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 Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:46 pm
Huang breathed out a sigh of relief, his first friend since Yuan and potential love had not shoved him away and instead offered comfort to the lost and emotion unstable Huang. It had only took one day to break Huang to his core just by Jianyu, being Jianyu. Huang stiffened at the thought, he was not self counsice or anything of the sort, but did Jianyu see him as weak? At least mentally weak, emotionally weak?
"I am confused on how i act now," Huang looked up at Jianyu and moved his hand into the other's, "I feel the need to toughen up and escape and thank the goddess that she let me meet such a individual as yourself, i am difficult to care for am i not?" Huang joked as he remember his family. Jianyu knew of Yuan and when the time came, he would know of Huang's family, maybe this was part of them becoming closer to each other, and maybe it was for training but for now, Huang could only think of Jianyu himself.
"It seems that i have become close to you Jianyu, in this short amount of time we have shared i have felt something that i haven't felt for anyone else in years." Huang sighed now, "And with such feelings, i must channel not to distract me so...Will you still train me Jianyu? To become stronger for myself and for you?"
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 8:58 pm
A small smile crossed over Jianyu's face.
"Not so difficult." he said. His hand closed around Huang's smaller one, threading his fingers through the other boy's. "Compared to some of the others I have met...you are not as bad."
His voice grew quieter. "Things are not as complicated as you perceive them to be." Jianyu said softly. "I will still train you. You will become strong for yourself...and...for me...if that is what you wish to become stronger for."
Leaning forward, Jianyu pressed a kiss to Huang's forehead. He lingered there for a moment, then stepped back, breathing out a soft sigh.
"You are still tired." he said. "Rest. When your fever is gone, we will begin again."
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:07 pm
Huang started to remember Yuan now and like his dream, let yuan drift away in his boat to pass on. It was time for Huang as well to move on, to be stronger than he was and to live, as he hoped that Yuan would wish him to be. It was like seeing a light over his shadows as Jianyu kissed his forehead, touched, Huang rubbed the spot in embarrassment and nodded his head.
"I will become stronger for me then, and i will become strong so that i can stand next to you as your comrade and friend." and to let nothing befall you as the past had, Huang smiled at Jianyu before giving him a baffled look, "Rest? Tired?" Huang looked at the bed now and then back at Jianyu, "I am to stay in here then?? But have you slept as well? what time is it? I should send a message to my family of my whereabouts if it is late, or if i stay here long!?!" Huang paled, if it was later than he thought, Huang would be in serious trouble with his mother, especially if she found out that he hadn't stayed next to his brother's side like he was forced to do so often, the punishment would be terrifying if the woman found he had abandoned his duties for something else.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:12 pm
Still holding Huang's hand, Jianyu led him back to the futon, pressing him down. He knelt beside him, reaching out to gently stroke the hair back from his face.
"Stop fretting." he said. "I will have my father send a messenger to your household. My family is very well known and very well respected. Your family will be assured of your safety and your well-being once they have learned where you are."
Standing back up, Jianyu went back to the desk and got the bowl of fruit. He went to Huang, setting it beside him.
"I will return shortly." he said. "Eat. It will help your strength."
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 9:44 pm
Huang fidgeted even as Jianyu pressed him down and brushed his hand over his hair, trying to relax him when Huang couldn't relax.
"I am not fretting, fretting is a mothers term." Huang frowned, "I am slightly worried over the fare of how this day will end." Huang tried to rephrase the whole fretting thing, which sounded like a woman's term.
"But-" Huang couldn't argue with Jianyu about his family, if his own family got such a messenger from a high class family maybe they would look over his laxing of duties. His father would for sure, and maybe even his mother but he doubted the mother part. She would use this connection he now had if Jianyu's family was especially well known, and then turn it on Huang still for his day away from his inherited responsibilities.
He stared at the food after Jianyu left and chose a ripe green flesh of what he could smell was melon and nibbled on it. after taking a bite, he realized how hungry he was and devoured the bowl, shamefully he stared at the empty bowl he had ravaged, waiting for Jianyu to return.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:09 pm
Speaking with his father was not going well.
"What is your relationship with this young man?" Liwei asked. He was sitting at his desk, one hand holding an ink pen, the other a sheet of parchment as he worked on new tattoo designs.
"For heaven's sake," Jianyu said, exasperated. "Huang-Fu Lee is a close friend of mine. He is very important to me, and I wish you to do this favor for me."
Liwei scruitinzed his son over his glasses. Jianyu fidgeted under his examination. After a moment, Liwei said "I'll send one of your sisters."
Jianyu let out a sigh of relief. He turned to leave.
"Don't break his heart!" Liwei called teasingly after him, and Jianyu slammed the door in his face. He went back to his room and found that Huang had finished eating. Smiling, Jianyu sat down beside him, reaching for his tunic.
"Do you feel better now?" he asked, as he pulled on the shirt.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:40 pm
Huang was sitting up in the bed as Jianyu returned, the empty bowl set aside. He stared at Jianyu and cocked his head, "I feel fuller." Huang joked as he pushed the bowl towards Jainyu, "I think i might've had your share though."
Huang shifted now, "What do we do now Jianyu?" he asked as sat up now, staring at the man, "We're you able to get a messenger to my family?" He moved his hands so they laced together and sat solemn. He was tired but too many things would allow him to sleep now.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 3:17 pm
Jianyu shrugged, pulling on his tunic. He fastened up the silver buttons, and then began to tie on the cloth wrap around his waist.
"My father sent my sister to go tell your family." he said, threading a ribbon through the braid in his hair. "There should be a response later this evening. For now, and until you are better, you will remain here and rest. We must get your fever down."
Standing up, Jianyu reached down a hand.
"Come." he said. "We will do a small bit of training to keep your mind fresh."
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:15 pm
Huang watched in fascination as Jianyu prepared himself. It was interesting to watch the man dress himself, precise and elegant we're the words that came to mind. He had a urge to tug on the pony tail of his tutor and pull his neck to him but resisted. He needed to control his urges or else he would get in trouble.
"Ah but to go at such a late hour! I hope your sister is well then." Huang didn't really understand sisters as well, he had one but she was like himself, a guardian and assassin and he had never really met her. "But my fever..." Huang touched his forehead was still a little hot and stared at Jianyu when he offered his hand.
"Oh well..." Huang took it and pulled himself up, unsure if he was to keep hold of the man's hand or to let go and follow behind instead, "Then we will do mind excersise?"
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:30 pm
Keeping ahold of Huang's hand, Jianyu turned around, leaning forward to press his forehead to the boy's.
"Still warm." he said and then leaned back, pressing a quick kiss to the boy's forehead. "The exercises will not be strenuous, I promise. We will keep you safe and get you healthy."
Letting go of his hand, Jianyu gestured for the boy to follow him. He led him back to the small inner sanctum where they had been the day before, and then sat down, motioning for Huang to sit across from him.
"We will train your mind." Jianyu said. "Help to control your emotions."
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:51 pm
Huang almost jumped back in response to Jianyu's sudden forehead touch and kiss but held himself in place, if he was to be near Jianyu, he needed to accept the man's constant touching that he was unaware of, because to point it out to him was not Huang's thing. He tucked the moment away though, intent on remembering Jianyu's pattern of movement in case he needed to stop being taken unaware.
"You should not worry so much though." Huang mumbled, "I am man enough to handle training with this weak fever." He pouted a bit before following him to the sanctum. He let his mind wander a bit, though they had been here just the day before, it felt different to him, more personal he supposed.
"Ah..." Huang sat down across from Jianyu and listened to him intently, "So to return to yesterday's lessons."
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:07 pm
"It is not about being 'man enough.'" Jianyu said, reaching out to brush his fingers lightly over Huang's warm forehead. "It is about having the sense to know when your body has been pushed too far. One must understand the limits of one's own self before they can strive to be better."
The air around them was quiet, still. It was early morning still, barely eight o'clock, and the sky above was a dusky grey blue, the clouds heavy. Jianyu could smell the rain in the air, but it had not come yet, so he stayed. He wanted to let Huang feel his emotions the way they were meant to be felt, to help him to control him.
"Close your eyes." he said. "And try to calm yourself."
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:21 pm
Huang stiffened as the fingers brushed over his head and he rubbed the spot instinctively. "I have always been told to push one's body is a way to unlocking the path to even more ways to use the body to the fullest." Huang cocked his head, He had been taught even when sick or injured to never let his duty fail and so often he had pushed his body beyond that of a normal lunarian's could go, "I do not understand this, i am told i have no limits, am allowed no limits." Huang stared at his tutor, to teach him now was to teach him differently than his whole life.
Though he let it pass, he would adapt to Jianyu's ways while still keeping his old master's ways and develop his own style.
closing his eyes, he focused on one sound that could soothe him and listened to his own heartbeat. Bump...bump...ba bump...Its natural rhythm helped him into a calm facade stupor and had his shoulders laxing.
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:54 pm
Jianyu frowned slightly, his dark eyebrows drawing together. He did not know what sort of training Huang-Fu had gone through, but it seemed to be that he had been driven far past the natural limits of his body and his mind. There was something deeper that his student was not telling him; something else hidden deep inside of his heart.
"A wise person knows when they must stop." Jianyu said softly, and then lapsed into silence as Huang closed his eyes, letting the boy relax back into a calm and peaceful state. After a few moments, he said quietly "Huang, when you think of a storm...what do you think of?"
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Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:58 pm
Huang shifted and sighed. His master was wise, but ambitious and a little bit over the top. And he was that way because of his father and mother who had specified just exactly what they wanted in Huang.
Huang frowned, when he thought of a storm?
"Violent, but soothing." Huang thoughts deepened, "A swirling amount of destruction that takes away all the un-pure." Huang kept his eyes close through it all as he looked deeper into himself, it was hard to describe the storm, since he didn't know if Jianyu meant literally or like...figuratively. Emotionally or Physically? Huang just spouted the words that came out, "When the wind blows it's strong but brings the freshness of crisp new air, the rain comes down harshly but it is warm, like heavy heat and the thunder is loud, booming within but its like a sound to alert, to let you know whats coming." Huang's eyes squinted now, eyebrows drawing down.
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