"No!" he blurts hastily, taking a few steps after Lan Wangji, before a more certain, calmer repetition, "I... no."
It was one of the things he respected about Lan Zhan, even if he felt that intensity pointed in the wrong direction at times. Really, such a stickler for far too many useless rules, but to have that intensity directed at him, whether on the training grounds or here and now, it stirred something in him. Something new and unfamiliar, and he wanted to run recklessly toward it as much as he wanted to break and run away.
So, just as he always did with topics that became too heavy or serious or difficult, he changed it. And with Lan Zhan, there are plenty he wants to trouble him with.
"Hey, when we get out, you should come visit Yunmeng!" he settles himself at Lan Zhan's table as he returns with tea, sitting messily and leaning his elbow on it as he smiles.
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It was one of the things he respected about Lan Zhan, even if he felt that intensity pointed in the wrong direction at times. Really, such a stickler for far too many useless rules, but to have that intensity directed at him, whether on the training grounds or here and now, it stirred something in him. Something new and unfamiliar, and he wanted to run recklessly toward it as much as he wanted to break and run away.
So, just as he always did with topics that became too heavy or serious or difficult, he changed it. And with Lan Zhan, there are plenty he wants to trouble him with.
"Hey, when we get out, you should come visit Yunmeng!" he settles himself at Lan Zhan's table as he returns with tea, sitting messily and leaning his elbow on it as he smiles.