[ let's be friends again, wei wuxian says, and huaisang feels nothing but grateful — maybe they will never have this again, the kind of friendship they've been able to build here... but that's okay. he knows it's possible, now. and whatever they will have in the future, it'll be just as good, even if it's different. ]

I'd be honoured, [ he says, sincere, fighting the urge to bow again.

as his friend continues, huaisang falls silent; it isn't a surprise, exactly, hearing what he means to do... because he knows wei wuxian, after all. and, he thinks, yes, it might mess things up, on whatever timeline they have created —

but then again, huaisang himself will never return to his own, original one. they've both branched timelines, already, for better or for worse. and besides — ]

You're supposed to do what you want to do, Wei-xiong. That timeline... it'll just have to do without you. Maybe it will mess things up. Maybe not. But it's no longer your concern.