[Of course it's only after Xiao Xingchen lifts his friend that he suggests that part, and the slowly-fading flush across his face renews itself.]
I--
[He could say that he was only thinking it because his friend suggested it, but that lie catches in his throat, unable to pretend it was just to figure out such a configuration. There's so much more they can do together now, so many more possibilities of what they spend their time together doing; he just needs time to figure out what to feel about it all. Though his friend has taken this all in stride...]
L-Let's just get clean already.
[He does remember now that it likely has room for the both of them, however. Maybe it wouldn't be that difficult.]
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I--
[He could say that he was only thinking it because his friend suggested it, but that lie catches in his throat, unable to pretend it was just to figure out such a configuration. There's so much more they can do together now, so many more possibilities of what they spend their time together doing; he just needs time to figure out what to feel about it all. Though his friend has taken this all in stride...]
L-Let's just get clean already.
[He does remember now that it likely has room for the both of them, however. Maybe it wouldn't be that difficult.]