he thinks, quietly, i'd wait. for the hundreds of years of his miserable life, waiting for someone if that were to happen wouldn't be so bad. it's what chengzhu did, isn't it? for eight hundred years, he searched for taizi dianxia, and never stopped. yin yu's experienced it. he's helped him look.
he's not prone to such loud declarations of love or devotion. it's a lot to even think such a thing, a little sobering. but for all of the misery that yin yu has been through in his own long existence in what is more or less a purgatory, to think that there could be a light at the end of a tunnel would be a kindness. if she couldn't wake, then he'd... he'd do his best to make sure he was standing there, when she did.
if flayn has done him the honor of seeing him, of refusing to let him vanish, then he won't vanish on her, either. if he's been seen, then he'll try to stay that way, now, cast into the light for the first time since his banishment.
but, right now, it's just one night. that is easy.
his arm squeezes around her shoulders, closing his eyes. just soft enough to be heard: ] If you have me, then I'll stay, my lady. I'll be here.
tomorrow has the potential to be disastrous. tonight, though - if they take the night on its own, only for what it is, and ignore what happened before it and what might happen after - it is perfect.
Live our lives fully, flayn remembers as her eyes flutter shut and she snuggles into yin yu's side. In the present moment.
it mingles together with I'll stay, I'll be here.
when he says that, she can believe it.]
Then I shall see you in the morning.
[her heart gives a small thrill at that - to be able to see him, first thing, when she opens here eyes... that seems like a miracle in and of itself.]
[ with a quiet hum, yin yu nods, agreeing. he promised to stay; he'll stay.
(to protect this person, for as long as he can. if his miserable life can be used to help someone else, then--that's all he could ever ask for. how nice it is, for a moment, to feel loved, valued, cherished. wanted. seen. there are no words that can encapsulate how important that is for yin yu.) ]
Goodnight, my lady.
[ flayn will have to be paying attention, but. as he settles in more comfortably, cheek turned slightly against the pillows, he tips his head down a bit more, and presses a soft, lingering kiss to the top of her head, letting his eyes close, too. ]
[the kiss to the top of her head comes just as she's drifting off to sleep.
for one brief moment, flayn allows herself to hope that it was real - that it wasn't just wishful thinking. that, somehow, yin yu was here with her tonight not because he felt it was a task or a duty he had to perform, but because he wanted to be.
...that whatever else is happening with lili, right now, her emotions are under control. if they are, then that means the small gesture of affection was all yin yu.
if it wasn't him, she doesn't want to know.
between one breath and the next, flayn slips into slumber, and sleeps peacefully for the first time in a long, long while. she's safe here, tucked against yin yu's side, wrapped up in his arms.]
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he thinks, quietly, i'd wait. for the hundreds of years of his miserable life, waiting for someone if that were to happen wouldn't be so bad. it's what chengzhu did, isn't it? for eight hundred years, he searched for taizi dianxia, and never stopped. yin yu's experienced it. he's helped him look.
he's not prone to such loud declarations of love or devotion. it's a lot to even think such a thing, a little sobering. but for all of the misery that yin yu has been through in his own long existence in what is more or less a purgatory, to think that there could be a light at the end of a tunnel would be a kindness. if she couldn't wake, then he'd... he'd do his best to make sure he was standing there, when she did.
if flayn has done him the honor of seeing him, of refusing to let him vanish, then he won't vanish on her, either. if he's been seen, then he'll try to stay that way, now, cast into the light for the first time since his banishment.
but, right now, it's just one night. that is easy.
his arm squeezes around her shoulders, closing his eyes. just soft enough to be heard: ] If you have me, then I'll stay, my lady. I'll be here.
[ it might be nice, for once, to sleep in. ]
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tomorrow has the potential to be disastrous. tonight, though - if they take the night on its own, only for what it is, and ignore what happened before it and what might happen after - it is perfect.
Live our lives fully, flayn remembers as her eyes flutter shut and she snuggles into yin yu's side. In the present moment.
it mingles together with I'll stay, I'll be here.
when he says that, she can believe it.]
Then I shall see you in the morning.
[her heart gives a small thrill at that - to be able to see him, first thing, when she opens here eyes... that seems like a miracle in and of itself.]
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(to protect this person, for as long as he can. if his miserable life can be used to help someone else, then--that's all he could ever ask for. how nice it is, for a moment, to feel loved, valued, cherished. wanted. seen. there are no words that can encapsulate how important that is for yin yu.) ]
Goodnight, my lady.
[ flayn will have to be paying attention, but. as he settles in more comfortably, cheek turned slightly against the pillows, he tips his head down a bit more, and presses a soft, lingering kiss to the top of her head, letting his eyes close, too. ]
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for one brief moment, flayn allows herself to hope that it was real - that it wasn't just wishful thinking. that, somehow, yin yu was here with her tonight not because he felt it was a task or a duty he had to perform, but because he wanted to be.
...that whatever else is happening with lili, right now, her emotions are under control. if they are, then that means the small gesture of affection was all yin yu.
if it wasn't him, she doesn't want to know.
between one breath and the next, flayn slips into slumber, and sleeps peacefully for the first time in a long, long while. she's safe here, tucked against yin yu's side, wrapped up in his arms.]