#interaction ( zhuzhi lang ft shi mei )

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"Hello. Do you mind if I sit next to you?" Zhuzhi pulls out the chair next to the other but doesn't sit down, waiting for a response. "Maybe you can help me choose what to drink. There are so many options."

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"I don't want it to be just good," Zhuzhi speaks, maybe more than just a little bit subtle. "I want it to be great for you." And he's fully determined now.

"If you would like to, that is." Shi Mei doesn't want to force the other too. He can learn more about him from other ways. "I'd like that too then. I am sure whatever happens, will be good." He has faith

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"A dinner date?" And for the millionth time in the short time they had known each other, Zhuzhi is glad that Shi Mei can't see how much he blushes and how tempted he is to hide his face in his hands. "I would like that a lot. I'll plan something really great, i promise."

If that isn't a good mantra to have. "I. . .suppose a dinner date would be a start." Shi Mei isn't sure if Zhuzhi means a date but Shi Mei will accept it if it's a date of some type. He wants to know the other better

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"An act of kindness should always be repaid by a flood." Zhuzhi repeats his own mantra easily. "Once I start working I'll get you dinner. It won't repay all of this but it will be a start."

"You don't have to repay my kindness." Shi Mei reassures. "I want to help because I want to help. Not for repayment." He doesn't want repayment because in the end Zhuzhi will leave him if he's repaid.

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"More than a bit," zhuzhi has never been afraid of showing his emotions, even when they have been used against him. "I will find some way to repay your kindness, I promise."

Oh no that was the wrong thing to say. Now Shi Mei's heart is going super fast. He pushes it down and smiled softly. "I am glad whatever I am doing is helping a bit."

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The hand squeeze makes him feel shy all over again and he doesn't hesitate to hold on more tightly. "Having you to help is making it a little bit easier."

Shi Mei stops for a moment to take the other's hand and squeeze it. "It's a lot to take in, I gather."

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Zhuzhi nods, falling quiet once more as Shi Mei continues to work. "It's still hard to believe all of this is really happening."

"A few, I think." Shi Mei had a past. "But they are old." He keeps feeling the scars.

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"Do you have any scars?" He can no longer fight back his curiosity, he wants to know more about Shi Mei and this seems like the perfect opportunity to ask.

"If it was a burning agony, yes. But the area feels tender, so it could be oversensitivity. I'll prescribe you a cream to rub over the larger ones." Shi Mei moves other scars now.

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"Just the larger ones." He wondered if it was because they were still recent for him. Technically. "Do I need to be worried?"

"Good, that's good it's not bad. Do they all sting?" Some feel tender bur nothing that strikes out at Shi Mei

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Zhuzhi nods, biting his lower lip as Shi Mei touches, trying to control his breathing so that the other male won't be able to tell how flustered he is - he hopes that his heart beat won't give him away. "It stings a little bit it isnt bad, I promise."

Shi Mei nods. "If it gets too much, let me know, we can have a break." He said and went back to touching the scar and noting length and how it feels

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"It's okay" Zhuzhi responds immediately, "Sorry it's just been awhile since I had someone touch me. Other than holding your hand a little bit ago."

"How are you holding up?" Shi Mei felt the flinch and glanced up in his direction.

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"Okay," Zhuzhi nods carefully despite the fact that Shi Mei can't see him. The first touch makes him flinch - both because he's cold and because he's unused to it but then he slowly relaxes into it.

Shi Mei nods. "I will be mindful of that." He moves closer. "I'm going to touch you now. . .okay? I will be gentle but the touch might be cold."

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"A little bit.." His cheeks flush at the idea of Shi Mei touching it but this was what he had agreed to and he thinks he'd be more upset if Shi Mei didn't do it now. "Hurts the most when I'm thinking about everything," Zhuzhi hadn't even felt a little bit of pain since beginning to talk to the other.

Shi Mei grabs his hand sanitizer and puts it on his hands, rubbing it in. "Does it pain you still? I can start with that one if you wish."

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"The biggest scar is on my sternum," His eyes follow the other around as he gets ready, both fascinated but also unwilling to actually take his eyes off of him. Like he believes Shi Mei might disappear if he looks away for a moment too long. Which is probably silly but... Zhuzhi can't bring himself to care.

Shi Mei will assume the other checked for them. "Then I'll have to wash and sanitize my hands." He said. "I'll start there then and make my way around. Is there any problem areas I should know about as well?"

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Shi Mei will assume the other checked for them. "Then I'll have to wash and sanitize my hands." He said. "I'll start there then and make my way around. Is there any problem areas I should know about as well?"

"There aren't any gloves," zhuzhi doesn't even bother to look. Surely skin on skin contact would be better for checking things anyway. He was just being helpful. A slight flush rises to his cheeks when he moves to peel off his shirt next, "Most of the scars are on my back and chest. Theyre the ones I've noticed anyway." There was a pretty prominent one on his chest from where he was stabbed but he doesn't say that, he hadn't mentioned that part to Shi Mei before.

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"There aren't any gloves," zhuzhi doesn't even bother to look. Surely skin on skin contact would be better for checking things anyway. He was just being helpful. A slight flush rises to his cheeks when he moves to peel off his shirt next, "Most of the scars are on my back and chest. Theyre the ones I've noticed anyway." There was a pretty prominent one on his chest from where he was stabbed but he doesn't say that, he hadn't mentioned that part to Shi Mei before.

Shi Mei could float at the feeling, but he keeps himself together. "Gloves would be appropriate, but if there are none, I'll just make sure my hands are extra washed."