( ✋🧍‍♂️ < aventurine a lot like this. standing there. hand extended. thanks, wei wuxian.

lucky for him, aventurine doesn't mind the embarrassment - or rather, he doesn't even really feel it, simply smiling and putting his hand away. untouched... alas.

there's more to be analyzed here; the way the gesture seems to be something wei wuxian doesn't know, the fact his assessment had been right, that the little mystery the house so playfully tried to play on them isn't so much of a mystery for men confident in what they would-or-not do at a party, and then - the last bit. maybe he could have worded that more politely, and though there's a small shock on aventurine's face at how blunt his new friend had been, he only laughs afterwards.

not like he hasn't heard anything of the kind before, anyway. )

That makes things easier, then. ( and if you think he will elaborate, he will not.

but in the future, near or far, when they inevitably collect each other's cards... at least there's an attraction there, one sided or not. aventurine will figure out his own preferences one day. )

So? Do we have sex now like the House expects us to, or should we leave that fateful encounter for another time?