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That doesn't mean you should test it.

[ sorry about the nagging, but he'll drop it for now. and it is indeed expensive fabric, though the patterns on the haori and also on tobari's clothes in general are more aligned with what you'd find in a red light district rather than a noble's house. the fact that the game clarifies this as a clue to find tobari when you're looking for him. would hien know the difference? i don't know but gives the context anyway ]

Have you found an issue with my clothes too?

[ the way that hien decided that he had a problem with tobari? ]

"No."

[ He swaddles himself in it. His now.

Yes, unfortunately he has also been to another version of fantasy Asia where his other self worked at a brothel and became a king's concubine. Oddly, it's the only other version of himself that has natural white hair. ]

"It looks nice. I almost feel bad about soaking it like this. I'd fix it, but my powers aren't working properly right now, so I might have to find the tools to do it manually..."

[ hien your gojo hair.... ]

It's just fabric. If you feel bad about it, go get dry already. [ mumbling! why are they just standing here! there has to be a fire or something or a place where hien can get a change of clothes (tobari has not explored enough to know any of this for sure) ]

If you're bothered about your powers being gone, then rest.

[ he doesn't know, he's guessing that's probably what hien was feeling weird about ]

[ His concubine status.............. it's funny because he was gonna tell soo-won his royalty credentials eventually but absolutely skip that one in particular. ]

"I'm drying, I'm drying. What are you, my mom?"

[ lmao ]

[ good call because soo-won would've withered away on the spot ]

Shut up. It's none of my business what happens to you but you already got destroyed today, there's no need to get sick on top of it.

[ but he's getting reminded of how hien annoyed him earlier, so he's looking for an exit from this interaction. though he does briefly realize he has no idea where he is anymore so he pauses, contemplating where to walk next. ]

[ Look, even if Tobari was gonna exit anyway, Hien gets up and waddles on over to hug him from the back. idk how tall Tobari is, but if he's about Hien's height or a little shorter, he'll put his chin on his shoulder. If taller, he'll press his face against his neck or upper back. The way I will absolutely not assume Tobari is shorter than 5' 5". ]

[ the way that there are definitely some shorter LIs out there but tobari is just straight up middling range - he's about an inch shorter than hien based on the stats chart

he stiffens up immediately when he's caught in a hug, probably halfway to elbowing hien out of sheer reflex, but he just barely stops himself ]

... what the hell is wrong with you...

[ WHY IS THIS SOPPING WET CAT ATTACHING TO HIM ]

[ The sopping wet cat, though a bit more dry by now, stays here because Tobari is warm. Hien is also warm, but that's just his normal temperature. He's just warmer than the average person. He closes his eyes. ]

"Many things."

[ He says, almost resigned. ]

Yeah. You ate a fucking key just to annoy me. I haven't forgotten that.

[ BITCH!!!

but tobari waits a second longer and if it doesn't seem like hien is going to suplex him suddenly, he'll relax. and then he'll shift so that he can just heft hien on his back, reaching behind him to get the back of his legs and drag him up into a piggy back ride. he wants to leave him behind so bad but also he's clearly going through something and therefore Tobari Cannot. "he could totally just abandon him here" no... he can't......

time to start walking ]

[ Oh, Tobari... you are such a softie... Hien buries his face into Tobari's shoulder. mrrrrrr he'll actually fall asleep. ]

[ he is... he is.... he is a softie and an idealist.... but he'll make it over to the manor anyway. hien is asleep so he doesn't get to witness tobari having an internal and partially external !!!!!!! over all the cats.....

but he'll find an empty room, decide it's good enough, and then go to deposit hien on the bed. shakes him!! ]

Oi. Strip.

[ don't sleep in wet clothes ]

[ He would find that absolutely endearing.

Unfortunately for Tobari, Hien is an extremely heavy sleeper. This man will sleep through 10 consecutively natural disasters and if he dies, he dies.

But I will have him sleep for one more tag because I cannot thread with Hien proper if all he does is sleep!!!!!!!!! ]

[ jesus fucking christ

aggressively ruffles his hair to try to wake him up!!!!! the way tobari's too nice to whack a sleeping person but he'd think about it ]

[ He should totally whack him. Push him off the bed. Just shove him out of the third story window manor.

But he eventually wakes up, stirring a bit before yawning. ]

"'Morning..."

[ It is not morning. Probably. ]

[ i wish.... i wish!!!! the most tobari does is thwap two fingers against the side of hien's head once he's awake ]

Strip before you go back to sleep.

[ he'll wander off to get more blankets since hien might get cold with less layers ]

[ weh.

When Tobari returns, Hien did not strip. He's still (genshin voice) wet, but considerably less now as he's hugging the haori close to his face. ]

Seriously…

[ whatever!! tobari was able to also steal a towel from one of the bathrooms so he’ll take this instead.

he unfurls the spare blanket and tosses it over hien’s lap and then deposits the towel over his head like a blanket that goes over a birdcage ]

[ Hien immediately falls asleep.

But there's a small mouse that peeks out from under the blanket. Squeak. Hello. ]

[ ??? ]

How long have you been there?

[ he actually has no idea how to interact with a mouse but also, ]

You’re gonna get eaten.

[ there’s so many cats here ]

[ I am but a simple mouse. Emi sniffs the air and skitters back inside. Unlike Hien, she has self-preservation.

Speaking of which, Hien wakes up again and peeks from the blanket. ]

"... Are you treating me like a bedridden patient? I'm fine."

[ goodbye mouse don’t get eaten

anyway tobari picks up a spare pillow and thwaps hien in the face with it ]

I’m treating you like a difficult, clingy kid.

[ that he’s trying to keep from getting sick. but yes, there is something practiced in his motions of trying to tuck a grown man into bed to rest ]

[ For someone who hates pain, he doesn't try to dodge. He gets the pillow to the face without complaint. ]

"Yeah. You're cute, but if you wanna try being my nanny, I'd say that's a turn-off. Sorry."

[ He says this GENUINELY. ]

[ it’s fine it wasn’t even a hard smack ]

If you’re going to be indecisive enough to hit on me, can you at least do it normally?

[ why is he leading with kinks?

anyway tobari is waving a hand. he’s going to make the attempt to leave again now that hien has been brought to bed safely and seems fine enough to be making jokes ]

Go back to being unconscious. Give back my haori later.

"Okaaaaay."

[ Hien stays on the bed some more without stopping Tobari, watching him leave.

He eventually leaves the bed with the haori to sit by the river anyway!! You don't control him!!!!!

sniffles with haori ]

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