Bao Feng Yu faintly raised his gray brows, not quite sure what to make of this. "What’s the matter? It might look a bit strange but it is actually quite tasty. Do you want me to help you open it?" He already wanted to reach out but Yang Guang shook his head, leaving him at a loss again. He somehow felt like he had done the wrong thing and he didn’t know what to do to make up for it.
Yang Guang continued to look at the fruit, still not understanding just what was going on. Well, to be honest, that wasn’t right. Of course, he understood. It was just that … it was unbelievable so he had trouble convincing himself that it was really how it seemed.
Bao Feng Yu tilted his head and then reached out, gently grabbing him by the wrist. "If you don’t like it, it’s alright. But if I made you unhappy, then I would like to know. You don’t need to hold back." Having made sure that he had explained himself, he took back his hand and leaned against the tree, looking back up at the sky.
Ah, this hadn’t quite gone how he imagined it to. He had hoped that he would be able to give him the fruit, maybe let him have a taste, and then say goodbye. He had already envisioned that happening while the other man had been asleep. It had seemed quite sweet in his imagination.
Yang Guang finally put down the fruit next to him and inched a little closer, his expression unprecedentedly serious.
Bao Feng Yu turned back to him when he realized that he had something to say and waited for him to sign.
Yang Guang needed a moment and then motioned up at the sky. Realizing that this could mean a number of things like trying to talk about the time or the weather or anything along those lines, he felt a bit frustrated. He really wished that things had been like back with his parents who had actually had a system for communicating with him. Nowadays, there was nobody who could understand him like that. It really was vexing sometimes, especially in cases like this when he really wanted to make clear what he was thinking. He thought for a bit and then motioned at Bao Feng Yu and back up at the sky.
Unfortunately, Bao Feng Yu didn’t do him the favor of understanding it right. In his eyes, the person in front of him was a human. And a human wouldn’t be able to figure out from the fruit that he was of the spirit realm and even a god from the immortals up above. He felt like Yang Guang wasn’t motioning at the sky but maybe at the tree and looked up, wondering if maybe there was something up there. "The tree?"
Yang Guang wildly shook his head. He truly felt vexed now. Thinking for a moment, he suddenly started to realize that actually, if his guess was true, then there was an easy way to let Bao Feng Yu know that he was clear about it.
He got up, making Bao Feng Yu get up as well and reach out. "Don’t go! Just tell me slowly. I’ll get it right." He didn’t know why but he suddenly got anxious when he thought that Yang Guang might leave.
Yang Guang just smiled though and pushed off his hands, shaking his head. He motioned at his lips, at himself, and then toward Bao Feng Yu. Finally, he motioned up at the sky again.
Seeing as he had taken a few steps, Bao Feng Yu realized that he couldn’t mean the tree. "The sky? Because it is getting dark?" This was what he had brought up before so he hoped that maybe it had something to do with that.
Yang Guang shook his head though, actually smiling behind his hand. It really was too amusing that he had figured it out but Bao Feng Yu wasn’t able to realize. When he just showed him, the shock would probably be greater than his had been when he had just been handed the fruit. Still, it was the easiest way and he didn’t want to play any games.
He motioned at himself again and then dropped the spell that was hiding his appearance. The brown hair turned a brilliant gold that seemed to glimmer in the evening sun, the dark blue eyes turned the color of the summer sky with white sprinkles inside, and that simple white robe turned into a gorgeous one from the spirit realm with a matching golden belt while a frontlet decorated his forehead, the blue gem embedded inside complimenting his eyes.
Bao Feng Yu stared at him, his mouth actually opening a little while he couldn’t get out a single word. This person … the one he had thought was human, he was … he was like him. A spirit, a god. In fact, who this person was … he felt like he had a good guess. He instinctively took a step closer, looking him up and down while his heart was thumping wildly. Finally, he took a shaky breath. "Yang Guang?"
Yang Guang nodded his head, a smile lighting up his features that were even more stunning now that he showed his true self. This person actually knew him! He wouldn’t have expected it but it made him happy.
Last night while he had been lying awake, he had been thinking about how to tell him his name but he hadn’t found a good way. He could point at the sun, hoping that maybe he would get it but it wasn’t a given. Maybe he could also write it down but he hadn’t been too sure if the people in the human realm wrote the same way they did so he had been afraid to expose himself so he wouldn’t have dared to really do it if it wasn’t absolutely necessary. But now, that wasn’t a concern any longer. This person knew his name, he didn’t have to introduce himself. They would be able to just speak like this.
Seeing Yang Guang genuinely happy that he knew actually made Bao Feng Yu give a relieved laugh. "Oh, you really scared me just now. I thought I had done something wrong but you just figured things out." He looked at the fruit on the ground and picked it up, weighing it in his hands. "I guess this doesn’t count as a fitting present then. I will find you something else and bring it over to your palace tomorrow if you don’t mind. Well, if things are like this, I should probably introduce myself differently as well." He inclined his head, a smile still playing around his lips. "My name is indeed Bao Feng Yu. But I also happen to be the storm god."
Yang Guang smiled and then reached out, taking the fruit from him. He wouldn’t have trouble getting one of those himself but this was his first gift from a friend. It didn’t matter what it was, just who it had been given by and that hadn’t changed. He put it into his spatial realm and then motioned at himself and up at the sky just how he had thought of doing it before.
Bao Feng Yu nodded. "Yang Guang, the sun god, I know. To be honest, if I had known, things wouldn’t have needed to be like that yesterday. The reason I came down here was because the Jade Emperor was worried about you being here all alone. He asked me to come and find you but … well, while I found you, I didn’t realize it was actually you."
Yang Guang didn’t know why but when he heard him say that, his cheeks flushed red. He reached up, covering half his face, not sure what to make of this. Bao Feng Yu had been searching for him? To be honest, he shouldn’t be that’s surprised at that.
The Jade Emperor had clearly not been completely in favor of him going down here. Hadn’t that been obvious just from the way he looked at him when he originally asked him? Naturally, because he wouldn’t have his magical abilities and also didn’t have a voice, the Jade Emperor would have been afraid that something might happen to him. It was actually a sweet sentiment. Not one that he felt was necessary but still sweet.
Also, he couldn’t help but think that it was rather romantic that despite not being able to recognize him for who he was, Bao Feng Yu had still taken an interest in him. When that thought crossed his mind, Yang Guang hurriedly shook himself, feeling that he was really getting ahead of himself again.
Bao Feng Yu hadn’t said that he was courting him. And even though his own thoughts would always go back to that idea, that didn’t make it true. No, he should really get his thoughts under control.
Bao Feng Yu laughed when he saw him like this. "I would love to know your thoughts right now. In any case, do you want to stay here or go back up? In any case, it is indeed getting late and if we are being seen like this, then I’m afraid we will scare the mortals."
Yang Guang nodded and Bao Feng Yu reached out, taking his hand. Together, they pushed off the ground and were carried up by the winds and the last rays of sunlight, disappearing through the portal. When they reached the street, they were still holding each other’s hands, and even though Bao Feng Yu didn’t say anything and Yang Guang didn’t move or even look at him, they both decided at the same moment that they wouldn’t just let go.
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