return from lanling

[shangba]

A full moon, unblinking.

You did not sleep, to see?

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[emperorssmile]

Give me another year and I’ll give you another miracle.

[shangba]

I shall do better, also. Plan.

[emperorssmile]

I don’t want to think about losing you. I’ll work extra hard to be strong enough to protect you from any enemy human or otherwise.

[shangba]

Perhaps best that we consider such things. Our children require us.

[emperorssmile]

And we’ll be there for them. I’m not cultivating to immortality just for us to die early.

[shangba]

I must ask something indiscreet.

Will you allow it?

[emperorssmile]

You can ask me anything, Lan Zhan.

[shangba]

Is there a risk you will think of our lovemaking as a chore?

[emperorssmile]

I don’t think so? I love being with you. I love sleeping with you, too.

Maybe if we dual cultivated every single time, I might want to shake things up.

Do you feel like it’s a chore?

[shangba]

No. But I am the one who pushes you, again and again. Wei Ying may come to resent.

[emperorssmile]

I love you so much, Lan Zhan. And you’re really sexy, too. I don’t think it’ll be an issue.

[shangba]

So long as our ardor is not perverted.

[emperorssmile]

This about immortality and dual cultivation, isn’t it.

It could become routine like practicing forms or meditating, but I don’t think I’d ever be resentful of it.

[shangba]

Our love life... 'routine.'

[emperorssmile]

See why I'm not worried about it?

[shangba]

Perhaps we may differentiate our sessions. To keep appetites stirred.

[emperorssmile]

Hmm, so what does Lan Zhan propose we do tonight to keep things interesting?

[shangba]

Tonight must be cultivation, beloved. You are as a kitten.

[emperorssmile]

I know... We can still enjoy it.

[shangba]

Hold me.

[emperorssmile]

I’ll hold you close for as long as you want. All night if that’s what you’d like.

[shangba]

Apologies. Wei Ying had requested binding.

[emperorssmile]

Aww, Lan Zhan! You're so cute. That kind of thing's only fun when we're both in the mood for it. It doesn't have to be tonight.

[shangba]

You are not disappointed?

[emperorssmile]

Not at all. We’ll do it some other time. Maybe part of the fun is that you can surprise me when.

Besides, I didn’t think we’d do it tonight.