“You’re probably the only person who would ever describe me as nice, but… maybe you’re just special. I’m not—I haven’t had the chance to be this… honest in— a very long time.” And it’s really nice to have a cute guy think well of him. He’s never even really daydreamed about someone thinking he’s this worthwhile. Too far for the suspension of disbelief, yknow?

“Survival is good. And it would be nice to be dry and not surrounded by—potential poisons.” Or aphrodisiacs. Shang Qinghua does not trust plants.

The word mushy does something to his chest. “I… yeah. We can… be mushy later?” That genuinely might be the most explicitly he has ever flirted with anyone in his life, and his face is probably heating again. Casper is just so… god, he’s so great. How did someone so nice and cute and understanding end up finding his way to Shang Qinghua’s side, and wanting to stay there?