✿二十七

[scentofbauhinia]

[Having been to the post office earlier that day, in the early evening Hong Kong can be found sat on the porch of 767 Bunker Street holding a gaohu, basically a modern Cantonese development of the erhu, with a higher pitch, held differently and smaller in size.

He hasn't started to play anything properly yet, only sits there quietly tuning it, with

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[decadenzas]

[hi hk you have a one man audience lurking nearby.

don't think he's forgotten that violin car alarm serenade, but he's actually curious to see how well you'll manage with an instrument of your own.]

[scentofbauhinia]

[yeah he knows you're there being a sneaky babby bat thing

and actually he's stupidly tempted to just try the car alarm thing again, but no, he'll just go on pretending he's unaware of your presence and start to play.]

[decadenzas]

[a-aww it's a miracle, Hong Kong can play something that doesn't make his ears bleed! after a few moments of listening in silence he ambles from his not-so-effective hiding spot to sit next to him, finishing out the song there instead.]

That was quite pleasant.

[scentofbauhinia]

You're not very good at hiding.

[he sets the instrument down on the other side of him]

And thanks.

[decadenzas]

I can be when I want to. [vicious predator skills blah blah, you know how it goes.]

You're much more natural with that than you were with the violin.

[scentofbauhinia]

[he shrugs] Never liked the violin much.

Most people in the villages in my house played the pipa first.

Then I learnt to play the erhu from China. Gaohu isn't a big difference.

[decadenzas]

May I see it? [despite the polite wording he's already reaching for it. he used to play the đàn nhị, but hasn't touched many instruments from Asia in a long time.]

[scentofbauhinia]

Sure. [don't worry charles, he knows you're a demanding babby bat brat by now

and he hands the gaohu over]

[decadenzas]

[so accommodating. he takes it and handles it gently, looking it over rather than attempting to play it.]

Where did you get this from, anyway?

[scentofbauhinia]

Post office. Just lost my cellphone for it though.

[SPEAKING OF ACCOMODATING.....]

...Oh. I made some garlic chicken stir-fry for dinner.

There something else that I could make for you instead?

[decadenzas]

Don't risk going there again, idiot. [not that he's worried HK is going to wind up like blindbeard or anything.

and he is getting a very strange look at that.] No need to trouble yourself. I'm sure it'll be fine. [since obviously the only reason he could be offering to make something else is because he doesn't think the chicken will be up to standard.]

[scentofbauhinia]

You don't have to risk eating it.

[he shrugs] I guess I'll just make a batch with no garlic.

[decadenzas]

[but why would.........

oh.]

Please tell me you're joking.

[scentofbauhinia]

No.

I never put garlic in your food. There's a post-it on the fridge. [ISN'T HE NICE..... lmfao also there may be some trolling going on here. or maybe he really does think charles can't have garlic. the world will never know]

[decadenzas]

[l-looks like he's trying to figure out if there is trolling going on but eventually gives up.... he just can't tell with you.]

You know that's all folklore, don't you? Eating garlic won't cause me to spontaneously combust.

[scentofbauhinia]

[lol yet more shrugging] Just being careful.

What about crosses? Not that I'd have one of those.