidden.

[laughitoff]

[a soft breath out]

I also did wrong when offering it to you. I apologize for my behavior.

[strikingchords]

Your anger was warranted. I received it ungratefully.

[quiet]

...

Had not expected it.

[laughitoff]

That was kind of the point of a surprise...

[strikingchords]

I did not think us that familiar.

[laughitoff]

We're not.

[strikingchords]

[quiet :X]

[laughitoff]

I thought...

[sighs]

I don't know.

[strikingchords]

[tiny interrogative noise...?]

[laughitoff]

Maybe I wanted to be? It's not important.

[strikingchords]

[:X]

...

It is not unimportant.

[laughitoff]

...

[he doesn't take the statement back]

[strikingchords]

[...]

It is fine. Should your feelings have changed.

But, when afraid. My fear was that it was not so.

So I am grateful.

[laughitoff]

[takes a very deep breath and lets it out, slow]

What am I going to do with you, ah?

[strikingchords]

As you like.

[laughitoff]

[huffs a little and shakes his head]

[strikingchords]

[watches him steadily, still petting the bunny's long ears...]

[laughitoff]

[he's uncomfortable again...

slowly gets to his feet and puts the blanket down around Lan Wangji's shoulders, after a bit]