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    He considered it as he was walking towards their meetspot. He should not only photograph Lu Guang, he should totally try drawing him, too. Paper, graphite, pen, acrylics, oilpaints, none of it worked underwater. Lu Guang had probably never seen a drawing or painting before. Maybe he could pick up some spraypaint and try his hand at graffitiing the inside of his cave. Or, he supposed he could just do that with regular paints…maybe a paint that stuck on stone? Water resistant? Oh my god, he should make a fresco—
    Xiaoshi was cut off in his thoughts when he heard a melody coming from in front of him. He checked his phone, which showed three-past two. But when he looked up again, Lu Guang was in front of him. Another soft melody.

    [One year ago, Xiaoshi nearly drowned at sea, gaining a lifelong lung injury in the incident. In the present, he still wants to see the ocean for himself. A certain someone he meets who lives on the seafloor might allow him to pursue those dreams.]

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    The first time it happens, it’s just a kiss on the cheek, so Lu Guang isn’t even sure that it counts. It’s while he’s trying to prepare dinner for them; Qiao Ling brought back vegetables from the market, and he’s busy chopping scallions. He’s a good cook when he needs to be, which means that Cheng Xiaoshi rummaging through the cabinets in search of extra condiments to pour into his work is both unnecessary and a little insulting.

    The knife is still in Lu Guang’s hand when he feels arms wrapping around his waist from behind. A bony chin descends onto his shoulder.

    “Idiot,” Lu Guang accuses. “I’m holding a knife.”

    “Okay.” Cheng Xiaoshi exhales next to his ear, but he doesn’t let go. “We don’t have any chili oil.”

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    Or, the existence of a first kiss implies at the very least a second.

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    Caelus gets up from where he’d been idly browsing the Edo Star files in the archives, but a light tug at his foot stops him before he can take a step forward. Frowning, he looks down.

    On the floor in front of him is Dan Heng’s tail, the end of it curled lightly around his ankle. Caelus blinks, then tries to pull himself free, but the tail only tightens its grip.

    “Um… Dan Heng?”

     

    (Or: Dan Heng's tail has a mind of its own.)

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    “Hm, this kinda calls for a more intimate shot, right?” Xiaoshi noted as he stared at Lu Guang through the viewfinder. “Maybe if we hugged, right? I'll turn the flash off, just let the moon illuminate us."

    Just hug him back, then. He nodded again, a little excited for the shot. Xiaoshi pressed a button or two on his camera and then quickly ran back over towards the railing. He held his arms open. Lu Guang wrapped his arms around Xiaoshi, turned his head inwards and shut his eyes.

    Ten seconds passed, and Xiaoshi let him go again, running back towards the camera to check the picture. “Ahguang, come look, what do you think?”

    Lu Guang stared at the screen. ‘Intimate’ was probably a good word to describe it. Was this really the sort of photo Xiaoshi would want to mark the start of their friendship?

    [Lu Guang's been nonverbal for the past eighteen years of his life. He's used to relying on his parents for everything, but desperately wants for independence. After he meets Cheng Xiaoshi by chance and they become friends, he wonders if he can be his ticket to escaping]

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    Cheng Xiaoshi spends the next several minutes just staring at the photograph, his finger running gently down the curve of Lu Guang's sunlit features. His mother's voice sounds from the back of his head.

    The photograph is a window into the photographer's soul. Look, baobei, what does this photo tell you about the person who took it? What emotions do they feel?

    Attraction. Longing. Desire. It might as well be written in Sharpie over Lu Guang's face, big bold characters in Cheng Xiaoshi's handwriting.

    Fuck. He really has been blind.

    Over the course of a year, Cheng Xiaoshi learns to see what's been right in front of him this entire time. (Or, familiarity as a love language.)

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