#sunhalf - mei

[villainspeech]

@sunhalf asked: Nuzzling their face with HER FACE, Mei chirps, "Baobeeeeiiiiii ~!"

"wha—" red son isn't exactly able to do anything about the way she nuzzles her face against his — or he doesn't want to, although that's not something he's too keen on readily admitting. as it is, he lets her get away with it, their face scrunched in response, their cheeks warm.

"you're so—" endearing, sweet, adorable "—annoying," he protests without truly protesting. but it's not like he's making a move to push her away; even where his hands are on her ( one on her shoulder, one on her forearm ), his fingers are clasped around her. he even presses his face against hers just a little, stealing a brush of their lips against her cheek.

[fatedefyd]

   @sunhalf​​ foretold :  mei vc can i pweeeeeeeease see the baby pictures.  i'll be so normal about them i swear.  pweeeeeaaassseeee.

   ❝ fine. ❞  His mother relents with a groan, pushing the green-themed warrior back into her seat with a small gust. 

         She can see why her son is unable to be rid of himself of this girl :  once she has her eyes on something, Mei seems like the kind of person who won’t stop until she gets what she’s after.  Admirable.  Annoying, but admirable, and it vaguely reminds Iron Fan of a certain Bull King when they were younger...

   ❝ sit here, i’ll go pick one. ❞  Horned demon commands, moreso in a condescending way one would speak to their niece than an adversary.  

   ❝ and don’t break anything while i’m gone, or you’ll be gone. understand ? ❞

[villainspeech]

@sunhalf asked: It's all very casual — it would probably be a little less so, though not a LOT less so, were she not actually exhausted. Day - three - give - it - up - for - day - three kind of exhausted. But it's very casual, they way Mei comes up behind him, nearly falling into his back, and her arms wrap around his waist and she — nuzzles into him, first the space between his shoulder blades and then against his neck. Then, she says, sleepy but also deadly serious, "Anybody ever tell you...you have great tits."

he knows she's there behind him in the moments before she collapses into his back — his own arms lift just slightly for her to wrap hers around him as she leans into him, and his arms wrap over hers in a comfortable response. red son can tell she's exhausted before she even speaks, her relative silence and contained energy a giveaway.

they expect whining about aforementioned exhaustion, or a near-incoherent sleepy mumble, or anything besides what she ends up saying ——— his body tenses as heat rises to his face and sets his hair aglow. "no," he responds, his tone as carefully enunciated as always — at least she can't see their face right now, because that would certainly break the facade of composure. "i can't say anyone has." there's a beat of silence, his fingers curling a bit more against her arms.

"what i can say, dragon girl, is that you are clearly too tired to be up and about, talking like that." he pulls her arms off of him and turns, or tries to. really, the entire thing feels like he's having to pry her off of him with some physical force on his part and no insignificant amount of mumbling and whining on hers. he clicks his tongue in ( lighthearted ) annoyance as he's finally able to scoop her up into his arms.

"use them as a pillow if you like them so much," he mutters, "but you are going to sleep. so don't bother whining."

[villainspeech]

first honeymoon, now first kiss. she's working backwards for some reason but it's still somehow getting more and more embarrassing.

[fatedefyd]

   @sunhalf​​ wrote :  mei vc baobei i kinda wanna fight ur mom

   ❝ because that went so well the last time you tried ? ❞

   also, if you fight her, you won’t get to see Red Son’s baby pictures.

[fatedefyd]

   @sunhalf​​  /  cont. !

   ❝ oh, totally. i’ve taken the heat for worse things. ❞ 

         Okay, maybe that’s not exactly true, but it’s the truth for the most part !  So that still counts for something, right ?  Either way, this timeline gained another foxy dragon-lady, so she sees this as a win !

         Although, just to lessen the amount of headaches caused by name confusion, her alternate has a bit of a point on that front.  A hum follows, head nodding along as the fanged one files through possible suggestions.  And then, OOP !  Droopy, green-striped ears perk as an idea forms.

   ❝ i could definitely cut your hair ! and i don’t mind going by Min-Min, if that helps, too ? ❞ 

[villainspeech]

@sunhalf asked: "Red - gege?" Wildly inappropriate way to refer to the demon, but, alas, it's not like the child has seen anyone else treat him with the kind of respect that might suggest she ought to. Bai He stares up at the taller, red - haired person, head tilting, eyes huge and innocent and sweet. "Are you and Mei - jiejie getting married?"

"are we — what?!" he doesn't get the time to process being called red-gege by a child he hardly recognizes beyond being around her a few times at this point. and, admittedly, he has been around her fairly often, but he's not good with kids, so their interactions have been minimal at best.

none of that matters or even registers in face of the sudden question, and their arms cross over their chest as their eyes shift with embarrassment. "that's none of your business," he snaps, although the desired venom doesn't quite sink into the words. and then, quieter and before he can think better of asking: "she hasn't said anything, has she??"

[villainspeech]

@sunhalf asked: “ you’re not the only one who thinks they’re falling in love. ” OH YOU KNOW

mei's words have an immediate effect. his emotions flicker, and energy starts at his feet and travels upward — his body freezes as though stuck in place, his heart hammers ( is he dying?? he thinks he might be dying?? ), and his hair stands on end before going up in a brief show of flames.

" i — that's — " red son can't even think. for a moment all there is is warmth, which is unusual because he usually isn't aware of the warmth of his own fire. and he's not even on fire, he realizes after a moment of self-reflection. he draws himself inward — inhale, exhale. it's a hint of a meditative reset, and it's enough.

they can think now, at the very least. " is that what this is?? " he asks, a quiet pensiveness in the tone; it's like he's speaking to himself more than her, his eyes lowered to his own open hand before lifting to meet her gaze.

" despite the fact that my parents love each other dearly, i can say that i've never — " that thought flickers out along with whatever pathetic attempt at maintaining distance were attempting to creep in with it. red son clears his throat. " this certainly snuck up on me, " he admits, mildly sheepish. " you certainly snuck up on me, dragon girl. "