[ 'i would' says yi sang, before all thought and justification, before the words have finished cooling on hong lu's lips.

hong lu looks. for the first time today, he is surprised. then, he smiles, because yi sang would catch him, or at least would promise to, and that's more than what anyone else has ever done for hong lu. ]

Of course. [ hong lu says, and pretends that they're still playing two truths and a lie. ] Though it'll be tough... I'll have all that hair behind me. Are you sure I won't just flatten you, Yi Sang?

[ certainly, it will be an endeavor. ]