Sizhui... breathes easier with each rushed word that he hears, though his heart does beat faster about being the one that Jingyi wanted to kiss. Elder brother... he had been glad to know him, but there is something about being told that difference--

At some point his hand sifts so that, within the folds between their sleeves, is fingers wrap around Jingyi's, a little cold but very steady.

It is all right. It will all be all right.

"I don't want to forget anything that you say, Jingyi. I never want that.

"But no, I think you are you. The right you. The one who belongs here. And...

"The one who belongs with me."