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closed  starter  for  kai-ming  qing  (  @rubynoble  )  .

"  —  has  any  harm  come  to  you?  "  words  are  said  with  haste,  yanfei's  hands  ghosting  over  the  princess's  frame  meticulously.  while  she  did  her  best  to  get  kai-ming  out  of  the  hall  without  getting  caught  in  the  crossfire,  their  knuckles  ached  with  the  promise  of  bruising  due  to  preventative  actions  taken,  dagger  tucked  away.  when  a  response  isn't  immediately  received,  eyes  meet  kai-ming's  before  they're  stepping  forward,  pulling  her  into  a  grounding  embrace.  "  take  a  deep  breath.  you  are  safe  here.  "

[thenxghtwemxt]

@rubynoble | Kai-Ming and Midori, The Morning of Japan/Turkey's the Betrothal Celebration

It was difficult to know what to say in the company of a woman, with so much tangled history. Close kinship with the groom-to-be. Romances gone awry, through the lines of war and politics. All the people in their shared proximity; Kaito, Xinyuan, Tian Feng... It is a tangled web, and with so much shared, it is almost surprising how little they have spoken. It is a comfortable enough silence, as Kai-ming and Midori sit together to supervise the selection of flowers on arrival. Midori's fingers twitch on her side - where to start?

"Do you know that I have never been to a wedding?" She begins, by way of conversation. An attempt to forego their history, and start on neutral ground. "Unless you count the few I snuck into as a girl, to steal food from." She admits truthfully. "Kaito's will be my first. Grandest, too, based on the expense alone."