He opens the door. "I'm surprised you showed up."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I wouldn't have been surprised if you went 'Jing Yi is being a shit stirrer and should be ignored'-- plenty of people do. But I'm up for it if you're up for it."

"Of course I'm up for it!"

"Well come on in, then." He gestures at the door with a flourish.

He does. And then he's going to sit on the bed and act like he knows exactly what he's doing.

He is sooooo convincing. 10/10, give this man an Oscar.

"Anything in particular you wanted to do?"

"Sex. Things."

"That's very specific."

"With-- hands, and mouths, and-- just kiss me."

"Okay, okay--" He sits down next to him on the bed, and waits to see if he makes the first move.

Kissing. That's fine. Jiang Cheng has kissed people before. He's going to kiss him.

...It's weird to kiss someone he didn't grow up around, while sober.

So this is definitely not the worst kiss he has had, but that is because he is open to nearly all takers, and there was that one time where it turned out the other person had a bet. But it's definitely below par.

"I'm not a virgin," Jiang Cheng says.

"Who's the lucky other person?"

"Nie Huaisang gave me a handjob. Before he slept with you."

"And virginity isn't a transitive property?"

"Handjobs are sex!"

"Not that I disagree! Though I do find it funny that you two don't agree."

"Well I don't care what he thinks!" he says caringly. 

"Right. You're not bothered that you lost your virginity to him and he didn't to you."

"No!!!!!"

"And you're here because it's fun."

"Yes! Obviously! Why else would I be trying to have sex?!"

"You could be being mercenary. Trying to improve relations between Shanghai and Chang'an. Though you don't seem the mercenary type."

"Does fucking you improve relations with Chang'an? Chang'an would have great relations with half the school."

"Have you heard any complaints about Chang'an?"

"Seoul hates you."

"Okay, so that is very fair, but I would like to point out that I have no boyfriends in Seoul." (Though the causality goes the other way.)

"So I guess you can just fuck your way into international diplomacy."

"That's the plan!"

"So fuck me."

" I was waiting to see if you'd make the first move."

"I kissed you."

"Kissing is sex now?"

"I guess I can. Take my clothes off?"

He does so like someone undressing for the gym. He is chubby in the way of a teenager who hasn't hit his growth spurt yet but whose body is preparing for it, and the acne on his face has also spread to his shoulders and back and is making a serious attempt at colonizing his chest.

"That's a start."

Jing Yi: somewhat more competent at shedding his clothes.

Oh no he's pretty. How come everyone Jiang Cheng knows looks like an idol and Jiang Cheng is fat and short and has every kind of skin blemish known to humankind.

The thing is, if you're the sort of person open to all takers, you really quickly stop being picky.

"I gotta go," Jiang Cheng says and throws on his clothes again.

"See you soon," he says, doing that wave that mostly involves fingers.

It's a little weird, but it's not the first time someone has accidentally spooked themselves.

Half an hour later he returns with blotchily applied concealer and penciled eyebrows applied by putting the eyebrow pencil near the eyebrow and hoping that was good enough.

Oh deeeeeear.

"You know you didn't have to do that? Not that I don't appreciate it, of course."

"I want to look." Hot. "Better."

"It's a reasonable enough thing to want."

...he is going to end up covered in that concealer, isn't he.

He strips off his clothes again. (He didn't conceal the bacne.) "So let's do it."

...it's probably for the best that he didn't attempt to do his back. "If you're sure."

"Yeah. You said you would fuck me so fuck me."

"So bossy."

"I can be bossy if I want to!"

"I didn't say there was anything wrong with it." And now he is going to be gently lead back to the bed.

"I've never done this before when I wasn't drunk."

"--We'll go slow?" That seems the appropriate response, especially as alcohol is not available.

"Or I could buy some booze from Nie Huaisang."

"If you keep running off, we'll never get started before curfew comes 'round."

"We should go to my room. It's not safe to get drunk and walk somewhere."

"--Are you sure you want to be drunk in this situation?"

"I don't know. I could get drunk or you could make me."

"... Do you want me to make you get drunk?"

This is... Not the direction he thought this would go in.

"Make me have sex. So I don't have to think about it."

"If you want me to make you, I certainly could. But would you rather I make you when you're drunk?" Being drunk in the Scholomance is Not Advised, but-- if he just needs a lil' bit of liquid courage to get over the hump, that's probably not the worst idea.

"No, just make me now."

How does he feel about getting pinned to beds?

He instinctively starts to throw Jing Yi off and then he just sort of goes limp.

"You know, the fun thing about you struggling is that it gives me an excuse just to hold you down harder."

Oh, well, in that case.

Okay so this is legitimately kind of difficult and he did kind of walk into that.

This is sparring, which is a totally normal and zero percent scary thing to do and makes him significantly more relaxed than he's been since he stepped into Jing Yi's room. It's naked sparring, which is kind of weird, but it's still basically sparring and he feels like he's mastered this concept.

Mastered it enough to let Jing Yi win, even.

He's looking less like he wants to flee the room, which is good. Somehow pinning him was the right idea?

How does he feel like being told, point by point, what Jing Yi plans to do to him, all while holding him down?

Well that's... An expression. And one he can't quite read. But asking about it would probably break the spell, so he's just-- going to keep going, and see if he can get a better read on him.

This facial expression is "this is all hot and definitely something I want, and also I am located six inches to the left of my body for some reason, but it doesn't matter because it is definitely going to happen to me without my input regardless."

He's just going to... Plow ahead with the doing things, then?

Though he's going to ""distractedly"" unpin him so if he wants to leap out of bed, he can.

He's going to stay put because probably if he tried to run away Jing Yi would pin him down again and this resolves the question of whether he should be here.

Well, that technically answers that question.

He is feeling pleasant sensations so this is a good thing that is happening probably.

Jing Yi is very much doing his best re: pleasant sensations!

He's going to......... lie here and allow sex to happen to him.

The level of stillness is a little concerning, but he's just going to-- keep going?

He eventually figures out that it's least bad if he closes his eyes and pretends it's a weird kind of masturbation.

Maybe he is just closing his eyes because its a really intense sensation. That is a thing people do.

Eventually it's done and he should... cuddle? Run away? He ends up sitting up on the bed and doing neither.

Jing Yi is quite capable of providing cuddles on his own initiative, by slinging an arm over his shoulder. "That good?"

"Yes. It was great. I liked the-- tongue-- thing."

"But how many stars was it? I need to make sure I'm getting a good review."

"Five. I guess."

"I'll take it." 

"I should go. Homework. And stuff."

"Homework and stuff is important."

"Bye."

He runs to his room without really looking where he's going and flops down on the bed and cries for reasons that he's not really thinking about.

Well that went... a way? It would be more ideal if he knew exactly what way it it went, but here is.

...Jiang Cheng is cute. Hopefully he's up for doing something again next time and being less of a mannequin and even more willing to fight back.