Xue Yang is a good man now too. Zichen believes in that and in him. He knows that if he just holds his husband close, his best side will always prevail.

"You have always been strong." he captures his A-Yang's lips for a searing kiss, his eyes closing briefly, "You're just lonely."

That loneliness had spoken to him when they meditated together.

"A-Yang reminded me of a young fox I healed as a child. He had no one and he tucked himself against me when I was kind to him. But, in time, he found his independence and he proved himself to be wild."