[luckily for her roommate, he's already been inelegantly sewn back together, crooked stitches running down the length of his sternum, lower-half barely covered by an equally thin paper sheet. while consciousness is coming back, it's going at a snail's pace; he can sense feeling returning to his limbs, warmth spreading through his arms and legs, steadily moving up his torso—
then there's the stifled scream, followed by a sob and outright crying.
sizhui sits bolt upright, head whipping one direction then the other, widened eyes darting around the room until they fall on—] Jiang-guniang! [he exclaims, still fuzzy from blood loss, though coherent enough to realize: they are both quite naked.
his first instinct is to immediately avert his eyes by turning away, one hand lifting to cup against the side of his face for extra privacy while the other clutches the sheet in place across his hips.] I'm sorry! I didn't mean to... [the lan disciple trails off, purses his lips together, color rising high in his cheeks from embarrassment. he doesn't think he saw anything except maybe lots of blood? which is worrisome enough, but the fact they have to deal with unfettered nudity on top of that is really just the icing on this horrific cake.]
the table;
then there's the stifled scream, followed by a sob and outright crying.
sizhui sits bolt upright, head whipping one direction then the other, widened eyes darting around the room until they fall on—] Jiang-guniang! [he exclaims, still fuzzy from blood loss, though coherent enough to realize: they are both quite naked.
his first instinct is to immediately avert his eyes by turning away, one hand lifting to cup against the side of his face for extra privacy while the other clutches the sheet in place across his hips.] I'm sorry! I didn't mean to... [the lan disciple trails off, purses his lips together, color rising high in his cheeks from embarrassment. he doesn't think he saw anything except maybe lots of blood? which is worrisome enough, but the fact they have to deal with unfettered nudity on top of that is really just the icing on this horrific cake.]
Jiang-guniang... are you okay?