#{ Vasilios & Huaxiu }

[cxrsedsouls]

“Vasilios,” Huaxiu approached with a small frown on his lips. “What exactly is a ‘simp’? Minglian turned red when I asked her.”

No I'm not dying of laughter here. You are. ( @arcxnumvitae )

Surprise fluttered across pale features, blue eyes widening. Where did the dragon learn such a word? He remained silent for a moment wondering if it, in fact, had been him that had used it before but nothing came to mind. "Simp, hm?" A soft chuckle is released, his arm snaking around the other and drawing Huaxiu in close as a playful smirk began to tug at the edges of his lips.

"Well, you see, a simp, at least in this situation, is someone who... is head over heels for another." While that was true for them, perhaps he should make it clear that's not the only thing it could mean. Last thing they need is for Huaxiu to use the term and someone misunderstand his meaning. "But generally it means someone who would be willing to do anything to get someone else's attention and affection. And not always in the best way.” Then again... he certainly would have been willing to do anything to get Huaxiu’s attention during those horrible times not too long ago. So, perhaps he is the true simp, in every way.

“Don’t worry, I’m a simp for you too.” Instead of dwelling on the many things he’d have been willing to do back then, he decided to leave it playful, even following it with a wink towards the dragon.

[arcxnumvitae]

simp away Huaxiu simp away ✨

Definitely an anon || BAHAHAHA

He can never keep up with English slang, what-- “Minglian! What does ‘simp’ mean?”

“...”

[shctteredillusions]

( @arcxnumvitae​ ) asked:  “Sarcasm is the body’s natural reaction to stupidity.” Huaxiu

Sarcastic prompt list || Still Accepting

A huff of laughter past through cold lips, blue eyes gleaming in amusement. Not that he can blame Huaxiu for it considering he doesn’t have much patience for people like that either. “I’d agree, but I can’t help but think of how much I’d prefer your body's natural reaction to something far better.”

[lunarxdaydream]

You are an absolute wonder to have as a mutual and rp partner! You are always far too kind and sweet and so ready to be there for your friends no matter what! I feel so lucky to be able to call someone like you not only my mutual but my friend and I can’t get enough of your writing or your muses! I look forward to what this new year will bring us!

( 2021 confession time! )

ahhhhhh!!! angie, you are literally just the sweetest person ever!!! believe me, the feeling is totally mutual and goodness, i am just so thankful for allowing me to be able to not only write with your amazing muses but being able to be your friend! i absolutely love reading everything you write! i can just gush about your muses and all the interactions we have all day (i have suchhhh a major weak spot for our children) and the ones you have with kris are my guilty pleasure (because the drama between Huaxiu & Vasilios and Aur & Emi are just one of my favorite soap operas okay? hahahahaha! ) i can't wait to see what other shenanigans we get ourselves into!

|| @cxrsedsouls ||

[thewolfisawake]

“Aspis!” The young dragon waves excitedly at him as she approaches. “You’re here too? Is it for your job with that organization that you work for? You must know people in rather high places!” Among Minglian’s excited chatter, from across the room her teacher’s watchful eye on them both is clear as the older dragon’s gaze locks briefly with his.”

He perked up at his name being called. He gave a quick glance to find the youngest of the dragons. Her skirt accentuated her gait as he also moved to shorten her trek. Just past her he noted Huaxiu's observant gaze. His smile and wave was more for him but still greeted Minglian all the same.

"Minglian, it's been a while," he said, "almost a year it feels."

He chuckled to both at the stupid joke and her line of thought, "but nah, it's not because of work. I'm no one that important. That would be Crowe and Kirika..."

The hunter nearly started to point them out but found both of them...nowhere to be found, "Huh, they must've ran off. Guess intros will be later. But I see your teacher is here with you. So are you here with Vasilios?"

[cxrsedsouls]

“I bet it must hurt watching the one you love become a pet to the woman you used to love.”

“Probably no worse than knowing you can’t look the one you loved in the eye ever again after you broke her so completely she now does nothing for herself and is marrying a man she despises for the sake of duty rather than marry the king she loves that you’ll never be able to compare to. Or perhaps that’s the kicker for you. You can’t be happy and neither can she now.”

[arcxnumvitae]

“Now, you know I’ll fix it but…” one hand remained behind his back, the other brushed dark messy locks from his face as a bit of powder smeared against his cheek. He’d been trying to make Huaxiu something in the kitchen. Something that he knew the dragon enjoyed and yet… he’d never really had a need to cook before. And Huaxiu always made it look so easy… “just don’t go into the kitchen right now.”

His hand shifts, now holding out a single piece of dragons beard candy for Huaxiu. It wasn’t very pretty like he saw in pictures, the shape odd but Vasilios was sure it would taste good. Kind of. Maybe. “I… I tried to make you some candy but… it didn’t work out well and the kitchen… suffered. But I’ll fix it! You know I always do! I just didn’t expect you to get back so soon….” He wanted to do something with his own two hands, not with his powers. Something that perhaps showed Huaxiu how much he missed him. How much he cared for him.

@cxrsedsouls || Continuation

C-candy? All of the doomsday scenarios running through his head, and the real answer was...an attempt at candy-making gone wrong? The relief was enough to pull a bubble of laughter from Huaxiu's lips, especially once he finally took notice of the bits of ingredients from Vasilios' attempts decorating his face. And his heart only melted even further at the offered bit of candy. How did he get so lucky?

Stepping forward, Huaxiu plucked the single piece of candy from Vasilios' hand and brought it to his lips. And as the candy melted across his tongue...it was a little difficult to tell with how small a piece it was...and maybe there was a little too much vinegar added...but it wasn't wholly terrible. And it was something made by Vasilios for him, which meant that it was one of the sweetest treats he'd ever had the pleasure of enjoying.

"I've actually never tried it before myself." A small smile pulled at Huaxiu's lips as a hand rose, hesitating midair for the smallest of moments, before wiping at the smear of cornstarch against Vasilios' cheek as he almost shyly asked, "But maybe we could...try to make it together?" A moment to themselves as they tentatively tried to piece back the shattered bits their relationship had been smashed into. And an opportunity to get in there and assess the state of the kitchen for himself. 

[arcxnumvitae]

“now, before i say anything, promise me you’ll stay calm.” Vasi

@cxrsedsouls || more random dialogue prompts

How could anyone hear those words and not feel a sense of panic creeping upon them? They'd had enough excitement to last them a lifetime. He'd had enough excitement to last him many lifetimes. What could it be now?

Huaxiu had to fight off the worry that threatened to take hold of him. Their newly amended relationship was still fresh, and though he was happy to be with Vasilios once more, that didn't erase the pain of the ordeal that had caused it in the first place. Nor did it erase the atrocious acts he had committed while under the thrall of that woman's enchantment.

The words he'd flung at Vasilios and the things he'd done to the other just to twist the knife in deeper still haunted him. Maybe it was something Vasilios could never find in himself to truly forgive. Maybe the hate-filled words Huaxiu had levelled at him time and time again were too much to move past. If not that, then certainly the knowledge of his time with Bryony would be more than enough to do so.

He wouldn't blame him for it. A hand ached to reach out and take Vasilios' in his own, but he forced it to remain at his side as his own form of punishment.

"Qīnài de," Huaxiu began hesitantly, "that's a difficult promise to make when you open it like that."

[cxrsedsouls]

( @arcxnumvitae​ ) submitted:

Huaxiu lay sleeping curled up against Vasilios’ side. Since they’d reunited he’d been loathe to leave the vampire’s side for even an instant, and even now a hand clutched at Vasilios’ pajamas in his sleep, almost as if the dragon were afraid that, come morning time, it would have all actually been nothing more than a dream and that same painful air between them would have returned with the morning’s light. Huaxiu then shifted in his sleep in a move that somehow managed to close whatever infinitesimal bit of space remained against them still with his face tucked into the crook against Vasilios’ neck and an arm slung over the vampire’s body as a small, pleased sigh passed through his lips.

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It was hard to imagine that they were here, now. Like so many times before. The Pureblood had been certain that such a thing would never be possible again. Destined to haunt his dreams for the rest of his life. Whenever he allowed himself to dream. When he wasn’t awakened by the physical nightmare that manifested to taunt him. To hurt him like he hurt Huaxiu. The scars still burned, a cool brush of fingertips over his chest was a reminder of that. But all of that was in the past now. He had Huaxiu once more, and he’d do everything in his power to make sure that something like that never happens again. No matter what the cost.

A small smile begins to form, the warmth of the dragon’s frame pressing against him had him breathing out a sigh of relief. Even as he moved closer, it still didn’t feel like it was enough. His arms around the other grew a touch tighter, holding on as if any moment he could vanish before his eyes. That this dream would morph into the nightmare that had been his life not long ago.

[cxrsedsouls]

( @arcxnumvitae​ ) asked:  ❛ i’ve never had anything good happen to me when i trusted others. ❜ Huaxiu

For the damaged sentence starters // Still Accepting

It was hard to hear those words coming from the dragon, even if he knew them to be truth. He certainly hadn’t helped his distrust any either. The fact that they were even here in this moment was a shock to the Pureblood. He still struggles to believe this is real. He had been through so much, who could blame him?

“I’m sorry,” the words were the truth, every bone in his body wished to take away the dragon’s pain. To change all that has happened to him, if he could. Anything so that he could see nothing but that beautiful smile again and nothing else. Whatever it would take for him to be happy. “I’m so sorry for all that you’ve been through. What I’ve done, what other’s have done. You didn’t deserve any of that. I wouldn’t wish that sort of pain on my worst enemy and I’d take it all away if I could.”

[cxrsedsouls]

( @arcxnumvitae​ ) submitted:

Something about the others hands against him, that sense of being held, snapped some invisible cord inside of him and it wasn't until the dragon felt wetness against his face that the realization struck him of the tears streaming from his eye.

"No." A harsh shove separated the two as Huaxiu stumbled back, chest heaving and alcohol-laden thoughts flying a mile a minute. Darkness crept in at the edges of his vision, further disorienting the man. No, no, he couldn't let him-- He didn't want-- what, him? "You--" Chest heaving wildly and now seemingly nearly lost in his own mental anguish, a clawed hand ran roughly through shortened locks. Locks that now gave off the faintest red gleam in response to his compromised emotional state.

"Hate...it's hate that I feel for-- It must have been such fun, taming the Red Eye. You must--" His voice began to grow faint, each word dropping off near the end as he fought to stay conscious, "must have-- laughed and laughed with her-- fool that I..." And finally, unconsciousness overtook Huaxiu as the darkness rushed in and his legs crumpled beneath him.

Short Circuiting Muses

The kiss had ended far too quickly, lips yearning for the return of the dragon’s warmth as something a of pleading groan rumbled in his throat. However, he wasn’t given time to even accept what had happened, mind still reeling from the kiss that blue eyes only stared wide at Huaxiu. Part of the vampire wants to stand there and drink in the sight, the dragon features as they form, every little detail like a work of art to the young Pureblood that his breath was stolen away once more. 

No words formed in response, the dragon’s own cutting through Vasilios like a serrated dagger digging into his chest. Hate. He hates him. Vasilios knew this but knowing didn’t hurt nearly as bad as hearing it for himself straight from the others mouth. A step is taken closer as the dragon grows faint, cool arms circling around him just as he began to fall.

“Huaxiu?” His voice comes out weaker than he’d have liked if he’d had the chance to think much on it. “Huaxiu?!” Louder again he calls to the dragon, attempting to stir the other as he continued to hold him. When there was no response, panic began to pool in his stomach, leaning forward to sweep the other into his arms as quick steps took them both towards Vasilios’ empty room.

The dragon is softly laid upon messy sheets, unwilling to let the help inside to clean while he had been here. This room had become his sanctuary, his only means of escape and any servants would only threaten that for him. A cool hand brushes dark locks for the other’s face, listening to the sound of his heartbeat and not quite sure what he should even do. He hoped this was merely because of his intoxication and that it would pass with time.

[cxrsedsouls]

( @fellbloom ) asked:

"아 - 바질?"

Peryton calls out, hoping to catch the pureblood as he passed the hallway. Whether it was decided to leave him undisturbed or no one noticed him in the kitchen the night before, Suyeon was pulling out the tray of baklava that had been left to cool down on a side table.

"I wanted to try making some baklava after 妹妹 and I saw some pictures online. Do you want to try some?"

It was odd for him to not be confident in the things he'd made, but...well, it was his first time working with phyllo dough so it couldn't be helped. The presentation was nice, at least - neat little diamonds topped with crushed pistachios.

Cute unprompted surprise!

Steps halt the moment the nickname rings throughout the hall, a smile already tugging at the edges of pale lips before even turning. Frame shifts, blue eyes landing on Suyeon for a moment before glancing down towards the tray held within the other’s hands. This... this kid, the Peryton, everything about him the Pureblood couldn’t help but find endearing. From his antics with Minglian and the other dragons to the soft, sweet moments like this.

Baklava, was this meant specifically for him? Whether it was so or not, it didn’t make the gesture any less heartwarming. His smile grows, eyes sweeping over the beautifully presented pastries, the scent wafting towards him and already had his mouth watering. “They smell wonderful, Ελαφάκι.”

Lithe fingers gently grasp the one in the front, gaze rising from the tray to meet Suyeon’s as a bit is taken. It’s only a moment later that Vasilios is quickly nodding, grin breaking loose even while chewing as his eyes light up. Once the first bite is finished, the grins only continues to grow. “They’re amazing,” his free hand now reaches out, gentle pets given to the Peryton to show his appreciation but also... because he simply couldn’t help it. The urge to pet him was far too difficult to resist and so long as Suyeon didn’t mind...

As he finished the last bit of the pastry, a thought struck Vasilios before blue eyes shift along the stretch of hallway, as if making sure that no one was nearby. “Does anyone else know that you’ve made these?” Did he have every intention of stealing the whole tray if Suyeon was willing? Why yes, yes he was.

[arcxnumvitae]

Let it go Let it roll right off your shoulder Don't you know? The hardest part is over Let it in Let your clarity define you In the end We will only just remember how it feels

[arcxnumvitae]

“Can’t you see Vasilios would die for you?” (Huaxiu)

Anon // mentioning @cxrsedsouls || Some old anon meme

"Would he?" The dragon's tone was bitter, his eye hardening at the mere mention of his former lover's name. A sweet sentiment perhaps, but one he couldn't help but wonder the truthfulness of. After all, wasn't that the main issue? Would he really? Or would he find his queen a more important being to sacrifice himself for?

Not like he wanted to have the distinction of the one that Vasilios would sacrifice himself for, he didn't want the vampire to die for anyone--agh! Every single instance his thoughts wandered to the vampire he found himself regretting it deeply one way or the other.

How frustrating.

[arcxnumvitae]

“It’s not what it looks like” though that’s not what Vasi would say but he’d have been recording himself and planning to send it to Huaxiu thinking he wasn’t going to be back just yet

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He knew that, due to their previous arrangement, coming across Vasilios as he had shouldn’t have stopped the dragon in his tracks and caused his thoughts to stutter to a halt the way that they had at the sight that greeted him. But--but this wasn’t some casual partner, this was his boyfriend. Boyfriend. It still felt unreal. And to find Vasilios, moans spilling from his lips and a hand around himself, well how could he keep his breath from hitching in his throat or body pausing to drink in the sight? Eventually though, the dragon’s gaze did drift over to the phone that Vasilios had set up to presumably record himself and a brow quirked upwards with a glint in his eye.

“老公,” he grinned and took a step closer, then another, until he was upon Vasilios and certain that he was in frame of the video as well while not blocking the view. Slowly, with a glance back towards the camera, and then locking eyes with Vasilios, he lowered himself so that his lips were mere inches from the other’s length, breath ghosting against cool skin as he spoke. “Were you having fun without me?” He smiled up at his boyfriend, words syrupy-sweet and teasing, a flush in his cheeks, and tucked a piece of hair behind his ear. “Would you allow this boyfriend the honor of making you feel even better?” Since he was already recording it, Huaxiu figured he could at least give Vasilios a very nice video to look back on.

[arcxnumvitae]

Just to add context because the important bits were discussed on Discord and I realize I have no other way to convey them.

Jiaocomes across Huaxiu again, and being a vindictive lady she sees that he’s actually happy and stuff with his boyfriend. So now she’s going to ruin it

While they’re Getting Busy, she uses her powers over illusions and Vasilios is unknowingly brought into an illusion of a past Encounter with his old flame Bryony. Since Jiao’s power is kind of scrambling things for him and he’s not 100% over Bryony yet, he thinks he’s back to that moment and lovingly calls out her name.

Seeing as Huaxiu already had a bit of a complex about how much lingering feelings his boyfriend has for his ex and he’s unaware of Jiao’s influence or that Vasilios is even under an illusion, this understandably upsets Huaxiu and he books it.

From there Jiao gets to him and those drabbles happen

At the end of the second part Vasilios, who found himself free of the illusion and chasing after Huaxiu comes across the two. Though Jiao’s use of Huaxiu’s true name has him acting as if he still has feelings for her and being hostile towards Vasilios, Vasilios is able to recognize that something fishy is going on and is able to spirit Huaxiu back to the dragon’s home

Once the effects of his true name and confusion wear off, Huaxiu is unsurprisingly upset by...everything. Vasilios, feeling pretty awful about the situation, feels that maybe his boyfriend needs some time on his own without him around to muck things up so while Huaxiu steps out to take some time to think he goes off to get super hammered.

Jiao, still not done with her fun, approaches Vasilios in the guise of Bryony. And since he doesn’t even know that the first thing was something of her doing, he believes it’s his queen.

She torments him for a while, offers to get back together with him, prods about Huaxiu, but Vasilios ultimately is miserable and rebuffs her. Unfortunately for him he realizes too late that it’s Jiao, right as Huaxiu came in looking for him just in time to see Vasilios apparently now with his ex right after all of this.

Vasilios goes after him after Jiao vanishes just one beat away from stereotypically cackling like a villain who won, and catches up with Huaxiu. The depths of Jiao’s trickery are revealed to Huaxiu by him, but even so Huaxiu still feels as if he will always be second in Vasilios’ heart when it comes to Bryony, and he personally just can’t do that.

So he breaks up with Vasilios.

The two are rather sad and upset by this turn of events.