listen. listen. consider this... married wangxian discussing...
grey 🍁@cheerywhiskey
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Aug 23, 2024
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listen. listen. consider this...
married wangxian discussing another baby & at one point, WWX teases, "no way! last time you went into labour, you kept grumbling "it's all your fault" as if I made A-Yuan alone."
unbeknownst to them, their 4 year old is curiously overhearing...
married wangxian discussing another baby & at one point, WWX teases, "no way! last time you went into labour, you kept grumbling "it's all your fault" as if I made A-Yuan alone."
unbeknownst to them, their 4 year old is curiously overhearing...
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next morning, while lwj is making breakfast with his son sitting on the counter with a coloring book, A-Yuan suddenly asks. "Baba what is a fault?"
LWJ gives it adequate thought, like he does with all of A-Yuan's questions and says, "Sometimes, fault means a mistake."
LWJ gives it adequate thought, like he does with all of A-Yuan's questions and says, "Sometimes, fault means a mistake."
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A-Yuan, who has been thoroughly taught that mistakes are a good thing, but they shouldn't be repeated, only hums thoughtfully. "I'm a mistake."
LWJ, on the other hand, freezes with the spatula over the pan. He slowly turns to his son. "A-Yuan, what did you say?"
LWJ, on the other hand, freezes with the spatula over the pan. He slowly turns to his son. "A-Yuan, what did you say?"
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A-Yuan looks up with large blinking eyes. "I'm a mistake." Then, thinking of something else, he turns sad and adds, "I'm sorry you cannot make another baba. I know you want to."
Half his soul wisps out of LWJ's body. He cannot comprehend— did someone say something to A-Yuan?
Half his soul wisps out of LWJ's body. He cannot comprehend— did someone say something to A-Yuan?
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someone in the family? Are playschool kids being mean to him?
Abruptly, the pan is removed and stove turned off, breakfast be damned. He perches A-Yuan on the table and takes a seat infront of him so they're face to face.
"A-Yuan," he asks softly. "Did someone say that to you?"
Abruptly, the pan is removed and stove turned off, breakfast be damned. He perches A-Yuan on the table and takes a seat infront of him so they're face to face.
"A-Yuan," he asks softly. "Did someone say that to you?"
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A-Yuan, still blinking, "Tomorrow A-die said that you say I'm his fault."
LWJ is trying to so hard to make sense of it that correcting A-Yuan's tomorrow to yesterday seems highly insignificant. When the recollection finally clicks, his remaining soul wisps out too.
LWJ is trying to so hard to make sense of it that correcting A-Yuan's tomorrow to yesterday seems highly insignificant. When the recollection finally clicks, his remaining soul wisps out too.
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"A-Yuan," he says hurriedly. "Love, that's not what we meant. You are not a mistake."
But somehow, a knot of confusion appears between A-Yuan's tiny brows. Very quickly, his lips begin to wobble. "Am I not good?"
LWJ, who's in the middle of labelling himself an utter
But somehow, a knot of confusion appears between A-Yuan's tiny brows. Very quickly, his lips begin to wobble. "Am I not good?"
LWJ, who's in the middle of labelling himself an utter
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failure of a parent, stutters. "W-What?"
A-Yuan, pouting very hard, "You say mistakes are good, they make us learn. I'm not good? I don't make you learn?"
"You do, baobao," LWJ is almost panicking now. "You make me learn so much. Everyday."
But A-Yuan isn't convinced.
A-Yuan, pouting very hard, "You say mistakes are good, they make us learn. I'm not good? I don't make you learn?"
"You do, baobao," LWJ is almost panicking now. "You make me learn so much. Everyday."
But A-Yuan isn't convinced.
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His eyes turn glassy. "Is that why A-die not want more?"
LWJ, suddenly unnecessarily angry at his husband, takes a deep breath. "He was joking bunbun, of course he wants more."
With a hiccup, A-Yuan's waterworks start. "But mistakes should not be repeated."
LWJ, suddenly unnecessarily angry at his husband, takes a deep breath. "He was joking bunbun, of course he wants more."
With a hiccup, A-Yuan's waterworks start. "But mistakes should not be repeated."
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For a moment, LWJ wants to wail too, he hates seeing his son cry. Then he takes another breath and decides he can award himself the worst parent of the year badge later. Right now, A-Yuan needs him.
He quickly places him into his lap and peppers his face with kisses.
He quickly places him into his lap and peppers his face with kisses.
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"Some can be repeated," he says, absolutely loathing that he's indirectly agreeing to his precious child being a mistake. "I promise. Your A-die wants so many of you, as do I."
With another hiccup, A-Yuan's wailing quietens a little. "He does?"
LWJ nods eagerly.
With another hiccup, A-Yuan's wailing quietens a little. "He does?"
LWJ nods eagerly.
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"He learns from me too?" A-Yuan asks, hope shining brighter than tears in his eyes.
Despite everything, LWJ huffs. "He does, so so much."
A-Yuan perks up. "So I /am/ a mistake."
LWJ sighs, not knowing how to tackle this one. He's going to leave it for his husband, he decides.
Despite everything, LWJ huffs. "He does, so so much."
A-Yuan perks up. "So I /am/ a mistake."
LWJ sighs, not knowing how to tackle this one. He's going to leave it for his husband, he decides.
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He only presses A-Yuan against his chest and says, gently patting his head, "You are the best thing that's happened to us."
A-Yuan immediately preens, with the smile he's definitely inherited from WWX.
"Best mistake!" He announces gleefully.
A-Yuan immediately preens, with the smile he's definitely inherited from WWX.
"Best mistake!" He announces gleefully.
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Later, when a very groggy WWX drags himself out of bedroom, a bouncing A-Yuan all but barrels into his thigh, screaming, "I want a sister mistake!"
It probably doesn't register in WWX's sleepy brain because he only giggles and picks A-Yuan up, throwing him up into air.
It probably doesn't register in WWX's sleepy brain because he only giggles and picks A-Yuan up, throwing him up into air.
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Only once he has elicited enough number of giggles out of him, and kissed him, and pinched his nose, does he ask. "You want what?"
"Sister mistake," A-Yuan announces proudly.
WWX's smile turns into confusion. "Mistake?"
"Mn." A-Yuan adorably mimics his other dad.
"Sister mistake," A-Yuan announces proudly.
WWX's smile turns into confusion. "Mistake?"
"Mn." A-Yuan adorably mimics his other dad.
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"Baba says we can repeat this one."
WWX is frowning now. "Repeat what?"
"Mistake."
"What mistake?"
"Me."
"You?"
"Mn."
Frowning intensifies. "You made a mistake?"
A-Yuan pouts. "No you made me."
WWX has never needed his coffee this desperately. He looks towards—
WWX is frowning now. "Repeat what?"
"Mistake."
"What mistake?"
"Me."
"You?"
"Mn."
Frowning intensifies. "You made a mistake?"
A-Yuan pouts. "No you made me."
WWX has never needed his coffee this desperately. He looks towards—
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his husband for answers and finds him sitting on the counter with his head in hands, not even looking at them.
He turns back to his son with a placating smile. "Diedie is a little slow today radish, tell me again?"
A-Yuan is only all too eager to get his point across.
He turns back to his son with a placating smile. "Diedie is a little slow today radish, tell me again?"
A-Yuan is only all too eager to get his point across.
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"Baba said you can make mistake again." He pauses and then, "I would really like a sister, please diedie."
WWX blinks. Thrice. ".....mistake?" They seem to be going around in circles.
"Mn. Just like me."
WWX's eyes widen slightly. "Baobao you're not a mistake."
WWX blinks. Thrice. ".....mistake?" They seem to be going around in circles.
"Mn. Just like me."
WWX's eyes widen slightly. "Baobao you're not a mistake."
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"I/am/ baba," A-Yuan makes a 🥺 face and tucks a thumb into his mouth, suddenly very concerned. "I'm your mistake."
WWX's eyes fully pop out now.
A-Yuan quickly loops his arms around his neck and rests his tiny head on WWX's shoulder. "Best mistake," he insists softly.
WWX's eyes fully pop out now.
A-Yuan quickly loops his arms around his neck and rests his tiny head on WWX's shoulder. "Best mistake," he insists softly.
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Faintly alarmed, WWX's head pans towards his husband again.
This time, he finds him looking back, mouth set in a grim line, and an all too familiar it's-all-your-fault glare in his eyes.
~the end 😝
This time, he finds him looking back, mouth set in a grim line, and an all too familiar it's-all-your-fault glare in his eyes.
~the end 😝
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circumstantial snippet for /wangxian married with a son/ lol hope y'all enjoyed 🩵
grey 🍁@cheerywhiskey
listen. listen. consider this...
married wangxian discussing another baby & at one point, WWX teases, "no way! last time you went into labour, you kept grumbling "it's all your fault" as if I made A-Yuan alone."
unbeknownst to them, their 4 year old is curiously overhearing...
married wangxian discussing another baby & at one point, WWX teases, "no way! last time you went into labour, you kept grumbling "it's all your fault" as if I made A-Yuan alone."
unbeknownst to them, their 4 year old is curiously overhearing...
