he is shattered at first, because how will his senior wei hug him now? call a-yuan “his little radish”? But wwx just laughs & pulls a-yuan down into a hug so tight a-yuan can barely move for feeling so safe, so warm, & so loved
lwj comes then, whilst a-yuan is curled up into wwx’s lap the same way he used to a lifetime ago.
lsz hears him pause in question, one hand reaching out to cup senior wei’s face whilst the other gentle rests on the top of lsz’s head
“Our little boy is worrying because he is not so little anymore, Lan Zhan.” wwx says, then laughs, “as if that would stop him being my baby! A-Yuan, you know that you will never be too tall that I can’t hug you, right?”
a-yuan nods after a beat, his cheeks rounded in remorse
“Then why were you upset?” wwx asks, gently prodding lsz’s cheek. he attempts to tug it up into a smile, the same way lsz had seen him do with lwj, and it makes lsz laugh despite himself
“I just didn’t want you to be sad.”
“Why would I be sad? I get to see my baby grow up, that’s nothing to be sad about!” wwx pinches lsz’s fluffy cheeks until he’s sure they must be red and “remarkably bao like, really a-yuan, are you sure you are not actually a steamed bun?”
“Mn,” a-yuan hums, and it makes wwx laugh, shooting a glance at lwj who looks sheepish.
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lwj is late to breakfast. lxc, concerned, goes to lwjs room to investigate & finds his didi sat motionless on the bed, on his lap is a tiny snoozing fox
“I have been chosen, brother.” He says, very seriously. “It is my duty.”
lxc is taken aback of course. He hadn’t known his little brother to ever be so serious about something as he was about this dribbling fox cub.
when he offers to take the fox onto his own lap lwj near on bites him
“Mine” he honks, because lwj has not yet learnt how to growl. “My a-ying.”
sleepy wwx shuffling out of lwjs room, half dressed, practically drowning in lwj’s sweater. He gives all the bunnies a sleepy pat on the head, tickling under their chins.