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Once everyone was settled on the Astral Express, Himeko decided to pay Dan Heng a visit. He had been acting reserved and even a bit flustered the entire way back, even both during and after all the mishaps along the way. The reserved part was normal, albeit but the flustered? Completely out of character. She intended to find out why.
Dan Heng was in his room, as per usual. However, March was with him, grinning and teasing him about something.
“I can’t believe you—“
“Don’t bring it up!” Dan Heng shouted before clearing his throat. “Uh, really, March, just leave it be. It’s in the past—oh, Himeko…”
It appeared Himeko had been noticed. She moved from the doorway to the interior of his room and tilted her head slightly. “May I ask what you two are talking about?”
“Sure!” March piped up.
“No!” Dan Heng yelled. That made two times he did something that was absolutely not normal for him. “It’s nothing, Himeko, just ignore March—“
“He almost gave Caelus mouth to mouth CPR when he was awake!” March spoke over him.
Dan Heng covered his face with his hands, and Himeko had no doubt his face was flushed red. March seemed to think that this was hilarious, and Himeko was inclined to agree, but for Dan Heng’s sake she chose to keep quiet on the matter.
“Oh, is that it?” Himeko chose to say instead. “That’s hardly something to tease him about, March. Happens to the best of us.” She turned her gaze over to Dan Heng, who had gone from hiding his face to glaring at March for running her mouth. “No need to be embarrassed, Dan Heng. Chances are Caelus has already forgotten all about it. March, leave him be and go to sleep. It’s too late for this.”
March huffed and left the room. Himeko soon followed, bidding Dan Heng good night before she did so. She doubted that Caelus really did remember the CPR incident after everything that had happened, and she figured that Dan Heng would soon be over his embarrassment and back to normal in no time.
But by the look on both his and Caelus’s faces the next day, neither of them had actually forgotten about it… that, or March brought it up again.
Yet another mishap on the Astral Express.