[Shoving a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth, Jingyi has to take a second before he can comment on Xichen's apology. Once his mouth is free, though, he has zero compunctions in pointing out:]
Everything I have heard—[Gossip may be forbidden, but this had technically been news.]—says that he is very good at hiding things. If he was specifically hiding things from you, I do not think you should feel that bad. You are very smart. Hiding things probably took a lot of effort.
[There! Reassurance! Jingyi makes his way through another couple of spoonfuls and agrees that he did, indeed, make an excellent choice of ice cream, and then he shoves the gift box that he brought toward his new adoptive father. The topic clearly makes Xichen sad and he does not want to do more than acknowledge it and let the ice cream do its work.]
Here! Open this! This is the second tradition that I discovered. I think it is supposed to be attached to a day, but I did not want to wait for the proper day.
[ Xichen sighs softly, but Jingyi has managed to ease the sting of earlier a great deal. He ducks his head, just a little. ]
I could have seen it, I think, if I had not chosen to trust him over those who warned me against him. And now... now is the harder choice. Is he trying to fool me again, or is he truly trying to be different. If I choose wrong...
[ Xichen shakes his head, then turns to pay attention to the gift.
Blinks. ]
... they put ... words... on cups?
[ Let's start there.
And yes, he is flustered. Listen, Wangji's signs of affection have always been Different, so this means a lot to him. ]
[And he is very proud of this. The store over the internet had been most accommodating.]
And I drew our symbol myself, so the people could put it on the side.
[He does not answer the his new father's confession, though, as that is something that sounds...like he should think about before he speaks. Sometimes he can do that, and this seems like one of those times he should.
Instead, he leans over to point to the wording.]
See? 'World's Greatest Dad.' I thought it was funny, because we are in a new world.
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Everything I have heard—[Gossip may be forbidden, but this had technically been news.]—says that he is very good at hiding things. If he was specifically hiding things from you, I do not think you should feel that bad. You are very smart. Hiding things probably took a lot of effort.
[There! Reassurance! Jingyi makes his way through another couple of spoonfuls and agrees that he did, indeed, make an excellent choice of ice cream, and then he shoves the gift box that he brought toward his new adoptive father. The topic clearly makes Xichen sad and he does not want to do more than acknowledge it and let the ice cream do its work.]
Here! Open this! This is the second tradition that I discovered. I think it is supposed to be attached to a day, but I did not want to wait for the proper day.
[And inside is...a mug.]
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I could have seen it, I think, if I had not chosen to trust him over those who warned me against him. And now... now is the harder choice. Is he trying to fool me again, or is he truly trying to be different. If I choose wrong...
[ Xichen shakes his head, then turns to pay attention to the gift.
Blinks. ]
... they put ... words... on cups?
[ Let's start there.
And yes, he is flustered. Listen, Wangji's signs of affection have always been Different, so this means a lot to him. ]
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[And he is very proud of this. The store over the internet had been most accommodating.]
And I drew our symbol myself, so the people could put it on the side.
[He does not answer the his new father's confession, though, as that is something that sounds...like he should think about before he speaks. Sometimes he can do that, and this seems like one of those times he should.
Instead, he leans over to point to the wording.]
See? 'World's Greatest Dad.' I thought it was funny, because we are in a new world.