Tough Conversations (Zixuan) | Silently Into the Night

MDZS Character

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No

Straight

Engaged

Velexa

Oct 28, 2020 17:11:28 GMT -8

Post by Jiang Yanli on Oct 28, 2020 17:11:28 GMT -8

Yanli sniffled and tossed her head, willing her tears away. Even with all her experience and chef tricks, she still cried every time she cut onions. That's fine. I want to be crying right now, she thought to herself.

She glanced at the table and countertop. She'd really gone overboard this time. Fried rice, dumplings, baozi, eggplant, roast duck, fish, broccoli, two kinds of soups and pork, noodles and fruit plates. She realized she didn't even have anything she was planning to do with the onions, she'd just wanted an excuse to cry. "Get it together Jiang Yanli," she muttered to herself.

She settled on making another soup to use the onions up. What do I even say to him? she fretted. After her morning sibling date with her brother, she'd decided she could and would no longer accept anything from her mother, that meant this apartment. That meant telling Zixuan that she was moving out. But she didn't know how to do that while asking him to come with her.

You'd think that'd be easy, just ask, right? I can't just ask him to move in with me... She brought her broth to a boil, adding in some tofu, mushrooms, daikon, and zucchini, somehow she'd added a Korean soup to her menu. "it's easy... just say it."

She stood up straight and cleared her throat to practice, "Zixuan, I'm moving out."

Jin Zixuan

edited Dec 4, 2020 11:00:27 GMT -8 by Jiang Yanli

Jin Zixuan

MDZS Character

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no

bisexual (prefers women)

engaged (but confused)

Etienne

Dec 2, 2020 12:54:21 GMT -8

Post by Jin Zixuan on Dec 2, 2020 12:54:21 GMT -8

Zixuan had a good day at work, and his supervisor had told him to leave early because he'd stayed late several days the previous week. He'd forgotten to text Yanli that he'd be home early, but he didn't always leave at the same time anyhow, and he figured that the worst that would happen is that he'd catch the very tail end of Wei Wuxian's visit if he'd stayed a long time. He was sure that he could maintain a polite exchange for a few minutes and then go hide in his room if he needed to though, and he was looking forward to seeing Yanli and getting a hug.

He opened the door just in time to hear her say that she was moving out. Zixuan's mind froze and then started racing through the possibilities of what he could have done wrong to cause this situation, coming up completely blank. He thought that they'd been doing a pretty good job of communication recently, though they were obviously still learning. What could have happened?

His body propelled him through coming into the apartment and taking off his shoes and putting down his things on auto-pilot, but he didn't know what to do next. He desperately wanted to go get a hug and maybe welcome back kiss from Yanli, but it sounded like maybe she was mad at him or he'd done something wrong, so instead he stood near the door frozen by indecision and not quite hyper-ventilating.

Jiang Yanli

MDZS Character

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No

Straight

Engaged

Velexa

Dec 4, 2020 11:05:47 GMT -8

Post by Jiang Yanli on Dec 4, 2020 11:05:47 GMT -8

Yanli froze as she realized the door had opened right before she'd spoken. "Zixuan?" She washed her hands to try and rid herself of the smell of onions and wiped her eyes. She went over to him and her heart broke, he looked so lost.

"Did you hear me talking to myself?" she asked, knowing it was a stupid question. She cleared her throat, "it has nothing to do with you, my moving out. It's not your fault, I don't want to move because of you. I just can't.... be here in this place..." she tried to explain as she gestured to the apartment. She knew she was leaving out the most important part, the part where she told him she wanted him to come with her, but she couldn't bring herself to say it yet. She hadn't quite built up that much courage yet.