January catch-all

[safesex]

⌛ Who: General Ouyang, Henry Silver, Vegas Theerapanyakul, Will Lawan, AND YOU!
⌛ What: January catch-all
⌛ When: Throughout January
⌛ Where: Various
⌛ Warnings: Will be added to threads as needed

General Ouyang
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Henry Silver
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Vegas Theerapanyakul
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Will Lawan

Comments

[hideawayparadise]

"Allergies are something where if you come into contact with it then it makes you sick somehow. Kind of like a curse only it isn't magical. It's just your body can't handle it."

That was probably the best way to describe allergies to someone from a time when they wouldn't have existed really. Well, they would have existed but people wouldn't have really understood them. That was probably the more accurate way to think of it. So best to describe it in a way that the man would be able to make sense of. Cheng was still learning a lot of this stuff, after all!

"Basically we want to make sure to not make you sick."

[floralias]

Will nodded at the description.

"I forgot to ask," he offered sheepishly.

[jc_superstar]

That was sweet. Extremely sweet. Cheng smiled and wound an arm around Will, pulling him into a hug so that he could press his lips to the other's temple. "It's all right. I do not know of any allergies I may have to food aside from eating too much."

He lingered there at that moment, enjoying having another person to hold. It seemed to be a common custom with the future people to ensure that dietary needs were met and it was endearing. Something the Lan clan could learn from when they had dignitaries visit. And he hoped that the other sects showed the same courtesy as well.

But before he could go down that dark hole, Cheng turned back to Riley and waited expectantly with his mouth open for a bite of pizza.

[hideawayparadise]

"Will and I have an allergy basically. Not to food though. When we come into contact with pure iron it hurts us."

Because he trusted this man with this information. Yes he was giving him a way to hurt them but he knew that Cheng wouldn't do that. He'd be like their family and he'd use that information to protect them instead. He could feel that in the very core of his being.

Lighting up at that open mouth, he carefully helped Cheng to get a bite of the pizza, even holding the piece there long enough for him to properly get the stringy cheese.

[jc_superstar]

He thought about this 'iron allergy' as he struggles for a moment with the stringy cheese. He was used to hard cheese and this melty stuff was a new exposure to taste and texture. The pizza had the same tanginess as the pasta did. Asking about it happened after he swallowed.

"Is this from the same place as the pasta with tomato sauce?" But with about the iron, he kept his arm around Will and offered a squeeze. "If I come into contact with pointy iron, I too will be hurt. But I understand what you mean. It is like nettles, then, yes?"

[floralias]

A grin spread over Will's face and he leaned in a little closer, dropping his voice. "Then we'll have to make sure we only stab you with nice things, not pointy iron."

Once that was said, he sat back, still smiling. "Somewhat like that, but more severe. Like a burn."

[hideawayparadise]

"It is! It's good right?" Tomato sauce was amazing in Riley's opinion. So good and able to enhance so many dishes.

Though he had to pause after a bite of kimchi. Because that was something he'd grabbed for himself after feeding Cheng some pizza. Humming, he swallowed. "Well Will might if that's what you're into. I'm more into getting stabbed by nice things than stabbing really."

Basically he was saying he was a switch who preferred bottoming. Obviously.

[jc_superstar]

He caught on with the innuendo pretty quickly and contemplated about it. "I have not been stabbed," he answered absently, picking out another morsel of food to eat. At least not in bed. During wartime, he had sustained a few injuries, but that wasn't what they were talking about here.

[floralias]

"That's okay," Will chirped around another bite of pizza. "If it's not something you're interested in, no one's going to pressure you."

[hideawayparadise]

"Yep! Exactly."

He held his chopsticks out to Cheng with a huge bite of kimchi on it. Since he'd liked it before clearly he should have some more right? And if a little got on his chin that was okay. It was okay to get a little messy sometimes.

"Ahhhhhh..."

[jc_superstar]

Before he could respond, he obediently opened his mouth for the kimchi. And then he could say something once his morsel was swallowed.

"I don't know if I'd be interested or not. The topic only came up one other time, but before any of that could be explored, he had left."

Cheng wasn't talking about Huaisang, either.

[floralias]

"There's no need to rush to any decisions. If it's something you want to think about, take your time to think about it. It's completely up to you what you want to do, no one else." Will smiled around a bite of his food and laid a warm hand on Cheng's leg. "It's as simple as that."

[hideawayparadise]

"Yep! Right now just enjoy New Years with us." Leaning over, he pressed a kiss to the man's cheek and smiled at him warmly. There was never going to be pressure here. Just two people who cared enough about Cheng to offer him something but to let it be on his own terms. Because the man hadn't had enough of that in his life.

"Is there anything here you want us to try? We have a little bit of a lot of stuff and maybe there's something here you recognize more than us."

[jc_superstar]

Cheng looked over the feast on the table and his face brightens. "You found Nian Gao? Have you had that? It's a sweet rice cake." Not like a western cake that these two have probably had, but it was definitely something that needed to be in the new year's feast.

"This is served every new year. It is to represent good things for the new year: progress, advancement, and growth."

With that, he reached over to cut portions of the cake and then cut it further so he could offer each Fae bite sized pieces.