Xie closes the last drawer and looks up, his eye drawn to the pendant sitting on top of the dresser. He knows Kevin is downstairs, knows there's no risk of him coming upstairs without Xie knowing about it, and the curiosity nags at him.
Eventually, it's too much, and he reaches out to open the locket - he knows he shouldn't, knows that he should probably just ask and respect the answer if Kevin said no, but he does it anyway.
He doesn't recognise the picture inside, but it doesn't take a genius to work out who it is. He closes it quietly, placing it back on the dresser and stepping away.
He doesn't know how to feel. Jealousy, yes, but what right does he have to be jealous of a dead man?
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Date: 2023-11-08 03:25 pm (UTC)Xie closes the last drawer and looks up, his eye drawn to the pendant sitting on top of the dresser. He knows Kevin is downstairs, knows there's no risk of him coming upstairs without Xie knowing about it, and the curiosity nags at him.
Eventually, it's too much, and he reaches out to open the locket - he knows he shouldn't, knows that he should probably just ask and respect the answer if Kevin said no, but he does it anyway.
He doesn't recognise the picture inside, but it doesn't take a genius to work out who it is. He closes it quietly, placing it back on the dresser and stepping away.
He doesn't know how to feel. Jealousy, yes, but what right does he have to be jealous of a dead man?
He shouldn't have looked.