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    The road to Zurich is long. For Huang Shaotian, it’s even longer. He doesn’t do well on big travel days, not when there’s nowhere to go and his usual outlets aren’t available.

    (Huang Shaotian takes care of the people around him and they take care of him.)

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    18 May 2024

  2. Public Bookmark 51

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    Every Friday, Miguel comes to La Mari Restaurant with a different woman. You see it all, from your spot behind the bar. You see them smile and bat their lashes, only to suddenly leave with a poor excuse, never be seen again.

    Eventually you have to know what he's doing so wrong, and end up roped into a date with him yourself.

    It was supposed to be a bet, a one time thing you'd both walk away from. That's what it was supposed to be.

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    31 Mar 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 27

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    When Venti calls, Xiao is there. And vice versa.

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    “Does something have to be wrong for me to call upon you?” Venti giggles lightly, tilting his head back to finally look at Xiao. “Maybe I wanted to spend time with you, is all.”

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    “Does something have to be wrong for me to call upon you?” More rustling in the background, nearly covered up by the gentle puff of air that Venti knows is Xiao’s version of a giggle. Xiao’s smirk is audible when he says, “Maybe I wanted to spend time with you, is all.”

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    06 Mar 2026

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    Someone is bathing in the river.

    Xiao freezes on the bank, his cheeks burning. The person has their back turned, showing the tattoos stenciled on their back and around their thigh. The sunlight frames them perfectly against the water, the curve of their waist, the swell of their behind—

    "Um, excuse me," Xiao finally says, clearing his throat awkwardly. "Are you from—did you by any chance see—"

    And the person turns—which he should have expected, in all honesty—and it's a struggle to keep his dignity. Xiao squeaks as the rest of them comes into view, unable to drag his gaze away. There's another tattoo on their chest, glowing teal—the same shade as Venti's scales—and Xiao won't look down, he won't—he fixes his gaze on the person's face, round cheeks and green eyes and…

    And a bright, familiar smile. "Liebchen?"

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    In which Xiao is a prince, Venti is his dragon protector, and they fall in love.

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    “Freedom, huh?” Cecili murmurs. “Is this what this is? Not having my memories—is that freedom?” He’s worrying the grass between his fingers, tearing out some of it in absentmindedness.
     
    “For some, it might be,” Xiao says, echoing his earlier thoughts. “Do you think that’s what freedom means for you, Cecili?”

     

    The bard lets out a small, wry laugh. “What do I know of freedom,” he says, and watches as the grass blades drift away in the wind.

    A stray amnesiac bard makes a home for himself in Qingce Village. Despite himself, Xiao visits, again and again.

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    15 May 2024