Dan Feng's eyes closed as he sipped his wine, gazing up at the moon. He watched the stars and the way they blinked in and out of view.

He couldn't help but smile. The pain in his heart was too great to bear.

He remembered nights like this. When he used to sit with Yingxing beneath the stars, drink wine and exchange gifts. Now..

Now it was just Dan Feng. Yingxing was gone.

His smile faltered, gaze wandering out to you. You.

Ah, yes. You, Dan Feng, and Yingxing. Sometimes Jing Yuan, too, when he wasn't busy. Now.. now it was just you and Dan Feng.

".. you don't have to stay with me," Dan Feng hummed, catching your attention. "You don't have to. If you wish to leave, you may."

"What?" You paused whatever you were doing to look at him, now walking over. Dan Feng offered a sober smile and a quiet sigh.

"I said, if you want to leave me, you can. I won't stop you, if you wish to be free from me. I think.. perhaps I've deserved this," he looks away, up to the moon, "Banished from the Xianzhou and damned to be alone.. pitiful, isn't it?"