wlw #wangxian as uhaul lesbians who move in together during the...

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wlw #wangxian as uhaul lesbians who move in together during the first year of college.

everything is going well, the sex is great, they love each other, they have a couple of plant daughters they named bichen and suibian. It's perfect.

expect that when lz proposes wy says no.
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and over the next six months, we see what's behind the scenes.

wy has undiagnosed adhd and a huge chip on her shoulder, which makes her fun at parties cause she's wide and first with everybody, but it also means she's a messy roommate who refuses to accept any help
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meanwhile lz is autistic and has ocd, which makes her a great student, but also means she'll lock herself in her room when wy brings more than 3 ppl over at once and that she'll vacuum the apartment when wy is still sleeping
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they get along really well but they're also terrible at communicating. They can and have negotiated kinks, but neither seems willing to talk about the small (big) stuff, and it starts to eat at them, slowly, till it all comes crashing down when lz pops the question.
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it also doesn't help that she proposes by asking wy to come back to gusu with her after they graduate.

and that's it, the last straw.

all the things they've been bottling up come out in one ugly shouting match and, in the end, wy walks away with her stuff in a backpack.
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she drops out of college the next term and they don't see each other again until, almost ten years later, lz decides to give the new bakery across her apartment a go cause she's all about supporting small businesses.
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the friendly hello she gets the moment she steps inside is enough to make her stop in her track.

"Wei Ying?"

there's the sound of a to-go coffee falling to the ground and splashing all over the floor, then a hissed curse, and then, at last:

"Lan Zhan!"
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(okay, sorry to leave like this but i gotta get to work, more later, maybe, idk where this is going either 😂)
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it's awkward, awkward like it's never been between them.

wy uses the mess on the floor as an excuse to stall for time and also so that she doesn't have to look lz in her beautiful face as she talks.

"You know, I didn't want to serve coffee here, guess it was a sign."
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there's no answer for the longest time and the only reason she knows lz is still there is cause she didn't hear the door open again.

wy glances up to find lz staring down at her.

"You own this place." it's not a question but wy hums anyway.
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"Yeah," she says, just to fill the space between them. Looking at lz makes her feel 18 again.

meanwhile, looking at wy makes lz's heart /hurt/.

there's so much she wants to, so many questions she wants answers to, but in the end, she settles for

"I live across the street."
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"Oh." Wy is either very lucky or very unlucky, she hasn't decided yet. "Is it, er, a nice neighborhood?" she mentally cringes, this woman has seen her naked, and here's wy trying to make the small talk with her!

"Mn," lz confirms, then goes silent again.
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the thing is:

wy thinks lz hates her.

lz thinks wy resents her and has forgotten all about them.

and if this was 10 years ago, they would've not-talked, maybe wy would've invited lz to the back, they'd have slept together, they'd have gone fast then crashed and burned
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luckily, the present is kinder.

now, wy can swallow her nerves and offer lz a blueberry muffin.

now, lz can breathe past the tightness in her chest to tell wy the(ir) plants are still alive, and to ask about wy's business.

now they can enjoy a quiet morning of catching up.
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if in the past they went at it headfirst, now they take their time to meet the adult versions of each other.

now they can talk about the painful stuff, but also about healing, they can set boundaries and they know to respect them.
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this time around it takes three months for lz to ask wy out on a date, nearly four years for them to move in together, and eighteen months until wy pops the question.

it doesn't take lz half a second to say yes.

the end
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