For a moment it looks like Xie might even accept the hug, but he leans away before she can actually go for it and just nods slightly at her question. He knows it's mostly for Kevin, but it's nice of her to ask.
"Yifu would have known what you'd look for. He's good at covering his tracks." He says, hates himself a little for saying it but it's spilling out before he even thinks, wanting to reassure her. She'd been nothing but nice to him, she didn't need to blame herself for this.
He tells himself he's not admitting to anything, not even really incriminating Yifu when they already know he's the one who put the hit out.
"He must have known where we were, though, at least roughly. He might still have some way of tracking me."
He doesn't know how or what or why, Yifu would have always been able to find him anyway, but there must be something.
He really, really hopes it doesn't turn out to be the necklace. The weight against his chest used to be comforting, now it feels like guilt.
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Date: 2023-10-21 02:29 pm (UTC)For a moment it looks like Xie might even accept the hug, but he leans away before she can actually go for it and just nods slightly at her question. He knows it's mostly for Kevin, but it's nice of her to ask.
"Yifu would have known what you'd look for. He's good at covering his tracks." He says, hates himself a little for saying it but it's spilling out before he even thinks, wanting to reassure her. She'd been nothing but nice to him, she didn't need to blame herself for this.
He tells himself he's not admitting to anything, not even really incriminating Yifu when they already know he's the one who put the hit out.
"He must have known where we were, though, at least roughly. He might still have some way of tracking me."
He doesn't know how or what or why, Yifu would have always been able to find him anyway, but there must be something.
He really, really hopes it doesn't turn out to be the necklace. The weight against his chest used to be comforting, now it feels like guilt.