deferences: (♪ anxious)
lαn sízhuí ([personal profile] deferences) wrote in [community profile] houseofsushi 2021-07-13 09:21 pm (UTC)

Can't tell him? Now, what sort of flimsy excuse is that supposed to be? Sizhui's expression creases further at first, but the affectionate nickname makes him soften, his lips pursing with thought as he considers what he's being told. Perhaps he has no idea what he's getting himself into living this life, yet part of him doesn't care, too distracted with how his husband's injured rather than fretting about unshared secrets.

Still, there is a soft voice niggling at the back of his mind: ‘He's giving you the chance to leave,’ a reminder that if he truly wants, there's no one who will stop him and his family would happily welcome him back home, no questions asked.

His lips press tighter at Vincenzo's cringe, one hand reaching to clench in some long strands that have come loose from their braid, worriedly twisting around his fingers. Then the other man's hand touches his face, earning another quiet, surprised sound which Sizhui desperately tries swallowing down near the end there. So much has happened all at once, how's he supposed to process everything? Uncertainty flares like an angry beast rearing its head, yet there's one thing he does know for sure: Vincenzo can't put him through this if he willingly volunteers to do it instead, can he?

“No,” Sizhui insists firmly, taking hold of Vincenzo's hand against his cheek, shifting and bending so he can guide the man's arm around his shoulders as he stands. “Selfish or not, I will keep whatever secrets you want, and I'm certainly not abandoning you while you're injured. Rest some of your weight on me, okay? Then we will go to the bathroom.”

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