w3 afterparty

[selfconcept]

Everyone passed! That's great! But Wei Wuxian is gone and you keep getting a weird feeling. Maybe it's the adrenaline that's dying down. Maybe you saw something strange because you're tired? It'll all be uncovered on Sunday. Why not take a breather for now? If you're injured, ask Florence for some medical aid. (can be handwaved) It's around 10 PM when you're released.

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halls

[magicam]

[Exhaustion club: +1 member... But despite that, Cater still managed to do a little bit of laundry while he was showering off the doppelganger ichor, so when he comes across Hien in the halls, he's not only wearing his own cozy sweater over his pajamas (oversized, striped, two shades of orange...), but his hair is down, and he's got Hien's loaned sweater in his arms.

Which he promptly drapes over Hien's shoulders without much of a warning, because, hey, it's fresh from the dryer, it's warm and, like, double cozy.]

Hey, you made it out alright~

[selfconcept]

[ Warmth. As soon as Cater drapes the sweater over Hien's shoulders, the warmth is so comforting that his body just wants to sleep on the spot. Instead, he just unceremoniously falls over onto the ground instead with no sleep. ]

...

[ Does this look okay to Cater. ]

[magicam]

Eh?

[NO, THIS DOES NOT LOOK OKAY?!?!]

H-Hien?!

[Immediately crouching down next to him to, maybe... turn him over? Help him sit up? Do anything but lay face down on the floor?]

[selfconcept]

Mm... Cater...?

[ Turning him over is a very good start. ]

Sorry, I'm... tired, but I know I'm not the only one.

[magicam]

It's fine, it's fine, but... you just fell over, yanno? Do you need help getting to bed...?

[Because, like, he can offer a hand up? Even a shoulder to lean on?]

We're all tired, but that doesn't mean you have to push yourself...

[selfconcept]

If I didn't push myself, I'd be lying down at the park.

[ Yeah... It's fine. help this grandpa get to his room. ]

What about you, Cater? How are you right now? It doesn't hurt anymore?

[magicam]

On... on a bench?

[He hopes?

Anyway, yeah, helping grandpa up.]

Eeh, Cay wouldn't know. [Pointed flapping of long sleeve...!] Otherwise... he's pretty sure he's okay!

[selfconcept]

[ On the ground.

He won't say that though. ]

I'm glad. If it hurts for too long, lemme know.

[ With Cater's help, Hien gets up easily. ]

I'll help you out whenever you need me.

[magicam]

Yanno, that almost sounds like flirting.

[Which he's going to chalk up to Hien being so exhausted the second something warm and cozy hit him he collapsed onto the ground.

But also brushing off his own aches is. Normal. Right?]

[selfconcept]

... Did you want me to flirt with you?

[ That's all Hien got out of this. ]

[magicam]

...Eh? Well, I wouldn't mind, but I don't think that's what you intended...?

[Hien... Hien, pls.]

[selfconcept]

[ Hien squints a little, looks down at the floor, and then looks back up at Cater, leaning in a little next to his head. ]

Are you sure it's just "you wouldn't mind"?

[magicam]

Ah...-!

[Well he sure wasn't expecting a response like that? But he can sure pretend like Hien's only leaning close for support, yep. Better that than getting flustered in the hall.]

Well, it'd be unexpected, soooooo...~

[selfconcept]

[ He's never too tired for playful flirting, I guess. Somehow. But Hien looks tired again, so Cater is safe to assume that there won't be another moment like that right now. ]

Yeah, you're right. It would be unexpected because I'm exhausted. Thanks for being worried about me though.

[magicam]

[Hien. Hien, please. And now if one happens later, he'll be even less prepared for it.]

Yeah, yeah, it was totally a surprise in the first place, yanno?

[Don't be self-deprecating, Cater. Don't do it.]

Why wouldn't I worry about you? You'd fret over me, too.

[selfconcept]

You're so sweet, Cater. Thanks.

[ Does that count as flirting? Who knows. Hien sounds really sincere about that though, because he's fond of him. So, before he gets to leave, he gives Cater a hug.

But he just... stays like that for a while, because he dozed off. ]

[magicam]

Well, I don't know about... that...?

[Ah, a hug-- and Hien's asleep, or at the very least about to collapse again, because as Cater hugs him back, he's pretty much dead weight in his arms.

...Welp, time to shuffle him into his room and into bed, in that case. Hopefully he's wearing something he doesn't mind sleeping in a bed in...!]

Night, Hien~