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sunshinesprats · 8 months

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The General had given you his phone number. You stared at it for a long time in disbelief when you got home, sitting on your couch. The numbers on the page stared back. You pulled out your phone and entered the number into your contacts, labeling him as The General. It seemed like the only appropriate thing to have him as. Opening up a chat with the new contact, you bit your lip and watched the cursor in the textbox blink slowly. Slowly, you typed out a message, your heart pounding in your chest. If he gave you his number, surely that meant he wanted you to text him… Right? He wants to hear from me, you repeated in your head.

You: Hello, General. This is the mechanic from earlier

You cringed the formal message and hit send. What else was there to say? This was hopeless, you hadn’t come up with a plan of what to say to him if you ever got the chance to speak. Your eyes widened as you saw three dots pop up under your message. He was responding! You clutched a pillow in your arms, squeezing it tightly to your chest as you watched your screen.

The General: Hello, it’s good to hear from you. I was wondering if I would hear from you today. I was beginning to think that I’d scared you away

You picked up your phone and let out a deep breath, racking your brain for potential responses. You shrugged and decided to be honest.

You: No, you didn’t! I was working late and just got home a little while ago. There were some tiles someone installed incorrectly, they melted from the heat of the components around them. We spent the rest of the day trying to sort out that mess :/

Talking about your job was a safe option. If he felt like being open with you right off the bat, maybe he would tell you something about his day. It took him a while to respond to your message, but he did tell you he had a very long meeting with the Six Charioteers.The contents of which he couldn’t share with you, but you understood. Not that it would have been very interesting to hear about anyway. The two of you continued to make small talk while you cooked dinner, until the general didn’t respond to your last message. It was getting late… maybe he went to bed? You didn’t think about it too deeply while you ate, occasionally checking for any new messages from him. You received one from Jingshui, he sent you a picture of the sunset he took earlier. You complimented his photography, and got ready for bed yourself.

You sort of fell into a new routine. You would go to work, spend your lunch with Jingshui and your other teammates, and in the evenings you would chat with the general while you cooked. It was difficult to tell if he genuinely wanted to talk to you. Sometimes he would message you first, but you were usually the one who bit the bullet and texted him first. You hoped he didn’t feel obligated to respond, you held out some hope that he was genuinely interested in getting to know you. He had to be interested, right? He gave you his number first, Aeons above! He was very polite in his messages and occasionally sent you pictures of his lion and in return, you sent him pictures of what you were cooking or something pretty you saw when you went on the occasional night time walk. You hadn’t seen him in person since your job at the Seat of Divine Foresight. Texting was enough for you though, you were beginning to build some sort of relationship with him. It could take all the time in the world for all you cared. Maybe you’d gotten too attached too quickly but you couldn’t help it. You knew it was silly to hope that you’d see him out on the street, not being mobbed by people, and you could finally talk in person as you took a quiet walk somewhere. You shook your head to push your daydreams away. You had work to do.

Work couldn’t distract you from thinking about the general. Every time you had a spare moment, you checked your phone to see if there were any messages. You felt desperate, like a young person obsessed with only their lover. Most of the time, there was nothing. He had work to attend to, but that didn’t stop him from occasionally messaging you during work hours. The subject of it varied, whether it was expressing his desire to go home and spend time with his lion Mimi, or he was sending you a picture of a pretty sight he saw. He’d sent you one such message today a few hours ago. You smiled and began to type out a response, walking down the hallway. You should have seen it coming really, but you were oblivious, typing away. You crashed into Zhu Li, full force, knocking you down to the ground with her bag of tools. Your phone went flying and landed face down at her feet. She frowned down at you as she picked up her tools.

“Hey! Watch it!”

“I’m sorry, Zhu Li, I shouldn’t have been texting down here. It won’t happen again. I should have been paying more attention.” You apologized, eyeing your phone. She raised an eyebrow and picked it up for you. Your heart sank as she looked at your screen. She laughed when she saw the name of who you were messaging.

“The General? Who are you talking to that you call that, huh? General Jing Yuan?” She continued to laugh, clearly joking, but it immediately died in her throat when she saw the look on your face as you snatched your phone away from her, your lips pressed together in a thin line, eyebrows knit together. Your teeth scraped over your bottom lip, eyes looking at the farthest wall from you. Her shoulders dropped. “No. You’re not talking to him.” She said calmly.

You silently scrolled through your messages and pulled up a picture of Mimi for her to see. Zhu Li leaned in towards the screen to have a look and stepped back, disbelief in her eyes.

“How did someone like you get in contact with him? Was it when you went to the Seat of Divine Foresight?!” You knew she didn’t mean it in a derogatory way. People like the two of you had no reason to be noticed by anyone who was high up in the government, let alone the general. You sighed.

“Do you remember when I had my accident a few weeks ago?” You asked. She nodded, confused. You sighed again. “He was in the crowd when I fell and I made eye contact with him while I was hanging there.” You placed your hands in your lap as you waited for her to put the pieces together. Zhu Li stood there and stared at you, shaking her head in disbelief. You nodded, assuring her that what she was thinking was correct. She held her hand out to you, helping you up to your feet. You brushed yourself off and pocketed your phone.

“I don’t think you could have had worse luck.” She commented casually. You glared at Zhu Li and crossed your arms over your chest. This was a thought you had often but tried to squash it down by distracting yourself with messages from the general, or with work. Hearing someone else echoing your deepest fear caused a pit to open in your stomach.

“The people at the Six Commissions or the Six Charioteers do not care about people like us. They don’t spare us second thoughts outside of how we can be useful to them.” She said bitterly as she began to walk down the hallway, gesturing for you to follow her. “They only care about themselves and other people who are of their status. Everyone below them is a bug, too insignificant and meaningless to give them any thought.”

“Someone who is part of those organizations is your soulmate.” You gaped at her, stopping in your tracks.

She looked defeated, her shoulders sagging lower. “Yes. I won’t say who it is, they don’t deserve to have their name in my mouth. They pretended to be interested in pursuing me, they strung me along for quite a while, until I was in their trap. And then they struck, pulling the rug out from under me. They were just bored from their fancy life and needed a distraction until something, someone more interesting popped up again.” She spun around and placed her hands on your shoulders. Her tool bag whacked your shoulder and you winced, but she didn’t notice. Her fingers sunk into your clothing and into your skin painfully. Zhu Li looked you right in the eyes, a sort of wildness was present that you’d never seen from her before.

“I don’t know what he’s told you, but he does not care. He will never care. You will never have a chance to be with him. There will always be someone better than you that he could find, it doesn’t matter if you're his soulmate or not. It doesn’t matter.” She shook her head vigorously. “This is just a game for now. Don’t get attached. It will tear you apart when he inevitably finds another person who’s worth his time and energy.”

You tried to free yourself from her, shaking your head. “The general isn’t like that! He wouldn’t do that to me!”

She only gripped you tighter, her fingers sinking in more. “That’s where you’re wrong. It’s all an act! I’m telling you he will drop you when he finds someone better. Soulmates be damned!”

You tore yourself away from Zhu Li, rubbing your shoulders as you backed away from her. Your sore shoulder hit the wall behind you and you cowered away from her like a frightened animal. She was breathing heavily, staring deeply into your soul.

“I only want to help you prepare yourself for the inevitable disappointment that will come in the future. It’s only a matter of time before he drops you like a stone into the depths of a lake.” She adjusted her tool bag in her grip and continued down the hallway. You waited until you couldn’t hear her footsteps anymore to venture out and go down yourself. You expected her to jump out at you from the shadows in the walls at any given moment to spew more terrifying comments.

It was like Zhu Li had reached into the deep recesses of your brain and carefully extracted your deepest fears. You wondered if you were wasting your time with every message you sent. If he really was only using you for something you didn’t understand. The messages that seemed so sweet now read as strange and impersonal. The entire situation was very impersonal, the more you thought about it. You had never asked him to meet you somewhere out of fear of overstepping, but he didn’t ask to see you either. Maybe he was embarrassed of having you as a soulmate and didn’t want to look you in the face again. In the past you’d tried to write it off as him being too busy with work to spend any sort of time with you. If he wanted you, he would have asked to see you, right? Instead of just hiding behind a screen.

The pile of negative thoughts grew as the day progressed. You were on auto pilot, thankfully the rest of your tasks for the day only involved cleaning some equipment. Zhu Li’s comments really tore down any sort of confidence you had with your ‘relationship’, if you could even call it that, with the general. Any pride you felt had turned to shame that burned each time he popped into your mind. You were in too deep,and weren’t exactly sure how to get out of this deep pool. As you left, you checked your phone. Your stomach somersaulted unpleasantly when you saw you had a message from him. A picture of Mimi laying in a patch of dying sunlight on a plush looking carpet. You sighed and stopped, waiting for a star skiff back to your apartment. You responded half-heartedly.

You: She looks so cozy. I wish I could sleep in the sun all day

Your phone buzzed as you got a response, but you pocketed it instead of checking what he had to say. Zhu Li’s comments from earlier still rang in your ears. You felt numb as you stepped onto the star skiff, imputing your destination on the screen. What she said couldn’t be true, you tried to tell yourself, but ultimately knew there was a chance she was right. It hurt to admit, it made your heart clench painfully in your chest. You absentmindedly rubbed the spot in an attempt to soothe it. In your pocket, your phone buzzed again. Just another message from you know who. Nobody else texted you at this hour, Jingshui was usually busy with his family. You opened up your chats and stared at the screen, the words swimming in your eyes. Ignoring his initial question, you shakily typed out a message, your heart hammering in your chest, and you hit send.

You: Would you be interested in getting drinks or something with me sometime in the future?

With bated breath, you watched the three dots pop up under your message, blinking as the general wrote out a response, then stopped. The dots disappeared and your heart sank. This was bad, wasn’t it? Something inside of you said he was going to say no. Sure enough, once the dots reappeared, his response appeared under yours.

The General: I’m sorry, I’m afraid I can’t do that…

There was more to his message, but you shut your phone off and closed your eyes, resting your forehead on your front door. A sigh of disappointment left your lips. Your heart felt heavy in your chest and your throat tight as you took a deep breath. It was embarrassing how much this rejection hurt, but you weren’t surprised. Of course he didn’t want to see you. It was stupid to think otherwise, you felt silly about entertaining thoughts of being seen with him in public. You were a nobody and he was the most important person on the ship. You would never be of equal status or importance as him no matter what you did or said. You’d be on the bottom of the food chain for all of eternity, with this horrible secret harbored in your heart.

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sunshinesprats · 8 months

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part 2 is here

Up until you met a certain someone, your soulmate, your world was always destined to forever be in shades of grey, and black and white. It was a relatively uncommon experience for anyone to meet their soulmate on the Luofu. With most people choosing to stay on the ship for their entire lives, there was no way to get out into the galaxy and meet your other half. You had met a very small number of people who had met their soulmate on the ship. They were very fond of talking about how beautiful the world was, now that it was bathed in color. Everything was so exciting and new, they always had this sort of sparkle around them as they spoke. You tried to be happy for them, you really did, but the things they spoke about always went over your head. You were a simple mechanic, you were sure you’d never experience the joys they spoke of. Nobody paid attention to the likes of you.

A power line being down on a civilian street was practically unheard of on the Luofu. If there were issues with the power supply, it was always within the depths of the ship that you and your team of mechanics, along with countless others were intimately familiar with.

It was easy to hide away from the prying eyes of the people, being heralded as silent heroes who saved the ship from little disasters while remaining unseen. That’s how a portion of the Luofu civilians saw people who worked in your position. A larger number of them regarded lowly mechanics as untouchables, and not in a good way. It made you scoff, you were the ones responsible for keeping the ship they lived on intact, and that was the thanks they gave you? It wasn’t fair for them to look down on you, but they’d never understand the hardships you had to go through to live this life. They could shove their opinions elsewhere, you thought, and left it at that. They should really be grateful now, here you were, in plain sight. Aurum Alley’s power supply had been cut off when a group of young adults were inappropriately, and dangerously, playing with a firearm one of their comrades had bought and was showing off, in the street and it misfired. The situation was quickly brought to the attention of the Cloud Knights and they took control of the area, calling for a mechanic squad to quickly resolve the power issue right away.

You were grateful nobody had been hurt, but were angry at the carelessness of the young people who had caused this disruption. Thankfully it would be an easy fix, this was a very short section of wire and tubing that needed to be replaced, but it was in a high place. The hole in the side, and the burnt smell of plastoid wafted down the street as you and the team made your way to the job. You guys hadn’t been on a job when the call had been made, so it was yours. Your team began to gear up to fix the issue, but you were given the most attention. You were the best at handling jobs that required you to go up on the crane arms, you were the steadiest of them all. You clipped on your harness and motioned for the crane to raise you up. Soon you were standing on top of the arm. You frowned. This was one of the older models of arms, and it didn’t have a railing. You looked down at your comrades, who were setting up their equipment to shut this section of the line down for sure, so you wouldn’t potentially get electrocuted removing the line. You made eye contact with Jinshui, one of your close friends on the team. He gave you a thumbs up and smiled. You nodded and gave him a thumbs up in return, tugging on your harness to ensure it was secure and got to work.

Could you have gotten a more awful crane to stand on? This one was terrifying, it creaked when you moved and at one point you could have sworn it shifted under your weight. You were sweating in your uniform, less from the heat of the shining artificial sun, but from the stress of being up so high on a shitty machine. Your palms were sweaty inside your gloves and you took them off to wipe them on your pants.

“Is everything ok?” Jinshui called up to you. You turned your head to look down at him, afraid to turn your entire body.

“This stupid crane moves whenever I do. I’ll finish the job the best I can, but it’s making me nervous.” You replied and bent down to pick up your tools. The weight change on top of the crane made it shift and the head toppled off. You were falling towards the ground with it, facing up towards the sun. Air rushed past you as you fell, helpless. The line your harness was attached to was slack, until it tightened as it ran out of line, yanking you back violently. It gave you whiplash, but ultimately stopped your fall. You were suspended in the air, only hanging on by your harness. You gripped the safety line and looked down in horror, nausea causing your stomach to turn. You heard shouts below you but what they were saying didn’t register. You looked into the crowd gathered below, to the side of where the site had been blocked off. Lots of horrified eyes stared up at you dangling helplessly. You scanned the crowd, and something strange began to happen when you met a particular pair of eyes.

Slowly, as if a piece of film was being pulled away from your eyes, what you could only guess was color, began to fill your vision. The bright colors on the street, and the sun reflecting off of the shiny metal made your eyes water, but you didn’t look away from the stranger. They had light colored eyes, you didn’t know what to call it, and very light hair in a long flowing ponytail. They were tall, towering over most of the crowd and were wearing armor that shone in the sun. You closed your eyes as you recognized the General of the Luofu, staring up at you. His expression became grim, and he finally broke eye contact, turning away and heading down the street away from the commotion. You barely registered that your team had started to bring you down safely from your perch with a winch, you helplessly watched the general go until he disappeared into the crowd.

Jingshui immediately approached you, his hands extended and tone gentle, as if you were a wounded animal that needed soothing.

“A doctor is here to see you. It looked like you got jerked pretty badly by the line, so I figured it would be good if someone took a look at you…”

You just nodded and sat down where he gently guided you and someone began to examine you. You heard her speaking, but your mind was too in shock to hear what she was saying. You were overstimulated by the sights in front of you. Your brain was unsure how to process so much visual information and it hurt. You closed your eyes and rested your head against the wall, its cool stone soothing your skin. General Jing Yuan was your soulmate and you couldn’t tell anyone about it. You sighed and shifted your position. The stone brick dug into your skin. It would definitely leave a mark.

“I’m just tired.” You said out loud, to anyone who may be listening. You weren’t sure if anyone had been speaking to you at this point, but the ringing in your ears seemed to have calmed for now. The doctor looked startled at your sudden exclamation, her tail bristling slightly, but nodded in response.

“According to your friend, your supervisor has given you some time off. He sent the details to your phone. Please use the time you have to get some well deserved rest.” She shot you a serious look as she packed up her bag and began to leave the site. You sighed again and pulled out your phone, checking your messages. You squinted at the screen, it was far too bright and colorful for you at the moment. There were several messages from Jingshui, and one from your boss. He did, in fact, give you time off. A generous 3 days. You imagined you would spend that time brooding over the fact that you would most likely never have a relationship of any kind with your soulmate. And that thought hurt more than the occasional twinge in your neck.

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Your minor injury recovered within the three days you had off, and you were cleared by a doctor, deemed healthy enough to begin work again. Your teammates were happy to see you, welcoming you back with open arms. Luckily your first day back was only filled with light repairs. It didn’t strain your body at all, and you were grateful. Those three days had been boring, full of nothing but endless thinking. You had wondered countless times what would happen if you reached out to the general. Would he respond favorably, or would he push you away? You didn’t know, and had no way of knowing. This ate you up inside as you curled up in bed, Jingshui’s contact open. The cursor in the textbox blinked slowly at you. You hesitated, and decided it would be best to tell him in person.

You didn’t need to set up a time to tell him, however, he asked if you wanted to get dinner as you left the last worksite of the day.

“I just want to make sure you're doing ok.” He said with a smile. You returned his smile and made your way to Aurum Alley, chatting about the events of the day, and what you did during your time off. You sat down at the Delicacy Pavilion and ordered Signature Chili Oil Beef Offal Stew. There was a pleasant silence between the two of you as you waited for your food, Jingshui was people watching and you were racking your brain, trying to think of a way to break the news. You decided to just be upfront.

“I um. I have something to tell you. But you can’t tell anyone else about it.” You swallowed thickly and clasped your sweaty palms together, your arms resting on the cool surface of the table. Jingshui turned to you, his expression serious.

“I promise I won’t tell anyone. Your secret is safe with me.”

You sighed and gripped your hands tighter, staring off into the distance. You were so unsure of how to begin. You closed your eyes and looked your friend in the face. Your food had arrived and he had begun to dig in. You felt the heat radiating from the bowl onto your chilled arms. He looked up at you, mouth full of beef. He gestured for you to speak. And so you did.

“Right… This has been eating me up for the past couple of days. Um. I’ve met my soulmate. Well, that’s not true. I’ve only seen them… made eye contact with them.” You wrung your hands as you began to explain your plight to Jingshui unsuccessfully. He raised an eyebrow curiously. You rambled on.

Do you remember how General Jing Yuan was taking a stroll while we were fixing that powerline? There were tons of people looking up at me while I was dangling up in the air, but when I made eye contact with him specifically… my world exploded into color.”

That was an exaggeration, the change was slow. But it felt instantaneous from the shock of being so high up in the air, with no way to help yourself escape.. Jingshui dropped a piece of beef back into his bowl as he looked up at you in shock.

“And you’re certain it was him?!”

“I know it was him. I couldn’t focus on anyone in the crowd other than him. He stood out for some strange reason... And then he left. I don’t know what to do. He’s practically unreachable.” You sighed and began to eat your food. You didn’t feel particularly hungry, your stomach was in knots, but you knew Jingshui would lecture you if you didn’t eat, so you tried anyway. He pinched the bridge of his nose with his free hand and he lowered his chopsticks.

“That's… wow. Do you have a plan to get in contact with him somehow?”

“The only way I could do that is if I get assigned to fix something at the Seat of Divine Foresight… where there’s a slim chance he’ll be there and not out taking a walk. I just… Why did it have to be him?” You rested your head in your hands, sighing heavily. “This has to be a joke from the universe.”

Jingshui shook his head. “Things happen for a reason. Next time there’s a job for someone at the Seat of Divine Foresight, I’ll make sure you get it. You have to try. It’s the least you can do.” His voice was full of determination as he finished off his stew. He swallowed and pointed at you, furrowing his eyebrows. “Don’t give up!”

You nodded and finished your food as well.

“I’ll try.” You promised, feeling uneasy. It was such a long shot that the Seat would need something to be fixed. Hardly anything there broke. But you held onto a small glimmer of hope that something would come up.

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It took weeks, but something eventually popped up. The general’s hologram projector was fried and needed to be fixed immediately. True to his word, Jingsui advocated for you to go, but you were sure you wouldn’t be picked. Fixing holograms was not your strong suit, but your dear friend pushed for you to go anyway. You didn’t try to refute his claims of you being the best choice. This was your only chance of making contact with the general, and you both knew it. You could do it. Your team leader sighed and flipped a coin, it was between you and a woman named Zhu Li. You held your breath as the coin flew up into the air and landed in your supervisor's palm. He slapped it onto the top of his other hand and briefly examined it. He looked up and called out your name.

“They will be going to the Seat of Divine Foresight.” He held out a bag of special tools for you to take, while Zhu Li groaned and glared at you from the side. You shrugged and took the tools, your heart pounding in your chest. Your stomach turned with excitement and dread as you began to leave your team’s space. Jingshui smiled and gave you a thumbs up as you passed by him. You smiled weakly and returned the gesture, exiting the room. You got onto the star skiff that would take you to your destination and you patiently waited to arrive there, your mind swirling with possibilities of what could happen. You tried not to dwell on any negative scenarios, it was best not to give up hope before you’d even tried. Just like Jingshui had said all those weeks ago.

You arrived and made your way inside after being cleared by the guards at the front door. Your bag of tools had been pretty self explanatory to them. Your heart caught in your throat as you made your way up the steps inside. The inside of the building was fairly empty, save for the standard array of Cloud Knights and other employees that worked here. You were shown the device that needed fixing by Qingzu, who thanked you for coming on such short notice. You smiled at her, placing your tool bag on the ground, and told her it was no trouble at all. It was your job after all. Before you began to work, you looked through the railing up at the general’s desk. He was not there. Your heart sank in your chest and you bit the inside of your cheek, returning your gaze to the broken projector. You tried to ignore the immense disappointment that settled in your chest like a weight as you opened the machine to see what was wrong. Of course he wasn’t here. You were foolish to think he would be, he spent lots of time outside of his office discussing matters with other Luofu officials.

Some wires had fried inside of the machine. You frowned as you tried to pull them out, marveling at how frayed they had become. Had the protective layer just melted off? You couldn’t tell. The wires were stubborn and refused to come out of their plugs. You got on the ground, shimmying up to the projector on your stomach and reached in to grab the wires from this angle. Your fingers were very close to the power supply. As you yanked on the wires, finally freeing them, a shock jolted your arm, numbing your nerves. You swore and sat up instantly, ignoring the looks that were thrown your way. You hissed and rubbed your hand, exhaling deeply. Your muscles still worked thankfully, although you had no idea when the feeling would return to your arm. You felt someone was standing behind you, causing you to sit up straighter. The hairs on the back of your neck prickled as you felt their eyes on you.

“Sorry about the noise. It was just from a mistake I made. I’ll be out of here soon.” You explained, tone apologetic. If this person were a disgruntled employee, hopefully they would leave you alone for the duration of your project. The person chuckled and walked towards the steps on the right side of the room, allowing you to get a look at them. You froze in place as General Jing Yuan came into view.

“Take all the time you need. I’m in no hurry to play starches any time soon.” His voice was deep, just how you remembered it from all of the addresses he’d made in the past, but his tone was kind. His usual relaxed expression was on his face as he looked at you with slight interest. You cleared your throat and sat up straighter.

“Thank you sir.” Now that he was right in front of you, you had no idea what to say. You gripped the wires in your hand tightly as your mind raced. You never actually thought about a plan of what to say if you actually met him. You cleared your throat again.

“If there are no more issues, it should be fixed in no time.” You turned away, unable to handle the weight of his gaze any longer. He radiated power, and it was intimidating. You scanned your tools and picked up the one you needed next, to open a different hatch inside of the projector. You breathed a sigh of relief when you heard him go up the steps to his desk, shortly followed by the rustling of papers. That went horribly, you thought as you began to repair the projector. There’s no way you could talk to him here. He had work to finish, it was foolish to even entertain the thought of having a meaningful conversation here. Disappointment took root in your heart once more as you swiftly finished repairing the projector. Your time at the Seat of Divine Foresight was finished, and you were still as far away from the general as you had been when you walked in.

You picked up your bag of tools and stood up silently stretching before you left. What a wasted trip this was, your thoughts turned gloomy. Qingzu ordered a star skiff to come get you, she had you come up on the dais and manually type in your destination. Your heart pounded in such close proximity to the general. He was reading a report, completely engrossed in its contents. You finished typing and stepped back from Qingzu’s screen. The general looked up from his report at the movement. Your heart leapt in your chest as he made eye contact with you.

“Leaving so soon?”

You nodded, adjusting your grip on your tools.

“Yes sir, I’ve finished fixing the projector. Hopefully it won’t have any more problems in the future.” Did he want something? It was impossible to tell, he was unreadable.

“Hmm. I have something for you.” Even Qingzu next to you looked shocked as he said this. He took a small piece of paper and wrote something on it, holding it out to you once he finished. His slight smile was present as always. You stepped forward and took the paper, ignoring how your face grew hot as you accidentally brushed your fingers against his. You folded up the paper and stuck it in your pocket.

“Thank you…” You were unsure how to respond, and didn’t have time to. Qingzu informed you that your star skiff had arrived to take you back to work. You turned away from the general’s desk, trying to ignore your flaming cheeks as you walked down the steps and to the front door.

A/N: Hii this is only part one to a longer fic! Please let me know what you think and as always, requests are open! :)

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