"--Isn't Jiang Cheng your brother? And you got drunk?" That seems... ill advised in the Scholomance?

"It's not like we're genetically related brothers. We're, like, kissing brothers."

"...Kissing brothers?"

"Yeah! Like, you're not supposed to make out with your brother, but it's hot to do sex things you're not supposed to do."

"So, you're brothers because of that?"

"No, we're brothers because his dad raised me."

"But you still kiss him anyway?"

"Yeah! Because doing sex things you're not supposed to do is hot."

"--that still seems like a kinda bad idea."

"What is the point of life without doing things that are a bad idea?"

"I guess there are bad ideas that are more likely to get you hurt."

Wei Wuxian reaches out to hold Chu Chu's hand. "It's hardly my worst idea," he says obliviously.

Okay, so THIS IS HAPPENING.

(If she was sensible she would be pulling away now, but she can't quite bring herself to do it.)

(His hand is warn and... hand-y.)

"Suicide Club is probably worse."

"I mean, you're most likely to die at graduation, getting experience dealing with mals is useful."

Chu Chu has a very nice warm hand! He likes her so much.

"It's worth it for the experience, even if it is dangerous."

"Lots of dangerous things are worth it for the experience! Live a little, am I right?"

"If you're clever and lucky enough... And brave enough."

"You're very clever and lucky and brave, si-mei."

"--I'm not that brave."

"You're here even though you learned about magic a week before induction, I'd say that's pretty brave."

"I--" Didn't actually work for it. Got much more lucky than brave. "--guess so."

He is feeling the impulse to kiss her cheek! That's kind of weird.

He ignores it and says, "want to head back down to the Shanghai reading room?"

"I should probably get back to my statistics homework."

"Yep!" He stands up. "If you have any more questions you should ask. And I'm really curious about what you end up figuring out."

"--I can't promise I'll let you know but I will seriously consider it."