Nie Huaisang nervously tidies his room before Tomonori comes over. 

He wishes he'd had time to make more pictures to put up. He wishes that he didn't have the moonshine setup, or at least that it didn't smell so awful. He wishes that he had drawers to hide the stock of supplies.

He's kissed people before. He kissed Masozi. He kissed mundies for practice. He's kissed both Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian on a dare. He shouldn't be this nervous and this excited. But it's the first time he's kissed someone he has a crush on and (more importantly) it's the first time it's mattered.

What if he does it wrong.

He chews one of his precious supply of pieces of gum to make his breath fresh and waits for Tomonori to arrive.