#* RE : WANMINS / you want to die for love; you always have .

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“ this morning i was imagining making soup with all my friends and everybody was laughing and smiling, and some of us were chopping vegetables and some of us were stirring and we were all sharing spoons to see what it needed and everybody was happy. yeah. love is real i think. ”

“Do you really think so? Hmmm ...”

There’s an endearing smile that captures Keqing’s lips as she looks up from her paperwork, gaze softening as it meets the younger girl’s. Xiangling’s heart had always been a monster of tenderness — soft and well-meaning, yet unorthodox — sometimes whelming — in expressing that. 

Not that Keqing ever minded ... or at least, not for quite some time now. Sure, she may have misjudged her at first blush, turning the other cheek at the thought of indulging slime-coated anything, but it’s usually only that first leap of faith that’s difficult to land. After that, it’s easier to free yourself; you aren’t so worried about being a flight risk.

The Yuheng rises from her chair and sees herself to her office’s lounge. She then settles into the couch Xiangling occupied — right beside her, within arm’s reach.

“Why imagine a world like that when we could make it a reality?” Her smile loosens more prominently as she takes the other’s hands in hers. “We both know that happiness doesn’t come as easily for some of the very people we’re close to ... but if there’s any way for us to expedite that process, we may as well, right?” Keqing interlocks their fingers. “If love is real, let’s be the ones to prove it.”

@wanmins​ .

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“ so they have this holiday up in mondstadt where you give people nice gifts because of this one church guy who married a bunch of people, and i think it’s a neat idea, so i made you these !! ” xiangling explains, and presents keqing with a meticulously folded box, filled to bursting with red bean buns. she clearly tried to shape them like hearts, but it… didn’t go very well.

Despite being a politician, the Yuheng usually found herself at a loss should Xiangling begin babbling to her ... talking quickly was one of her own skills, and yet ... there’s something particularly powerful about a teenage girl’s way with Teyvat’s vernacular.

She, nevertheless, manages to cling tightly onto her main point: a Mondstadt-based holiday centered on gift giving. 

“Oh, you really didn’t have t —” The sentence isn’t even fully out of Keqing’s mouth when a box is, all of a sudden, shoved into her hands. Blinking profusely at it, she then quirks an eyebrow at her companion before oh so carefully unfolding it —

— And she’s nothing short of breathless when stumbling upon its contents: ambiguously-shaped hearts, sure, but ... ambiguously-shaped hearts that smell like red bean. How had Xiangling remembered this was a childhood favorite of hers?

Keqing emits a faint giggle, the smile left in its wake glowing — grateful. “Thank you ... this was a very pleasant surprise. I hope you enjoy the rest of ... whatever holiday this is.” A pause. She plucks a buns out of the box with a delicate hand. “If it’s alright, please allow me to repay you with a shopping trip this weekend.”

@wanmins​ .

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takes a bite of her mora meat. " wow keqing !! you look gnc as fuck !! " and then xiangling quickly realizes she probably shouldn't swear so casually OR talk with her mouth full, and looks like she wants the earth to swallow her whole.

The Yuheng nearly chokes on a (Jueyun Chili-infused) shrimp ball upon registering the unadulterated profanity. Lobbing her tongue around the food item, she manages to salvage herself from certain death ... or CPR.

“Xiangling —” There’s a clear attempt to sound stern, but the intention falls flat in the midst of her gurgling. Still, she persists. “ — Since when were you ... fond of cursing?” A hand lurches forth, swiping the half-full glass of water to her side. She then spends the next moment or two lost in thought, absentmindedly swirling the straw ‘round and round her glass.

“And ... what exactly does ‘GNC’ stand for?”

@wanmins​ .

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[text: purble catgxrlboss] why dont people call them mxlfs. i think we should all start doing that :-] // mars i cant explain im feeling unhinged

[ text : yung liyuesbian ] you know what?

[ text : yung liyuesbian ] when you’re right, you’re right.

[ text : yung liyuesbian ] brb, speaking to the parliyuement about officiating this🥴

@wanmins​ .