"That's not..." Not want he wants, but what right does he have to try to impose his wishes on others? Especially to him?
What right does he have to have them? He withdraws his hand.
... And then his thoughts get derailed by the camera crew and Xichen stares at that information for a long moment. Stunned. Kiss...?
That thought makes him blink again, and focus a little.
"You... could you bear if the price of your freedom is that?" Since he rejected even touch. He has to ask. And then, a moment after, softer. "I never wanted you to suffer. It will not undo... anything. But if you truly think you deserve... something, for what has been done. Instead heal, and do better."
Alone, if that is what the younger man wants. But not in pain. There is too much, and for all the excuses uttered by him at the Guanyin temple, Xichen knows that the man who once swore brotherhood with him has suffered plenty already. Would not more of it just make him retaliate more, in the end?
Not good enough to save him...
What right does he have to have them? He withdraws his hand.
... And then his thoughts get derailed by the camera crew and Xichen stares at that information for a long moment. Stunned. Kiss...?
That thought makes him blink again, and focus a little.
"You... could you bear if the price of your freedom is that?" Since he rejected even touch. He has to ask. And then, a moment after, softer. "I never wanted you to suffer. It will not undo... anything. But if you truly think you deserve... something, for what has been done. Instead heal, and do better."
Alone, if that is what the younger man wants. But not in pain. There is too much, and for all the excuses uttered by him at the Guanyin temple, Xichen knows that the man who once swore brotherhood with him has suffered plenty already. Would not more of it just make him retaliate more, in the end?