What? You've been holding out? I could have been asking for this any old day?
[The words slip out before he can stop them, more of his usual teasing, before he remembers that's exactly what got him here in the first place. Thinking he could raise the stakes without any of the consequences.
He barely notices the instructor leaving, at least until Lan Zhan's hands slow enough to ask him another question. Not impatiently asking if he's done, not asking to trade places, or call him shameless for all the things he's said already, but where next?
His throat feels suddenly dry, and he finally raises his head, glancing at Lan Zhan over his shoulder,]
I wouldn't mind my lower back...? I-it's only my waist that tickled before!
[He could add that it's only stiff because he keeps sleeping on Lan Zhan's floor, but he manages to stop his tongue before it completely betrays him.]
But don't you want a turn, Lan Zhan? I'm not a stranger, I don't mind...
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What? You've been holding out? I could have been asking for this any old day?
[The words slip out before he can stop them, more of his usual teasing, before he remembers that's exactly what got him here in the first place. Thinking he could raise the stakes without any of the consequences.
He barely notices the instructor leaving, at least until Lan Zhan's hands slow enough to ask him another question. Not impatiently asking if he's done, not asking to trade places, or call him shameless for all the things he's said already, but where next?
His throat feels suddenly dry, and he finally raises his head, glancing at Lan Zhan over his shoulder,]
I wouldn't mind my lower back...? I-it's only my waist that tickled before!
[He could add that it's only stiff because he keeps sleeping on Lan Zhan's floor, but he manages to stop his tongue before it completely betrays him.]
But don't you want a turn, Lan Zhan? I'm not a stranger, I don't mind...