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"So let me guess," Zhao Yunlan says, with blatant sarcasm. "You're supposed to be Shen Wei from the future."

"Zhao Yunlan!" Shen Wei says, letting enough command slip into his tone that Zhao Yunlan actually stops, his foot falling down halfway through a step.

"You looked like you were interested," Shen Wei says, sounding a bit amused. "And I have tentacles."

Shen Wei's eyes glint with challenge, and that curve to his lips is that half-feral one that Zhao Yunlan can never quite decide whether it's a smile or not.

There is no way Zhao Yunlan will be capable of having a whole conversation with anyone, and Shen Wei makes some quick decisions.

Not so surprisingly, there aren't that many jobs two people without any backgrounds and very little experience in much of anything relevant can do for money.

Zhao Yunlan sighs and bends down to pick up the cat. It's big enough that he definitely needs both arms to hold it. The cat pushes its head under Zhao Yunlan's chin, nuzzling at him and giving out a contented purr.

"So, how likely is it that someone is going to find us in—say, the next twenty-four hours?"

"Not very likely at all," he tells Zhao Yunlan. "Did you have something in mind?"

"This is hardly the ideal time," Shen Wei tells him. It isn't a good time at all, and this isn't the place for anything that might leave Zhao Yunlan even slightly weakened, but a frisson of dark excitement still runs through him just thinking about what they're about to do.

"Come on, it's not that bad," Zhao Yunlan says reasonably. "At least they don't understand what we're saying, right?" He raises a questioning eyebrow at Shen Wei, who nods in confirmation. "Unless you mind the idea of some aliens watching us getting off."

Zhao Yunlan feels better, even if he is trapped on an alien spaceship—probably.

Zhao Yunlan winds his hand into Shen Wei's hair and tugs lightly. "Let me comb your hair?"

Shen Wei smiles a little like he hadn't found asking people about rope bondage awkward in the least.

It's difficult to succeed every time, even with Shen Wei's cooking skills when you have no clue what half of the ingredients even are. Still, Shen Wei seems to think it's fun, and while Zhao Yunlan doesn't quite get it, he likes watching Shen Wei at it.

For a moment, irrationally he hopes that Shen Wei won't answer, that something is wrong with the ship. That the problem isn't Zhao Yunlan.

He watches Shen Wei go through the medical suite in their ship while he wonders what exactly Shen Wei is looking for.

Zhao Yunlan hasn't had a real shower in, well, he doesn't know how long.

He never quite expected Shen Wei to come back from work with this suggestion.

Zhao Yunlan wakes up in Shen Wei's dream.